What do you think this means?
My conversation with a woman in the admissions office at Rosalind Franklin the other day:
Me: 'Hi, I would like to check on my application status if I could.'
RF: 'Have you been interviewed?'
Me: 'No.'
RF: 'Okay hold on. What's your name?'
Me: (I tell them, but not you
)
RF: 'Okay. Can you hold?'
Me: 'Sure.'
Waiting for about five minutes (seems kind of long doesn't it?) and then a different person comes on the line.
RF: 'Hi. This is Katherine (I think that was her name?)
Me: 'I was wondering about my application status.'
RF: 'You're in the possible interview pool.'
Me: 'Okay. Thanks. I've been on there for a couple of months, so I just wanted to check.'
RF: 'When was the last time you called?'
Me: 'About a month and a half ago.'
RF: 'Okay. Yeah, you've been passed over twice now for an interview, but you're still being considered. It's really not unusual for someone in your situation to still not have been invited for an interview.'
Me: 'Oh. (wwssshhhhhhhhhhh = sound of my ego deflating). Yeah, I know, my GPA isn't exactly spectacular.'
RF: [Quietly] 'Yeah, and neither is your MCAT.'
Me: 'Oh.' (My ego, time of death, 7:57am (9:57 am Central) 2/22/05)
MY BRAIN: "I thought 30 was decent. "
RF: [Long pause] 'But you're still being considered, they must have seen something that they liked in your application. One of the committee members wrote something on here, but I can't quite make it out.'
Me: 'Oh.' (Yeah, right)
RF: 'It's good that you've shown interest in the school though, they look upon that positively. You are definitely still interested in an interview then?'
Me: 'Yeah (slightly encouraged). I'd love to come out for an interview.
MY BRAIN: 'I'd love one at UCI more, but hey, us people with such sucky GPA and MCATs can't be choosers, can we?"
RF: 'Well, we interview into May, so there's still plenty of time.'
Me: 'Oh, well that's good. Do you send your invites by e-mail or regular mail?'
RF: 'Regular mail only!'
Me: [A little afraid] 'Okay. Well I was just wondering because I received one of those brochures about RF's post-bacc program. I thought maybe that meant I was going to be rejected.'
RF: 'You're the second non-rejected applicant that's called and mentioned that. That was a mistake, they were only supposed to go out to applicants who had already been rejected. (Proceeds to rant about the department at RF that sent out the brochures. NOT the medical school office)'.
Me: 'Oh, okay.'
RF: 'The admissions committee usually meets to send out invites around the 15th of the month, a month before that actual interview.'
Me: 'That's useful to know. (Sort of)'
RF: 'They'll be meeting again around March 15th to sent out invites for April and in April for the May invites.'
Me: 'Okay. I'll watch for the invite then. Thanks very much for the information. Goodbye.'
RF: 'Bye.' Click.
MY BRAIN: 'Was that a good thing or a bad thing? Well, it was a weird thing. Huh.'
My conversation with a woman in the admissions office at Rosalind Franklin the other day:
Me: 'Hi, I would like to check on my application status if I could.'
RF: 'Have you been interviewed?'
Me: 'No.'
RF: 'Okay hold on. What's your name?'
Me: (I tell them, but not you
)RF: 'Okay. Can you hold?'
Me: 'Sure.'
Waiting for about five minutes (seems kind of long doesn't it?) and then a different person comes on the line.
RF: 'Hi. This is Katherine (I think that was her name?)
Me: 'I was wondering about my application status.'
RF: 'You're in the possible interview pool.'
Me: 'Okay. Thanks. I've been on there for a couple of months, so I just wanted to check.'
RF: 'When was the last time you called?'
Me: 'About a month and a half ago.'
RF: 'Okay. Yeah, you've been passed over twice now for an interview, but you're still being considered. It's really not unusual for someone in your situation to still not have been invited for an interview.'
Me: 'Oh. (wwssshhhhhhhhhhh = sound of my ego deflating). Yeah, I know, my GPA isn't exactly spectacular.'
RF: [Quietly] 'Yeah, and neither is your MCAT.'
Me: 'Oh.' (My ego, time of death, 7:57am (9:57 am Central) 2/22/05)
MY BRAIN: "I thought 30 was decent.
"RF: [Long pause] 'But you're still being considered, they must have seen something that they liked in your application. One of the committee members wrote something on here, but I can't quite make it out.'
Me: 'Oh.' (Yeah, right)
RF: 'It's good that you've shown interest in the school though, they look upon that positively. You are definitely still interested in an interview then?'
Me: 'Yeah (slightly encouraged). I'd love to come out for an interview.
MY BRAIN: 'I'd love one at UCI more, but hey, us people with such sucky GPA and MCATs can't be choosers, can we?"
RF: 'Well, we interview into May, so there's still plenty of time.'
Me: 'Oh, well that's good. Do you send your invites by e-mail or regular mail?'
RF: 'Regular mail only!'
Me: [A little afraid] 'Okay. Well I was just wondering because I received one of those brochures about RF's post-bacc program. I thought maybe that meant I was going to be rejected.'
RF: 'You're the second non-rejected applicant that's called and mentioned that. That was a mistake, they were only supposed to go out to applicants who had already been rejected. (Proceeds to rant about the department at RF that sent out the brochures. NOT the medical school office)'.
Me: 'Oh, okay.'
RF: 'The admissions committee usually meets to send out invites around the 15th of the month, a month before that actual interview.'
Me: 'That's useful to know. (Sort of)'
RF: 'They'll be meeting again around March 15th to sent out invites for April and in April for the May invites.'
Me: 'Okay. I'll watch for the invite then. Thanks very much for the information. Goodbye.'
RF: 'Bye.' Click.
MY BRAIN: 'Was that a good thing or a bad thing? Well, it was a weird thing. Huh.'
Thanks for your encouragement though. 
