What's the most number of interviews people have gotten without an acceptance?

[ACal]

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I know the general trend is 3 interviews for 1 acceptance, but what's the the most that you know someone has gotten without a single acceptance? I've heard of 7...

 

[Moosepig]

7 is also the highest I've heard.

 

[speakwhales]

Is seven just due to bad luck or is the person not very likable?

 

[Fivo]

Is seven just due to bad luck or is the person not very likable?

Most likely the person does very bad at interviews. If you get 7+ interviews with mostly waitlists and/or rejections, then you definitely aren't as good an interviewer as you think you are.

 

[Moosepig]

Most likely the person does very bad at interviews. If you get 7+ interviews with mostly waitlists and/or rejections, then you definitely aren't as good an interviewer as you think you are.

What Harvey said.

 

[PreMedOrDead]

Most likely the person does very bad at interviews. If you get 7+ interviews with mostly waitlists and/or rejections, then you definitely aren't as good an interviewer as you think you are.

Quiet, you. They're just jealous of how dashingly attractive I am and how intellectually superior my thoughts are than theirs.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Quiet, you. They're just jealous of how dashingly attractive I am and how intellectually superior my thoughts are than theirs.

Pics or no dice.

 

[Lollygag]

Agree with fivo. If their all top schools then I think that could be more understandable because their acceptance rates post interview tend to be lower than mid tiers. But if there ordinary medical schools then yea it would most likely be a result of either poor interviewing skills or a poor personality.

 

[LauraJo08]

No joke, a guy I graduated with had 10 interviews last cycle with no acceptances. Not even a waitlist. This was no surprise to anyone else. As an example to the type of person that he is, he complained that the schools asked why he didn't do any volunteering, and so spent senior year doing some humanitarian work. I'm sure that his heart was in the right place.

 

[ClemsonFirst]

Agree with fivo. If their all top schools then I think that could be more understandable because their acceptance rates post interview tend to be lower than mid tiers. But if there ordinary medical schools then yea it would most likely be a result of either poor interviewing skills or a poor personality.

Used there and their for they're. 0 for 2.

 

[punkedoutriffs]

No joke, a guy I graduated with had 10 interviews last cycle with no acceptances. Not even a waitlist. This was no surprise to anyone else. As an example to the type of person that he is, he complained that the schools asked why he didn't do any volunteering, and so spent senior year doing some humanitarian work. I'm sure that his heart was in the right place.

10 Interviews w/o volunteering? That's impressive.

 

[ShenanigansMD]

Is seven just due to bad luck or is the person not very likable?

Or too much cologne.

 

[LauraJo08]

Well, I know that he had impressive research, MCAT, and ECs, and he comes from old money. Unfortunately those don't mask douchiness in an interview setting.

 

[MedPR]

Well, I know that he had impressive research, MCAT, and ECs, and he comes from old money. Unfortunately those don't mask douchiness in an interview setting.

I'm pretty sure impressive ECs, impressive MCAT, and money are three key ingredients for an orgy that produces douchiness.

 

[ACal]

No joke, a guy I graduated with had 10 interviews last cycle with no acceptances. Not even a waitlist. This was no surprise to anyone else. As an example to the type of person that he is, he complained that the schools asked why he didn't do any volunteering, and so spent senior year doing some humanitarian work. I'm sure that his heart was in the right place.

But how did he get those interviews in the first place? If it was that important they wouldn't have given him an II, and if it wasn't that important he wouldn't have gone 0 for 10.

 

[OCDOCDOCD]

I'm pretty sure impressive ECs, impressive MCAT, and money are three key ingredients for an orgy that produces douchiness.

Actually all you need is the money.

 

[OCDOCDOCD]

But how did he get those interviews in the first place? If it was that important they wouldn't have given him an II, and if it wasn't that important he wouldn't have gone 0 for 10.

Keep in mind that by the interview stage the applicant pool has already been narrowed down on the basis of MCAT, GPA, ECs, etc. If that was all schools really cared about, there wouldn't be interviews because they'd just make their decisions after the secondaries. The interview is the last filter you have to overcome, and if you botch it up you better believe you're going to get rejected.

Also, since the kid was old money, it's worth repeating LizzyM's anecdotes about adcoms giving a show interview to an applicant with no intent of actually accepting them, simply because that applicant had connections that the adcom had to put on a show for.

 

[FrontierPsych]

Actually all you need is the money.

Of course. This is America.

 

[ACal]

Do most people actually get a sense of how well they did during interviews?
I felt like most of mine were pretty similar: they ask about my application, a few why medicine/why this school, and then ask if I have any questions for them...I mean I usually give a decent answer but I feel pretty much average for most of my interviews...

 

[justhanging]

Do most people actually get a sense of how well they did during interviews?
I felt like most of mine were pretty similar: they ask about my application, a few why medicine/why this school, and then ask if I have any questions for them...I mean I usually give a decent answer but I feel pretty much average for most of my interviews...

That's exactly how I feel.

 

[Lollygag]

Do most people actually get a sense of how well they did during interviews?
I felt like most of mine were pretty similar: they ask about my application, a few why medicine/why this school, and then ask if I have any questions for them...I mean I usually give a decent answer but I feel pretty much average for most of my interviews...

It's just really hard to tell, I've heard of applicants who were told by their interviewer that they will see them next fall and then were wait listed :/ And then people think they did horrible or said something so dumb lol and they get accepted.

 

[circulus vitios]

10 Interviews w/o volunteering? That's impressive.

I know, right. If he hadn't complained and been more tactful, he probably could have gotten in with no volunteering.

 

[NickNaylor]

Do most people actually get a sense of how well they did during interviews?
I felt like most of mine were pretty similar: they ask about my application, a few why medicine/why this school, and then ask if I have any questions for them...I mean I usually give a decent answer but I feel pretty much average for most of my interviews...

It is almost impossible to figure out if you did well. Barring any obvious problems or negative reactions from the interviewer, how do you know that you gave a good response? A good interviewer will make you feel comfortable regardless of how you're actually doing.

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