Question about late interviews

[EarpBars]

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I understand some schools claim that early interviewees and late interviewees have approximately the same chances of getting accepted. It's quite apparent that late interviewees are accepted all the time, and perhaps there may be some disadvantage to interviewing late.

However, my question is, are certain types of candidates at a disadvantage if they interviewed late? For example, would factors such as OOS/IS status, gender, race, etc. influence the likelihood of a late interviewee being accepted vs. waitlisted or rejected? Is it possible that, for example, all of the OOS+male+ORM med school seats have been given out already before the end of the interview season and therefore all interviewees with that demographic will be waitlisted until an acceptee with those characteristics has dropped their seat?

I realize this might seem really specific, but I always wondered how schools are able to so consistently have a certain proportion of students from a particular background and how the likelihood of acceptance changes over the course of an interview cycle for individuals of that background.

 

[tantacles]

I understand some schools claim that early interviewees and late interviewees have approximately the same chances of getting accepted. It's quite apparent that late interviewees are accepted all the time, and perhaps there may be some disadvantage to interviewing late.

However, my question is, are certain types of candidates at a disadvantage if they interviewed late? For example, would factors such as OOS/IS status, gender, race, etc. influence the likelihood of a late interviewee being accepted vs. waitlisted or rejected? Is it possible that, for example, all of the OOS+male+ORM med school seats have been given out already before the end of the interview season and therefore all interviewees with that demographic will be waitlisted until an acceptee with those characteristics has dropped their seat?

I realize this might seem really specific, but I always wondered how schools are able to so consistently have a certain proportion of students from a particular background and how the likelihood of acceptance changes over the course of an interview cycle for individuals of that background.

Basically, this is school specific. Maybe yes, maybe no.


Large dogs

 

[piii]

Or course those factors matter, at all stages of the cycle. I don't think schools go in with definite "OOS ORM MALE" spots in mind. But I do think that as the class fills up, they focus on diversifying their class a bit.

 

[Goro]

At my school, we tend to be more picky about people late in the game. A strong candidate will always have a leg up.

 

[EarpBars]

Additionally, even though it is a rolling admissions, many schools may only fill up a portion of their class early, leaving others on hold or waitlisted until late in the cycle as the April 30 final acceptance date is close.

Are you referring to candidates who interviewed early in the cycle are the ones who are placed on hold/waitlisted until the end of the cycle?

I imagined that most/many med schools probably allot a certain number of acceptances per number of interviewed candidates evenly throughout the cycle so that even though it's "rolling", there's still a relatively equal chance of being admitted regardless of when the candidate is interviewed.

EDIT: For example, let's say that some med school hands out 30 outright acceptances (i.e., excluding acceptances to waitlistess) to OOS/Male/ORM candidates throughout the entirety of the cycle. Do the adcoms try to spread out these 30 acceptances evenly over the course of the cycle or is it possible that all of these 30 acceptances can be handed out in the beginning of the cycle? Do adcoms consider this factor when they're handing out acceptances?

Hypothetically, would such a school waitlist the 31st OOS/Male/ORM candidate and wait until the number of already accepted OOS/Male/ORM candidates have dropped their acceptances before handing out the acceptance to #31? Just food for thought