<p>My son finished his Pittsburg interview yesterday. He thought that the first interview went really well and the second one was going even better until the last 5 minutes. Then the “why Pitt?” popped up (he answered that very well) which was immediately followed by “what was your last interview?” and “where does Pitt rank in your list?”. He tried to evade but she insisted on an answer and then he told her that last interview was Stanford and Pitt ranked in his top 5. She said that “I was hoping that Pitt would be in your top 3. You should definitely write a note when Pitt comes close to your top choice”. With that, what was looking like a highly probable acceptance, quickly deteriorated into a highly likely waitlist. It was unethical of her to harp on that stuff. But such is life on the med school interview circuit, I suppose …</p>
<p>Some of the top schools apparently don’t say yes or no but continue to ask people to file more paperwork. One of the S parents said once his kid got in, the kid started blowing off whatever the other schools requested despite completing interviews including Pitt, Penn, WashU.</p>
<p>Kal, Since your child is a S, this analogy may be appropriate: Applying to and getting into a med school is like pursuing a girlfriend. Showing the earnest love could go a long way toward that goal.</p>
<p>A CCer here posted that it is hard to tell which one you could get in. In his case, he got into those schools which he had worst interviews, but those schools he thought he had had good interviews did not accept him.</p>
<p>Who knows. Your S might have earned some bonus points because she thinks he is honest.</p>
<p>He could always go whoever shows me the money is my number 1…</p>
<p>During D’s application cycle, her very first interview asked where else she had applied and where did she have interviews scheduled. She said she was a deer in the headlights but answered the question truthfully. That school was her first acceptance.</p>
<p>kal,
Do not be said too much about Pitt. Pitt is notorious for putting huge % of appliants on a waiting list. If your S. is accepted, kuddos to him, if he is put on a waiting list, not a reflection on him, but rather on Pitt’s regural practice. My D. said that she did not fit with Pitt’s student body and she did not like Pittsburgh at all. Your S. might have a different opinion. D. withdrew after acknowledging that Pitt is highely ranked but simpy is not for her. She was on a waiting list there.</p>
<p>My son got his second acceptance today. This one is from our in-state school Rutgers NJMS. My son also got an interview invite today, from Johns Hopkins. This is his 18th interview invite of the cycle and his 5th invite from a top 10 school. They just gave him one day - Nov 14th. That means he will miss the last train to New Haven, where he has his Yale interview scheduled on the 15th. It looks like I will have to drive him up to New Haven for him to be there at a reasonable hour. </p>
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I heard that too. However, since they became a non-rolling school, I am told things have gotten somewhat better. We shall see.</p>
<p>Lots of great news here. Congratulations! Sending good wishes for safe travel and great interviews – and many acceptances, too.</p>
<p>The thread seems to have died down somewhat. Must be the stretch run of the semester for those finishing up senior year.</p>
<p>Good luck to those who still have interviews or decisions coming up!</p>
<p>Yeah, it is that time in the process where most are just waiting for decisions and schools (especially non-rolling ones) are not quite ready to dish them out.</p>
<p>My son is on his way to Cleveland to do his CCLCM interview tomorrow. By most accounts its going to be a grueling one. I will post the summary tomorrow.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone with good news to report.</p>
<p>I’m currently in the middle of two days of interviews at Duke. Such an impressive place! This is my 10th with only 3 more scheduled (2 in Dec. and 1 in Jan.) so I get a 4 week break from road trips 
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<p>Good luck everyone.</p>
<p>Goodluck Plum. When do you start hearing back?</p>
<p>Best of luck with the rest of your interview, Plum. You’ve put yourself in an excellent position to succeed!</p>
<p>So, I register for classes next week, and it looks like I will only have classes on three days a week. Finally! I remember many non-premed friends being able to take Fridays off when we were freshmen and sophomores.</p>
<p>My son finished his CCLCM interview today. It was an interview group of just two! There were three interviews in all - one student and two faculty interviews. He felt that the interviews went pretty well. He felt that the student interviewer was especially looking for fit. It is a unique program after all (no grades, lot of research and above all free) and they don’t want kids to come there for wrong reasons.</p>
<p>“come there for wrong reasons”</p>
<p>You mean because its free and the parents said go there? :D</p>
<p>Yes, isn’t it nice mrpenguin?! I’m at two days a week and can’t wait!</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, kal, what are “the wrong reasons”? Sounds kind of pretentious to me (but (obviously) I don’t know the school, student, or context of that comment) that they are implying there are some “right” reasons to choose their school.</p>
<p>I am not Kal but if the question was asked to me I would look first to their mission to educate physician scientists, not practicing physicians. CCLCM is one of the unique programs in medicine. People like to talk about the similarities in medical education, and certainly there are similarities, but there are also differences. This place is different.</p>
<p>Figuring out the lag time between interviews and decisions was one of the only good things about SDN. D never went to the site but I looked at the timetable for particular schools.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone for their good news! How nice to have the pressure off so early in the game. D was overseas in grad school during her application cycle and scheduled her interviews for when she returned in December. Considering how much action takes place early on she was lucky not to have been wait listed everywhere.</p>
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Even though they might sound pretentious, I won’t blame them for being careful in selecting their kids, especially when they are trying to give them free high quality medical education. First of all, its a very small program of about 32 enrollees and consequentially, they don’t want to play the yield management game too much. To me, it feels like they try to do their best to see if a kid is really interested in their mission.</p>
<p>And yes, based on all I read, their mission and their curriculum as curmudegeon pointed above, are quite unique. They think that their MD/MS program is just as effective, if not more, in producing physician scientists than any MSTP or MD/PHD programs out there. The program director told the interviwees that, if most of the kids that come out of there don’t continue to engage in research they feel that they failed in their mission. They have a pretty darn good record too. Around 25% of their students have gone to become HHMI scholars, since the inception of their program and that is pretty darn impressive.</p>
<p>This school doesn’t get enough publicity and recognition, in my opinion, because it is mostly run in conjunction with CWRU medical school. You can’t find their selectivity or any other stats anywhere, as they are all mixed in with CWRU’s.</p>
<p>I am not sure what my son’s chances are at CCLCM. But, if he is fortunate enough to be in a situation to do so, it would be really difficult for him choosing between CCLCM and any of his other top choices.</p>