<p>*I would not have guessed they had blind interviews for MD admissions! Sounds more like an Alumnus interview.</p>
<p>Is this common? Which schools do it?*</p>
<p>I don’t have a list. Some of my son’s schools have had blind, this one did not. </p>
<p>Many do have blind inteviews because they don’t want the interviewer to be biased (for or against) the student simply because he has high or lowish scores (lowish for someone being interviewed usually isn’t really “low”…lol).</p>
<p>As WOWM says, for blind interviews, the student is considered already qualified (stats wise), and the interview is more about fit and the “crazy test”. </p>
<p>Since only a small number of applicants are interviewed, the student is already qualified. At my son’s SOM, I believe that there have been over 8000 applicants, about 400 interviewed, and about 200 accepted. </p>
<p>*"At his most recent (not blind) interview, one of the profs decided that my son should be considered for their MD/PhD program (son didn’t apply to that). "</p>
<p>This sounds really cool. Can they add him to the applicants?*</p>
<p>What I’ve learned from med school and PhD admissions (since I’ve been thru both with two kids now), is that grad-level schools are rather autonomous and can do what they want.</p>