2012-2013 Panic Thread

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TheShaker said:
Showing the tongue is the primate sign of submission while baring the teeth is a sign of aggression. I think the former is more appropriate for this thread.

Disclaimer: I have no idea what I'm talking about.
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Orly? What about 😛 and :d?
 
IS THERE ANYTHING MORE ANXIETY-INDUCING THAN WAITING TO GET OFF A WAITLIST??????

I thought waiting for mcat scores was bad....

I thought waiting for an interview invite was bad........

I thought waiting for a decision post-interview was bad......


Waiting to get off a waitlist??? :barf:
 
cinamin said:
IS THERE ANYTHING MORE ANXIETY-INDUCING THAN WAITING TO GET OFF A WAITLIST??????

I thought waiting for mcat scores was bad....

I thought waiting for an interview invite was bad........

I thought waiting for a decision post-interview was bad......


Waiting to get off a waitlist??? :barf:
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Yup. The closer you get to an acceptance, the further away it feels.

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cinamin said:
IS THERE ANYTHING MORE ANXIETY-INDUCING THAN WAITING TO GET OFF A WAITLIST??????

I thought waiting for mcat scores was bad....

I thought waiting for an interview invite was bad........

I thought waiting for a decision post-interview was bad......


Waiting to get off a waitlist??? :barf:
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I feel your pain. Got my first waitlist today 🙁
 
What are you guys gonna do WHEN (not if!) you get in!
 
Is it safe to assume that if I have received zero interviews at this point that I might as well throw in the towel? I'm already preparing for the next cycle, but was just wondering if schools are still sending out invites. Applied to 21 schools, only 7 have sent me rejections.
 
Iatro said:
What are you guys gonna do WHEN (not if!) you get in!
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I like the certainty! Haha. Thanks. There will be much celebration. Hope my interview in two weeks yields better results for me
 
type12 said:
Is it safe to assume that if I have received zero interviews at this point that I might as well throw in the towel? I'm already preparing for the next cycle, but was just wondering if schools are still sending out invites. Applied to 21 schools, only 7 have sent me rejections.
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It's getting late. While there's a small chance you may receive an invite, I wouldn't pin your hopes on it. You should continue to enhance your credentials and prepare for the next cycle.

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BrettJH said:
I feel your pain. Got my first waitlist today 🙁
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I got my first waitlist last week. It's the first post-interview news I've received. I didn't even feel anything. My feelings are so numb from how long this process has already taken.

:lame:
 
I swear, if I get one more waitlist, I'm going to have to change my SDN name from SilverCat to WaitlistKitteh.
 
smallone said:
I got my first waitlist last week. It's the first post-interview news I've received. I didn't even feel anything. My feelings are so numb from how long this process has already taken.

:lame:
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omg my thoughts exactly
 
Just got an email from PennState that they didn't even look at my app yet...

Sigh.

(Then again, I got this email from another school and got an interview about a month later, so not all hope is lost).
 
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physiologist said:
Just got an email from PennState that they didn't even look at my app yet...

Sigh.

(Then again, I got this email from another school and got an interview about a month later, so not all hope is lost).
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do you have an acceptance yet?
 
I just want some kind of decision. I know I didn't pass first round of acceptances at one of the three I interviewed at and other than that I know nothing. I'm here in limbo and it sucks.
 
I have found that the process gets easier when you have other things to look forward to, outside of your medical school applications -- things that you enjoy doing and can immerse yourself in without thinking about what adcoms are doing.
 
you're all losers and should give up A.S.A.P. !

You're are ****ed!
 
Disregarding the troll above me (two posts actually)...

Count me in as panicking also. I am terrible at waiting. Have been doing so for almost two months with no news whatsoever. 👎
 
Anyone know if there is a list of schools that are done/near done interviewing.

I know Emory's last interview day is 2/22 (today)
 
Nahnia said:
Dude you're going on a rampage. Calm down seriously
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He's really pissed... idk I can kinda understand where he is coming from.

altamont850 said:
you're all losers and should give up A.S.A.P. !

You're are ****ed!
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altamont you need to calm down and realize that getting your life in order is enormously more important than becoming a doctor. Slow down your life, take things slowly, and enjoy the little things. Surely becoming a doctor is not the only thing in the whole wide world that can make you happy. Start exploring all your different hobbies - be it photography, math, astronomy, video games, etc etc. Life is too short to be fixated on one goal this much. Find what makes you happy and pursue it, because life is too short. I know that I can't judge your life from across an internet forum, but I don't know what else to tell you. Stay
strong.


And when I get tired and frustrated, "Greg Plitt's Quotivation III" cheers me up. Maybe it will work for you? Just search the title on yt and it should pop up.
 
U Wot M8 said:
He's really pissed... idk I can kinda understand where he is coming from.




altamont you need to calm down and realize that getting your life in order is enormously more important than becoming a doctor. Slow down your life, take things slowly, and enjoy the little things. Surely becoming a doctor is not the only thing in the whole wide world that can make you happy. Start exploring all your different hobbies - be it photography, math, astronomy, video games, etc etc. Life is too short to be fixated on one goal this much. Find what makes you happy and pursue it, because life is too short. I know that I can't judge your life from across an internet forum, but I don't know what else to tell you. Stay
strong.


And when I get tired and frustrated, "Greg Plitt's Quotivation III" cheers me up. Maybe it will work for you? Just search the title on yt and it should pop up.
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why is he/she so mad? because of the Ws?
 
xffan624 said:
First time poster in this thread, but mostly cause I wasn't panicking. I've been through a crickets cycle (i.e. nothing but crickets) so this one with 5 II's is still a step up.

The admissions office called my boyfriend's number today (I live in Korea so I had to give out a US number), tried to call them back, but I guess they were gone for the day by the time I woke and got the message. Now I have go through a day of work waiting until the office opens again ( around 9 or 10 pm my time). I can't imagine it's anything but positive news, but the waiting doesn't make it any easier, lol.
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Update - Well it took two extra days to finally contact him. Thankfully I was so busy at work that they went by quickly, but I finally reached the admissions office. Accepted! I wish you all the best of luck. I completely understand what you're going through as I did the same post-college (no II's at all) and didn't even have the heart or belief in myself to try again until this cycle. Even if takes getting an MPH, deploying to southern Iraq for a year, having to relearn all the MCAT topics and waiting 7 years you can all achieve your goals eventually.
 
I think you need to close your laptop or shut down your computer, and go do something else.

If the internet is getting you this riled up to curse out random people you'll never see again...taking a break will probably clear your mind. Or sleeeeeeeeep. Which is something I should do, but wanted some last minute web browsing before hitting the sack 🙄
 
cinamin said:
do you have an acceptance yet?
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Nope 🙁

I have one Post-Interview rejection.

The rest (2 interviews), silence.

And a fourth coming up in a week.

I'm pretty sure I won't get in this cycle. My GPA is on the severe low-end of all the schools I got interviews at (below 10th percentile). If the LizzyM staircase analogy is true, I'll need a miracle to get me in somewhere.

Oddly enough, I got across-the-board rejections from all the unranked/low-tier schools I applied to that I actually thought I had a chance at.

Why is medschool admissions so weird?
 
VictorAlpha said:
I can imagine why this guy got banned; but to be fair...he does sound very "panic-y"
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I did a search of his previous posts. Poor guy. I wish him the best of luck. There's no need to mock or make fun of him.
 
U Wot M8 said:
altamont you need to calm down and realize that getting your life in order is enormously more important than becoming a doctor. Slow down your life, take things slowly, and enjoy the little things. Surely becoming a doctor is not the only thing in the whole wide world that can make you happy. Start exploring all your different hobbies - be it photography, math, astronomy, video games, etc etc. Life is too short to be fixated on one goal this much. Find what makes you happy and pursue it, because life is too short. I know that I can't judge your life from across an internet forum, but I don't know what else to tell you. Stay strong.
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I'm not really sure what happened lately, but he posted like a month ago that he was really interested into research/lab work and was strongly considering grad school over med school, but was afraid of the cost/lifestyle of grad students (?). I know that turned into him wanting to do a BS/MD program, but I'm a bit surprised that med school was all of a sudden "ALL he wanted" in life.

Anyways, I hope he works it out. Everyone has problems and the best thing anyone can do is tackle them head on and work them out.
 
One post-interview waitlist. Two post-interview silences.

Interviewed a few days ago at another school and had the best interview of my life. Oh man oh man oh man waiting for the results is going to be PAINFUL.
 
Hi everyone. Longtime lurker, first time posting. 3 interviews, wait listed at all 3 and told my chances are slim to none for getting off one of the three of them. I wasn't sure if they say this every year but schools have been saying that this year has been more competitive than usual. I'm trying to keep my hopes up that I'll get accepted off the waitlist(s) but I feel like it's useless keeping my hopes up. I'm really beating myself up because I feel like I messed up my chances by goofing up my interviews or secondaries. I was probably a fool for only applying to in state schools.
 
Foehn said:
Hi everyone. Longtime lurker, first time posting. 3 interviews, wait listed at all 3 and told my chances are slim to none for getting off one of the three of them. I wasn't sure if they say this every year but schools have been saying that this year has been more competitive than usual. I'm trying to keep my hopes up that I'll get accepted off the waitlist(s) but I feel like it's useless keeping my hopes up. I'm really beating myself up because I feel like I messed up my chances by goofing up my interviews or secondaries. I was probably a fool for only applying to in state schools.
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Keep your head up man. Just learn from the past. Apply this next cycle more broadly. Work on improving your application and improve interview skills. No point dwelling on past mistakes. This just another obstacle, you need to find that inner strength and motivation to power through.

I wish you the best. I hope you get off one of the waitlists. If not, i wish you the best of luck with next application cycle.

This forum is a great resource, so I encourage you to ask for guidance and help on how to strengthen your app, how to choose schools to apply to, etc....



Sent from my Galaxy S2, I think. But I don't really know, I'm just a lowly premed.
 
type12 said:
I did a search of his previous posts. Poor guy. I wish him the best of luck. There's no need to mock or make fun of him.
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I'm not making fun...this is the panic thread. If there was anywhere to post something like he did. This would be the place I would think.
 
VictorAlpha said:
I'm not making fun...this is the panic thread. If there was anywhere to post something like he did. This would be the place I would think.
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Oh no, I didn't mean to imply you did! No, I was just using your post as a jumping point to share my thoughts on the matter. Sorry about that!

@Agent B: Yes, completely off the handle.
 
type12 said:
Oh no, I didn't mean to imply you did! No, I was just using your post as a jumping point to share my thoughts on the matter. Sorry about that!

@Agent B: Yes, completely off the handle.
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I didn't read the other post. I believe you guys though.
 
I finally got my first acceptance today. I feels good. You know the feels? I could not even focus at work today, and just left early. It is awesome getting that first acceptance.

One of the things that kept me sane throughout the waiting process was this thread, and I completely understand how it feels to be still waiting. Just hang in there, and best of luck to y'all. I hope you guys hear some good news soon, that is, if you haven't.
 
Tulkas said:
I finally got my first acceptance today. I feels good. You know the feels? I could not even focus at work today, and just left early. It is awesome getting that first acceptance.

One of the things that kept me sane throughout the waiting process was this thread, and I completely understand how it feels to be still waiting. Just hang in there, and best of luck to y'all. I hope you guys hear some good news soon, that is, if you haven't.
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Congrats!
 
Tulkas said:
I finally got my first acceptance today. I feels good. You know the feels? I could not even focus at work today, and just left early. It is awesome getting that first acceptance.

One of the things that kept me sane throughout the waiting process was this thread, and I completely understand how it feels to be still waiting. Just hang in there, and best of luck to y'all. I hope you guys hear some good news soon, that is, if you haven't.
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no i do not know the feels yet 🙁

congrats to you though!
 
Should be getting decisions from 2 schools in the next 2 weeks. One more interview to go to next week.
Still zero acceptances

I'm a terrible interviewee
I already got a post interview rejection. I felt I did worse in the 2 I'm still waiting for so thing's aren't looking good
Panic panic
 
Permavirgin said:
Should be getting decisions from 2 schools in the next 2 weeks. One more interview to go to next week.
Still zero acceptances

I'm a terrible interviewee
I already got a post interview rejection. I felt I did worse in the 2 I'm still waiting for so thing's aren't looking good
Panic panic
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Don't worry, I know a fair amount of people that entered medical school after getting off the waitlist in June, so who knows, if one place waitlists you, you might still be matriculating this year. And even if it doesn't happen, the next app cycle is just a few months away.

Its crazy how many people I see at interviews that are applying on their second cycle.
 
1 post-interview waitlist
2 decisions coming in the next 2 weeks
1 decision coming whenever it feels like it
6 silences

I am in such panic mode that I've thrown my nervous energy into work-out overdrive and have lost 5 pounds.
 
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