No Reply To Post-interview Email, Bad Sign?

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Hi,
I interviewed earlier this month at a school where only one interview is given, and I had a medical student interviewer. Everything went well until towards the end when he asked about my verbal score which is much lower than the rest of my scores. I've always had a hard time trying to explain a poor score or justify myself without sounding as though i'm just making excuses, so I got really nervous and started fumbling with my words. I didn't seem to be making much sense. After the interview, he gave me his email address incase I had any questions, so when I got home, I decided to write him. I explained that I got really nervous and thought I didn't do a good job expressing my rationale for the poor score. So, I was using this opportunity to do so. I expected him to at least write back and give me some reassurance like saying, oh don't worry, that's okay, or I understand, but he never wrote back.

I also sent a letter of interest through email to the associate dean of admissions. I interviewed on a tuesday and she had mentioned that the committee will meet and discuss our files the following Monday. I planned on sending it by regular mail, but because I finished the letter late, I feared she may not get to read it before the committee meeting if I didn't send it by email. Anyways, in the letter, I expressed my strong interest in the school, highlighting what I like about it, and delved a bit into my interview day. I mentioned being nervous when discussing my lower MCAT score just to get it out there, but just as the med student interviewer, I've gotten no response.

Is this typical or is it unreasonable to expect a reply to letters sent through emails to interviewers or dean of admissions?. I should hear back from the school by January 15th so I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope I didn't screw myself over. Perhaps I shouldn't have addressed the nervousness and fumbling at all, who knows my interviewer may have forgotten about it and I drew more attention to it. Sometimes, we're our own worst critic and might feel bad about an interview when infact it went okay. It's just hard because you never know what your interviewer is thinking.

Any thots?

 

[thedelicatessen]

Some people respond to every email they receive; other people barely respond to any emails. I wouldn't read too much into not getting a reply. Good luck!

 

[notdeadyet]

Some people respond to every email they receive; other people barely respond to any emails. I wouldn't read too much into not getting a reply. Good luck!

Agreed. And they're so swamped this time of year and given the turnaround time, they may just have printed these out and added them to your file for discussion. Best of luck!

 

[mdc848]

Agreed. And they're so swamped this time of year and given the turnaround time, they may just have printed these out and added them to your file for discussion. Best of luck!

Agreed with both of them. Don't worry about it, it's happened to all of us.

 

[KaraKiz]

yes yes, i was stiffed by a medical student and two faculty interviewers at one school.. no email replies to my thank you emails. the med student didnt even interview me, i just stayed the night with her.

 

[mrs.smith]

I wouldn't worry about it. I know of one school in particular that has a policy against post-interview communication with applicants until a decision is made.

And besides, they are swamped and likely don't respond to everything, probably just added those emails to your file for the committee.

 

[Erina]

at one of my interviews, my faculty interviewer asked me a question along the lines of, "it sounds like everything has come easily to you. have you ever had to really work hard?" i started talking about some tough academic things but then he was like, "what about outside of school? was there ever anything where you really had to persevere?" he made it sound like he wanted me to talk about a HUGE challenge that i had faced and i really couldn't think of anything. so i sounded like an idiot who has had it easy all her life.

after the interview, i emailed him and tried to explain that i do know how to work hard and i work hard in everything i do. i DID get a response, but it was hardly what i had been hoping for: "thanks for the note." didn't address me by name, didn't even sign his name. i thought it was a bad sign but i ended up getting in.

anyway, my point is, you can't judge much from the email responses or lack thereof. so don't worry 🙂

 

[etf]

at one of my interviews, my faculty interviewer asked me a question along the lines of, "it sounds like everything has come easily to you. have you ever had to really work hard?" i started talking about some tough academic things but then he was like, "what about outside of school? was there ever anything where you really had to persevere?" he made it sound like he wanted me to talk about a HUGE challenge that i had faced and i really couldn't think of anything. so i sounded like an idiot who has had it easy all her life.

after the interview, i emailed him and tried to explain that i do know how to work hard and i work hard in everything i do. i DID get a response, but it was hardly what i had been hoping for: "thanks for the note." didn't address me by name, didn't even sign his name. i thought it was a bad sign but i ended up getting in.

anyway, my point is, you can't judge much from the email responses or lack thereof. so don't worry 🙂

the reply from my email to my interviewer was finished off with "hope to see you here in the fall." no, i didn't get in. also, i emailed the dean on several occasions, but didn't get a single response. a friend of mine emailed the same dean, got a response, and was accepted. of course, i don't think that their acceptance was caused by the email, but rather that the reply was an indication that this person was worth replying to. so personally i think no response is a bad sign.