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You go on campus to interview for med school. You usually take time off from school for interviews and pay the expenses out of pocket.
Do most people really take a semester off to interview? I am enrolled for my final semester, (for insurance reasons) but I guess I could take the semester off and just graduate, (I have completed all necessary credits and in fact was accidently graduated against my will last december, but was able to undo that horrific error).
I was hoping to schedule 1 interview/week, so to minimize the amount of classes missed, is that a feasible idea?
I was hoping to schedule 1 interview/week, so to minimize the amount of classes missed, is that a feasible idea?
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You'll probably miss some classes here and there but not the whole semester.
if you get 2+ interviews in the same geographical area, try to schedule them into only one trip to save time and money. Also, if you have an interview, but there are other schools that you applied to close to it that you haven't heard from, e-mail them to let them know. I'm not sure how often these "in the area" e-mails work. It might have worked for me once, but I can't be sure (I told a school that I was going to the East Coast on a certain date, and a few days later they invited me as well, but they didn't have a date open close to my interview at the other school)
Lastly, most professors seem to be understanding and allow you to miss class and even change the dates of tests. This is especially true in universities with many pre-meds and in classes with a lot of pre-meds. I had to miss a midterm for my last interview, and I just took it the day after I got back
Lastly, most professors seem to be understanding and allow you to miss class and even change the dates of tests. This is especially true in universities with many pre-meds and in classes with a lot of pre-meds. I had to miss a midterm for my last interview, and I just took it the day after I got back
For almost every school, you will interview on campus (Johns Hopkins, I believe, offers regional interviews, but they're the only medical school I heard of doing such). And it will take all day, so don't bother trying to schedule two interviews in the same day.
It is a very expensive process. I think when all was said and done, I spent $2500, not considering food expenses, to just apply to 9 schools and interview at 4. I'm already up over $1000 this cycle, and I still have one secondary to receive and haven't been invited to interview anywhere. You can cut costs somewhat by trying to schedule two interviews in the same region around the same date, and by staying with a student host (or family friend), rather than in a hotel.
Most professors will be ok with you missing a class here and there. Chances are, if you apply to 20 schools, you won't get interviews at all of them. Hopefully you'll get an early acceptance too, so you can pick and choose which interviews you want to go on. So, it might mean like 5 missed classes in any given class in a semester. I managed to schedule my interviews around classes for the most part (I had Fridays off, and two of my interviews were on Fridays), and when I was at risk of being delayed for a test, I let my professor know ahead of time. Most students will be applying to some sort of graduate school and professors tend to recognize this. Just be courteous about it.
It is a very expensive process. I think when all was said and done, I spent $2500, not considering food expenses, to just apply to 9 schools and interview at 4. I'm already up over $1000 this cycle, and I still have one secondary to receive and haven't been invited to interview anywhere. You can cut costs somewhat by trying to schedule two interviews in the same region around the same date, and by staying with a student host (or family friend), rather than in a hotel.
Most professors will be ok with you missing a class here and there. Chances are, if you apply to 20 schools, you won't get interviews at all of them. Hopefully you'll get an early acceptance too, so you can pick and choose which interviews you want to go on. So, it might mean like 5 missed classes in any given class in a semester. I managed to schedule my interviews around classes for the most part (I had Fridays off, and two of my interviews were on Fridays), and when I was at risk of being delayed for a test, I let my professor know ahead of time. Most students will be applying to some sort of graduate school and professors tend to recognize this. Just be courteous about it.
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