More Waiting? Seriously?

I finally got the balls to call some of the dental admissions departments this past week. The result: one returned email stating that more final decisions would be made in the upcoming week. The others you may ask? Not a word.

I am torn between feeling sorry for these admissions committees and being royally pissed off. Based on my readings, I know that admissions committees sift through, on average, 2,000 applications during the dental school process. I imagine the vast majority of those are rejected right off the bat, but the remaining ones take the better part of a year.

Still, it makes me wonder why this process seems, by all accounts, utterly inefficient. Imagine if businesses took that long to recruit summer interns or new employees. HR in these businesses would be little else than a recruiter. Forget investigating malpractice or employee concerns; all they would do would review, interview, and admit. That and answer phone call after phone call from over eager applicants.

Ok, maybe I am oversimplifying on the last point, but that is what these committees do in a nutshell, right?

Even though I am on the verge of a nervous breakdown, I did receive an interview invite from Tufts today, which coincidentally is the same week as my interview with Boston University. Knowing that schools were still interested despite it being almost February was pretty cool. because I did not expect to hear from anymore schools, let alone Tufts.

As for the schools I called, please get back to me. At least let me know if you are interested by changing my status on AADSAS. Bring some closure to this long, drawn-out process.

...Or I will keep calling.