2014 Bioscience Admission and Interviews

ScaggsvilleScott
Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:23:17 +0000

Hi rivision,
In my daughter’s situation she applied to 15 different schools. Eight of these schools have invited her to interviews and four more schools make decisions in January.

These interviews typically take up three days (including travel) and she still has to take classes at school and complete a major research project. So, eight of these interviews is not practical, and it is possible that 3-5 might more interview requests might be offered in a few weeks.

In her situation, she withdrew from two schools (Baylor and Case Western, although I have no idea why Case was one of them) that were low on her list and conflicted with other interview dates. She might withdraw from one other (Sloan Kettering) that has non-optimal living situations (2 people sharing a studio–she still needs to confirm this) so this will get her down, for now, to five interviews which might be manageable.

You have to to make the hard decision, at some point, to determine which schools you are most interested in. I think she would have been off making such decisions before submitting applications rather than spending the time and money submitting to schools that she might not be serious in.

Each person needs to approach their own way. Keep in mind that if you apply to 15 schools you might have to deal with the ramifications of 12 or more of them offering interviews.