Medical Already rejected and wait-listed from lower ranked schools post-I, should I be concerned for upcoming higher ranker interviews

[GoSpursGo]

I just got my first post-I rejection, from a school that tends to admit >50% of their interviewees. I have also been wait-listed by another school already this cycle - both would be considered mid-tier schools. Now, I don't personally care about school ranking, but I am worried that if this is my track record so far, that my upcoming interviews with T20s will likely result in more Rs. Is this a reasonable fear? Should I be concerned about my interview skills?

When I interviewed I got accepted to my top 2 choices, and rejected from most "lower ranked" schools.

Each school is looking for different things. Just do your best.

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[TheBoneDoctah]

Agree with above. I wouldn’t chalk up one R from bad interviewing skills. Now if you get rejections from all then maybe start looking into it.

 

[AlteredScale]

There's no rhyme or reasoning to the application process for medical school even with a sound and strong application. If you have multiple post-I rejections then yes, I would start thinking about what's going on at that instance of interview but I wouldn't bank on 1 being the end all.

 

[futureapppsy2]

Was the WL post-interview?

 

[Goro]

Work on interview skills.