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I haven't even applied yet but for me so far it has been the month waiting for my MCAT score. What about you guys?
Clicking the 'submit payment' button over and over and over again.
Yeah, this. Waiting was horrible, even though I had one decision to wait for and learned my answer before almost anyone else via EDP.But seriously, 1) writing (and paying for) secondaries, 2) waiting, 3) waiting, 4) more waiting.
Secondaries. I feel like I wrote more this past year than every previous year of my life combined.
I hated the secondaries where all I did was check a box saying I wasn't a felon and submit a $75 processing fee. Even though those applications were less work, it just felt like pure thievery.
Complete lack of post-interview transparency from most schools.
obnoxious people at interviews
OhMIGAD where else have you interviewed are you accepted how does this school rank i heard this school doesn't match well do you have the match list i love this school let me in so glad i did well on the mcat relieved to get this interview even though i already have 10 considered not coming but I AM HERE.
Oh, and admissions officer/4th year medical student, please allow me to ask 22 questions about medical school that I already know the answers to and that I think will make me look interesting but will make everyone else present on my interview day hate me.
What was your worst/most hated part of the application process?
But seriously, 1) writing (and paying for) secondaries, 2) waiting, 3) waiting, 4) more waiting.
When I had to do it all over again for residency,
then fellowship,
then credentialing,
then credentialing at the other hospitals I want to cover,
then licensing...
-sigh- yayyy...
OhMIGAD where else have you interviewed are you accepted how does this school rank i heard this school doesn't match well do you have the match list i love this school let me in so glad i did well on the mcat relieved to get this interview even though i already have 10 considered not coming but I AM HERE.
Oh, and admissions officer/4th year medical student, please allow me to ask 22 questions about medical school that I already know the answers to and that I think will make me look interesting but will make everyone else present on my interview day hate me.
hahaha. or the "not so subtle" name droppers.
"at Harvard this, Harvard that.. " "Johns Hopkins blah blah "
OhMIGAD where else have you interviewed are you accepted how does this school rank i heard this school doesn't match well do you have the match list i love this school let me in so glad i did well on the mcat relieved to get this interview even though i already have 10 considered not coming but I AM HERE.
Oh, and admissions officer/4th year medical student, please allow me to ask 22 questions about medical school that I already know the answers to and that I think will make me look interesting but will make everyone else present on my interview day hate me.
I'm looking forward to meeting this person! He/she sounds charming and probably won't be a gunner!
Asking for LoRs.
Family member: Do you know where you're going to med school yet?
Me: No. I'm still waiting to hear back from some places.
Family member: But didn't you apply a really long time ago?
Me: Yep.
Clicking the 'submit payment' button over and over and over again.
THIS. Defintiely.
Also the secondary essays that are all almsot the same with one tiny little difference so you have to rewrite the whole thing, saying the same thing in a different way. lol
And of course the worst part is the waiting.