unexpected interview invites: Duke

[gdk]

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so i get this email today from Duke with the title "Your application status is changed" so i think, cool, all my letters came in and my application is under review..... on the way to my expected rejection.
only the email invites me to interview
😱
this was my stretch school. my stats are below their average and it's my first interview. wow, what a way to get fired up for the rest of the application process, not to mention the rest of the semester!

anyway, anybody else headed over there to interview or have a good story about unexpected interviews?

 

[Uegis]

so i get this email today from Duke with the title "Your application status is changed" so i think, cool, all my letters came in and my application is under review..... on the way to my expected rejection.
only the email invites me to interview
😱
this was my stretch school. my stats are below their average and it's my first interview. wow, what a way to get fired up for the rest of the application process, not to mention the rest of the semester!

anyway, anybody else headed over there to interview or have a good story about unexpected interviews?

Congrats. I didn't even bother completing Dukes inhumane secondary. You probably did a great job on them, so you got an invite. Good luck!

 

[BraneDoc]

Congrats on the interview. If you don't mind me asking, how long did it take for them to review your app before giving you the interview? I know it says it can take more than the 2-3 weeks listed on the status page, but it's going on 4 1/2 for me now...

 

[Addicted To SDN]

If you dont mind me asking, what are your stats?

 

[gdk]

don't mind people asking the stats if it helps anybody.
i submitted my secondary app on 8/20, so it's been about 4 weeks
my stats are 31r mcat, 3.71 overall gpa, 3.68 bcpm, i have a master's degree (non-thesis option) in aerospace engineering from auburn and i've been working in industry for 10 years. white, male.
i've gotten lor's from 2 professors in organic chem, the head of the aerospace eng dept at auburn and the deputy director of medicine at grady (also a professor at emory) whom i met through a shadowing program
my community service history is pretty thin and i've been working full time while completing all my pre-med coursework requirements
i have no research experience but i have worked on development programs in engineering for most of those 10 years

the last few are mentioned because i've read a lot that duke is heavy into community outreach and research

 

[Scrubz67]

Congrats gdk! You deserve it and obviously Duke saw that in you!!!

As an engineer myself, I know what you've been through trying to do both pre-med and egr.

Much luck to you!

 

[IndyZX]

so i get this email today from Duke with the title "Your application status is changed" so i think, cool, all my letters came in and my application is under review..... on the way to my expected rejection.
only the email invites me to interview
😱
this was my stretch school. my stats are below their average and it's my first interview. wow, what a way to get fired up for the rest of the application process, not to mention the rest of the semester!

anyway, anybody else headed over there to interview or have a good story about unexpected interviews?

congratulations and i hate you.

j/k, good stuff.

 

[aparecida]

wow, congratulations! hooray for nontrads!