<p>Will interviewers/med schools look down on those that haven't visited the campus?</p>
<p>You are not expected to visit a med school before the interview. In fact, most med schools are just a couple of nondescript buildings, not much to see. You will get a tour and all that stuff when you get invited for an interview.</p>
<p>Do you think they would favor those that have visited the facilities then? :D</p>
<p>RiceBoy,</p>
<p>No, it won’t matter. Your GPA, MCAT, and extracurricular activities are what matter. The “little tricks” don’t really do anything for med school.</p>
<p>Yeah, I wouldn’t try that. It won’t affect your admission positively. The people that you will place the request to be allowed to tour are not the people that are reading your application, nor will they be adding a note that you did this. They are busy enough as it is. The only way I could see it affecting your admission is negatively, because its kind of silly from this side of the fence to see someone do this (and I have). It might also annoy the actual people that are interviewing that day, some of which might be your classmates next year.</p>
<p>The thing that confuses me is how you know a particular med school is “right” for you if you’ve never visited the campus? I remember during high school, everyone told me to visit the campuses of the colleges I was planning on applying to. Also, the environment of my undergrad colleges I visited were a factor in my decision. So how would one decide which medical schools to apply to if most people don’t visit the med schools?</p>
<p>You use avg. GPA/MCAT, selectivity, and location to narrow down your choices to apply. There’s only 120 or so med schools. After you eliminate most state schools, there aren’t that many choices.</p>
<p>When the median # of acceptances to med school is 0, finding the right fit is less important than simply getting in.</p>
<p>Also, things like social environment and beauty of the campus are really not as important for med school because the “campus” is usually small and you don’t have much of a social life anyway.</p>
<p>More to the point, you have to visit colleges because a visit isn’t part of the admissions process. You don’t bother visiting medical schools because you have to do that when you interview. Medical school visits are required later on, so no need to bother early.</p>
<p>And if you do visit early, I don’t think there’s any sense in letting them know about it. They won’t care.</p>