My friend has 21 Interviews, is it considered normal?
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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.
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
TL;DR- Not normal, but possible
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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
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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.
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).
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
