scheduling interviews at rolling vs. nonrolling schools

[nolee]

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Hi all! Hope everyone's doing well so far. Just a quick question: do the interview dates at nonrolling schools matter "less" in terms of how early you schedule them? I'm having a conflict planning interviews between some rolling and a nonrolling school, and I was thinking about scheduling the nonrolling school interview next month rather than this month. Will this be a negative factor for the nonrolling school in any way?

Thanks so much!

 

[darkjedi]

At this early in the interview season, it will not matter if you shift it to next month. Once you're getting into 'late' interview season, as in January/February, you definitely want to do it as early as possible.

In general, it will not matter an enormous amount when you interview for a non-rolling school. Those who were stronger candidates tend to interview earlier, and therefore have a better chance of acceptance, however when in the year is not very important. For rolling schools, there is a good chance that they will run out of slots by late interview season, but as I said, it is still quite early.

 

[nolee]

I really appreciate the response! I guess what I meant was whether or not there was any advantage to early interviewing at nonrolling schools versus later interviewing, since they don't make any decisions until next spring anyway. Sorry if I didn't make that clear, and thanks again for the reply!