schools send pre-interview rejection emails?

[nychila]

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Do most medical schools send rejection emails to applicants who are not invited for an interview, or do they simply leave the applicants hanging without a status update, ie. applicants would assume that they have been rejected pre-interview if they do not receive an interview invitation after several months.

 

[Nymphicus]

Do most medical schools send rejection emails to applicants who are not invited for an interview, or do they simply leave the applicants hanging without a status update, ie. applicants would assume that they have been rejected pre-interview if they do not receive an interview invitation after several months.

Most do send you a rejection, but some take longer to get around to it than others.

 

[nychila]

Most do send you a rejection, but some take longer to get around to it than others.

Can anyone else verify this please? Thanks.

 

[PingPongPro]

Nymphicus knows what hes talking about. I don't see why you feel the need to verify what he said, but what he described is fairly common.

 

[LizzyM]

Some schools don't want to discard applicants until the last possible moment, just in case something better doesn't come along. That means some schools will not send out rejections until after their secondary deadline has passed (November) and others won't send out rejections until after the last interview takes place, others wait until the bitter end (May) or never notify you at all.

I once asked about this and I was told that sometimes the need for a courtesy interview* is brought to someone's attention late in the season and they don't want to have already rejected the appliant (rejection is forever).


*interview scheduled because a VIP makes a call on behalf of a relative or close associate . The VIP could be a high ranking faculty member or school official, a member of the board of trustees, a BIG donor, wealthy alumnus, a politician or high ranking government official.

 

[NickNaylor]

Can anyone else verify this please? Thanks.

I was left hanging with Harvard and Penn until January after being completed in August. I did receive a rejection somewhat earlier from Stanford in December though. However most schools will keep you updated and notify you if you've been rejected.

(sent from my phone)

 

[La Presse]

Some schools don't want to discard applicants until the last possible moment, just in case something better doesn't come along. That means some schools will not send out rejections until after their secondary deadline has passed (November) and others won't send out rejections until after the last interview takes place, others wait until the bitter end (May) or never notify you at all.

I once asked about this and I was told that sometimes the need for a courtesy interview* is brought to someone's attention late in the season and they don't want to have already rejected the appliant (rejection is forever).


*interview scheduled because a VIP makes a call on behalf of a relative or close associate . The VIP could be a high ranking faculty member or school official, a member of the board of trustees, a BIG donor, wealthy alumnus, a politician or high ranking government official.

How often is a courtesy interview is taken into consideration for admission?

 

[NickNaylor]

How often is a courtesy interview is taken into consideration for admission?

If you're getting an interview out of courtesy, how qualified do you think the applicant is (and, thus, how likely do you think it is that they'll be accepted)? Interview invites are easier to hand out because maybe only a person or two are making those decisions. Admissions decisions are made by committee, and unless a particular person holds SIGNIFICANT sway over an entire institution, they likely aren't going to be able to strong-arm someone into the school that shouldn't be there.

 

[La Presse]

If you're getting an interview out of courtesy, how qualified do you think the applicant is (and, thus, how likely do you think it is that they'll be accepted)? Interview invites are easier to hand out because maybe only a person or two are making those decisions. Admissions decisions are made by committee, and unless a particular person holds SIGNIFICANT sway over an entire institution, they likely aren't going to be able to strong-arm someone into the school that shouldn't be there.

Wow. What a shame! Thanks Nick.

 

[LizzyM]

How often is a courtesy interview is taken into consideration for admission?

I've seen it happen (admission offer) two or three times in > 10 years. That's out of about 50 interviews so admission for that group is a long shot. In each case, the applicant was marginally qualified on paper but blew away the interviewers (closed file) leaving little doubt that they were passionate about medicine, could keep up academically in our program, and would get along well with others.

 

[SilverCat]

If one of your parents was an alumnus (did residency) at a school, but never donated money, and you received a very early invite to the same school, would this be a courtesy interview?

I'm in this situation, and worried that I only received the interview because of this, and that I really have no shot at an acceptance. The other early invitees, from what I've read on SDN, had much higher stats than I (4.0/40 vs my 35/3.65).

 

[darkjedi]

Do most medical schools send rejection emails to applicants who are not invited for an interview, or do they simply leave the applicants hanging without a status update, ie. applicants would assume that they have been rejected pre-interview if they do not receive an interview invitation after several months.

The bulk of my interview invites came in November/December, and rejections sprinkled basically all throughout the year from Oct. to March.

If one of your parents was an alumnus (did residency) at a school, but never donated money, and you received a very early invite to the same school, would this be a courtesy interview?

I'm in this situation, and worried that I only received the interview because of this, and that I really have no shot at an acceptance. The other early invitees, from what I've read on SDN, had much higher stats than I (4.0/40 vs my 35/3.65).

No

 

[TheMightySmiter]

I just got a rejection last week from a school I withdrew from. Wtf?

 

[typicalindian]

I just got a rejection last week from a school I withdrew from. Wtf?

It's like a "you're fired, YOU CANT FIRE ME BECAUSE I QUIT"