UMich "couples" question

[Juice42]

Hey. I've been browsing these forums for a while now and have my first question.

My g/f and I are both applying to med school this year. We both are very competitive applicants at most schools. We both got an Auto-Invite to UMich for an interview and are going on the exact same interview day.

Interestingly, UMich has a "couples" question. For those unaware the actual wording is:

E. APPLYING AS A COUPLE

Are you applying as part of a "couple" who anticipates attending medical school at the same place? If Yes, please list name of other applicant. If No, leave blank.


Now we are hoping to both attend a medical school in the same vacinity ie) UCSF/Stanford (haha - what a dream) or even the same med school.

Do you think applying as a "couple" (got to love the quotes) would be beneficial? We are undecided.

I feel that since we are both highly qualified it would probably not affect the decision, but I'd like some "expert" SDN opinions.


Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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[161468]

I'd assume their asking it would mean it is to your benefit? Or maybe they've received several people who then request they accept their significant other just because they don't want to be separated and the school may have felt like they were being forced to accept people they wouldn't normally. If you are both well-qualified, then I don't see what's wrong with telling them.

 

[Law2Doc]

Hey. I've been browsing these forums for a while now and have my first question.

My g/f and I are both applying to med school this year. We both are very competitive applicants at most schools. We both got an Auto-Invite to UMich for an interview and are going on the exact same interview day.

Interestingly, UMich has a "couples" question. For those unaware the actual wording is:

E. APPLYING AS A COUPLE

Are you applying as part of a "couple" who anticipates attending medical school at the same place? If Yes, please list name of other applicant. If No, leave blank.


Now we are hoping to both attend a medical school in the same vacinity ie) UCSF/Stanford (haha - what a dream) or even the same med school.

Do you think applying as a "couple" (got to love the quotes) would be beneficial? We are undecided.

I feel that since we are both highly qualified it would probably not affect the decision, but I'd like some "expert" SDN opinions.


Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

You could try, but honestly, unless you have tied the knot your couples status is going to be pretty meaningless to any med school. The rigors of med school break up tons of people each year, so (from what I've heard) schools generally only tend to give credence to relationships that have been made permanent.

 

[Juice42]

You could try, but honestly, unless you have tied the knot your couples status is going to be pretty meaningless to any med school. The rigors of med school break up tons of people each year, so (from what I've heard) schools generally only tend to give credence to relationships that have been made permanent.

You are probably right. I didn't even consider it except that UMich explicity asked. No other 2ndary I have seen lists this as a question. So maybe UMich does take this into consideration?

Additionally, it's not like one of us is a considerably stronger applicant and we are trying to "pull" the other one into UMich.


I don't want to directly compete with her since we are interviewing on the same day (this probably isnt exactly true), but i'm worried that if I put her down my entire interview will be about that our relatioship, handling a relationship through med school, family while both parents are physicians etc.


but then again if we btoh get accepted in October it would relieve a lot of stress for us both.

hmm.

 

[Law2Doc]

but i'm worried that if I put her down my entire interview will be about that our relatioship, handling a relationship through med school, family while both parents are physicians etc.

There are worse things they could ask in an interview -- at least you can prepare for all that. Just make sure you compare notes and keep the stories consistent.