<p>Let’s suppose that a student applied early to a certain school but didn’t get in. Will the student’s chance of getting into other schools be lowered?</p>
<p>Question 2: Are early decision applicants, just like regular decision applicants, asked to visit the school and be interviewed?</p>
<p>Yes and yes. </p>
<p>ED for med school is much different than ED for college. It is extremely risky because you cannot submit your primaries to other schools until you have received your ED decision which could take all the way till October (making you 3 months late). </p>
<p>ED is not a backdoor or an “easy” way to get into a school. It is for applicants that are OVERQUALIFIED for a school and, for some reason, have their heart set on it. It is not a way for you to get into Cornell Weill Medical College with a 3.6 and a 30. </p>
<p>For this reason, very very few applicants choose to do early decision at a school.</p>
<p>would it be reasonable for me to apply ED to UNC, that is probably my number one choice. </p>
<p>I’m in state.
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<p>Not all schools have it. I don’t know if UNC even has an ED program. I know Cornell does which is why I used it as an example.</p>
<p>The fact that you said it’s “probably” your number one choice leads me to think you shouldn’t apply ED.</p>
<p>I’d just like to say that there’s nothing wrong with having your heart set on a school that you might be overqualified for (and I use that “might” very strongly - med school admissions can be ****ed up a lot of times and just b/c your stats are strong guarantees you nothing at any one given school), even though NCG insinuates otherwise.</p>
<p>I guess such a scenario is most common when applying ED to home-state schools. But given the difference in cost and closeness to home and those sorts of things, for a lot of people who are just planning on going into private practice (thus prestige considerations are minimal) the home state school is the right decision. </p>
<p>While I don’t the exact logistics behind ED, if it is as NCG says where they hold all other primaries until after you’ve got a decision, I agree that it’s probably not a wise choice for most people. I know plenty of people who have gotten in ED, and for some of them I’m not sure why they went that route. But if you are absolutely 100% sure about a certain school (like one friend who’s boyfriend - now fiancee - was in grad school at the same university), it make the process faster…</p>
<p>Good posts ncg/brm</p>
<p>While upenn is where i’ve wanted to go, unc is much cheaper. </p>
<p>Just tuition at most private schools is around 35k! My dad has recently informed me that im going to have to pay for medical school(through loans obviously) so price is now a major concern of mine.</p>
<p>I get 0 need based aid as an out of state wahoo, will this also translate into minimal aid at medical school or is the process somehow different?</p>
<p>You’re judged on your own financial record and don’t even have to put in your parents financial information if you don’t want to. There are some schools which may require it, or perhaps will use it for certain scholarships, but you’ll largely get everything you need from the government. </p>
<p>BDM may be better able to talk about loans at private schools and dealing with that cost because I’m pretty sure there are maximum limits one can get through Stafford and Perkins loans that may be exceeded by private school tuition.</p>
<p>Debt is one of those things that once you have it (at least when you know the money went to something “worthwhile”), doesn’t seem like a big deal (I’ve had several conversations in my head where I’ve said “what’s another 10k in loans?”) but before hand, especially with no prior debt, is a big deal.</p>
<p>Private school tuition dramatically exceeds Federal loan limits, but I’m afraid I don’t know much about the details of this setup. Generally speaking, your school will negotiate a scheme for this.</p>
<p>ED will significantly harm you if you don’t manage to get it, which is why it’s only done when you’re significantly overqualified for the school you’re ED’ing. (For example, one of my friends was eleven MCAT points above her top school’s mean.)</p>
<p>Checked out the deadlines for D’s possible #1 choice for med school, and Norcalguy is absolutely right. Apply in June under Early Decision & they don’t guarantee notification until October 1. Talk about being behind the 8-ball re: applying to other schools…</p>
<p>Much better off doing the Regular Decision for all schools concerned, and let the chips fall where they may, with I suppose the only caveats being over-qualified, having your heart set on that specific school, and/or the financial issue of in-state tuition.</p>