Just offered an interview at Harbor yesterday and waitlisted at UC Irvine the day before. Little late but I'll take it (that is, if I can find a date to go).
Got the same lovely letter(s)! Makes me wonder....WakeMedHeel said:I love the exclaimation point in the first sentence. We're really excited you applied to our program so we can reject you!
jf said:There was an article written on the SAEM website regarding this issue. The article was entitled "Does interview date affect match list position in the EM NRMP match". According to the article, date of interview does not affect ranking by programs.
Here is the link to the article:
URL=http://www.saem.org/download/1022_1026.pdf
Good luck!
Hercules said:That's a good study, but it doesn't really answer Wilco's question. That study focused on the interview date not the invite date. I would guess the later invites probably mean the program is less excited about you on paper. That said, the interview makes up a huge part of your overall score and appeal to the program so I wouldn't worry about it. I also doubt that our interviewers know when we are invited.
roja said:Not so with our program. Our PD said he had 80 applicants that were incredibly interested in. He had to pull serious teeth to open up more interview dates. It just meant that all the interview dates were full before he got to the last applications...........
utlonghorn50 said:I was wondering what types of scores it takes to get an interview at UTSW specifically. Thanks to anyone who has been offered an interview there that replies.