Accepted but not at Favorite School. Should I re-apply?

[Espressso]

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I heard of applicants who deferred their admissions can mostly reapply? Is this true? With a deferment I heard a person has to re submit an AMCAS app, couldn't the OP reapply then? Also, if the OP applied to a different set of medical schools than his previous one, then OP will not be considered a reapplicant to those new list of schools.

OP seems to already have a very narrow view on which schools s/he would want to be at. If OP didn't get into those schools this cycle, you automatically assume they applied. Which would mean any school OP applies to next cycle would be similar to the one he gained admission to this time... a measly school that they don't want to go to.

Honestly, OP, JUST TAKE THE ACCEPTANCE!

 

[Crayola227]

smh

If medicine is really your "calling", you view it as a sacred duty you feel you were made for, you should be kissing some deity's **** that you have an acceptance and can live your dream, and you would never even question if you should risk it all just for a "favorite school"

the fact you would even consider risking not EVER being a doctor ever because you wanted to pursue a ridiculous bird in the bush not in the hand plan of action, makes me think you shouldn't even go

 

[healthesepeople]

How negative can people be? You know there's not a simple answer to every question, not one solution to all problems. Same OP did in fact get into his favorite school and will be matriculating this fall. So what do you say about that? ITK people!


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[Lawpy]

How negative can people be? You know there's not a simple answer to every question, not one solution to all problems. Same OP did in fact get into his favorite school and will be matriculating this fall. So what do you say about that? ITK people!


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So, out of 20 or so schools, I have been accepted at one. My MCAT is the major drawback. First and only mcat (new exam). I got invited to complete a post-bac at a relatively good school. Should I decline my one and only acceptance in hopes of doing better in the mcat this year (2016) and re-applying? Thanks

So you got accepted off the waitlist from your favorite school. Which means that you didnt really decline your acceptance and reapplied, which was the point of your thread. Congrats on your success and good luck on your future endeavors

 

[deferment baby]

Virtually all schools require you to agree to not to apply to other medical schools while on deferment. Resubmitting AMCAS with your deferred school selected and then adding other schools will result in a immediate notification to deferred school; AMCAS already has you listed as accepted for that school

I read a post where someone was on deferment at Case Western, and Case allowed the OP to re-apply somewhere else during his deferment year. What if OP did not submit his/her AMCAS to the deferred school until after they applied to the other schools and hear a response. Some schools the deferment is not binding unless you submit the AMCAS to them. Couldn't the OP by pass this route.

I know of several students in different professions, for example, law school, who re-apply several times to get in Harvard, despite them getting into a law school. I guess, Admissions did not care whether or not you were accepted in the previous cycle.

What if the OP realized they didn't want to go to that school after visiting second look? Maybe he thought it was a perfect fit, but it wasn't after all. Is it okay for the OP to re-apply again? What if the OP really does think he/she could get in if they tried one more time?

 

[Cyberdyne 101]

I heard of applicants who deferred their admissions can mostly reapply? Is this true? With a deferment I heard a person has to re submit an AMCAS app, couldn't the OP reapply then?

This is very disingenuous...

 

[bananafish94]

I heard of applicants who deferred their admissions can mostly reapply? Is this true? With a deferment I heard a person has to re submit an AMCAS app, couldn't the OP reapply then? Also, if the OP applied to a different set of medical schools than his previous one, then OP will not be considered a reapplicant to those new list of schools.

You seem oddly fixated on reapplying which I just simply don't understand after you were excoriated in the thread that you made a few weeks ago.

 

[Espressso]

You seem oddly fixated on reapplying which I just simply don't understand after you were excoriated in the thread that you made a few weeks ago.

I was thinking the same exact thing.

 

[Lawpy]

I heard of applicants who deferred their admissions can mostly reapply? Is this true? With a deferment I heard a person has to re submit an AMCAS app, couldn't the OP reapply then? Also, if the OP applied to a different set of medical schools than his previous one, then OP will not be considered a reapplicant to those new list of schools.

You seem oddly fixated on reapplying which I just simply don't understand after you were excoriated in the thread that you made a few weeks ago.

I was thinking the same exact thing.

Simple. She is actively seeking threads and posts that encourage her to reapply. And my answer is: go for it and let us know how it goes. No point getting enraged about it.

 

[redferrari]

You seem oddly fixated on reapplying which I just simply don't understand after you were excoriated in the thread that you made a few weeks ago.

Who cares if she does? I think medicine as a whole would be better if she chose to reapply. Someone who can't crack the 50th percentile on the MCAT who thinks they deserve to go to Harvard is someone I wouldn't want making life and death decisions...

 

[bananafish94]

Who cares if she does? I think medicine as a whole would be better if she chose to reapply. Someone who can't crack the 50th percentile on the MCAT who thinks they deserve to go to Harvard is someone I wouldn't want making life and death decisions...

Agreed. Not to mention the scores of people with better stats that would kill for a spot in any US MD program.


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[Cyberdyne 101]

Who cares if she does? I think medicine as a whole would be better if she chose to reapply. Someone who can't crack the 50th percentile on the MCAT who thinks they deserve to go to Harvard is someone I wouldn't want making life and death decisions...

Agreed. Not to mention the scores of people with better stats that would kill for a spot in any US MD program.


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The stats aren't the issue here, it's the attitude and lack of awareness.

 

[jih]

Please go ahead and reapply. That way your position can go to somebody who actually wants to be a doctor, and you don't have to attend a school that you don't want to.

 

[Sailor Senshi Dermystify]

You seem oddly fixated on reapplying which I just simply don't understand after you were excoriated in the thread that you made a few weeks ago.

I am not fixated on anything. I haven't been on this site for a while. I have a life outside of this.

I saw this thread and commented and that's it.

I was thinking the same exact thing.

Simple. She is actively seeking threads and posts that encourage her to reapply. And my answer is: go for it and let us know how it goes. No point getting enraged about it.

I'm not actively seeking anything. I saw this thread and I commented, that's all.
No big deal and the micro aggressions are unnecessary.

Who cares if she does? I think medicine as a whole would be better if she chose to reapply. Someone who can't crack the 50th percentile on the MCAT who thinks they deserve to go to Harvard is someone I wouldn't want making life and death decisions...

Smh

Hop off...thanks

Better yet, me replying to your comment is a waste of my time. This will be the last. Good Luck in your future endeavors.

 

[Lawpy]

I am not fixated on anything. I haven't been on this site for a while. I have a life outside of this.

I saw this thread and commented and that's it.




I'm not actively seeking anything. I saw this thread and I commented, that's all.
No big deal and the micro aggressions are unnecessary.



Smh

Hop off...thanks

Better yet, me replying to your comment is a waste of my time. This will be the last. Good Luck in your future endeavors.

Hm interesting. Well your posts speak for themselves so nothing more has to be said. Enjoy whatever you end up doing.

 

[Crayola227]

I would imagine *if* a school allowed someone to defer and apply to other schools while not giving up their acceptance it would be for a very sympathetic reason that did not show lack of commitment to medicine, like say, if you were accepted a 7 hour plane flight away from home and find out your mom has cancer and would like to try to apply to a few schools within a few hours of home, or other similar family type considerations if indeed what one poster suggested even happened

only thing I could imagine a school not being incredibly insulted about

 

[ortnakas]

The school in question was a back-up choice. Not what I truly intended from the beginning.

Haven't read all four pages so this is more for future readers (when this thread gets necrobumped in ten years) then for OP:

don't apply to schools you can't see yourself going to. "Backup choice" implies a school you actually want to go to as a back-up.

 

[redferrari]

Smh

Hop off...thanks

Better yet, me replying to your comment is a waste of my time. This will be the last. Good Luck in your future endeavors.

I have full confidence in my future endeavors. I believe in myself. Your well wishes are not necessary 🙂