mom2collegekids

>>> My committee interview was towards the end of August<<<


I hear you. Son's CI was the first week in September, then it took them another 2 weeks to submit the Committee Letter to AMCAS.

But, the good news is, AMCAS notified him a couple of days ago that the CL was rec'd, and then today son got his first interview invite. (hopefully, there will be more to come!)

texaspg

way to go m2ck's boy!

WayOutWestMom

Great news!

entomom

Congrats on the II!

mom2collegekids

The whole Committee Interview date was a "mulligan" mentioned in the Do-Over thread. Had no idea how backed up the school can get with their CIs. The Do-Over would be get the LORs completed in the late winter, and get early dibs on the CI dates.


That said, S did say that nearly every SOM that he applied to mentioned the importance of a Committee Letter. Don't know if that's just standard BS, or what.

WayOutWestMom

^^ Thanks for mentioning the importance of the committee letter. I'll pass the info onto to D2.

D2 is undecided about whether she plans to use one. Because it means taking additional days off from work-- leave days she needs to save for interview season--and flying back to her undergrad to do an committee interview. (They don't do Skype interviews.) So the CL will cost her time AND money.

But I guess that expense is the just the first of many she'll have when she app season arrives.....

On the plus side, she'll have her MCAT and most of her letters completed early (a couple are already written) so maybe she'll get one of the early committee slots.

kristin5792

^I'm under the impression that if your school has committee interviews/letters and you don't get one, then it probably sends a red flag. Why doesn't this applicant have a committee letter? Is there something we should know about her?

And, well, you should know by now that my stance is always to minimize the potential dings against your application--there's always something they can find not to like, might as well not help them!!

It's a few days and a couple hundred bucks. Sick to think it's just a drop in the bucket in terms of med school, but at the end of the day, that's the case.

I personally would want a much stronger reason for forgoing the committee interview; they refuse to interview until October or you graduated ten years ago and the committee has no idea who you are would be OK reasons in my book.

But, that's just me. Obviously you guys need to figure out what's best for you!

And congrats to the boy, mom2!

riseagainst2009

congrats mom2collegekids, the first one is the most special IMO!!!


got rejected from UPitt and USC today

expecting a rejection from Mayo in a couple of weeks, I give it 2.5 weeks for Mayo to reject me. Mayo has few interview seats left this late in the game because they stop interviewing in December.

Got put on hold for Wake and George Washington. I don't remember if I updated you guys with this. I will send them some update letters.

Texas schools that I haven't gotten interviews from and that are in my LizzyM range have been really quiet this week.

Going to hang out with my friends this weekend and hopefully they can pull me out of this slump. Trying to not get too depressed. If I get a prematch from a Texas school on Nov 15th I will be a happy man, but I doubt I will.

kristin5792

^no worries. you can only end up at one in the end anyway; they did you a favor by making your decision easier

mom2collegekids

Since a large number of applicants are older and likely have been out of undergrad for a few years, what the heck are they supposed to do?


got rejected from UPitt and USC today

Bummer...was this post-interview or after they reviewed supplemental?

Is the USC ..Keck? or south carolina?


Got put on hold for Wake and George Washington

What does that mean? Waitlist???

riseagainst2009

^^ UPitt and USC rejected me post-secondary. I couldn't even get an interview there. USC KECK, not University of South Carolina. lol. I have friends from South Carolina who keep referring to University of South Carolina as USC hahaha I always tell them that no one else in the country would get that unless they are from south carolina. lol

I didn't apply to University of South Carolina because they take very few OOS.


On hold means that I am not rejected nor I am put on the waitlist. They reviewed my application and will keep reconsidering it for an interview until the end of the cycle. So they might still pull my application for an interview, but they already reviewed it once and decided not to interview me right away.


Kristen thanks, if you don't mind me asking when were you complete for Mayo and when did they notify you about an interview. I think you are the poster on here who told me you had an II from Mayo.

bigreddawgie

i also interviewed at mayo. i was bored so i looked back at my excel med school app excel sheet.

request for fee: 7/6
fee recieved: 7/7
LOR request: 7/12
LOR recieved: 8/1
interview invite: 8/16
interview: early oct

kristin5792

oh goodness. given their lack of secondary i guess i was complete in july; they requested my letters...around now? i'd guess interview invite was in mid-late oct for a dec interview. good luck!

mom2collegekids

On hold means that I am not rejected nor I am put on the waitlist. They reviewed my application and will keep reconsidering it for an interview until the end of the cycle. So they might still pull my application for an interview, but they already reviewed it once and decided not to interview me right away.


Ahh...never heard about that. so, you got an email stating that your app is on hold? Is that how you were notified?


Yes...mostly only in the southeast do they call USouthCarolina... USC. As a southern Calif native who grew up as a Trojan fan, I find it funny when some call South Carolina...USC.

Applying to Calif SOMs, even the privates, seems like such a super-reach. The state just has too too too many med school applicants.


Does Pitt take many OOS?

entomom

While Pitt is public for UG, the SOM is private, their OOS:IS ratio is about 2:1.

Hang in there riseagainst, still many schools and much time to go.