Letters asking for interviews?

[Loolical]

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I was talking to a friend who is applying to medical school, and she tells me it is quite common place to send letters to the schools, gushing over how much you want to go there and how you would love to meet with them in person and be interviewed. She told me I should probably do the same for the vet schools I applied to.

I've asked 2 vets about this. One said it would be a good idea and the other said it wouldn't make a difference.

Has anyone else heard about or done this?

 

[airrick16]

I was talking to a friend who is applying to medical school, and she tells me it is quite common place to send letters to the schools, gushing over how much you want to go there and how you would love to meet with them in person and be interviewed. She told me I should probably do the same for the vet schools I applied to.

I've asked 2 vets about this. One said it would be a good idea and the other said it wouldn't make a difference.

Has anyone else heard about or done this?

No, that's a new one. Its so crazy, it might work, but they'd only grant the interview out of pity . 🙁

 

[GellaBella]

I think the idea is that if you absolutely love a school and would definitely, no matter what go there if you were accepted then a letter is a way to convey your intentions.

I know that it is very common for med students to write these types of letters. I've never heard of it for vet students. I can't imagine it would hurt you but it may not help you at all.

 

[BlacKAT33]

wow ive never heard of this before. But since im a nervous person, i cant imagine being interviewed after having written a letter. id be doubting myself the whole time and wondering if the liked me or if (like airrick said) it was out of pity

 

[lalzi22]

I've heard of this, and what I've heard is that adcoms feel it sounds needy and desperate, and that they feel like you don't have enough faith in yourself to get an interview on merit, so you resort to begging. I personally would not do it.

 

[airrick16]

Its basically like asking for date, getting rejected or no response, and saying "Please I really, really, really like you".

 

[primatevetjess]

Yeah, I've never heard of anyone doing this, and I didn't do it. I think that what lalzi22 said is right on, and I wouldn't do it if I were you.

 

[Minnerbelle]

I was talking to a friend who is applying to medical school, and she tells me it is quite common place to send letters to the schools, gushing over how much you want to go there and how you would love to meet with them in person and be interviewed. She told me I should probably do the same for the vet schools I applied to.

I've asked 2 vets about this. One said it would be a good idea and the other said it wouldn't make a difference.

Has anyone else heard about or done this?

I think there's a time and place for this maybe...

I'd say definitely DON'T do it for places that have not sent out invites yet or haven't finished sending out invites, because that might sound kind of lame...

BUT, if it's a school that's pretty much finished sending out their core set of interviews (e.g. OSU) but may take in a few stragglers here and there, AND you're SURE that you want to go there if you get in... then I don't see how that could hurt.

 

[Loolical]

Thanks guys. I guess I'll hold off on it. I wasn't too keen on the idea, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't the only person not writing these letters.