Late-friendly schools?

[NghtSky04]

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Hey I know this is kind of an odd question, but I was wondering if people happen to know some low-tiered medical schools that tend to be more late friendly?

I submitted my application late and I won't be verified until mid-September (unless AMCAS decides to take even longer, which won't surprise me).

My stats are alright. 3.7/33 MCAT non-traditional applicant with typical e/c (although I have lived abroad for 3 year)

I've finished the secondaries for a few MD and DO schools that I wanted to focus on and I am now starting on secondaries for other schools. The problem is that I know that I will only be able to put in quality time to write maybe 3-5 more strong secondaries, with the rest being average/ so-so. Especially those "Why our school?" essays.

What I'm worried about is spending a ton of time writing a secondary and a school not even bothering to look at it since they receive so many applications (or looking at it when it's pointless). For example: Georgetown would normally be within reach if I had applied first day, but seems pointless now.

Obviously this is a hard question to answer (I'm trying to apply as broadly as possible). Nevertheless, wondering if anyone knows anything about specific schools or what schools to avoid/hidden gems?

(FYI: CA resident)

 

[Ismet]

Maybe Temple? I completed my secondary there in mid-September, interviewed in October, and got accepted in early November. They seemed to be relatively quick on the turnaround. And my stats were similar to yours (3.8/32), although I'm a PA resident, but Temple isn't a public school so I'm pretty sure OOS applicants do well there. Check it out!

 

[NghtSky04]

Maybe Temple? I completed my secondary there in mid-September, interviewed in October, and got accepted in early November. They seemed to be relatively quick on the turnaround. And my stats were similar to yours (3.8/32), although I'm a PA resident, but Temple isn't a public school so I'm pretty sure OOS applicants do well there. Check it out!

ooo thank you, that helps a lot

 

[McRunner]

ooo thank you, that helps a lot

Look for ones who haven't sent out secondaries yet. There are only a couple but it might be worth checking!

 

[shawshank613]

One way applicants aren't "penalized" for submitting late is if the schools send out the majority of acceptances in the spring. So they can still be rolling admissions but wait until Feb or Mar to send out their main batches. I saw on another thread that Northwestern, Yale, and Duke are like this.

Anyone know other schools that send out most of their acceptances in the spring?

 

[tantacles]

RFUMS is a pretty good shot. Definitely possible to get an interview if you're late. I interviewed in April and was accepted (not waitlisted) in early May.

 

[Grom]

One way applicants aren't "penalized" for submitting late is if the schools send out the majority of acceptances in the spring. So they can still be rolling admissions but wait until Feb or Mar to send out their main batches. I saw on another thread that Northwestern, Yale, and Duke are like this.

Anyone know other schools that send out most of their acceptances in the spring?

Yale doesn't have rolling admissions

 

[SunsFun]

Maybe Temple? I completed my secondary there in mid-September, interviewed in October, and got accepted in early November. They seemed to be relatively quick on the turnaround. And my stats were similar to yours (3.8/32), although I'm a PA resident, but Temple isn't a public school so I'm pretty sure OOS applicants do well there. Check it out!

Completing secondary mid-September is rather average for most applicants. Definitely not late.

 

[Ismet]

Completing secondary mid-September is rather average for most applicants. Definitely not late.

OP will be verified in mid-September, and if he pre-writes his secondaries, he can be complete in mid to late September, similar to my position. I didn't say that I was a late applicant (I don't consider myself as applying late), the OP is the one classifying himself as late.

 

[shawshank613]

Yale doesn't have rolling admissions

Yale's admissions website lists that notifications will be released in March 2014.

 

[Ismet]

Yale's admissions website lists that notifications will be released in March 2014.

...that means they're non-rolling. Rolling means that they're releasing admissions decisions during the interview season, usually beginning either October 15 or November 15, depending on the school. Aka person A interviews in August and gets their acceptance on October 15. Person B interviews in October and gets their waitlist decision in November.

Non-rolling schools pretty much wait until the interviews are over before releasing admissions decisions. Yale is non-rolling because interviews are over by the time they release notifications in March. Applicants are reviewed on a rolling basis by the admissions committee, but decisions are not rolling.

 

[shawshank613]

Oh I misread the comment by Grom. Sorry for the confusion.