How do you feel when you get a rejection letter?

[geldrop]

How do you guys feel when you get a rejection letter. The first one kind of annoyed me, but after that I don't even pay much attention to them more of a "matter of fact" type feeling.

Just go get something to eat (usually dinner time when i finally can look through the mail) and go one with my life.

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[shamthis]

When I bought lunch today it was 5.71 as opposed to the usual 6.21. I was really curious as to why I had recieved a fifty cent discount or if the price of something dropped. Then, I realized the cashier did not ring up my cookies (2 @ .25 each), hence the discrepancy. I suppose hiding my cookies was a cost-effective measure. If I weren't so morally sound, I'd make this cookie thievery thing a habit.

 

[Lab-Rat21]

I have been interviewed by very difficult/challenging ranked programs and some lower schools reject me...

If they only knew...

 

[wolferman]

Personally, each one stings a little. They get easier to endure though, especially after an acceptance. Until your first acceptance, each rejection is a little door being closed on your future. After your first acceptance, rejections are merely alternative paths that can no longer be taken on your destination to become a physician.

 

[VienneseWaltz]

wolferman said it. Having JHU in hand eased the hurt, but it still stings that Duke and Penn didn't want me. And it made Northwestern's pre-interview rejection kind of funny.

 

[Dr Chooch]

Rejections are bittersweet to me. Of course it sucks to be rejected, and you can't help but take it a bit personally, but I've always thought that getting a rejection is better than getting a dead-end waitlist that keeps you hoping for months and months that you will get in....and in the end many don't. The waiting part just kills me. At least with a rejection it's cut and dry: "WE DON'T WANT YOU." cool, now you can go on with your life.

 

[Rothgar]

It hurts. Exactly as Wolferman said.....another little door closing on a future that could be.

Waitlists really stink. Why don't schools just come out and be honest about their intentions? Let them say, we only pull X students of the waitlist every year, so let our waitlist be around X + 1-2% over. In reality, many schools do the waitlist thing with 2X or 3X waitlisters. It's cruel.


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[Medical123]

For me, it really depends on where the rejection is from. If it is a state school or one that I REALLY wanted to go to, it still hurts (especially since I have no acceptances).

However, at this point, if it comes from a school that I knew that I had virtually no chance of getting into anyhow, it doesn't bother me too much. I just shrug those rejections off and file them away, console myself with salsa and chips, and do something fun.

 

[lola]

it hurts you guys? seriously, i shrug pretty much all of them off! the only one that hurt was the post-interview uvm. it didn't even hurt when ohsu gave me the ding the other day even though i'd love to live in portland and their curriculum sounds great.

 

[TechMan]

...rejection is the price that genius must pay.

 

[MyEyesMesmerize]

My rejections from state schools hurt because I thought they were my best chances and I didn't even get interviews there. But regardless, I didn't feel too great about my chances outside of my state schools but I received 7 interview offers and have 4 acceptances, 1 waitlist, 1 pre interview withdrawal, and one more interview to go so I am definitely content. I've gotten 12 rejections so far and the majority of them are like "whatever".

 

[JM.]

just got one online from Penn

i like cookies too

 

[Polar girl]

My first one hurt really badly. I cried all night. It was my state school, and completely unexpected. After that, I was ok. Except for being totally pissed at the school now, I guess.

My next one was just like "eh, that sucks".

And then a couple of days after that, the worry came, cause those were supposed to be the two schools that I applied to that would be the easiest to get into.

 

[XCanadianRagwee]

I was happy because the wait was over early, and I could plan my life for this summer and fall without freaking out on what to do.