2014-2015 Panic Thread

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SB14 said:
I know everyone's always telling us to be calm, but when's a realistic date to start wondering whether you're gonna get in and whether you should start looking into things to try to strengthen your application for reapplying?

For instance: I've applied to 21 schools and have a 3.63cGPA and a 35 MCAT and havent heard anything back from any of them. My letters were submitted August 7th and most of my secondaries were complete then or a couple of weeks after then. When should I start legitimately freaking out (even though I've started to a little already)??
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You haven't even been complete a month yet. No need to worry yet! 🙂
 
When is the peak of II season? I applied early everywhere and numerically I am ~75. The only news I have had in 2 weeks is a rejection from Georgetown 🙁
 
SB14 said:
I know everyone's always telling us to be calm, but when's a realistic date to start wondering whether you're gonna get in and whether you should start looking into things to try to strengthen your application for reapplying?
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Yo, I have no idea. My guess is that if you're a more well-rounded less stressful person then we tend to be up in here, we should probs legitimately worry around November.
 
DielsAlder said:
When is the peak of II season? I applied early everywhere and numerically I am ~75. The only news I have had in 2 weeks is a rejection from Georgetown 🙁
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No offense.. but I came across your post in the "# of interviews in August" thread. With 6 IIs are you seriously panicking? -_-

DielsAlder said:
6 interviews, 2 rejections so far, out of applying to 35 schools. I am still hoping to hear back from more of my top choices, since I saw that they began extending interviews on the interview invite thread. That is one thread I will probably avoid over the course of this cycle haha.

I will probably make a mdapps profile towards the end of my cycle to show everyone how the cycle went.
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Penguin avatar, you have NOT served me well...hold at GW and Drexel. I grew up outside of Philly and just spent the last couple years in DC...:boom:
 
SB14 said:
I know everyone's always telling us to be calm, but when's a realistic date to start wondering whether you're gonna get in and whether you should start looking into things to try to strengthen your application for reapplying?

For instance: I've applied to 21 schools and have a 3.63cGPA and a 35 MCAT and havent heard anything back from any of them. My letters were submitted August 7th and most of my secondaries were complete then or a couple of weeks after then. When should I start legitimately freaking out (even though I've started to a little already)??
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The way I see it, until you have a solid acceptance in hand, you should still be looking into/doing things to strengthen your application. Does that mean you should be worried at this point in the cycle if you don't have any II's? Not necessarily, because it's still very early; there's plenty of posts on SDN from people who got a flood of interviews in Dec-March and eventually got accepted. There is an element of "randomness" to the admissions process that you will never be able to fully consider.

But in the event that you do have to reapply, it'll be easier (and look much better) if you have a consistent upward trend in your application strength, rather than a year-long gap because you thought that you were going to be admitted the previous cycle. You'll also have more things to update the adcom on if/when you interview during this cycle, which can only help you get accepted. Honestly, the only negative of prepping early is that you might be putting in some unneeded extra effort, but what's really the harm in that? You still used that time to help the community (if volunteering) or do things (research, clinical work) that will ultimately make you a better physician.
 
It's getting unbearable waking up every morning expecting an II and getting nothing. Really trying to adjust my expectations at this point. We're well into September and I've been complete most places since August 1st, yet haven't heard anything from 19/21 schools I've applied. Starting to realize that I'm probably on the silent reject list at a bunch of those schools.
 
Shams al Deen said:
It's getting unbearable waking up every morning expecting an II and getting nothing. Really trying to adjust my expectations at this point. We're well into September and I've been complete most places since August 1st, yet haven't heard anything from 19/21 schools I've applied. Starting to realize that I'm probably on the silent reject list at a bunch of those schools.
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Not true, if you look at the school-specific threads and peoples' complete dates, most schools are just getting to people complete at the beginning of August.
 
Shams al Deen said:
It's getting unbearable waking up every morning expecting an II and getting nothing. Really trying to adjust my expectations at this point. We're well into September and I've been complete most places since August 1st, yet haven't heard anything from 19/21 schools I've applied. Starting to realize that I'm probably on the silent reject list at a bunch of those schools.
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that's how exactly how i've been feeling the whole time. 2 rejects, 1 hold and all else silence (28 schools total)
 
Oblige said:
I've been complete since late July. I'm screwed aren't I?
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Absolutely not. Maybe you aren't the first pick at some schools, but doesn't mean you are out. I would wait until the end of the month and even then some schools will keep you on file just in case.
 
godawg300 said:
Absolutely not. Maybe you aren't the first pick at some schools, but doesn't mean you are out. I would wait until the end of the month and even then some schools will keep you on file just in case.
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I guess I have 17 days. Then I will start studying again for the MCAT. Thanks dawg.
 
Gonna start panicking now. I was only complete at most of my SOM's in the last week because some of my letter writers were slow :barf:Feeling pretty worried over here
 
Same boat with the letter writers, Saxappeal. On the one hand, we've only been complete a week, so we shouldn't really start worrying until mid-October from what I can tell. On the other hand, it's already mid-September and we've only been complete a week...

Plus, if you're anything like me, you can't focus on anything other than the reasons why you shouldn't be offered an interview. Of course, there are plenty of reasons why you should as well (I assume), it's just that they're harder to see without an invite.

(I'm not even beginning to think about acceptances at this point. Just give me a chance at the interview for goodness' sake!)
 
I was in major panic mode so I changed to the smartest penguin I know on Monday, and then 2 II's this week! There's no way that was just a coincidence, so I'll take it as a sign.
 
I'm here too, complete at about 10 of the schools I applied to a month ago now.

37 mcat
3.4 sGPA
3.5 cgpa

Donde esta my IIs? :/


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