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They are not gonna open a school 1 whole day just for you. waste of energy and waste of $
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Yes the schools completely change the hours that their employees work and even make students come to class on the weekend during interview season so that those who come for interviews won't have to miss a day of class or work or be inconvenienced in any way.........really? I'm waiting for someone to start a thread asking if dental schools ever like an applicant so much that they'll pay to fly him/her out to the school and pay for hotel and a daily food stipend for the interview 
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Indiana does 2 day interviews if you want. You have to come on both days, Friday and Saturday. So the answer is yes, but usually it seems like no?
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The responses to this post are ignorant, misinformed, and stupid. Admissions committees have one job: Admit the right people. If you have reasons you can't make an interview during a week day it is very likely that they will help to accommodate you. In fact, in every other graduate program I can think of, I know that they go out of their way to accommodate those types of requests. After all, they are auditioning for you just as much as you are auditioning for them.
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It would depend on the school I suppose. Some schools allow you to choose a date within a specific timeline while others just mail you your interview packet with the date they chose. I'm sure if you couldn't make it on that day they would try to accommodate you on a day you would be available. After all, they are the ones who want to interview you.
At Kentucky, I was given several dates to choose from. I worked a full time job in another state and was unable to make it during the week especially with such short notice. When I explained this to the admissions office, they offered me a Saturday date and I was able to fly up and interview with no issues. So I guess it never hurts to just ask.
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UNC has 4 interview days, 3 pre december and 1 post december. Each interview is held on a Saturday. Period.
Yes the schools completely change the hours that their employees work and even make students come to class on the weekend during interview season so that those who come for interviews won't have to miss a day of class or work or be inconvenienced in any way.........really? I'm waiting for someone to start a thread asking if dental schools ever like an applicant so much that they'll pay to fly him/her out to the school and pay for hotel and a daily food stipend for the interview
Lol, next time you decide to rip on somebody for asking a dumb question you better make sure you know what your talking about first.
OSU conducts 3 days of interviews, all on Saturdays and pre-Dec1 (they are based on whenever the football team has an away game that day to avoid excessive traffic) They will email you your date, and there is no rescheduling. If you can't make it, your application will be denied.
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Most of Western's interview dates are during the week, but they do offer one or two Saturday dates. The ones during the week usually have 10 people or so, and the weekend dates have closer to 40. Just fyi. 🙂
They cant offer only saturday interviews, or they would get sued for discrimination, nor can any school mandate you come on a saturday.
Not a strong case for a lawsuit.
Jewish people and seventh day adventists would be unable to interview on a saturday. If they only offered saturday dates they would get sued in class action for a fortune.
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They have had all their interview dates on a Saturday for as long as I can remember, and I think the only way you can reschedule is if you can come to the next interview date.
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Indy will give you a hand full of lists and you'll have to rank them according to your desire. If you can't make it, I'd be 100$ that 100 more students would love to be there and would!
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I mean it's still your choice to go or not. No one is forcing you. A Jewish student last year had to reschedule so they bumped her to the next month. It's how they have always done it.
Oh do they have non-saturday interview dates as well? that would make more sense.
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Nope, the just bumped her to the Saturday in October. September's interview last year interfered with Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashanah. I'm not Jewish, so I may be a little naive to the situation, but is it such a terrible thing to miss one Sabbath (or Saturday) to attend a Dental School interview? Regardless, it's a personal choice, no one is forcing the student to choose one or the other. If they choose to bypass the interview because of a strict religious practice, then chalk it up to another religious sacrifice. Pun intended.
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Cry me a river. Everything is discrimination these days. Take it or leave it.
Im pretty positive that a religious jew or Seventh day adventist cannot and would not miss any sabbath for any reason whatsoever. I live in NY so i get exposed to alot of the jewish customs and i can say with some degree of certainty that they wouldnt miss one. That being said a public school such as UNC (or any state school) cannot force someone to attend or only offer them an interview date that interferes with their religion, regardless of what the religion is. While everything is a lawsuit in this country lol and most of them are frivolous, i would love to be the one actually doing the suing. Its a class action lock to win that suit.
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There's a D-3 or D-4 UNC student on here who offers some good insight, maybe they can shed some light on the situation.
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You're missing the point. UNC is not forcing anything. Interviews are offers to tour and interview at the school. If you don't want to attend due to other obligations, let the next applicant attend.
LOL you are missing the point. If you were working a job and they told you that you have to work on saturdays or you were fired and its your choice. they would get sued. It has happened so many times already just google it.
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/...sympathy_for_sabbath_observing_employees.html
but one example.
Whether or not you agree with it is irrelevant, either the schools are making allowances for people who cannot make it on saturday's or they would get thier butts sued off.
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What are you talking about now? Now you're stating jobs?
"That being said a public school such as UNC (or any state school) cannot force someone to attend or only offer them an interview date that interferes with their religion, regardless of what the religion is."
That is a far cry from stating a job. You're comparing apples and oranges!
They are both protected under the same civil right act taht prevents someone from being given an equal opportunity because of religious purposes. Some of you have to have lawyer friends, ask them about this im 99% sure its illegal.
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If it were illegal I'm sure UNC would have been sued a long long time ago.
Unless they offer a non-saturday date for those that cant make it, I dont know?
