I am applying to med school in this cycle. I applied to ~20 schools and I was fortunate enough to receive 14 interview invitations so far. However, I am distressed by the expensive nature of interviews and the fact that I have to take 2 days off of work for each OOS interview. I plan on attending all of the interviews scheduled before Oct 15th. My question is whether I should book the flight tickets and hotel for the ones after Oct 15th ahead of time. Can someone with similar experiences provide some thoughtful insights on this topic?
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You should have been scheduling as many as you can after October 16th in case you get an early acceptance...that's what I did. I also am not buying plane tickets or booking hotels until 2 weeks out.
You should have been scheduling as many as you can after October 16th in case you get an early acceptance...that's what I did. I also am not buying plane tickets or booking hotels until 2 weeks out.
Shouldn't I be scheduling most of the interviews before Oct 15th to take advantage of the rolling admissions process?
Similar situation here (13 interview invites). What I did was schedule flights/hotels ahead of time for the schools that I want to go to. For schools that are meh and are interviewing in November or later, I'm planning to book the stuff at a later time or not book it at all if I get accepted to somewhere I want to go.
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Book the ones you want to go to most earlier...the ones that are more back-ups book later...I have at least 4 interviews that I scheduled in November when they still had dates in October in case I get that October 16th acceptance from a certain school...everyone has their own strategy man.
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It really depends on money and time. I scheduled all of my interviews before Oct 15 that I could fit in because I simply wanted to finish. All of my schools are in the NYC Boston DMV NC areas so travel from all of my interviews will probably land around a 1,000 which is one flight for most AND I could afford time.
ChemEngMD is right too. If you're flying a lot cross country etc. you should prioritize because after Oct 15th you will not care about a few schools anymore and that will save you a ton of money and time.
Good luck!
ChemEngMD is right too. If you're flying a lot cross country etc. you should prioritize because after Oct 15th you will not care about a few schools anymore and that will save you a ton of money and time.
Good luck!
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Yeah, I've scheduled the ones I really want to go to before October 15 so that I can hear back on Oct 15, but for the ones I don't really want to go to, I scheduled them after Oct 15 so that I can cancel them after I (hopefully) get int somewhere on Oct 15. Besides, my boss is angry that I miss work so much already and he keeps on asking me if I'm going to go on more interviews...
