I am in something of a conundrum. I have an interview scheduled for a few days from now. I am currently overseas and my visa to enter the US only just arrived (I am an international student). Now, I can book a ~30 hour flight that will arrive at 5pm the day before my interview. Obviously, my main concern here is that I will be fried for the interview day (this school does only MMIs, no one-on-one interviews). Now, my other option is to reschedule my interview for mid Feb, basically the very end of the interview season. My concern here is that my chances will be much lower if I were to interview 2 months from now. I know typically the interview date doesn't affect one's chances but I feel like the fact that this one is at the end of the interview cycle, most of the seats will have been accounted for already as this school is very competitive/desirable. On top of that, I have already rescheduled once before and I feel like doing so again especially only 2 or 3 days in advance would reflect poorly on me.
This school is far and away my top choice school and I want to do everything in my power to make sure I have the best chance. If I were to not reschedule, I feel like the fact that the flight arrives in the early evening is very helpful since I know I will be exhausted so I can just knock out early, get a full night's sleep, and hopefully be fresh the next day.
Please let me know what you all think!
This school is far and away my top choice school and I want to do everything in my power to make sure I have the best chance. If I were to not reschedule, I feel like the fact that the flight arrives in the early evening is very helpful since I know I will be exhausted so I can just knock out early, get a full night's sleep, and hopefully be fresh the next day.
Please let me know what you all think!