Wouldn't say I'm in panic mode, but I'm seriously concerned. 5 rejections from some good schools and some mediocre. 2 interviews (UCSD wait listed and Minnesota pending decision), 2 pre-interview holds at Maryland and Madison (my state school), and crickets from 6 others. Is it common to get a batch of II invites in January-April? I submitted most secondaries in July.
December and January interview invites are fairly common. February is more rare. March~April, I wouldn't expect any. However, a lot of schools are only getting to early/mid-September applicants right now, so if you're late you'll have to give it some time.
I know I don't belong on this thread anymore (I miss you guys though, and I still check in on this thread to see people getting acceptances once and a while). The thing is that I'm a little worried why I've only gotten one interview invite. I'm thrilled I got accepted to that school but it's not my #1 choice (or even top several) and I really really want the option to live in IL/NY during medical school (I have my reasons). I can't help but wonder what's wrong with my application that I've only gotten one II.
Again, I don't mean to sound insensitive to those who would kill for an acceptance right now, and believe me, I am grateful for mine. But I am far from "happy" with my application cycle so far and my panic, although not really panic in the truest sense, is still there.
Don't kill me for posting this please. I am sorry but I miss the encouragement I've always gotten in this thread.
It's all whatever buddy.
A good number of people posting here already have acceptances. This is a panic thread, not a "GTFO If you're accepted!" thread. If you're worried or harried about something with your process, this is the place to be. I, for instance, haven't heard from some schools I'd very much like to hear from, and going to the school-specific threads where the 42/4.0s are complaining that Harvard's hugs were colder than Stanford...
But if you're here with an acceptance, be here to cheer people on!
🙂👍 We're all in this together.
Yeah, I just keep stressing about something I could be doing, like sending update letters/trying to get to know someone on "the inside" at certain schools (sounds crazy right?). I just don't want to leave any stone unturned by the end of the cycle. If I give it my all and end up at IU, that's fine, I will be a doctor and I will enjoy my time there. I just don't want to look back and think, but maybe if I did ____, I could've gotten into a school that I would've rather gone to more...
I think everyone does that. I'm trying to figure out which schools I need to update when. Sigh, haha, this week was supposed to be relaxing...
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My advice to everyone, though: only rank schools you've been accepted (or, perhaps, waitlisted) to. Saying a place you've never been or haven't interviewed at (or even haven't been invited) is only asking for the pain. It's an exercise of perspective, but it's helped me immensely to only focus on what I have, instead of obsessing over what I could have.
Edit: I wonder if schools time automated-type announcements to coincide with the season (ie. IIs going out on Thanksgiving, rejections going out on Black Friday or next week). Hmmm.
Not even an interview? Not sure if the interviews would've even gone well for her...
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