How many interviews is too many?

bluebayou
Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:16:26 +0000

There is probably no good answer – it REALLY is based on the individual app. Sure, interviews raise the odds of acceptance to 40-50% in the aggregate. But interviews are based first and foremost on numbers; the three highest factors for interview selection or sgpa, cgpa, and mcat. (source, mcas article) After the interview, other factors take a higher priority (over raw numbers). if your friend’s kid is a lousy interviewer, s/he may need 10 interviews just to earn one acceptance. (OTOH, a great interviewer might earn 6+ acceptances.) Or, if the applicant experience/shadowing/whatever, the odds of acceptance drop.