Interview Invite Thread 2015-2016

[FutureFACS]

Last year, I found the official interview thread to be very useful. So I figured I would start one again this year. SO once you receive an II, please post the school and the date you received the invitation!

I'll start...

just kidding, I've got nothing, yet.

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[nwts]

I thought I'd add a template...

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):

July

 

[ScubaManD]

Great idea. Good luck to everyone!

 

[FutureFACS]

I thought I'd add a template...

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):

July

Thank you!

 

[nwts]

Thank you!

You're welcome! Thank you for creating this helpful thread.

 

[LuluLovesMe]

How many II's is equal to an acceptance on average?

 

[nwts]

How many II's is equal to an acceptance on average?

There really isn't a reliable number for this. Some people only have one or two interviews and get an acceptance out of it. Others have 9 interviews and get no acceptances (though this is very uncommon). If they invited you to an interview, it means that they think you would be a good addition to their school. Whether or not you get accepted after interviewing is based largely on whether or not you presented yourself well and seemed not awkward, arrogant, rude, disinterested, or otherwise unappealing in your interview.

The number of interview invitations you get is based on how good you look in your primary and secondaries. The number of post-interview acceptances you get is based largely on how well you interview. Since these two things are very different from each other, we can't say with any sort of certainty how many interviews a person would need to feel confident that they'll get an acceptance.

 

[after_the_flood]

When do you all think IIs will start coming out this cycle?

 

[nwts]

When do you all think IIs will start coming out this cycle?

Search the forums and check out the thread for last year. This should give you a good idea.

 

[rekrul]

The number of interview invitations you get is based on how good you look in your primary and secondaries. The number of post-interview acceptances you get is based largely on how well you interview. Since these two things are very different from each other, we can't say with any sort of certainty how many interviews a person would need to feel confident that they'll get an acceptance.

How sure are we of this? Let's say there are 2 candidates that have interviewed, one with much worse stats than the other. Are they really both equal post-interview in the eyes of the adcoms and are solely judged on their interview performance and not on their stats?

 

[starlite911]

I think Pitt has already granted a couple

 

[nwts]

How sure are we of this? Let's say there are 2 candidates that have interviewed, one with much worse stats than the other. Are they really both equal post-interview in the eyes of the adcoms and are solely judged on their interview performance and not on their stats?

I probably worded my previous post poorly. I wasn't trying to imply that the interview is the sole basis for the post-interview decision; I was more trying to address the notion that you can reliably predict the number of acceptances you will receive based on the number of interview invitations you receive. In my opinion, you cannot reliably do this.

While your primary and secondary are still considered when they make the decision to accept, waitlist, or reject you post-interview, your interview is also a very important part of their decision. Since this is true, part of the decision is based on your interviewing skills. Since receiving an interview is based only on your primary and secondary, people whose primary and secondary applications are exceptional will be invited to interviews. If these same people are really great at interviewing, they'll probably get a lot of acceptances out of those interviews. If these people are decent at interviewing, they'll probably get a few or several acceptances. If these people are very bad at interviewing, they will likely get no acceptances, regardless of how many interviews they were invited to. While the primary and secondary are also important parts of the decision, it is unlikely that schools will accept someone who comes off terribly in his/her interview, regardless of how amazing that person's primary and secondary are. Since interviews are an important factor in making the decision (though there are other important factors), I just don't think we can reliably predict how many interviews a person needs to be invited to in order to feel confident that an acceptance is imminent.

 

[after_the_flood]

Search the forums and check out the thread for last year. This should give you a good idea.

I'm asking in light of the fact that schools didn't see applications until July 1st this year

 

[nwts]

I'm asking in light of the fact that schools didn't see applications until July 1st this year

I'm pretty sure they received primary applications on June 27th last year. This really shouldn't make much of a difference in the timing of interviews since they only received primaries 4 days later this year.

 

[after_the_flood]

Thanks!

 

[HCHopeful]

That template is above my head, so I'm just gonna post like this.

Interview Invite at UNMC for August 29th (received July 8th). I am an early decision applicant. Please don't bother with the, "Why EDP. You're dumb and stuff." It's done and over.

 

[nwts]

That template is above my head, so I'm just gonna post like this.

Interview Invite at UNMC for August 29th (received July 8th). I am an early decision applicant. Please don't bother with the, "Why EDP. You're dumb and stuff." It's done and over.

I'll put it into the template for you. I am going to make a note that your interview was for early decision so that people don't get freaked out that they're already inviting people to interviews for regular decision. Also, could you please clarify which school UNMC is? I know of multiple medical schools that go by this abbreviation.


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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):

July
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)

 

[HCHopeful]

I'll put it into the template for you. I am going to make a note that your interview was for early decision so that people don't get freaked out that they're already inviting people to interviews for regular decision. Also, could you please clarify which school UNMC is? I know of multiple medical schools that go by this abbreviation.


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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):

July
UNMC - July 8th (EDP)

UNMC = University of Nebraska Medical Center

 

[nwts]

UNMC = University of Nebraska Medical Center

Thank you for that. I will update my previous post accordingly.

 

[JulioJones]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):
June
University of Texas Medical Branch- June 24th
July
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)

 

[nwts]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):
June
University of Texas Medical Branch- June 24th
July
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)

Was your application EDP?

 

[JulioJones]

Was your application EDP?

No

 

[JulioJones]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):
June
University of Texas Medical Branch- June 24th
July
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th

 

[FutureFACS]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):
June
University of Texas Medical Branch- June 24th
July
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th

Man looks like you are off to a good start! Two already for you

 

[nwts]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):
June
University of Texas Medical Branch- June 24th
July
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th

NOTE: I am not one of the people who got an interview invitation (I actually didn't even apply there); I just saw it on the thread and thought I'd post it here for everybody's information.

 

[CellPowerhouse]

Pitt and Chicago have given out IIs already, I'm just not sure when they first did.

 

[starlite911]

Pretty sure Pittsburgh's earliest was 7/7, if any one would like to add that in!

 

[nwts]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):
June
University of Texas Medical Branch- June 24th
July
Pitt - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th

Again, I didn't apply to Pitt, but I'm just updating this for everybody's information.

 

[nwts]

Pretty sure Pittsburgh's earliest was 7/7, if any one would like to add that in!

Haha, I posted it right as you were posting.

 

[nwts]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):
June
University of Texas Medical Branch- June 24th
July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th

Again, I didn't apply to Texas schools, but I'm just updating this for everybody's information.

 

[pb34]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):
June
University of Texas Medical Branch- June 24th
July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th
Tulane - July 14th



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[HybridEarth]

Definitely several Georgetown invites went out today according to their thread

 

[CellPowerhouse]

Jefferson thread reported an II too

 

[nwts]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):
June
University of Texas Medical Branch- June 24th
July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th
Tulane - July 14th
Jefferson - July 14th

Guess what! This one actually IS based on an interview invite I got! I'm going to Philly!

 

[Xenith]

I know submitting secondaries asap is best, but is early August still early enough? My letters won't be in until then.

 

[starlite911]

I know submitting secondaries asap is best, but is early August still early enough? My letters won't be in until then. Have a LizzyM of 77.3.

My rule of thumb if have secondaries complete by the time you would be returning to school if you were still an undergrad. AKA mid-August. Sure you'll be fine, especially with your higher stats.

 

[smiley buckeye]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):
June
University of Texas Medical Branch- June 24th
July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th
Tulane - July 14th
Jefferson - July 14th
West Virginia University- July 16th

 

[CaliforniaDreamer]

xxxx

Gotta delete the Quote tags.

 

[smiley buckeye]

Gotta delete the Quote tags.

oops sorry! New to this (still, I know that's no excuse to ignore the directions)

 

[doc_mcd94]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):
June
University of Texas Medical Branch- June 24th
July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th
Tulane - July 14th
Jefferson - July 14th
West Virginia University- July 16th
Georgetown - July 16th

Sadly, not mine

 

[toffee_bloom]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):

June
University of Texas Medical Branch - June 24th

July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th
Tulane - July 14th
Jefferson - July 14th
West Virginia University- July 16th
Georgetown - July 16th
University of Louisville - July 16th

My first one, super excited!

 

[phuynh94]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):

June
University of Texas Medical Branch - June 24th

July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th
Tulane - July 14th
Jefferson - July 14th
West Virginia University- July 16th
Georgetown - July 16th
University of Louisville - July 16th
UC Irvine - July 16th

 

[integrin]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):

June
University of Texas Medical Branch - June 24th

July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th
Tulane - July 14th
Jefferson - July 14th
West Virginia University- July 16th
Georgetown - July 16th
University of Louisville - July 16th
UC Irvine - July 16th
Duke - July 17th

 

[mk2015]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):

June
University of Texas Medical Branch - June 24th

July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th
Tulane - July 14th
Jefferson - July 14th
West Virginia University- July 16th
Georgetown - July 16th
University of Louisville - July 16th
UC Irvine - July 16th
Duke - July 17th
West Virginia University- July 20th

 

[nwts]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):

June
University of Texas Medical Branch - June 24th

July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th
Tulane - July 14th
Jefferson - July 14th
West Virginia University- July 16th
Georgetown - July 16th
University of Louisville - July 16th
UC Irvine - July 16th
Duke - July 17th
West Virginia University- July 20th
Quinnipiac - July 20th

I'm so excited! As a not outstanding applicant, I can't believe I have been invited to 2 interviews in July.

 

[largelyuntrustworthy]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):

June
University of Texas Medical Branch - June 24th

July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th
Tulane - July 14th
Jefferson - July 14th
West Virginia University- July 16th
Georgetown - July 16th
University of Louisville - July 16th
UC Irvine - July 16th
Duke - July 17th
Mercer-July 18th
West Virginia University- July 20th
Quinnipiac - July 20th

 

[mk2015]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):

June
University of Texas Medical Branch - June 24th

July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th
Tulane - July 14th
Jefferson - July 14th
West Virginia University- July 16th
Georgetown - July 16th
University of Louisville - July 16th
UC Irvine - July 16th
Duke - July 17th
Mercer-July 18th
Quinnipiac - July 20th

 

[AgentQuestion]

Georgetown is already on the list

 

[mk2015]

Georgetown is already on the list

Whoops, didn't catch that...fixed

 

[Cawolf]

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This Year's Earliest Interview Invites (2015-2016):

June
University of Texas Medical Branch - June 24th

July
Pitt - July 7th
Texas A&M - July 7th
University of Nebraska - July 8th (EDP)
University of Chicago - July 13th
George Washington - July 14th
Texas Tech - El Paso - July 14th
Tulane - July 14th
Jefferson - July 14th
West Virginia University- July 16th
Georgetown - July 16th
University of Louisville - July 16th
UC Irvine - July 16th
Duke - July 17th
Mercer-July 18th
Quinnipiac - July 20th
University of Texas at San Antonio - July 20th