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Today I awoke to an empty mailbox on the first day of Texas Pre-Match. Two of the three medical schools I interviewed with have already sent offers for the day (and historically, are done with the group of applicants interviewed prior to November). The third school is not so prematch heavy, but I felt as if this interview was the worst of all three. I understand there are still chances for me to match or be accepted from the waitlist, but I'm starting to worry about potential problems with me/my application? I have one last interview this month at a non-rolling OOS MD school (Top 30), so I want to figure out why I am struggling to net acceptances.
-- I know that poor interview skills are generally the reasons why people struggle at this stage in the game. This could definitely be true for me, but I was personally pleased with the majority of my interviews -- and this is coming from someone who is overly-critical of himself. I did two mock interviews with the prehealth office at my university, and both had very little to critique in terms of my performance.
-- In terms of "red flags", could one of my LOR's or potentially the Committee Letter in whole paint a negative image of me? I would assume that having a negative LOR would have prevented me from getting any interviews, though.
-- All of my interviews have been at mid/upper-tier medical schools. I feel like I've been largely ignored by a lot of the low-tiers, both IS and OOS. Maybe this disparity is the reason why I'm struggling to gain acceptances?
I know it was preliminary, but once I hit the "magic 3" number of interviews, I started to become less neurotic. Now it's looking like there might be a high chance I will be reapplying next cycle. Any advice would be appreciated!
-- I know that poor interview skills are generally the reasons why people struggle at this stage in the game. This could definitely be true for me, but I was personally pleased with the majority of my interviews -- and this is coming from someone who is overly-critical of himself. I did two mock interviews with the prehealth office at my university, and both had very little to critique in terms of my performance.
-- In terms of "red flags", could one of my LOR's or potentially the Committee Letter in whole paint a negative image of me? I would assume that having a negative LOR would have prevented me from getting any interviews, though.
-- All of my interviews have been at mid/upper-tier medical schools. I feel like I've been largely ignored by a lot of the low-tiers, both IS and OOS. Maybe this disparity is the reason why I'm struggling to gain acceptances?
I know it was preliminary, but once I hit the "magic 3" number of interviews, I started to become less neurotic. Now it's looking like there might be a high chance I will be reapplying next cycle. Any advice would be appreciated!
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