2012-2013 Panic Thread

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matanpucla said:
irish, i was curious, which city if i may ask? NYC possibly?
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Chicago.

Goobs said:
NYC is the only one I can think of that has that many schools based off of his MDapps,
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6 schools in Chicago (even though Loyola is in Maywood and RF is in North Chicago, I am counting them as in the "Chicago area.")

Goobs said:
but I know he would eat a poop hotdog for a interview at Rush.
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For Rush, I would eat 2 poop hot dogs. 🙁
 
not panicking but disappointed. I was hoping to have an acceptance by October and instead got 3 wait lists...still waiting.
 
Personally, I don't read what anyone else is writing in this thread. I just come here to complain to myself in a way that seems less crazy 😀.

In all seriousness, every step of this process is stressful, and baring a punching bag this is one of the better ways of dealing with that stress.
 
typicalindian said:
Arg wait listed at top choice. Oh well. Win some and lose some I suppose 🙁
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Sorry to hear bro. 🙁 Now I know I really don't stand a chance there, haha. Hopefully you'll get off the wait list fast!
 
Procyon said:
Sorry to hear bro. 🙁 Now I know I really don't stand a chance there, haha. Hopefully you'll get off the wait list fast!
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Don't worry you got this! Pm me if you want help with anything for interview day.
 
Got rejected from one of my top choices today 🙁 is it just me, or does getting rejected from a medical school feel almost exactly like getting rejected from a girl (or boy) you like a lot? Maybe I'm crazy, but to me it seems like almost the exact same feeling of self-doubt and melancholy. Has anyone else noticed this?
 
JBOB said:
Got rejected from one of my top choices today 🙁 is it just me, or does getting rejected from a medical school feel almost exactly like getting rejected from a girl (or boy) you like a lot? Maybe I'm crazy, but to me it seems like almost the exact same feeling of self-doubt and melancholy. Has anyone else noticed this?
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It feels like getting stabbed in the chest... that's what it feels like!
 
JBOB said:
Got rejected from one of my top choices today 🙁 is it just me, or does getting rejected from a medical school feel almost exactly like getting rejected from a girl (or boy) you like a lot? Maybe I'm crazy, but to me it seems like almost the exact same feeling of self-doubt and melancholy. Has anyone else noticed this?
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Well...I'm not sexually attracted to the medical school. :lame: But yeah, it hurts in a different way because there is nothing else like it out there!
 
Irish Football said:
Chicago.



6 schools in Chicago (even though Loyola is in Maywood and RF is in North Chicago, I am counting them as in the "Chicago area.")



For Rush, I would eat 2 poop hot dogs. 🙁
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yeah i would love to go to rush, still lots of silence from there.
 
drscholls said:
Personally, I don't read what anyone else is writing in this thread. I just come here to complain to myself in a way that seems less crazy 😀.

In all seriousness, every step of this process is stressful, and baring a punching bag this is one of the better ways of dealing with that stress.
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I just climb on my roof and yell at the moon.
 
Irish Football said:
+1
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Sorry Irish 🙁

My friend applied to 10 East coast schools and hasn't heard from any of them in four months.None of them. He wants to live in the area. I got interviews in the area, was accepted to several of them already, and withdrew from half of them post-acceptance. He's panicking, and I'm panicking I'm about to get a knife in the back of my neck one of these nights... 😱

I wish we could pass acceptances on to people... or at least post-acceptance withdrawals, tell them who would really want to take our spots.
 
PreMedOrDead said:
Sorry Irish 🙁

My friend applied to 10 East coast schools and hasn't heard from any of them in four months.None of them. He wants to live in the area. I got interviews in the area, was accepted to several of them already, and withdrew from half of them post-acceptance. He's panicking, and I'm panicking I'm about to get a knife in the back of my neck one of these nights... 😱

I wish we could pass acceptances on to people... or at least post-acceptance withdrawals, tell them who would really want to take our spots.
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there should be a way to trade acceptances. haha
 
drscholls said:
Personally, I don't read what anyone else is writing in this thread. I just come here to complain to myself in a way that seems less crazy 😀.

In all seriousness, every step of this process is stressful, and baring a punching bag this is one of the better ways of dealing with that stress.
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Nice avatar.
 
During a recent interview in a school in NY, I met someone who is from Long Island. I asked them if they had interviewed at Stony Brook yet (Public School). They had not heard from them, while I am from OOS and interviewed there already. Then it turns out that they are interviewing soon at MY state school, which also happens to be my top choice. Then yesterday I got rejected pre-interview from that state school. What a crock.
 
jcaptian said:
Right?!??!?? I have 3 OOS interviews and 0 IS...very weird 😵
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You guys should feel lucky you even have a state school with a med school. I don't 🙁 I wish I had moved to a state with a IS med school years ago.
 
matanpucla said:
i do, i've had one II at a foreign school, and i have a big one coming up this Friday. so i guess you can panic a bit more than me. although i will be until i get an acceptance.

and worst case, we don't get accepted this cycle. the fact that we are even at this point in this cycle shows that we are fairly intelligent and driven, so i'm sure we will get to where we want, sooner or later. hang in there bud.
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Exact same deal here. My only domestic interview a week from today, and a foreign interview in January. Good luck, my friend!

I also just got rejected from Pitt and Cornell today. Not like I expected much from them but it hurt nonetheless. I'm starting to fear that these 2 II may be my very last....

Because mdapplicants isn't working for me, I'm going to post the tally here:

Applied to 30 Schools

Rejected:
USC
UMN-Duluth
Wayne State
CMU
BU
Cornell
Pitt

Interview Invites:
VCU (Yaaaaay! I love that school!)
Duke-NUS (I have family in Singapore so this wouldn't be so bad)

I really hope I get more IIs because I don't want to have to put all my eggs in so few baskets. here's to hoping!
 
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physiologist said:
Exact same deal here. My only domestic interview a week from today, and a foreign interview in January. Good luck, my friend!

I also just got rejected from Pitt and Cornell today. Not like I expected much from them but it hurt nonetheless. I'm starting to fear that these 2 II may be my very last....

Because mdapplicants isn't working for me, I'm going to post the tally here:

Applied to 30 Schools

Rejected:
USC
UMN-Duluth
Wayne State
CMU
BU
Cornell
Pitt

Interview Invites:
VCU (Yaaaaay! I love that school!)
Duke-NUS (I have family in Singapore so this wouldn't be so bad)

I really hope I get more IIs because I don't want to have to put all my eggs in so few baskets. here's to hoping!
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AHH! so i'm not the only one experiencing issues with the site.. I Can't seem to log in either.
 
How much do you guys think it matters what undergraduate college I attended? Even with a competitive MCAT, would a lot of schools not even consider me because I didn't go to a big name university? I interviewed somewhere the other day and got kind of scared when pretty much everyone else was from a big school except me.
 
tb4m said:
How much do you guys think it matters what undergraduate college I attended? Even with a competitive MCAT, would a lot of schools not even consider me because I didn't go to a big name university? I interviewed somewhere the other day and got kind of scared when pretty much everyone else was from a big school except me.
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I don't think it makes much of a difference at all. I'm in the same position as you, but I try to not let it get to me too much. I figure if they like me enough to interview me then I must be doing something right to be included with all these big shots.
 
PreMedOrDead said:
Sorry Irish 🙁

My friend applied to 10 East coast schools and hasn't heard from any of them in four months.None of them. He wants to live in the area. I got interviews in the area, was accepted to several of them already, and withdrew from half of them post-acceptance. He's panicking, and I'm panicking I'm about to get a knife in the back of my neck one of these nights... 😱

I wish we could pass acceptances on to people... or at least post-acceptance withdrawals, tell them who would really want to take our spots.
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Thanks PMOD, and yeah trading acceptances would be awesome!
 
Sometimes I wish SDN had someway to incorporate someones GPA and MCAT under their avatar instead of having to click through things. I think it would help put things into perspective here.
 
Anathema said:
Sometimes I wish SDN had someway to incorporate someones GPA and MCAT under their avatar instead of having to click through things. I think it would help put things into perspective here.
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Definitely, or at least ranges (like 3.4-3.6, 33-35) if people want to preserve anonymity.
 
Anathema said:
Sometimes I wish SDN had someway to incorporate someones GPA and MCAT under their avatar instead of having to click through things. I think it would help put things into perspective here.
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I guess we could just put it in our signatures.
 
brbEightball said:
What an odd cycle. It has occurred to me that it has been a month (to the day!) without a single update of any kind, from any school. I had my second interview on the 29th of October, and since then...

0 rejections
0 interview invites
0 waitlists
0 pools/updates/whatever
0 acceptances (of course!)

It's weird. Some schools have had my completed app for over four months now. Of course, this is true for everybody at some schools, but the lack of correspondence is eerie. 3 months ago, there were 8 schools that I haven't heard anything from. Now, there are still 8 schools that I haven't heard anything from.
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I'm in almost exactly the same situation, except that I have more schools that I've heard nothing from.
 
I just want to tell all of you to keep your heads up! I applied to 18 schools last cycle and received ZERO II. I was miserable and I thought it was the end of the world, but it ended up being a blessing in disguise. I reapplied and I am doing MUCH better this cycle (4 II, 2 rejections, 2 holds, 14 to hear from). I was also able to do a lot of things during this gap year that I wouldn't have been able to do otherwise. I have a full-time hospital job that I love, I have published two things, and I get to spend some much needed time with my family/gf. I am actually sort of glad I didn't get in last cycle, I learned a lot about myself and how much I really do love medicine.

My point is that even if your cycle doesn't go as planned always look for the positives. I thought not getting in was a death sentence, but it all worked out in the end! ( Well I hope, I still don't have an acceptance yet!)
 
Mdtichen said:
I just want to tell all of you to keep your heads up! I applied to 18 schools last cycle and received ZERO II. I was miserable and I thought it was the end of the world, but it ended up being a blessing in disguise. I reapplied and I am doing MUCH better this cycle (4 II, 2 rejections, 2 holds, 14 to hear from). I was also able to do a lot of things during this gap year that I wouldn't have been able to do otherwise. I have a full-time hospital job that I love, I have published two things, and I get to spend some much needed time with my family/gf. I am actually sort of glad I didn't get in last cycle, I learned a lot about myself and how much I really do love medicine.

My point is that even if your cycle doesn't go as planned always look for the positives. I thought not getting in was a death sentence, but it all worked out in the end! ( Well I hope, I still don't have an acceptance yet!)
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Congrats! Best of luck! I like your attitude. Keep it up!
 
Mdtichen said:
I just want to tell all of you to keep your heads up! I applied to 18 schools last cycle and received ZERO II. I was miserable and I thought it was the end of the world, but it ended up being a blessing in disguise. I reapplied and I am doing MUCH better this cycle (4 II, 2 rejections, 2 holds, 14 to hear from). I was also able to do a lot of things during this gap year that I wouldn't have been able to do otherwise. I have a full-time hospital job that I love, I have published two things, and I get to spend some much needed time with my family/gf. I am actually sort of glad I didn't get in last cycle, I learned a lot about myself and how much I really do love medicine.

My point is that even if your cycle doesn't go as planned always look for the positives. I thought not getting in was a death sentence, but it all worked out in the end! ( Well I hope, I still don't have an acceptance yet!)
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thanks for this
if I don't get in this cycle, I'm getting a dog 😀
 
Welp, I guess another November, another empty inbox +pity+:beat:

Seriously I'm about to go insane 🙁
 
October goes by... Nothing
November goes by... nothing

IF I dont get a II in December I don't think I'll be able to wait anymore!!!! GARGRGGRG

What did I ever do to deserve this treatment ;/
 
bearintraining said:
what happened to bearstronaut? 🙁
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Hi buddy 🙂👍

500th post. Woo, pressure. Here goes.

I had a week of travel and stuff. I'm thinking of going and backpacking across a continent in the spring, so setting that up (won't say which, schools could blah dee blah with the blah).

Sounds like things have gotten pretty panicky in here. I can relate. Ish happens. Sometimes it happens where it's supposed to, and sometimes it doesn't. Just keep swimming!

The process isn't fair. It never will be. Remember this time, because it will make you better when you beat it, achieve your dream, and do awesome things with awesome things to awesome people.

Are you going to achieve your dream? Then damn how long it will take. You'll make it, every one of you, no matter how many hoops you need to jump through.

In any case, time to leave Starbucks and hit the road. There's more to life than panicking about what you can't control. Carpe diem.
 
Bearstronaut said:
Hi buddy 🙂👍

500th post. Woo, pressure. Here goes.

I had a week of travel and stuff. I'm thinking of going and backpacking across a continent in the spring, so setting that up (won't say which, schools could blah dee blah with the blah).

Sounds like things have gotten pretty panicky in here. I can relate. Ish happens. Sometimes it happens where it's supposed to, and sometimes it doesn't. Just keep swimming!

The process isn't fair. It never will be. Remember this time, because it will make you better when you beat it, achieve your dream, and do awesome things with awesome things to awesome people.

Are you going to achieve your dream? Then damn how long it will take. You'll make it, every one of you, no matter how many hoops you need to jump through.

In any case, time to leave Starbucks and hit the road. There's more to life than panicking about what you can't control. Carpe diem.
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Nice to hear from you! How's your process been treating ya? Mine is better than expected but I still haven't heard from a grand total of 21 schools! 2 II, 7 Rejections. Fortunately so far I didn't get rejected to any schools I felt that I was a particularly good fit for - either they were too rural-focused, not accepting AP credits (oops, found that out too late), or way over my head (i.e. Top 10 schools... why did I even apply to those anyway?). So I'm still hopeful.
 
physiologist said:
Nice to hear from you! How's your process been treating ya? Mine is better than expected but I still haven't heard from a grand total of 21 schools! 2 II, 7 Rejections. Fortunately so far I didn't get rejected to any schools I felt that I was a particularly good fit for - either they were too rural-focused, not accepting AP credits (oops, found that out too late), or way over my head (i.e. Top 10 schools... why did I even apply to those anyway?). So I'm still hopeful.
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I've had some good luck so far, but there's yet to be a school that really seems to fit me completely. My luck has been all over the map, though, and my late app likely cost me dearly, but I've had an awesome time doing what I've done, and I'd rather have had those experiences than an early app and marginally improved chances.

It's a rough process, though, and we all have our own ways of looking at it. I realized I was obsessing with a school I actually really didn't like solely because it was very high ranked. I don't want to be that person - I've met those people at places, and they drive me crazy.

A year off is terrifying to people, I guess, but I've never met someone who's taken one that was upset afterward. But hope is warranted - you're still breathing.

From my phone.
 
Bearstronaut said:
I've had some good luck so far, but there's yet to be a school that really seems to fit me completely. My luck has been all over the map, though, and my late app likely cost me dearly, but I've had an awesome time doing what I've done, and I'd rather have had those experiences than an early app and marginally improved chances.

It's a rough process, though, and we all have our own ways of looking at it. I realized I was obsessing with a school I actually really didn't like solely because it was very high ranked. I don't want to be that person - I've met those people at places, and they drive me crazy.

A year off is terrifying to people, I guess, but I've never met someone who's taken one that was upset afterward. But hope is warranted - you're still breathing.

From my phone.
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Did you get any acceptances yet? How many interviews and how many schools have you not heard back from? Sorry if I'm being nosy.
 
hiiiii said:
everyone should drink beer. It really helps 😛
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Ain't nobody got money for that.

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hiiiii said:
everyone should drink beer. It really helps 😛
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Haha I'm grabbing one with a bunch of Richmond friends after my VCU interview. Possibly two or more if the interview goes particularly badly 😉
 
when should we start thinking about reapplying? I've been complete since June at 24 schools and got 2 interviews, 4 pre-interview holds, and 4 rejections...

I now realize that I made a lot of mistakes (medicore PS, weak/lukewarm LORs (shouldn't have used them), average ECs)...feeling pretty sh&*#y at the moment, especially since everybody around me has already been accepted...when is it time to throw in the towel?

easily the worst year of my life and a HUGE wake-up call...
 
hadoken44 said:
when should we start thinking about reapplying? I've been complete since June at 24 schools and got 2 interviews, 4 pre-interview holds, and 4 rejections...

I now realize that I made a lot of mistakes (medicore PS, weak/lukewarm LORs (shouldn't have used them), average ECs)...feeling pretty sh&*#y at the moment, especially since everybody around me has already been accepted...when is it time to throw in the towel?

easily the worst year of my life and a HUGE wake-up call...
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+1 about when to be thinking about reapplying
 
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