Interview without sending secondary material?!

[jmejia1]

I recieved an interview offer without sending my letters or rec. or anything else aside from my primary to a specific school. I decided a long time ago not to send my secondary fee and other material to the school since it was just another cost and work I didn't wish to do. Has this happened to anyone else? The school wasn't Univ. of Pitt nor UCI. I know you guys might be eager to know which school it was but I wouldn't want a gunner calling the school to complain and some how the school narrowing the leak to a certain amount of students, including me.

The school is decent, not a big name. I 'm wondering if they are desparetly seeking more applicants or if they read over my AMCAS and liked what they saw. This year is such a weird year!

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[scottie]

The same thing happened to me with Indiana.

 

[locitamd]

It did happen to me at Pitt, and that's been the only interview I've gotten so far. I'm glad at least I got that, because without it, I would truly be psychotic at this point.

It does leave me to question though how badly I could have screwed up my other secondary applications that I've heard nothing from anybody else at all.

Good luck with your interview.

 

[altaskier]

Do you know anyone at UCI who has interviewed without turning in a secondary? Due to the way you phrased it, it seems as though Pitt and UCI have been giving out interviews without secondaries. I know this is true with Pitt. But, I highly highly doubt UCI is doing this. No UC gives interviews without recieving secondaries.

 

[Coalboy]

I got my secondary and interview requests from UAB at the same time.

 

[chef]

vanderbilt does this also

 

[Coalboy]

Maybe it's just for Baltimore applicants.

 

[community]

Temple, Pitt, and Howard do this as well.

 

[falafel]

U Mich. offered me an interview invite without a secondary. Is this a common practice (inviting for interviews without a secondary??) Do those of you who were extended invites this way have pretty stellar stats? What is it about an applicant that warrants this "bucking" the traditional system?

 

[Badgerbabe]

UW Madison does this too - I had my app complete at my interview, but was surprised to find out that this is a regular practice of theirs.

 

[Sprockette]

I have recieved two of my three interview invites so far without having completed the respective secondaries. I would definitely not say my stats are "stellar," but they are not terrible, either. I do get the feeling, though, that when schools do this, they are basing the invite mainly on numbers, because both of the interviews I got this way came right after the schools received my august MCAT scores.