Should I Keep Sending Secondaries?

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Camacho Mt. Dew

Camacho Mt. Dew

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So I ended up applying to about 17 schools and have received secondary invites for all of them and all but three have been submitted. So far I have no rejections and three interview invites and am wondering if I should still send in the remaining three? It would be great to save some money since interviewing has proven to be expensive, but I also want to ensure an acceptance. The three school's I have/had interviews with are great and would love to go to them if accepted, so I'm considering waiting on their decision before submitting the rest of the secondaries. Is this a bad idea? Any input is appreciated!
 
If you feel like your interview skills are unmatched and you can sell yourself like a champ, then you can wait. But......

Then understand the risks you take
1) You will be behind in other schools if you do choose to send a secondary.
2) Increase in anxiety
3) Probably post more threads on SDN about this issue
4) No acceptance to the schools that gave you early IIs

The benefits:
1) Saves money
2) Saves time & energy
3) You might land an acceptance
4) You get to do things you enjoy
 
Camacho Mt. Dew said:
So I ended up applying to about 17 schools and have received secondary invites for all of them and all but three have been submitted. So far I have no rejections and three interview invites and am wondering if I should still send in the remaining three? It would be great to save some money since interviewing has proven to be expensive, but I also want to ensure an acceptance. The three school's I have/had interviews with are great and would love to go to them if accepted, so I'm considering waiting on their decision before submitting the rest of the secondaries. Is this a bad idea? Any input is appreciated!
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I'd send until you get in somewhere. At that point I'd titrate secondaries accordingly
 
Keep sending them until you get an acceptance. Then you can pick and choose. If it's a program in your top 3 or 5 or whatever you better send that in. If it's a program you wouldn't go to even if accepted or offered an interview at compared to the program you currently got into, then you can just trash it and give somebody else a shot. 🙂
 
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