How many interviews is too many?

somemom
Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:50:20 +0000

I am helping a friend with the med school app process. It would appear he applied to more schools than necessary as he has double digit interview offers. He is not complaining about this, but his pre-med advisor says, “take them all, you never know with med school admissions” and that seems crazy.

The time involved, the monetary cost, missing classes, the travel, it’s all too much to do them all. Yet he wants to compare any grant offers.

How many is too many? I’ve always read that 10 or so is about right.

Is there a good way to learn which schools offer grant aid rather than just loans?

How do you decide which schools to cut? I suggested just going with cutting the schools which were the last ones added to the list since there must be some gut instinct involved.