March 15

[ghm]

are schools supposed to fill up their classes by this date? if so, are interviews after this date almost useless. . i mean. .the best they can do is put you on hold, right?. .since they won't have any open spaces left

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[none]

Special year, don't freak just yet.

 

[lilycat]

Last year, when it was not a "special year," there were several schools that interviewed into late March and even up until May, and offered acceptances to those interviewees soon after (I have a friend who interviewed at Stanford in April and was accepted about 3 weeks later). If you get a post-March 15th interview date and you are interested in the school, you might as well go -- you might end up getting an outright acceptance, or you can end up in a very favorable position on the waitlist (and most schools do have significant waitlist movement).

 

[serpiente]

You have to remember that the March 15th (or later this year) date is for schools to "offer"
enough acceptances to fill the class-- the class is not actually filled per say. Obviously some people, sometimes a large majority (at certain schools especially) who receive an acceptance will turn it down. In my case I declined two acceptances within a week of receiving them (because I had another one). Not everyone holds on to multiple acceptances till May 15th. Thus if you interview late, there may be spot available to you sooner than you think.