seven interviews = acceptance

[PilSeungKorea]

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right? Lucky Seven...

 

[TheRealMD]

Obviously the answer is 42. 42 interviews = automatic acceptance. Anything less is just a game of chance.

 

[chizledfrmstone]

Obviously the answer is 42. 42 interviews = automatic acceptance. Anything less is just a game of chance.

Hitchhikers guide to the universe?

 

[Revenant]

i have 2 so far, just need 40 more...

After looking at your MDapps the fact that you have 2 interviews strikes me as odd. 4.0 in engineering and a 37 MCAT with 10+ in all 3 significant categories. Not to mention some quality EC's. Bizarre that you're not getting more love.

 

[Blade28]

Is there some study which shows that those with 7+ interviews have a greater chance of acceptance?

But what about the fact that those with more invites tend to be better candidates?

 

[st0w]

one acceptance = acceptance

Anything short of that is undefined, sadly. 🙁 There are people who got one interview, and got one acceptance. And I've heard of the occasional person who had as many as six or eight interviews and didn't get in anywhere. Each situation is unique, so there's no magic number.

 

[87138]

Hitchhikers guide to the universe?

Close . . .

 

[Kthanksbye]

Close . . .

Don't Panic! 🙂

 

[thejonqproject]

Close . . .

galaxy. yay

 

[Lennybruce]

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[HumidBeing]

LOL Reminds me of my first day in Bio 101. The instructor paused his lecture and asked if anyone knew the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything. There were lots of tentative and muffled replies, "biology?" I had the audacity to raise my hand and answer, "42." Ahhh...my first correct answer in bio class.😀 There was a sea of puzzled faces after that. He tried to explain the context, but no one else seemed to be familiar w/THHGTTG.

OP, that sounds like a good number of interviews. Most people with that many DO make it in.

 

[hp540]

right? Lucky Seven...

No, you need eight. I'm sorry, you're not going to medical school.

 

[PilSeungKorea]

No, you need eight. I'm sorry, you're not going to medical school.

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[vbh61422]

The way I figure it, you have seven interviews, and lets say hypothetically, that for each interview you have a 30% chance of acceptance. That would mean your chance of not getting a rejection is 70%. With that being said, the chances of getting consecutive rejections are slim. For you to get rejected from all schools would .7^7 or about 8%. It's probably a little smaller as a 30% acceptance rate is lower than some other schools' acceptance rates. I would bet the house that you are probably getting in. But really, you should have 42 to be safe...

 

[thoffen]

The way I figure it, you have seven interviews, and lets say hypothetically, that for each interview you have a 30% chance of acceptance. That would mean your chance of not getting a rejection is 70%. With that being said, the chances of getting consecutive rejections are slim. For you to get rejected from all schools would .7^7 or about 8%. It's probably a little smaller as a 30% acceptance rate is lower than some other schools' acceptance rates. I would bet the house that you are probably getting in. But really, you should have 42 to be safe...

If it was random, you'd be on to something.

 

[vbh61422]

It is random...haven't you learned anything

 

[BigMDT]

what if you had 20 interviews...at top and middle tiered schools? shouldnt that be consider near automatic acceptance?

 

[vbh61422]

statistically i would say yes

 

[Law2Doc]

right? Lucky Seven...

More is only better if how you do is determined randomly, like the odds of pulling the black marble out of the sack. If you are an outstanding interviewee, your odds are probably just as good with fewer than seven, and if you are a horrible interviewee, your odds are pretty crummy even with seven. This isn't a random set of events, and you can do lots of things to improve your chances. Research the schools, practice interviewing. Then make each interview count. Once you've landed the interview it is yours to win or lose, odds notwithstanding.

 

[st0w]

It is random...haven't you learned anything

The process isn't random. It might seem random and inexplicable, but admissions committees have valid reasons for every decision they make. Even though those decisions might seem random to us, they're not.

Your analysis assumes that there is no difference in chances of acceptance for each interviewee. It assumes that two people always have the statistically same chance of being admitted. This is not the case, by a long shot, and it fails to take into account the multitude of factors that actually go into making an admissions decision.