<p>I have never seen a definitive answer on who sees the application destinations but it would seem such information should be kept private. The accepted students list is made available to medical schools according to the following schedule:
<p>Why should information about interviews be kept private? </p>
<p>I have two friends, one MD/PhD student and one MD student, who were both explicitly asked how their interview at thus-and-such school was by another school. This happened at a few different programs for the MD/PhD student, and only once for the other MD student (the MD’s instance was not at a school that also asked the MD/PhD student). </p>
<p>Neither experience really “made sense;” ie, it wasn’t like they were at our state school and being asked about our other state school (in fact, we really only have one state school anyway). Additionally, neither applicant had previously brought up the other interviews or mentioned the other institutions. </p>
<p>They both said the interviewer mentioning the other school just came out of the blue. They were flustered but were ultimately accepted at the one with the strange interview.</p>
<p>No idea if this is a common occurrence. It didn’t happen to me, and in fact I wasn’t asked anything about other schools at any interview.</p>
<p>While there may not be any communications, logic tells me that on their own, the lower tier public SOMs within a state must do a little calculating, such as…“hmmm, this guy has a 37 MCAT and a 3.8 GPA; he’s likely going to get accepted by one of our better instate publics. We’re just a safety for him, so let’s not offer him a seat. However, this other instate applicant with the 31 MCAT, 3.7 GPA will more likely accept our offer, so go with him.”</p>
<p>“D ran into the a guy on the interview trail last cycle at 2 diff interviews that went to UCI for UG. He had a 37 and 3.9, and had worked at the UCI hospital for a year after graduating. He ended up getting into ONE school, UCDavis off the waitlist. I don’t know what the ding was on his app, and D said he was very personable. Go figure.”</p>
<p>-This sounds like very strong candidate. Based on D’s exerience, this looks like incorrect list of Med. Schools. D’s lower MCAT score has led to acceptance at 50% and couple of watilists that she actually withdrew from later as these were not good match for her. She received one rejection and another school has completely ignored her application, no communication from them at all. Accepted at 4, waitlisted at 2, total number of applied - 8. Correct list of Med. Schools was one of the main focus.</p>
<p>Agree 100% with Miami. Those numbers are good enough to get into any school but they are only average at the best so it’s easy to land on the wrong side of the coin flip.</p>
<p>Realistically, ALL med schools make that mental calculation. Why would they waste their time and an interview slot on someone with less than an xx % chance of matriculation even if offered some merit money? If someone has the stats (and research) for Harvard/Hopkins Med, directional state U ain’t gonna waste its time, without a compelling local interest.</p>