What schools interview until may?

[ponybreeder4]

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Which schools are notorious for interviewing late into the application cycle? IF invited to interview may 1st, is it worth it to fly out there or is that most likely for a waitlist spot?

 

[Geneticist]

Most likely a waitlist spot.

 

[bookfreak89]

Most likely a waitlist spot.

I never understood this. If you are receiving an interview invite, they want to interview you for admission to their school. Why waste time interviewing someone for a waitlist spot when they probably have hundreds of people on the waitlist already, especially this late in the season?

 

[Geneticist]

I never understood this. If you are receiving an interview invite, they want to interview you for admission to their school. Why waste time interviewing someone for a waitlist spot when they probably have hundreds of people on the waitlist already, especially this late in the season?

Don't ask me, ask the adcoms.

I think you're disregarding the fact that the majority of schools have sent out most of their acceptances by this points; therefore, there are very few spots left so unless you're very impressive in person, you're interviewing for a waitlist spot. There just aren't enough seats left for people to be accepted at a high rate from interviews at this point.

 

[Sunny29918]

I never understood this. If you are receiving an interview invite, they want to interview you for admission to their school. Why waste time interviewing someone for a waitlist spot when they probably have hundreds of people on the waitlist already, especially this late in the season?

Because in all likelihood, if you do great in the interview and impress them a lot, you will be given a spot even if their class is full because they purposely overbook. Also, you could end up very very high on the waitlist and as soon as one person drops you get in. There are people who keep 5 acceptances and end up needing to drop 4, those new 4 have to go to new people. Waitlist is not the end of the world, remember that.

 

[northpenn]

I think you'd be throwing money down the drain to attend an interview that late..

 

[rhesuspieces]

Because in all likelihood, if you do great in the interview and impress them a lot, you will be given a spot even if their class is full because they purposely overbook. Also, you could end up very very high on the waitlist and as soon as one person drops you get in. There are people who keep 5 acceptances and end up needing to drop 4, those new 4 have to go to new people. Waitlist is not the end of the world, remember that.

That's not really true though...at schools that overaccept, sometimes 200+ students must drop their acceptances before that school will start accepting from the waitlist. So even if you're #1 on the waitlist, you're not going to get in until those 200 students make up their minds.

 

[Sunny29918]

That's not really true though...at schools that overaccept, sometimes 200+ students must drop their acceptances before that school will start accepting from the waitlist. So even if you're #1 on the waitlist, you're not going to get in until those 200 students make up their minds.

I know, I was bringing up two different points. Overaccepting ones so you might not be put on the waitlist because of that, and the schools who do not overaccept, but could put you at the top of the waitlist. Sorry if I did not make that as clear.

 

[EpicBearMan]

I have an interview coming up specifically for a waitlist. It even directly said so in the email invitation.

So yes, schools do conduct interviews for the purpose of creating the best waitlist they can.