2012-2013 Panic Thread

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And....sadly looking forward to Monday only because of the potential for interview invites this week...
 
Applied to 30 schools with 3.8+/38+ and all I've got so far is one rejection. Something is wrong with me 🙁
 
I submitted my primary 08/06 and was complete between early and late September everywhere. I know it's a bit soon to be panicking, but I'm starting to think submitting so late might have destroyed my chances.
 
JBOB said:
I submitted my primary 08/06 and was complete between early and late September everywhere. I know it's a bit soon to be panicking, but I'm starting to think submitting so late might have destroyed my chances.
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I'm in the same boat as you, except I only have a mere 34.
 
JBOB said:
I submitted my primary 08/06 and was complete between early and late September everywhere. I know it's a bit soon to be panicking, but I'm starting to think submitting so late might have destroyed my chances.
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Those fears are unfounded. You are more than fine, as long as you have a well-rounded app.
 
TheShaker said:
I'm in the same boat as you, except I only have a mere 34.
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It looks like you've got solid ECs and research which I lack, though. Wanna trade apps? I'd be down for that.
 
Complete to ~25 schools in August and still no interviews. A few rejections and pre-interview holds. Should I be worried?
 
How are you guys getting rejected? Is it like, an email?
 
I HATE EVERYBODY IN THIS THREAD 😡😡😡
 
Texas resident. Applied to all the Texas schools and only 3 interviews. Texas moves fast. They start interviewing in August and stop interviewing in December/Very early January. I am nervous about Texas because I was expecting more interviews from my home state. My topic choices in Texas haven't sent me any interviews. FML. I was complete at all my Texas schools in May......FML.......

Applied to a ton of OOS schools but no word from most of them except some pre-interview holds, a few rejections, and a few small pools....FML....AMCAS was done in late August. Most secondaries completed in early September.
 
JBOB said:
I submitted my primary 08/06 and was complete between early and late September everywhere. I know it's a bit soon to be panicking, but I'm starting to think submitting so late might have destroyed my chances.
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I'm in a very similar boat. I had to submit late because of prehealth committee stuff, but it is discouraging to put so much effort into the application for little return. I thought October would be the month I finally would get some news, but still nothing yet. 3.7 35 are my stats, and I put so much love into making my essays shine 🙁. Thank God for my state school showing me some love, otherwise I would be going out of my mind right now. I saw some gif a few days ago of a guy saying "love me hate me kill me just let me know!" and that is basically how I feel everyday at this point.

I honestly thought SDN was exaggerating on the whole SUBMIT EARLY!! thing, but it looks like in this case the hivemind was dead-on. At the one interview I attended, they said that by September they had already received more applications than they did all of last year in total.
 
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JFK90787 said:
I'm in a very similar boat. I had to submit late because of prehealth committee stuff, but it is discouraging to put so much effort into the application for little return. I thought October would be the month I finally would get some news, but still nothing yet. 3.7 35 are my stats, and I put so much love into making my essays shine 🙁. Thank God for my state school showing me some love, otherwise I would be going out of my mind right now. I saw some gif a few days ago of a guy saying "love me hate me kill me just let me know!" and that is basically how I feel everyday at this point.

I honestly thought SDN was exaggerating on the whole SUBMIT EARLY!! thing, but it looks like in this case the hivemind was dead-on. At the one interview I attended, they said that by September they had already received more applications than they did all of last year in total.
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I feel the same way about rejections. Of course, I don't want to be rejected but it's somehow reassuring to at least get some signs of life out there.
 
TheShaker said:
I feel the same way about rejections. Of course, I don't want to be rejected but it's somehow reassuring to at least get some signs of life out there.
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riseagainsthoya said:
Texas resident. Applied to all the Texas schools and only 3 interviews. Texas moves fast. They start interviewing in August and stop interviewing in December/Very early January. I am nervous about Texas because I was expecting more interviews from my home state. My topic choices in Texas haven't sent me any interviews. FML. I was complete at all my Texas schools in May......FML.......

Applied to a ton of OOS schools but no word from most of them except some pre-interview holds, a few rejections, and a few small pools....FML....AMCAS was done in late August. Most secondaries completed in early September.
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Well, I knew Texas was big but how many medical schools does it have?

If I applied to all the schools in Kentucky and I got 3 II, I would be 3 for 3, including DO programs.
 
So I have 3 DO II but only 1 MD II. I got rejected from BU and Meharry. I am seriously scared when Oct 15th rolls around, that i'll get 10 rejections from the other MD schools I applied to.
 
Cuongoff said:
So I have 3 DO II but only 1 MD II. I got rejected from BU and Meharry. I am seriously scared when Oct 15th rolls around, that i'll get 10 rejections from the other MD schools I applied to.
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You won't. You didn't interview at those places.
 
Cuongoff said:
So I have 3 DO II but only 1 MD II. I got rejected from BU and Meharry. I am seriously scared when Oct 15th rolls around, that i'll get 10 rejections from the other MD schools I applied to.
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October 15 is the first day for ACCEPTANCES.

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Really? I thought it was the day they sent out acceptances and rejections. That's good. I think. More waiting now I guess.

Goobs said:
October 15 is the first day for ACCEPTANCES.

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JFK90787 said:
I'm in a very similar boat. I had to submit late because of prehealth committee stuff, but it is discouraging to put so much effort into the application for little return. I thought October would be the month I finally would get some news, but still nothing yet. 3.7 35 are my stats, and I put so much love into making my essays shine 🙁. Thank God for my state school showing me some love, otherwise I would be going out of my mind right now. I saw some gif a few days ago of a guy saying "love me hate me kill me just let me know!" and that is basically how I feel everyday at this point.

I honestly thought SDN was exaggerating on the whole SUBMIT EARLY!! thing, but it looks like in this case the hivemind was dead-on. At the one interview I attended, they said that by September they had already received more applications than they did all of last year in total.
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Ah well... there's nothing we can do about it now. Look on the bright side-when we reapply next year we'll have all our essays already done!
 
Cuongoff said:
Really? I thought it was the day they sent out acceptances and rejections. That's good. I think. More waiting now I guess.
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Rejections have been going out for the past month or two and will continue to go until the end of the app cycle (may? june?). Acceptances will start going out 10/15 at most schools and continue to go until the end of the app cycle. It's a long road still 🙁
 
Fffffff me
Still 1 rejection 1 hold
25 schools- complete mid to late August
Average everythingggg, hatemylife.
 
Applied to 20 schools: 3 rejections, 0 interview invites, and a whole lot of silence.

Complete at most schools in August. Balanced 32 / 3.65 / great ECs. The end is nigh.
 
I've had 9 junk emails come to my inbox today. The world is certainly torturing us. [100% first world problems]
 
drscholls said:
I've had 9 junk emails come to my inbox today. The world is certainly torturing us. [100% first world problems]
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I feel your pain. I'm generally spam free, but today my phone went off three times 🙁

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Goobs said:
I feel your pain. I'm generally spam free, but today my phone went off three times 🙁

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Lol, it's like we all have PTSD, except our loud noises are "Inbox (1)" or "Spam (3)"
 
So who else has parents suggesting back-up plans (if you don't get into med school) already? My mom wants me to go into teaching, my dad favors the PhD route.
 
punkedoutriffs said:
I thought I was not susceptible to premed anxiety. Every new day without an II proves me wrong a little bit more.

I submitted primary on 6/2.
Verified by 6/5.
Applied to 30 schools. Submitted most secondaries by 7/15.
Committee letter put up on AMCAS by 7/19.

3.6 cum/sci GPA
34O MCAT

I would have expected at least 1 II by now. Nothing. WTF?
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HAHAHAHAHA

I was empathizing with the OP then I realized that this thread was written a MONTH after everything was submitted.

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
 
PreMedOrDead said:
I think you'll hear back from RFU/MCW. If you don't, I would be very surprised.
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Thanks for the encouragement. I know it might sound silly to feel better as a result of reading anonymous people's posts on the internet, but while SDN is part of the reason I am neurotic in the first place, it also provides some comfort as well. Thanks, and I'm hoping you're right!

*I would also KILL for an II from N'western, Rush, or Einstein. But beggars can't be choosers so I'll take whatever I can get! :xf:
 
punkedoutriffs said:
I would feel that way. I'd be the previously spurned ex-girlfriend whose guy is now banging on the door going, "I JUST WANT TO TALK," and I'll be like, "YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE!"
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Story of my life. But, he hasn't crawled back to me yet, haha.

Anyway, you guys should just sit back, and relax. Your interview invites will come in due time. Stop being so neurotic. It's bad for your health.
 
I thought that the first II would cure my neuroticism and end my panic, but it really just fueled more neuroticism and make the silence seem even quiter 🙁 y u no love me med skoolz?
 
Hey all, this is my first post but I have been checking the website for a while. I have applied to 23 schools, several rejections so far and no interview yet. My stats are 28O and 4.0, I know the MCAT is pretty low but have good ECs I suppose: almost 3 years of research (Genetics), one poster presentation, 2.5 years of ER volunteer; more than 300 hours, some non-medical volunteer activities for 2 years, and an in press ophthalmology research publication. Should I be worried? Oh and I dont know if that counts at all, I have lived in the U.S. for less than 7 years and first generation to attend college. My MCAT distribution is 11/8/9 (dont know what happened to Bio section, I never scored below 12 on practice tests) and I am a Colorado resident. I have been complete at most schools early in August but nothing yet. Here is list of schools I applied to:
University of Colorado
University of California Irvine
Loma Linda
University of Arizona Tucson
Miller
Morasni South Florida
Creighton
Toledo
Meharry
University of Minnesota
NYU
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
University of Kansas
Arkansas
North Dakota
Howard
 
sshayan said:
Hey all, this is my first post but I have been checking the website for a while. I have applied to 23 schools, several rejections so far and no interview yet. My stats are 28O and 4.0, I know the MCAT is pretty low but have good ECs I suppose: almost 3 years of research (Genetics), one poster presentation, 2.5 years of ER volunteer; more than 300 hours, some non-medical volunteer activities for 2 years, and an in press ophthalmology research publication. Should I be worried? Oh and I dont know if that counts at all, I have lived in the U.S. for less than 7 years and first generation to attend college. My MCAT distribution is 11/8/9 (dont know what happened to Bio section, I never scored below 12 on practice tests) and I am a Colorado resident. I have been complete at most schools early in August but nothing yet. Here is list of schools I applied to:

University of Colorado
University of California Irvine
Loma Linda
University of Arizona Tucson
Miller
Morasni South Florida
Creighton
Toledo
Meharry
University of Minnesota
NYU
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
University of Kansas
Arkansas
North Dakota
Howard
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I'm sure you know schools like JHU, HMS, and NYU aren't going to forgive that 28 MCAT. You also applied to quite a few state schools and almost all schools out of your region.
 
Yup, I am, I just took a shot, I know my chances at JHU, HMS, and NYU is almost zero. So you think I dont have any chance at these school I applied to? and I guess CU is the only state school I could have applied to.
 
MedPR said:
I'm sure you know schools like JHU, HMS, and NYU aren't going to forgive that 28 MCAT. You also applied to quite a few state schools and almost all schools out of your region.
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Yup, I am, I just took a shot, I know my chances at JHU, HMS, and NYU is almost zero. So you think I dont have any chance at these school I applied to? and I guess CU is the only state school I could have applied to.
 
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