Several weeks ago I decided to only check my email once a week as I can't stand the stress of checking it more frequently. However a friend mentioned this might be a bad idea if say I get an ii Monday and don't respond til Friday - perhaps there won't be any interview spots left or they will have rescinded the invite since I haven't responded. Is there a risk of this? I know checking once a week means I'll probably get a later interview date scheduled for those that do come in but only checking this little has been so great for my sanity I'd prefer to not have to check more frequently.
I only check my email once a week for interview invites. Is this safe?
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I would check more frequently. One of my schools explicitly said they wanted an email back and a scheduled interview within one week of the email or they assume you are not interested. Also, I signed up for the interview the next day after the email and they only gave me one day option.
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Is this email only dedicated to med school-related stuff? I set mine to send me notifications so instead of constantly checking it myself and not seeing anything, I get an alert if I get an email in that inbox.
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What? So you don't have your email account on your phone so you can check it every waking moment of every day? 
I'd recommend once a day, maybe at the end of the business day.
I'd recommend once a day, maybe at the end of the business day.
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You should have a created a separate gmail account with gmail app on your phone and alerts turned on.
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I would check way more often lol.
I got an II and checked the dates available in the morning. I got busy at work and forgot to select a date until night time when the only slot available was Friday the 13 at 8 am, so kind of kicking myself
I got an II and checked the dates available in the morning. I got busy at work and forgot to select a date until night time when the only slot available was Friday the 13 at 8 am, so kind of kicking myself
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@doodlebot : looks like premeds believe in friday the 13th
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If my interview goes haywire I'm assuming it's because I got cursed
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I empathize with email stress. My solution was to check once a day at ~5 or 6 pm. It's safe to assume that emails will be sent during business hours. This way, you are still keeping a same-day response rate, but it's just a few minutes and then you can go eat dinner and forget about it.
Best of luck to you.
Best of luck to you.
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Again, what's the need to check? You don't have a smartphone?I empathize with email stress. My solution was to check once a day at ~5 or 6 pm. It's safe to assume that emails will be sent during business hours. This way, you are still keeping a same-day response rate, but it's just a few minutes and then you can go eat dinner and forget about it.
Best of luck to you.
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It's distracting while I'm studying during the day.
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My goodness, that sounds absolutely terrifying. If I were you I would set up a separate Gmail account and either have all emails go directly to your phone or setup an algorithm that automatically sends emails with the word interview in them as a text message.
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No once a week isn't frequent enough. What if you have multiple interview invitations and need to work out details? As a professional courtesy, I would try to respond to all emails within 48 hours. I would check your email account at least once a day. Why would you be opposed to checking it daily?
You could always just give it a quick scan once/day to see if any adcoms emailed you, and then reply to all your other emails once/week. But for future reference, your med school is going to expect you to check it daily too.
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