Interview invites nov, dec

[wya2020]

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Should we expect a break in interview invites until after the new year as schools go on break for the holidays or historically have committees continued sending out invites in late November and December?

 

[LaughingGas10]

Historically 75% of the interview invites are sent out by end of November.

Another 25% still remains and starts tapering off, usual split would be 9% december, 9% january, 5% February, 2% march.

Interesting to see, if this will be different in the COVID affected year, especially with virtual interviews making the scenario different.

 

[r2med]

Historically 75% of the interview invites are sent out by end of November.

Another 25% still remains and starts tapering off, usual split would be 9% december, 9% january, 5% February, 2% march.

Interesting to see, if this will be different in the COVID affected year, especially with virtual interviews making the scenario different.

Never seen such clear stats about IIs. Is this coming from MSAR or the SDN II tracker or some other source? Just curious.

 

[wya2020]

I saw somewhere on Reddit that based on the six MD schools with interview trackers, about 30-40% of invites are left?

 

[Isomerase]

Never seen such clear stats about IIs. Is this coming from MSAR or the SDN II tracker or some other source? Just curious.

It's certainly not from last year's interview tracker, which suggested that 95% were out by the end of November. I think this might be a little high but probably isn't too far off.

 

[r2med]

It's certainly not from last year's interview tracker, which suggested that 95% were out by the end of November. I think this might be a little high but probably isn't too far off.

The SDN / Reddit interview tracker can't be used for any meaningful statistics or conclusions. Hardly representative of the actual numbers (just like the people posting here on SDN). I think @LaughingGas10 and @wya2020 were referring to trackers on MD school's own websites?

 

[Isomerase]

The SDN / Reddit interview tracker can't be used for any meaningful statistics or conclusions. Hardly representative of the actual numbers (just like the people posting here on SDN). I think @LaughingGas10 and @wya2020 were referring to trackers on MD school's own websites?

I think people exaggerate the inaccuracies of the tracker but fair enough. It certainly holds true for Michigan for which even more interviews have gone out by this point https://medicine.umich.edu/medschoo...cker/UMHS11838_5YearAdmissInfographic2020.pdf
I would love to be proven wrong from more school specific data, because I'm also interested in this question (and wanting more interviews).

 

[bpinyourarea]

I think people exaggerate the inaccuracies of the tracker but fair enough. It certainly holds true for Michigan for which even more interviews have gone out by this point https://medicine.umich.edu/medschoo...cker/UMHS11838_5YearAdmissInfographic2020.pdf
I would love to be proven wrong from more school specific data, because I'm also interested in this question (and wanting more interviews).

UMich so far, has only sent out about 2/3 of their interviews, which is more than half, but they're not close to being done, considering they have only been sending out 10-15 interviews per week.

 

[Isomerase]

UMich so far, has only sent out about 2/3 of their interviews, which is more than half, but they're not close to being done, considering they have only been sending out 10-15 interviews per week.

Yea, this year is definitely different for many schools. Toledo hasn't even started giving out interviews. I just haven't seen historical data suggesting that there are a lot of interviews still given out after this point.

 

[KnightDoc]

Should we expect a break in interview invites until after the new year as schools go on break for the holidays or historically have committees continued sending out invites in late November and December?

I don't think you can expect anything based on prior cycles due to the unique nature of this cycle. Remember, normal school breaks go from the middle of December until the middle of January, not from Thanksgiving until after New Year. This year, some people are working from home, and most schools with live instruction are sending students home this week until January, but that doesn't mean work, or classes, will be stopping.

Basically, no -- you can probably expect a break in IIs this Thursday and maybe Friday 🙂, but, beyond that, the cycle continues, at least until these folks get their usual winter break from shortly before Christmas until just after New Years. And, with any luck, maybe they'll work through that period this year since so many schools seem to be so far behind. After all, they are going to have make this time up at some point. April 30th isn't going anywhere! And neither is orientation 2021.

 

[LaughingGas10]

The SDN / Reddit interview tracker can't be used for any meaningful statistics or conclusions. Hardly representative of the actual numbers (just like the people posting here on SDN). I think @LaughingGas10 and @wya2020 were referring to trackers on MD school's own websites?

yes, mostly based on medical school websites and internal trackers. As I mentioned in my reply, this is likely going to be different this year because of COVID, and also virtual interviews