Medical Two interview invites for the same day - what to do?

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Hello! I am very grateful to have received interviews from 2 schools for the same day. Both schools just emailed me with a date and didn't give me a list of dates to pick from. What is the appropriate thing to do in this case? Thank you so much

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[Mr.Smile12]

Uh... pick one? 🙂 Ask both for alternate dates?

It happens, and sometimes an interview date conflicts with things like a final exam or a work/school commitment. Tell us more.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Agree, ask both if there are alternate dates available

 

[GoSpursGo]

I wanted to ask for advice before emailing either. I'm not sure if schools take offense when you ask to reschedule.

For example, I read that one of the schools fills up interview days until December, so if you try to reschedule, you get a post-december interview.

I've been reading previous threads and saw that sometimes schools let you swap dates with another student. If I find a student willing to swap with me, should I try that first?

They won't be offended because obviously things happen outside of med school interviews, but you may indeed get a much later interview. There is frankly no way of knowing without asking.

Regardless, unless you specifically have a friend that you can swap with, I would not spend a ton of time trying to engineer a swap. Interviews are continually being offered, so the longer you wait to reach out to reschedule the later your make-up interview will be.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Should I say that it's a conflict with another interview, or just say that I have a conflict?

I would just say that you have a conflict. No reason to volunteer additional data unless you are asked.

 

[PerioDont]

Yep. It’s not a huge deal

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Ask if they have alternate dates. If they don't, choose the one you are most interested in...