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Is 6 rejections alot?
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It seems a bit high to already have been informed of a "rejection" this early in the cycle - are these schools like Mayo, UCSF< and Vanderbilt, that reject by not giving out a secondary? Or are you actually hearing from schools that are telling you "we have decided to not extend you an interview"...because I don't remember getting those kinds of rejections until much later in the cycle, like Feb/March...
Sorry I meant 6 rejections. I actually got an interview at the mayo lol...but only one other than my state school (which interviews almost everybody). Rejected from UCSF pre-secondary.All other schools post secondary. Virginia Commonwealth, Tulane, U of Wisconsin, Georgetown, Hawaii. And a hold at Arizona tuscon.
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Thats not too bad. I have 8 rejections so far (4 presecondary), 6 holds, and 3 interviews. Still waiting to hear from 24 lol. I know...a lot of schools
Hawaii rejects based on residency, but not sure why you have gotten such an early ding at the others - I didn't apply to any of those, so no frame of reference. All I remember from my cycle is that interview invites trickled in during Sept and October, and for all the other schools, I either heard nothing (silent rejection) or got some sort of "sorry, but we are finished interviewing" email in Feb / March. Maybe things have changed and these schools are more aggressively rejecting applicants rather than sticking them into the "reject in March" pile. Frankly, they are doing you a bit of a favor...
VCU and Georgetown are very focused on their mission and really look beyond stats so don't be too upset about them. They have rejected many people with very decent stats. Hawaii is pretty hardcore on their own location. Tulane I feel like rejected half of their applicants right off the bat without even looking at their whole story lol. So I think you should not worry about those rejections at all.
Tulane gets rid of 10,000 applicants and keeps 500 or so
Thanks for making me feel better. I guess I should've chosen better schools to apply to. It's just unnerving when the only two interviews I have are at schools with very low acceptance rates. I hope everyone else's cycle is going well.
In the same boat....and I thought I had great qualifications...guess being asian 38 3.8 isnt cuttin' it these days...and it ALWAYS HAPPENS ON WEDNESDAY!!! WHYYY...ruined m Wednesdays...
I was rejected by 27 schools. I wouldn't feel too bad about 5 just yet.
You only need to avoid rejection in one program. So as long as you've applied to >6, you're still doing alright.
Actually the thing that surprised me during the process is that schools that perceive you as having no realistic desire to go there (for example, due to expected acceptance at other programs) will reject without interview.
Actually the thing that surprised me during the process is that schools that perceive you as having no realistic desire to go there (for example, due to expected acceptance at other programs) will reject without interview.
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kpcrew
you have a 94.7 chance of getting into medical school
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gmcguitar4
all you need is one so don't worry
When I applied I got one interview to my state school in September, and then rejected from all other schools I applied to but 2 within the next 2 months and then got interviews to those last two in December.
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kpcrew
unlinked your md apps?
I saw the title and I immediately thought of this:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
No I'm not actually douchy about spelling. I just like Hyperbole & a Half...
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
No I'm not actually douchy about spelling. I just like Hyperbole & a Half...
I like you.
Not unless you only applied to 5 schools. It only takes one yes. Good luck!
I'm sure you will become a highly esteemed and respected physician.
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Well, as of now, if there is nothing you can do about it, dont worry about it. Dont freak out! All you need is one and chaces are you will have it. 🙂
Great. Now we can be rejected because we are overqualified.
If every school rejects you because you are the type of candidate that is sure to be accepted at some other school ...... ?
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kpcrew
does this actually happen?
Heard lots about it here on SDN and there are some surprising rejections in the school threads that seem to back it up.
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gmcguitar4
Well if you are an OOS applying to, for example, UConn with a 40S and 3.9 and great EC's, they probably can see right through that. I would reject that person too because there is a huge chance that the person would not choose that school. They have no local ties and family probably didn't go there, its obvious it is a backup and a waste of an interview invite.
Schools also look for students that fit their mission and could reject people with higher stats.
Schools also look for students that fit their mission and could reject people with higher stats.
I think that's a really unfair presumption for an adcom to make, and since they'll probably interview enough folks to fill their class 5 times over, a policy like that seems just plain stupid.
Well, as it's been mentioned, schools want to give their acceptances to students whom they think will actually attend their school. Even as it is now, a lot of the "safety" schools get a squillion apps and still have a high acceptance:matriculation ratio.
My guess would be that unusually superstar applicants probably get more scrutiny during the "why this school in particular?" segments of the process.
Agreed as evidenced by the fact that EVERY school asks you "why __________ school of medicine?" in admissions. Likelihood of matriculation probably does play a significant role in admissions.
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Still, though, I don't really see a lot of "stellar" applicants half-assing it on essays if they're already putting forth the effort to apply. Unless it really is just a matter of explicit connections to the state, I don't think the validity of a response to the "why ______" question would be inversely related to stats; even if people using that school as a safety have worse reasons for applying, they're not going to out and say "you're a back-up" on the secondary.
I half-assed it on a few secondaries, as did many others, I presume, who also got sick of writing them after a while.
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kpcrew
yeah i've seen those too but those guys usually only show their numbers. maybe they don't match the school's mission statement or lack extracurriculars. i actually know a few people who applied without doing any volunteering and things of that sort.
wow this thread exploded yesterday. So my question is what did you guys use as your safety schools then?
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kpcrew
well i'm hoping to get into my state schools but there isn't really a "safety school" unless you count caribbean schools or something
Some times it's not a matter of effort. MCAT score (and the writing sub-score, for that matter) have very little to do with writing ability. There are some truly terrible writers in med school who crushed their classes and tests but couldn't crank out a coherent essay to save their lives. For these poor souls, pouring hours into their secondaries still isn't going to yield much magic.
If they were stellar applicants and really pushing for every advantage, they could exercise the option to pre-write their secondaries and have them edited like their PS.
