Hopefully! 😉 Good luck!
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2014-2015 Panic Thread
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I think I am going to find a job as a scribe or something else medically relevant. I've GOT to quit my research job. I don't think I can take another year of this. And seeing how I am only on one waitlist, it's looking very likely that this will be the case. If I can't miraculously get off the waitlist, I really hope this next app cycle goes better for me. And good luck to everyone else too!
Just want to chime in and let you guys now I just got "unjected" and put on waitlist by a school that have previously rejected me post-interview. Don't get your hopes up if you got rejected yet but anything can happen I guess....
Say what?? Duke is having a really bad admissions staff year. It was on my list to apply this next cycle, but I having second thoughts about it.
lol Duke
This is my 3rd cycle and I've had 2 interviews resulting in 1 WL (since October 15th) and 1 "hold for final decision" which is basically the WL before the WL.
My advice for coping (which is a daily struggle and something I haven't quite mastered yet) is to realize and accept that whether you get in or you don't, the time will pass. Would you rather look back on these weeks (months?) and have wasted them being anxious/panicky, or doing things you enjoy and having a good time? I made the decision in January that I would feel really stupid if I wasted six months worrying about something (mostly) out of my control at this point, only to be accepted. It's definitely a decision I force myself to make each day when I check my email/inbox, but making the decision to go out of my way to try new things and do things I won't be able to do when I hypothetically get into med school has helped and I highly recommend it.
Thanks for your advice! It really puts things in perspective and certainly makes a lot of sense. I'll go and enjoy these months before (hypothetically) med school starts; and if I don't get accepted at least I enjoyed that time 🙂
2 waitlists...1 more school to hear from (post interview decision)...lots of rejections! about time I joined this thread!lol
Super stoked about getting into two schools! OSU and Penn. Any thoughts on which to choose? 🙂
Two acceptances?? Your are not near the level of panic of 4 WL! lol
Anyway, I would recommend you to list pros and cons of each school and compare them. Keep in mind money and if you see yourself being happy there. It helped me to decide to which of the 4 WL I should send the Letter of Intent.
Posting that here is like going to a funeral with a T-shirt that says "Life is good".
One acceptance is all that matters right? Sitting on 1 waitlist so hopefully that will be the one, except I can't hear back for a minimum of 2.5 more weeks =/
I almost think you're trolling... I actually think you're trolling... I hope you are. Come on dude this thread is not the place for that.
To everyone on waitlists that hasn't been accepted yet, I truly wish the best for you all, and I hope you all get good news soon with the deadline coming up!
Turning in my panic card: got accepted to NYMC (just interviewed <2wks ago). Super stoked, but still really hoping to get off the waitlist for my absolute top choice. Best of luck to everyone waiting to hear back!
1. Way to be an ass.
2. Is this even a serious question? Penn obviously.
Add me to the list, 4 II, 4 waitlists
I'm pretty sure he means Penn State.
Sorry, did not look into his situation further and assumed he meant U Penn (I thought most people differentiate Penn and Penn State that way?)
Everyone differentiates it that way. (Some say UPenn to provide even more clarity.)
Also May 1 was a Friday and it's still Monday - I'd imagine adcoms need a few weekdays to figure out how many seats they now have open and who to take and all that
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Of course there is waitlist movement, that initial week is probably when the most waitlist movement happens. How much waitlist movement happens between each school is school-dependent. Some schools may only need to take 5 people off, some schools may take 50 or even more.
