LloydRedStan Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 16 hours ago, Monocyte said: It’s because of the way you’re ranked post-interview. People who place in a particular “bin” of an interview score are then ranked according to their GPA. Example: if the highest bin is a hypothetical 4.0, and your GPA is 4.0, you’ll be at the top of the acceptance list and acceptances are send in descending order until they exhausted that bin and go to the next one, where the highest GPAs are again chosen. Is this actually verified? I have seen this idea placed over the forums, but there is no way they assign 575 candidate scores into 8 discrete bins. There are 3 interviewers, and each interviewer has a score sheet made up of multiple criteria with the highest value being 4. It is much more likely there is a continuous spread of interview scores that are formulated from the average score between these interviewers, rather than discrete bins. Otherwise, there is no way to reliably differentiate a 4 from a 3.5, or even a 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erythrocyte Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Evidence for the bin system on this forum is quite convincing, and largely stems from waitlist movement threads. You'll always notice that the calls off the waitlist are in perfect descending order of GPA and after it gets to about 3.90, it suddenly resets back up to 4.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LloydRedStan Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Monocyte said: Evidence for the bin system on this forum is quite convincing, and largely stems from waitlist movement threads. You'll always notice that the calls off the waitlist are in perfect descending order of GPA and after it gets to about 3.90, it suddenly resets back up to 4.0. Even so, if they are discrete, they must be in increments larger than 0.5? Maybe 4, 3.8333, 3.666, 3.5 etc etc? Obviously nobody knows for sure, but a 4.0 to one set of interviewers could easily be a 3.5 to another, making it an unreliable tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erythrocyte Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 My apologies if I made it sound like it was verified. The 4.0 or 0.5 increments I stated are hypothetical, they could be any arbitrary value. The means by which applicants are ordered though remains the same regardless of increment, you move through one pool of interview scores on to the next. You're absolutely right, it is an unreliable tool, which is why measures are in place to try and correct it (e.g. 3 on a panel instead of 1). No interview style is perfect, but it’s impossible to eliminate the standards some have to achieve a ‘4.0’ versus others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LloydRedStan Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Monocyte said: My apologies if I made it sound like it was verified. The 4.0 or 0.5 increments I stated are hypothetical, they could be any arbitrary value. The means by which applicants are ordered though remains the same regardless of increment, you move through one pool of interview scores on to the next. You're absolutely right, it is an unreliable tool, which is why measures are in place to try and correct it (e.g. 3 on a panel instead of 1). No interview style is perfect, but it’s impossible to eliminate the standards some have to achieve a ‘4.0’ versus others. So much luck in this process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eudaimonia Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 10 hours ago, premed_67 said: Yes, my panel was super friendly with me. My questions seemed to be mostly following the script so it wasn't too much that they were personally interested in knowing more, although sometimes that was the case (context-specific questions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eudaimonia Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 9 hours ago, elenaps5 said: Yeah, I would say that's accurate, at least in my case and at this school. Some schools went on and on with follow-up questions for personal ones, but it could've been the people on panel and nothing to do with the school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KinderSurprise Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 We can't make conclusions, especially negative ones! So just think positively Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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premed_67 Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, elenaps5 said: So we can't make conclusions, especially negative ones! So just think positively I really hope that's the case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KinderSurprise Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 9:58 PM, KeyzerSoze said: Yeah. None of us know. The exhilarating mystery of it all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdasdasd Posted February 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, elenaps5 said: Yeah. What comes to my mind is something like “talk about a time you didn’t see eye to eye with a coworker? What are your weaknesses? Talk about a time you were part of a team?” Etc. At least in my opinion, since those are the questions that can be asked for everyone. of course I can't comment as to whether i got those questions or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinderSurprise Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 10:02 PM, KeyzerSoze said: of course I can't comment as to whether i got those questions or not Of course. And you shouldn’t. Those are also the types I’m using to prep. Google is a good tool lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 3 hours ago, keener12345 said: Would you guys consider a 3.93 wGPA low going into the interview? No way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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aaronahc Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Did anyone not have any doctors on their panel??? I had a 4th year med student and two non-physicians...Did not go ahead and ask who they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamsweremade Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Im guessing the panels all vary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderfishy Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 3:25 PM, keener12345 said: Would you guys consider a 3.93 wGPA low going into the interview? I had a 3.89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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