I will get my MCAT score in couple days. I wonder if I apply medical schools in this week, will I get interviews immediately? Or medical schools will start interviewing until octobor?
I will get my MCAT score in couple days. I wonder if I apply medical schools in this week, will I get interviews immediately? Or medical schools will start interviewing until octobor?
I would wager that most medical schools have several hundred, if not several thousand, applications complete and ready to read today. Some have already issued some interview invitations and a few have already started interviewing.
After your AMCAS is verified and sent, along with MCAT scores, to the schools, they will send you instructions on submitting secondaries. Each secondary will take some time (a few hours or perhaps more than a few hours) to complete. After your application is complete (AMCAS application, seconary, and LORs) it goes in the queue for review. Schools start reading in August (perhaps some begin in July). At my school, we will read until mid-December. I think that the order in which applications are read is a combination of numbers (gpa and MCAT) and date received (a late application with a 3.8/38 may be bumped ahead of a 3.4/30). It is likely that if you submit now that your application will be reviewed in October/November and your interview invites will be for early 2012.
I would wager that most medical schools have several hundred, if not several thousand, applications complete and ready to read today. Some have already issued some interview invitations and a few have already started interviewing.
After your AMCAS is verified and sent, along with MCAT scores, to the schools, they will send you instructions on submitting secondaries. Each secondary will take some time (a few hours or perhaps more than a few hours) to complete. After your application is complete (AMCAS application, seconary, and LORs) it goes in the queue for review. Schools start reading in August (perhaps some begin in July). At my school, we will read until mid-December. I think that the order in which applications are read is a combination of numbers (gpa and MCAT) and date received (a late application with a 3.8/38 may be bumped ahead of a 3.4/30). It is likely that if you submit now that your application will be reviewed in October/November and your interview invites will be for early 2012.
It upsets me that I have everything lined up, ready, and submitted, but my premed office doesn't guarantee letter submission until September 19th. such a disservice.
I will get my MCAT score in couple days. I wonder if I apply medical schools in this week, will I get interviews immediately? Or medical schools will start interviewing until octobor?
It upsets me that I have everything lined up, ready, and submitted, but my premed office doesn't guarantee letter submission until September 19th. such a disservice.
Are the early interviews (given out now) mainly to superstars or people with whom the school is interested in?
I am just glad I didn't have to deal with all that.It upsets me that I have everything lined up, ready, and submitted, but my premed office doesn't guarantee letter submission until September 19th. such a disservice.
I'm in a similar situation. I know my committee is really busy right now, but it's been almost five weeks since I requested my letter and it was supposed to be 2-3 weeks.
Are the early interviews (given out now) mainly to superstars or people with whom the school is interested in?
Superstar--no. I'm applying <3.0 and have 2 interviews scheduled, one MD & one DO. And no I'm not URM.
Interested in--yes. That is the purpose of an interview, why interview if there is no interest.
Superstar--no. I'm applying <3.0 and have 2 interviews scheduled, one MD & one DO. And no I'm not URM.
Interested in--yes. That is the purpose of an interview, why interview if there is no interest.