Interviews head scratcher... Is this happening to you too?

[iralex801]

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At the end of the app cycle, let's compare our acceptances. Enough said.

I am actually the kid all gunners hate you know. Intelligence is primarily due to your genetics. The kid who tries harder in something isn't necessarily the one that is best at it.

I'm down to compare, but I think it's sad you would want to compare the number of schools we are accepted to. What is the purpose? Are you somehow better than me if you get accepted to more schools?

Oh btw, are you kidding me? We can't just take the numbers of school accepted into account? We gotta take into account the reputation of the school! How could you oversee such an important criteria! Shame on you. Obviously Howard only counts as 1/4 of an acceptance and Columbia counts as 3 acceptances. /sarcasm off (just in case you couldn't tell)

Disclaimer: This is a controversial post. I apologize to all beforehand who may be offended about my statements regarding intelligence.

 

[YoHomey]

I am actually the kid all gunners hate you know. Intelligence is primarily due to your genetics. The kid who tries harder in something isn't necessarily the one that is best at it.

I'm down to compare, but I think it's sad you would want to compare the number of schools we are accepted to. What is the purpose? Are you somehow better than me if you get accepted to more schools?

Oh btw, are you kidding me? We can't just take the numbers of school accepted into account? We gotta take into account the reputation of the school! How could you oversee such an important criteria! Shame on you. Obviously Howard only counts as 1/4 of an acceptance and Columbia counts as 3 acceptances. /sarcasm off (just in case you couldn't tell)

Disclaimer: This is a controversial post. I apologize to all beforehand who may be offended about my statements regarding intelligence.

Thanks for sharing your monologue. I don't even need to respond

 

[Bis-GMA111]

haha, well my mistake if i mistook your baseless OPINION as an argument. You do have an opinion and you are entitled to it.

Whether you were rejected by BU in the past or not is your business I suppose (which i'm inclined to believe by the way..since you haven't answered my question).

So if the school doesn't appeal to you...but appeals to others...why would you go out of your way to slander the school for no apparent reason?

edit: and it's not about how people perceive you on sdn, because this is an online forum. I would like to hope that you're at least somewhat of a decent person in real life

 

[longhornpride]

Well, your reading comprehension score must suck, too, because I never had an argument...I had an opinion. Sorry this opinion is shared by many people in the dental community...so technically, that's how a lot of people call it. 😉

I really don't care for my reputation on SDN lol. I'm just hoping to get into a half-decent school...and that does not include BU. It might be for some people, but it doesn't appeal to me. Good luck with that school. We should all strive for sub-mediocrity.

sub-mediocre like your gpa from last year? or sub-mediocre like your DAT from last year? maybe sub-mediocre like your zero number of interviews or acceptances last year? Were you striving for sub-mediocrity when you asked SDN for the easiest post bach program to help bring up your gpa from a glorified community college?

I wouldn't even call that sub-mediocre, more like pathetic. A Canadian bashing one of the most Canadian friendly schools sounds like someone who couldn't score an interview 2 years in a row from a certain school.

A re-applicant without a single acceptance has the nerve to call any school a "lesser" school, much less bash people for attending similar private schools who get in on their first try.

Insults are fun aren't they?

I'm going to go ahead and join some of the others on this thread and add amalgam to my ignore list.

 

[Bis-GMA111]

^wow.

all i can say is: "haters gon' hate"

 

[UltimateHombre]

I am so damn sick of all this prestige arguing... i have been visiting this board for 3 years regularly and i have never seen it so much. It's pretty freakin ridiculous!

I honestly can't stand some of the posts on here... they reek of arrogance, entitlement, and straight up bull****. Have some self respect... there is no reason to be a little b***h over how someone with lower stats got an interview and you didn't. Are we seriously in college? Reading these posts it seems like i am back in 8th grade... fricken drama queens.

Fact there are 60+ dental schools in US. Maybe 5 might have some "prestigious name", therefore the vast, vast, vast majority of dentists have to go to some "lowly" state or private school.

Get off your high horse (all of you with this entitled attitude) and be grateful for whatever interviews and acceptances you may gain.

Sorry for the rant.... it just really bothered me...

 

[uva09]

There are two basic discusion types that dominate SDN: we can find the never-ending stream of "what are my chances" threads and another blitzkrieg of "why no interviews - this is such a head scratcher" discussions.

People constantly get on here and bemoan about their "stats" - perplexed as to why Profile A with X "stats" got interviews or acceptances over Profile B with Y "stats".

At what point will people realize that this process is much more dimensional and dynamic than a pair of GPA values and a DAT score?

If all that mattered was your unqualified, unsubstantiated GPA number and a similarly unrevealing DAT score - do you think you would have had to fill out that monstrous AADSAS application or endure this arduous process?

Based on GPA and DAT figures for matriculation there are many, many times more qualified applicants than there are available seats.

As such, it may seem like a crapshoot to the applicant pool, but newsflash, it's not. People simply fail to take into account the hundreds, if not tens of thousands of additional factors. "I have a 3.90 GPA but so and so got an interview at X school with a 3.40 GPA.. WTF!!" There is no "WTF" - did you consider the fact that maybe that person went to a top-15 school and you went to a less than stellar state school? Did you consider the fact that the other applicant is applying as an underrepresented minority? Or maybe they have extraordinary extracurricular involvements. Or any other aspect that could define an infinite number of mitigating possibilities.

To the OP: surely you must have been aware of the fact that there was no definitive answer to your generalized discusion topic? And surely you must have been thoroughly conscious of the fact there was going to be no response that would have satiated your angst. You are a "well-rounded applicant with very high stats"? Congratulations, you are amongst many hundreds of similarly-positioned applicants. Again, more applicants than seats. "Is this happening to you too?" How is that not beyond obvious. Of course this is happening to other people.


Your application is considered HOLISTICALLY.

Enough of the speculation and diaphanous banter. Unfounded diatribes based upon "stats" represents a hollow endeavor to achieve self assurance. Be supportive and recognize the inherent fact that no one on here knows all the answers, nor can any combination of "stats" guarantee anything.

 

[amalgamgrillz]

sub-mediocre like your gpa from last year? or sub-mediocre like your DAT from last year? maybe sub-mediocre like your zero number of interviews or acceptances last year? Were you striving for sub-mediocrity when you asked SDN for the easiest post bach program to help bring up your gpa from a glorified community college?

I wouldn't even call that sub-mediocre, more like pathetic. A Canadian bashing one of the most Canadian friendly schools sounds like someone who couldn't score an interview 2 years in a row from a certain school.

A re-applicant without a single acceptance has the nerve to call any school a "lesser" school, much less bash people for attending similar private schools who get in on their first try.

Insults are fun aren't they?

I'm going to go ahead and join some of the others on this thread and add amalgam to my ignore list.

Haha, o0o0o angry! You should have followed my plan and done a Master's. Then perhaps you wouldn't have had to settle for the Meharry of the North. I'm telling you, it works! I wouldn't be hating on BU, if I didn't have such a successful interview season at great schools. BU isn't a Canadian friendly school; it's a Canadian desperate school.

You know, for someone who's in dental school, you spend a lot of time on SDN. I guess you have the time since BU doesn't require you to do anything to graduate.

 

[DentalGunner]

Haha, o0o0o angry! You should have followed my plan and done a Master's. Then perhaps you wouldn't have had to settle for the Meharry of the North. I'm telling you, it works! I wouldn't be hating on BU, if I didn't have such a successful interview season at great schools. BU isn't a Canadian friendly school; it's a Canadian desperate school.

You know, for someone who's in dental school, you spend a lot of time on SDN. I guess you have the time since BU doesn't require you to do anything to graduate.

Amalgam & Longhorn - your fight was entertaining for a little bit. Now it's just annoying.

Amalgam - you have great, valid points, but you present your points like an a*shole; at least be somewhat entertaining like YoHomey. You probably got rejected by BU...who cares, you don't/wouldn't want to go there anyway. Whatever the case, you can't "call it like it is" about any school until you're in dental school, anyway.

Longhorn - So you go to a school with a bad reputation...whatever, grow up. Get over it. You're a dental student now. Set an example. There are one too many 'LOL BU' threads on here, so don't let this be a start of a potential angry crusade.

Now, kids, go to your rooms and think about what you did!

 

[LittleMissFloss]

I am so damn sick of all this prestige arguing... i have been visiting this board for 3 years regularly and i have never seen it so much. It's pretty freakin ridiculous!

I honestly can't stand some of the posts on here... they reek of arrogance, entitlement, and straight up bull****. Have some self respect... there is no reason to be a little b***h over how someone with lower stats got an interview and you didn't. Are we seriously in college? Reading these posts it seems like i am back in 8th grade... fricken drama queens.

Fact there are 60+ dental schools in US. Maybe 5 might have some "prestigious name", therefore the vast, vast, vast majority of dentists have to go to some "lowly" state or private school.

Get off your high horse (all of you with this entitled attitude) and be grateful for whatever interviews and acceptances you may gain.

Sorry for the rant.... it just really bothered me...

Amen 😉

 

[DentalJedi]

Is anyone else sensing the sexual tension between amalgam and longhorn? This argument is way too passionate to be just about dental school.

 

[YoHomey]

at least be somewhat entertaining like YoHomey.

I'll take that as a compliment! 🙂

Btw, is it just me or is that dude (Anthony S. Youn, MD) in the above ad wearing foundation makeup lol? His face appears a little too white.

 

[amalgamgrillz]

Is anyone else sensing the sexual tension between amalgam and longhorn? This argument is way too passionate to be just about dental school.

I'm desperate for some dental schools...BU is desperate for anyone. But, for some reason, it's just not working out. More like sexual frustration than tension.

 

[DentalJedi]

I'm desperate for some dental schools...BU is desperate for anyone. But, for some reason, it's just not working out. More like sexual frustration than tension.

That makes sense. Hopefully December 1st we'll all have some release from our frustrations and all the bickering can die down a little bit.

 

[YoHomey]

Yo the funny thing is a bunch of us will become classmates next year keeping our SDN handles a secret and then one night when we're getting drunk the truth will come out and we'll all be cracking up lol.

 

[AlbinoPolarBear]

Yo the funny thing is a bunch of us will become classmates next year keeping our SDN handles a secret and then one night when we're getting drunk the truth will come out and we'll all be cracking up lol.

We all might be BU classmates next year. Wouldn't that be hilarious.

 

[toothexplore]

We all might be BU classmates next year. Wouldn't that be hilarious.

hahahahhaha that would make my day

 

[FROGGBUSTER]

Yo the funny thing is a bunch of us will become classmates next year keeping our SDN handles a secret and then one night when we're getting drunk the truth will come out and we'll all be cracking up lol.

except you'll have like 5, lol.

 

[YoHomey]

We all might be BU classmates next year. Wouldn't that be hilarious.

LOL, we'll run that school into the ground.

 

[tayloreve]

Yo the funny thing is a bunch of us will become classmates next year keeping our SDN handles a secret and then one night when we're getting drunk the truth will come out and we'll all be cracking up lol.

That'd be hilarious!



I really wish people wouldn't argue on here though 🙁 it makes me wonder how you are going to get along with your patients if you can't even get along with people online? x_x

 

[Jackson-Ave-Dental]

That'd be hilarious!



I really wish people wouldn't argue on here though 🙁 it makes me wonder how you are going to get along with your patients if you can't even get along with people online? x_x

I assure you, you'll have many patients who'll drive you up the wall.

 

[YoHomey]

That'd be hilarious!



I really wish people wouldn't argue on here though 🙁 it makes me wonder how you are going to get along with your patients if you can't even get along with people online? x_x

I assure you everyone will get along with their patients when they are collecting money from them. I plan to be the most lovable and adorable dentist in town. I can be quite charming. Just ask my ex-girlfriends' mothers... they all loved me

 

[tinman831]

I assure you everyone will get along with their patients when they are collecting money from them. I plan to be the most lovable and adorable dentist in town.

It doesn't matter how much they pay you. You'll learn to dump those trouble patients fast. Some patients are simply not worth the headache.

 

[tayloreve]

It doesn't matter how much they pay you. You'll learn to dump those trouble patients fast. Some patients are simply not worth the headache.

Yes. Refer them elsewhere and let them be some other dentists problem 😀😀

 

[amalgamgrillz]

We all might be BU classmates next year. Wouldn't that be hilarious.

Please knock on every piece of wood around you. lol. If BU was my only acceptance, I honestly think I would try and defer my acceptance and just re-apply elsewhere. Give the spot up for someone who might like the school.

 

[HoustonDAT]

Please knock on every piece of wood around you. lol. If BU was my only acceptance, I honestly think I would try and defer my acceptance and just re-apply elsewhere. Give the spot up for someone who might like the school.

I usually wouldn't stop to make this post, but I've been around SDN long enough to see multiple daily posts by amalgamgrillz.

This poster is THE most obnoxious blowhard I have ever witnessed on any internet forum. The kid is nothing more than an immature hypocritical loner. He has almost a 1000 posts, but asks a dental student challenging him whether or not he doesn't have enough work at dental school. Well, amalgamgrillz, shouldn't you be trying to get into dental school instead of making 1000 posts? The kid also thinks you're a ***** if you don't know the "Official Amalgramgrillz Dental School Ranking System" (used by every pre-dent, adcom, PD, and dentist in the world). The kid likes to insinuate that graduates from institutions such as BU and Meharry would be blown away by a Harvard graduate. Such verbal diarrhea is being transcribed onto SDN while he is at his community college's computer lab. When he's not doing that, he's scheming on how he can fraudulently apply to dental schools without reporting his W's on his transcript. The kid also says that he would turn down a BU acceptance even if it's his only one. This kid is a desperate for attention. You have transcribed so much crap onto SDN, that I would not be surprised if someone took the time out to find your identity. I mean you are an Asian from Canada with a Spanish sounding last name that went to Douglas College that has applied to at least Midwestern-IL (a university with a much greater reputation than BU right?). I gathered all that info from 2/1000 posts. Think of what one of the many lurking adcoms can piece together?? You need to heed the advice of the more experienced. My advice to you: know when to shut the ---- up. (I'm sure you don't speak like this in person, otherwise you wouldn't have functioning hands to type with.)

You wanna know why you will never get into dental school?

Print out all 1000 posts and show an adcom, they'll tell you why.

 

[LittleTomato]

 

[Double Bonded]

In ............. b4 the..............................

 

[Bereno]

Me too! Me too!!!!! 😀

 

[tinman831]

Personal attacks are not permitted. Please remember that.

 

[lululime]

Wow... there sure are some conceited pre-dents in this thread. There are no "lower end" dental schools. Here's a little secret, schools with high acceptance gpas usually tend to have the cheapest tuition prices. It has no correlation to the quality of education you will receive in the didactic courses and in the clinic. Have some humility and try not to insult some of your future colleagues and fellow pre-dents.

👍

 

[budda10000]

Maybe its not just about stats, as so many people have said on this website. Maybe your passion for the field and compassion for other people didn't shine through as much as it should have. No one in this process is entitled to an interview from any school, no matter how good of an applicant you think you are. I know Boston is very much about having relaxed and laid back personalities at their school, and may that wasn't apparent in your app. It might help to be a little more humble, take a step back, and think about what you can/could have improved upon instead of complaining that people with lower stats are getting interviews you think you deserve.

Good luck though with the rest of the admission process.

Hes not bragging he is frustrated. Its perfectly natural and non-egotistical to be angry when people who put in less work than you get preference.
If you are really "passionate" about a field you will do everything in your power to excel in it. Compassion doesn't cut it if your work sucks. Frankly lazy people make my head hurt and when adcoms give preference to lazy people is makes it explode. Stats count especially when your not seeing the person face to face. Screening on your personality and/or passion should be done face to face.

 

[Bereno]

Hes not bragging he is frustrated. Its perfectly natural and non-egotistical to be angry when people who put in less work than you get preference.
If you are really "passionate" about a field you will do everything in your power to excel in it. Compassion doesn't cut it if your work sucks. Frankly lazy people make my head hurt and when adcoms give preference to lazy people is makes it explode. Stats count especially when your not seeing the person face to face. Screening on your personality and/or passion should be done face to face.

Maybe they put all their effort into ECs and volunteering... You never know. I would give them the benefit of the doubt since they WERE invited for an interview, so there was something of merit in their applications... These schools did not simply say "Hey lets give this slacker an interview over the kid with higher stats!" haha. I'm joking here, but you get the idea 👍

 

[snikki]

Yo the funny thing is a bunch of us will become classmates next year keeping our SDN handles a secret and then one night when we're getting drunk the truth will come out and we'll all be cracking up lol.

could you imagine if on the first day of school everyone wore a name tag with their sdn name on it... how many ppl would you avoid after that point..... haha

 

[YoHomey]

could you imagine if on the first day of school everyone wore a name tag with their sdn name on it... how many ppl would you avoid after that point..... haha

My name tag will say tayloreve haha.

 

[AlbinoPolarBear]

Maybe they put all their effort into ECs and volunteering... You never know. I would give them the benefit of the doubt since they WERE invited for an interview, so there was something of merit in their applications... These schools did not simply say "Hey lets give this slacker an interview over the kid with higher stats!" haha. I'm joking here, but you get the idea 👍

So how do you explain Indiana rejecting highly qualified applicants a few months ago with email saying:

Dear Highly Qualified Applicant,
We know you are just using us a backup school, and with your qualifications, you are pretty much guaranteed an acceptance to your in-state school, which probably is your first choice. You probably don't want to pay our outrageous out of state tuition, which is on par with an Ivy League's. We know you're too great for our school, and please do not put our hopes up, get to know us, tell us we are the only one you're thinking of, then ditching us come December 1st. We would rather not meet you at all.
-Indiana School of Dentistry Admissions Committee

So yeah, I would say that out of all the applicants, roughly 200 are PERFECT applicants (3.8+, 23AA+, tons of ECs, shadowing, awesome letters). These 200 get into every school they apply to. And they probably apply to the best schools.

So if this perfect applicant got Harvard, Columbia, UCLA etc interviews, why would a school like BU waste their time with this applicant?

The newer schools, like LECOM, Western and MWU-Arizona, are still in the process of advertising. They got brand spanking new buildings and gadgets, so they can offer interviews to every qualified applicant, to spread the news via word of mouth.

But BU doesn't offer any new fancy buildings or gadgets, so why invite a highly qualified applicant so they can treat it as a mock interview for better things?

 

[Jackson-Ave-Dental]

My name tag will say tayloreve haha.

Do it.

could you imagine if on the first day of school everyone wore a name tag with their sdn name on it... how many ppl would you avoid after that point..... haha

Then we go back to the forever unanswered question of, "which is the real you?" I hold my ground for the answer of, "they're all you."

If you are unable to get along online, there is a fat chance that you'll get along in person anyway...


Funny story though... back in HS I trashed talked this one guy out pretty badly in WC3, only to find out the next day that he was in my English class. We ended up being good friends though LOL.

 

[amalgamgrillz]

Haha at one of my interviews, we had to put questions in a box for fun-introductions. Someone got "Whats your SDN screenname, or who is your favorite SDN contributer?"

 

[BobLoblawDDS]

Is that really a reason someone might not get an interview or an acceptance? Because they're overqualified?

 

[Bereno]

So how do you explain Indiana rejecting highly qualified applicants a few months ago with email saying:

Dear Highly Qualified Applicant,
We know you are just using us a backup school, and with your qualifications, you are pretty much guaranteed an acceptance to your in-state school, which probably is your first choice. You probably don't want to pay our outrageous out of state tuition, which is on par with an Ivy League's. We know you're too great for our school, and please do not put our hopes up, get to know us, tell us we are the only one you're thinking of, then ditching us come December 1st. We would rather not meet you at all.
-Indiana School of Dentistry Admissions Committee

So yeah, I would say that out of all the applicants, roughly 200 are PERFECT applicants (3.8+, 23AA+, tons of ECs, shadowing, awesome letters). These 200 get into every school they apply to. And they probably apply to the best schools.

So if this perfect applicant got Harvard, Columbia, UCLA etc interviews, why would a school like BU waste their time with this applicant?

The newer schools, like LECOM, Western and MWU-Arizona, are still in the process of advertising. They got brand spanking new buildings and gadgets, so they can offer interviews to every qualified applicant, to spread the news via word of mouth.

But BU doesn't offer any new fancy buildings or gadgets, so why invite a highly qualified applicant so they can treat it as a mock interview for better things?

I hear what your saying about some schools not giving interviews to really strong applicants - I agree lol. I have come to the conclusion that I wasted my time applying to certain schools (ASDOH, BU, and Marquette) because my stats are way above their averages, so they won't even interview me.

However, what I was trying to say earlier is that when you compare someone that has "good" stats with amazing letters of rec, tons of ECs like research, volunteering, is president of many clubs, etc to someone who has "great" stats but limited ECs, or even limited letters, it can go both ways. I guess what I am saying is that someone's stats are only half the picture. I think ECs, letters of rec, and personal statement, are the other half that can sometimes greatly compensate for only having "good" stats. Of course, this depends on how you distinguish between "good" and "great" stats...

Also, I am saying this in response to budda10000. He said that those who put more effort and passion into the dental field should be given priority. I agree, but I don't think that your level of effort and passion is only displayed in your grades. I say you can put a lot of your time and effort into your ECs as well, which might make your grades suffer a little bit. You can tell a lot about someone from their personal statements, volunteering activities, letters of rec, and even all that miscellaneous stuff you fill in on the AADSAS app. It is from the sum of all of these things that an applicant is given an interview.

BTW, do you have a copy of that email from Indiana?? 😀

 

[Bereno]

Is that really a reason someone might not get an interview or an acceptance? Because they're overqualified?

Yeah... lol

 

[mc719]

I have a suggestion, how about when this cycle is over we all call the adcoms and ask why we didn't get in, if we didn't get in. Then it won't be a guessing game, and we'll have stuff to work on before we interview for jobs/residencies. We could also give future applicants advice that is actually useful.

 

[iralex801]

Then we go back to the forever unanswered question of, "which is the real you?" I hold my ground for the answer of, "they're all you."

If you are unable to get along online, there is a fat chance that you'll get along in person anyway...

I agree. Eventually, the real you will come out if you spend enough time with someone. You might be able to fake it for a day or two like during interviews. But after you spend time with someone long enough, you won't be able to hide it.

Plus, the fact that some people are willing to go on SDN and troll people with a personality that really isn't them already says a lot about the person.

As for why people with higher stats don't get the interviews, everyone has to remember that the process is holistic. The process is not 100 percent objective. What EC's you think are amazing might seem mediocre to some adcoms and some adcoms might think otherwise. What sob story might seem to touch the hearts of some adcoms; other adcoms will think your making excuses. Adcoms have personalities too. They have dislikes, likes, personal preferences like regular people. When they read your application besides the GPA and DAT, they form subjective opinions based on their own personal experiences and preferences.

You also have to consider the mood the adcom is in when he is reading your application too. Maybe the adcom just got in a fight with his wife before he came to work. Just think about yourself when your in a bad mood and how it affects your decisions. Adcoms are human beings just like us and their decisions are affected by emotions. They are not some immortal being.

Everyone needs to remember that the process is somewhat subjective and with subjectivity comes inconsistent results.

 

[oreoson]

sub-mediocre like your gpa from last year? or sub-mediocre like your DAT from last year? maybe sub-mediocre like your zero number of interviews or acceptances last year? Were you striving for sub-mediocrity when you asked SDN for the easiest post bach program to help bring up your gpa from a glorified community college?

I wouldn't even call that sub-mediocre, more like pathetic. A Canadian bashing one of the most Canadian friendly schools sounds like someone who couldn't score an interview 2 years in a row from a certain school.

A re-applicant without a single acceptance has the nerve to call any school a "lesser" school, much less bash people for attending similar private schools who get in on their first try.

Insults are fun aren't they?

I'm going to go ahead and join some of the others on this thread and add amalgam to my ignore list.

amalgamgrillz 08-16-2011, 10:20 AM
They better accept Canadians. I'm desperate, so I went down to the states to open an American bank account.
__________________
Doctors Aren't Real Dentists.

Hey longhornpride,
I guess beggars can be choosers. I apologize on his behalf. He's a disgrace to UBC, South Asian community, and all Canadians seeking admission to American DS.

 

[amalgamgrillz]

amalgamgrillz

Hey longhornpride,
I guess beggars can be choosers. I apologize on his behalf. He's a disgrace to UBC, South Asian community, and all Canadians seeking admission to American DS.

Didn't realize I was speaking on behalf of all Canadians. My apologies.

 

[amalgamgrillz]

I have a suggestion, how about when this cycle is over we all call the adcoms and ask why we didn't get in, if we didn't get in. Then it won't be a guessing game, and we'll have stuff to work on before we interview for jobs/residencies. We could also give future applicants advice that is actually useful.

Lol best advice yet. I agree. 👍

 

[budda10000]

Maybe they put all their effort into ECs and volunteering... You never know. I would give them the benefit of the doubt since they WERE invited for an interview, so there was something of merit in their applications... These schools did not simply say "Hey lets give this slacker an interview over the kid with higher stats!" haha. I'm joking here, but you get the idea 👍

True that could be the case. But I have seen people with both high stats and high EC, leadership, ect. get passed over in med and dent schools including myself. Im not complaining about my results this cycle but some schools leave me scratching my head??*UCSF*(this really frustrates me because i have had to pay taxes to support this school)

I really see no winning formula and its frustrating! It seems like some schools just interview you on a whim as long as you meet basic criteria.
Of course you need both EC and academics but academics>EC and most every adviser will concur on that.👍

 

[tayloreve]

My name tag will say tayloreve haha.

o_o?

 

[ginaych]

I am bewildered too. I have a pretty good stat. Bcp 4.0, sic gpa3.9, aa 24, ts 25, pat 20, and I have publications as well. I submitted in sept and I only got 3 interviews so far out of 12 schools I applied. I don't know what the schools r looking for anymore but I'm kinda over it. I just wish to nail the Columbia interview and hear from them on 12.1. Otherwise I'll be pretty happy with USC also.

I am confused, baffled, perplexed, befuddled, bemused and a bit frustrated, demoralized and disturbed.

I am a well-rounded applicant with very high stats and applied to over a dozen schools. In addition, I made a concerted effort over the past 2 years to connect with admissions offices at my target schools resulting in about a half dozen legitimate connections with Directors of Admissions.

So far I scored interviews to a couple of competitive and prestigious schools and a couple of solid schools. I've also been rejected by the school at the bottom of my totem pole WTF. However, I haven't heard a peep from the rest of the schools, most of which have given interviews to SDNers with lower stats, and with most of my admissions connections belonging to this group too.


Go figure, what a head scratcher smh. Anyone else experiencing this too?