If rejected without interview, can I write them?

[BjOrKnRaDiOhEaD]

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Hi everyone

I just got rejected from a school I had my hopes set on, and I did NOT even get an interview.....

do you think it will do anything if I write a letter to the admissions committee, or do they not consider such letters at all?

Thanks for the support and help

🙁

 

[idq1i]

Originally posted by BjOrKnRaDiOhEaD
Hi everyone

I just got rejected from a school I had my hopes set on, and I did NOT even get an interview.....

do you think it will do anything if I write a letter to the admissions committee, or do they not consider such letters at all?

Thanks for the support and help

🙁

With some major update to your file, maybe. Otherwise, save your $0.37

 

[BklynWill]

If anything positive were to come from sending that letter, perhaps they would keep in it your file and it may help you next year.

 

[Kashue]

I don't see why not. You can ask why you weren't accepted and maybe they'll offer hints to why. This way, it might help you next year, but also you might find out weaknesses you can address (if you can) at other schools where you are under consideration.

 

[ixitixl]

Originally posted by BjOrKnRaDiOhEaD
Hi everyone

I just got rejected from a school I had my hopes set on, and I did NOT even get an interview.....

do you think it will do anything if I write a letter to the admissions committee, or do they not consider such letters at all?

Thanks for the support and help

🙁

It has been done. I actually got through talking to someone who wrote a letter for Wake Forest after being rejected.

 

[AverageMan]

I don't know if school that rejected you pre-interview is going to be able to offer anything useful in terms of why you were rejected. Most often, it'll be something like "Your scores weren't competitive enough" or something that you really can't change short of retaking classes or the MCAT. Plus, it's not like you have a person you can directly ask about why you didn't get in. If it's post interview, you can contact your interviewer who might remember you and could provide you information. Pre-interview, you were quickly reviewed by probably 2-3 random faculty or admissions staff, somone got a bad vibe from you, and just dropped your file on the reject pile. They really don't need a specific reason to reject you at that point, and for the thousands of pre-interview rejections they make, I don't think they'll be keeping notes about why. As for getting them to change their mind, I don't know how successful that'll be. Maybe if you've won the Nobel prize or you can get the governer to make a personal visit to give you a recommendation that's worth making them notice, but I think you're better off just letting it go.