I just noticed this post since someone responded to an earlier @S2022Senior post a day or two back. Wish I had responded to it sooner, I am not that frequent reader of this thread lately.
The reason the student hasn’t received interviews/acceptances - unless there were some development after that post - is more or less obvious, I think. Looking at the class profile, the class size is 80. So I guess it is some highly competitive specialized/magnet school where students compete at county level to get into. All the students are high achievers and with similar aspirations (or their parents’ ?). How can one ever stand out in such a distinguished bunch? (despite being 3rd in the class, they are not looking just at the rank) I would imagine half of the 80 or so would have applied to the same set of BS/MD/DO programs. The selection committees of these programs would go wild deciding who to call in for interviews and who not (generally they have a cap of how many students to invite or offer acceptances per school).
Apart from the above drawback, students attending such schools have few more, for example sports and extra curriculars. All the ECs generally tend to be more med related not showing diversity. Pretty much all of them have similar profiles. How many of them can get into ECs like debate, marching band, foot ball, tennis, swimming etc like in large public schools, since their schools may not have any or most of them.
Another factor is the way most of the BS/MD programs are very careful in consideration of the students’ backgrounds. They are more so than Ivies in this regard. Few years back a parent was complaining on this forum that his/her child was a first author on a number of research publications at NIH or somewhere. She applied to half a dozen BS/MDs and called for all the interviews but turned down by each one of them, whereas s/he got into Yale, Princeton, Columbia etc. The fact that a high school student was a first author on multiple NIH publications should have been a red flag or eye brow raising for all these committees (too bad, if the claims were actually true but guess they were suspecting some favoritism or connections). In a similar vein, chances are it may be perceived that the students choosing these specialized schools that early in their lives could be because of parents desire and not necessarily their own.
While I consider NYIT/DO is a decent program, considering the stellar achievements of your child so far, I think she will do quite well going traditional route and if she still wants to go DO route, can definitely do so in a few years time. If you haven’t made up your minds yet and/or committed, please consider this. And many times going to state school for undergrad is not a bad option at all (especially in NJ with excellent schools and departments), most likely your child with come out of undergrad almost for free with price breaks and awards and stellar credentials. Good luck with your decision and if you are comfortable share your decision here once done.