My friend has 21 Interviews, is it considered normal?

[hermionegranger1]

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My friend has 21 Interviews, 15 of which are T20, is it considered normal or average for an applicant with 520+ 3.9+?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

My friend has 21 Interviews, 15 of which are T20, is it considered normal or average for an applicant with 520+ 3.9+?

Can't answer without a WAMC or a school list. It's always possible, but it's neither normal nor average. I wouldn't worry about it... could be a troll trying to pwn r/premed folks.

The question is whether the candidate will wind up with one A. Gotta seal the deal.

 

[pedneuro6894]

Yeah 21 IIs is crazy. High stat applicants are known to get bigger numbers, but the majority of med school applicants only receive 1 or 2 II, if that. You'll see a bunch of people on here with much more than that, I've seen a few in the high teens, but SDN and Reddit are known to be highly inflationary, since people with lower stats and lower IIs are less likely to post.

TL;DR- Not normal, but possible

 

[AJS59]

Your friend an olympian or something?

Regardless, better to focus on yourself and not compare. You don't get into a better residency for having more med school IIs

 

[hermionegranger1]

Your friend an olympian or something?

Regardless, better to focus on yourself and not compare. You don't get into a better residency for having more med school IIs

yea for sure thanks for the advice. But she is a super nice person honestly rooting for her but just curious if that is a norm for high stats applicants haha

 

[surelycalm]

Not normal at all. I know a couple of folks with 525+ that ended up with 6-10 interviews and only a couple T20s. It probably comes down to x-factor. Someone with a really intriguing story and x-factor (could be from many different angles) would tend to get the attention of the readers.

 

[LizzyM]

Back in the days of in-person interviews, 10 was not unheard of and most people declined invitations after getting at least one A given the time and money required for that many trips. (often, these were overnights requiring a plane and a hotel room or sleeping on a med student's couch). With Zoom interviews, I suppose fewer people feel the need to cancel interviews due to the time (just a few hours) and money (almost none).

 

[Goro]

My friend has 21 Interviews, 15 of which are T20, is it considered normal or average for an applicant with 520+ 3.9+?

If what your friend is saying is true, then it seems like he is a superstar. And yes Superstars get a lot of interviews but 21 is probably a big outlier.

I remember an sdnr a few years ago claim that he was a native american, and it got him over 20 interviews. It also earned him over 20 rejections because his academic record was not good. I think he managed to get accepted to one of the less competitive New York state or Pennsylvania schools