magic number of interviews for 1 acceptance

[al3kci2]

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for stats most people say get 3.6 and 30 and you'll be fine. but in terms of interviews how many would you need to be comfortable and highly probable of getting one acceptance?

any stories of the someone receiving X interviews but no acceptance?

 

[SticknRudder]

for stats most people say get 3.6 and 30 and you'll be fine. but in terms of interviews how many would you need to be comfortable and highly probable of getting one acceptance?

any stories of the someone receiving X interviews but no acceptance?

Applied to 7 schools, interviewed at 5 (albeit mostly tough, top 10, non-rolling schools), 2 waitlists, no acceptance.

Reapplying with 24 schools designated, so far 18 secondaries...so we'll see...I thought I was golden with 5 interviews though.

 

[calstudent]

Applied to 7 schools, interviewed at 5 (albeit mostly tough, top 10, non-rolling schools), 2 waitlists, no acceptance.

Reapplying with 24 schools designated, so far 18 secondaries...so we'll see...I thought I was golden with 5 interviews though.

Wow, I am humbled. Thank you for posting that. Good luck this year.

To the OP, I know some people don't like this, but in some ways it is a crap shoot. The more the better, although some of us are trying to conserve our energy and money as well.
It could really be variable, I would almost say. It may take you an interview or two to "get in the mode," but I have friends who have gotten in when they thought they had horrible interviews and not gotten in when they had excellent interviews in their opinion.

If you are a good interviewer, you would do fine with fewer; but if you are uncertain, it is tougher.

I think it is too personally variable.

 

[WatchingWaiting]

for stats most people say get 3.6 and 30 and you'll be fine. but in terms of interviews how many would you need to be comfortable and highly probable of getting one acceptance?

any stories of the someone receiving X interviews but no acceptance?

This depends on your definition of "comfortable." The reality is, even if you have a 3.9 GPA/39 MCAT, if you only apply to five top-10 schools, you would have a decent chance of finding yourself with no acceptances. If you have a 3.6/30 and apply to 15-20 mostly midrange type schools, you will most likely have an acceptance at the end of the proceedings. In terms of once you have an interview, your chance of actually getting in to the school at which you interviewed is anywhere from 25-60%, depending on the school's interview/acceptance ratio. So, if you wanted, say, a 90% chance of getting an acceptance to at least one place, assuming a 45% admission chance based solely on having had the interview, you'd have to have received .55^x=.1 ==> 4 interview invites. If most of your interviews are from schools that admit 60% or 70% of interviewees, you would, of course, need fewer interviews to have a 90% chance of acceptance.

 

[YzIa]

This depends on your definition of "comfortable." The reality is, even if you have a 3.9 GPA/39 MCAT, if you only apply to five top-10 schools, you would have a decent chance of finding yourself with no acceptances. If you have a 3.6/30 and apply to 15-20 mostly midrange type schools, you will most likely have an acceptance at the end of the proceedings. In terms of once you have an interview, your chance of actually getting in to the school at which you interviewed is anywhere from 25-60%, depending on the school's interview/acceptance ratio. So, if you wanted, say, a 90% chance of getting an acceptance to at least one place, assuming a 45% admission chance based solely on having had the interview, you'd have to have received .55^x=.1 ==> 4 interview invites.

Love the math!