<p>My D had a different approach primarily because she’s from Texas and, simply put, Texans have an easier time. (In-state is huge. Lots of good med schools without sky high stats. 11/15 early acceptances allow Texans to drop schools they like less than their in-state acceptances. Since one of her early Texas acceptances was Southwestern it streamlined the process. ;))</p>
<p>So on her AMCAS she was able to pick and choose schools somewhat capriciously. She decided on half “why nots?” and half “matched” to her stats. (As you might expect, she did MUCH better garnering attention from the ones she matched. No surprise there. ) </p>
<p>Also, she wasn’t focused as much on acceptances but instead on interviews. She had a lot of faith in her interview skills. IIRC, we had speculated/hoped that 50% of the AMCAS apps would yield invites and she did better than that where she completed the process (some were withdrawn prior to invite as her early acceptances ruled them out and two apps were never completed). Of the 9 AMCAS invites, she turned down 1 interview, withdrew from 2 waitlists, had 2 flat out rejections, and had 4 acceptances (Baylor, UVa, Dartmouth, and Yale). </p>
<p>She hated the rejections/“nothing but crickets” and she hated rejecting the schools she declined but, all in all , she was happy with her formulas and her results.</p>