<p>D1 is trying to convince her BF to go to his exit interview at the state med school to find out why he wasn't accepted. (Or waitlisted either apparently)</p>
<p>I was telling D2 about the situation and D2 asked me if there were any other med schools that did exit counseling that explained where your candidacy didn't meet expectations.</p>
<p>Are there any other med schools that do this for rejected interviewees? Or is this unique?</p>
<p>Not unique but not that common, either. I’d go if I were him.</p>
<p>Seconding that. It’s a fairly unique opportunity to hear about what went wrong, so he can think about what he can do to fix it.</p>
<p>As an applicant, I can see how that would be tremendously useful and provide great insight about applying again next year.</p>
<p>But as a person, I just don’t think I could handle going to one of those. I’m sure the interviewer would be polite and courteous, but meeting with administrators from a school I wanted to go to for the sheer purpose of them telling me which parts of my application just weren’t good enough for them…I just don’t think I could do it! It is something that is necessarily very personal, and I for one think it’s quite challenging to take criticism, as constructive as it may be intended, about my character from people I am trying my hardest to impress. </p>
<p>But maybe WOWD’s BF has a great attitude about this whole thing and is looking for a learning opportunity. If that’s the case, go for it. I can totally see why he wouldn’t want to go though, regardless of how useful the meeting might be.</p>
<p>Very valuable, and as a bonus I think it could be helpful for others as well. In medical school, we’re often asked to try a diagnosis and then we follow-up to see whether we were right. That helps us learn the material a lot better than if we simply read the answer in the first place.</p>
<p>This is the fellow who turned down the University of Chicago’s medical school twice, if memory serves. My prediction is that medical schools reacted very poorly to that – sensing that he doesn’t really want to be a physician.</p>
<p>BDM–that’s my sense too. Also he had either no or very little community service. Since the school’s mission statement is all about providing doctors who will stay in-state and provide primary care, I have a feeling that hurt him too.</p>
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<p>But for D2’s question-----what other schools do you know who do exit counseling?</p>
<p>D2 asks because she’ll be going down this road 2 years from now.</p>
<p>I know of several schools who, upon request, will provide an exit interview - I only know of people who did it over the phone though. All were midwestern state schools. One, the University of Kansas, advertised it during their interview day, but from what I’ve heard and seen since, I’m willing to bet that their acceptance process is amongst the most transparent in the country (If you get waitlisted, you’re told your exact spot on the waitlist, as well as given data from the previous 5 years on how far they’ve gone down the waitlist to fill their class).</p>