AHHHHHHHH!!!! stress release thread

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Damn schools taking there sweet *** time. Its driving me crazy!!!!!
Much better just needed a little stress release.
So how is everyone?
 
Every day feels like 7... Counting the days until I can even begin to start looking for a letter in the mail... :scared:
 
Hopefully, Im not the only one who can identify with this. Remember when you were a child and it felt like it took forever for Christmas (or whichever holiday you celebrate) to come.:scared: Well this waiting makes me feel like that again..ONLY WORSE. At least with a holiday you were pretty sure you were getting something good, well at least for socks and underwear.😎

Barbie Condo with the Beach Dunebuggy= acceptance letter!
Socks and underwear = rejection letter

Told you guys, I had a weird sense of humor. Hope it at least made you laugh😀
 
This is such a better idea then my posting my obsessive musings on three different threads. now i can concentrate them all in ONE!! 🙂
 
come visit me in my padded cell. It will be complete with white walls with 300 count cotton covering, and lots of white straight jackets!

And anyone else?
 
300 thread count walls sound inviting. What I really need to do is block myself from SDN .... as if that's going to happen.
 
dude i totally feel your pain i wish the letter would just freaking arrive already because im going slightly insane here
 
I need to block this site! But that won't work...I feel everyones pain! I'm going insane here...And it's worse when you've only heard bad news from every school except for one (i have 1 interview)...bad news is not fun! I've resorted to calling myself dumb, saying my future is a minimum wage job that I hate and I will have for the rest of my life, and how every adcom has probably laughed at my application with the response of "she really thought she had a chance!?!?! ahaha!"

oh man....it needs to be April!
 
shemari said:
I need to block this site! But that won't work...I feel everyones pain! I'm going insane here...And it's worse when you've only heard bad news from every school except for one (i have 1 interview)...bad news is not fun! I've resorted to calling myself dumb, saying my future is a minimum wage job that I hate and I will have for the rest of my life, and how every adcom has probably laughed at my application with the response of "she really thought she had a chance!?!?! ahaha!"

oh man....it needs to be April!
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That's how I'm feeling right now, I've been rejected from 6 schools and have an interview at 1... at a certain point I think I just got numb to the rejections because I was expecting them. But every time I opened one I could practically hear the adcoms laughing and throwing me into the "burger flipping" pile. Yeah, I know, I'm a drama queen. 😀
 
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zpinkpanther said:
That's how I'm feeling right now, I've been rejected from 6 schools and have an interview at 1... at a certain point I think I just got numb to the rejections because I was expecting them.
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Wow that has to be really hard 🙁

I only applied at one school so everything is riding on that one letter...
 
turnandburn said:
Wow that has to be really hard 🙁

I only applied at one school so everything is riding on that one letter...
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It was pretty hard, but at the same time, I'm really grateful that I got that one interview... I may be down, but I'm not out! And if that doesn't work out, there's always next year. Not that I particularly want to apply again, but we do what we have to do, I guess!

Wow, have you heard anything from that school yet, like an interview, or are they one of the weirdos that don't interview?
 
^ I did have an interview already. I interviewed really early in the process, so I feel like I've been waiting for an answer for so long! Did you have your interview already?

I kind of know what you're going through, though. This is my second year applying. Last year I applied to three schools that all rejected me without interview. So, even if things don't work out this year, talk to the adcom and find out exactly where your application was weak. I did that last year, and addressed the three areas where they thought I could use improvement, and scored an interview this year! Keep your hopes up!:luck:
 
😱 ARGHARAHHGARAAGHA 😱 ARRHAAGAHRAHARAHRARAGHAR 😱

UF mails interview invites today. double 😱
 
Try to look at this way, guys...

They're taking so long because they had second thoughts about throwing your app. on the REJECT pile. They see something beyond the numbers and want to give it a good, long second look...

Here's to good news for all the anxious folks :luck:
 
Crossing my fingers for you Philo!
 
Good luck philo, may your light saber squirrel see you through!
 
Okay, I don't know what was going on .... well, actually, I do, the stress of WI making acceptances was getting to me. Anyhow, I had this very odd dream last night about vet school admissions.

The first thing I remember (from the dream) is that I was walking into a room after they had called my name, and I sat down with three other people (interviewees) and we had three interviewers. I knew somehow that I was at UConn's SVM (I know it doesn't exist, first clue I was having a dream). The interviewers were two relatively normal people (actually kinda looked like my interviewers from MN) and the last one was a Polish Roman Catholic Bishop or something (I'm not catholic, so I didn't recognize the actual ... office robes, just knew he was catholic). Anyhow, the interview opens with us sitting and chatting, and then the woman interviewer asks if we can get her a DVD for some reason ... but there aren't any, so I suggest to go to a movie rental store. Somehow I know that this was a problem solving test (I wish in real life!!) and I was the only one to get it. From there, the interview progresses, lots of questions about experiences and such, and at the end, I notice the bishop is reading from a bible that is in polish but looks like its russian. I first exclaim, "hey, I'm polish, that's really cool" and then mention that I know a little russian (which I do, in real life). So we sit and read a bit. There was a question after that about a goldfish I think, and then we left (we = my mom and I, and I distinctly remember lots of horses in fields next to the road).

So later that night, I get a call, but don't know who it is. The man reminds me that he was the quieter, non-bishop interviewer, and asks me some question about whether or not i've taken a particular class. I say that I have, and he goes, "That's good, because you got all ones on the questions, and we'd like to offer you admission to the school!". I thank him while bawling (apparently this had been my first choice). Then I wake up. Unfortunately.

So ... obviously stressing about "grading" in interviews and all the other related things. It was just so funny, because parts were taken from several different school's interview process.

Yeah. Now I can't even just deal with vet school admissions during the day, but at night too. At least I was accepted, I suppose. Oddly enough, I was a lot calmer today -- maybe dreaming it will make it reality? 🙂
 
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Hang in there, Wi girl! That was a crazy dream -- hope it was predictive of your very near future! I have weird dreams when I'm obsessing anxiously about something, too -- and I definitely know the feeling of dreaming that it turned out perfectly, and then having your stomach sink when you wake up and realize it was just a dream and you're still waiting! But hey -- it can't be TOO much longer, right?

:luck:
 
:scared::meanie:😕
Aaaarrrrrghhh!! The wait's driving me insaaaane!!!
 
Not too much longer. And I'm one of those people who dreams VERY rarely, and whenever I do, its always about what's going on in my life. Like when I was studying for my orgo exam (2 years ago now?!?!) I dreamed that I was a ballroom dance judge, who was judging molecules ballroom dancing -- but somehow I understood that the dancing was them undergoing reactions -- a dip was a bromination, etc. Unfortunately, I kept cracking up during the exam, picturing these molecules dancing across the floor ....
 
wi girl said:
Not too much longer. And I'm one of those people who dreams VERY rarely, and whenever I do, its always about what's going on in my life. Like when I was studying for my orgo exam (2 years ago now?!?!) I dreamed that I was a ballroom dance judge, who was judging molecules ballroom dancing -- but somehow I understood that the dancing was them undergoing reactions -- a dip was a bromination, etc. Unfortunately, I kept cracking up during the exam, picturing these molecules dancing across the floor ....
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OMG... those are some hilarious dreams. My kitten's looking at me like I'm crazy right now, laughing at the computer! (she just did her little "chirp - like what's your problem")
 
My best friend had a dream her pony carcass was following her around the night before our big gross anatomy exam...so the weird dreams don't stop when you get in!
 
pressmom said:
My best friend had a dream her pony carcass was following her around the night before our big gross anatomy exam...so the weird dreams don't stop when you get in!
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I had the canine cadaver magic school bus dream before our second anatomy test last semester.
 
it is so hard for me to know that my letter of acceptance/ rejection from va-md is out there at some post office, all typed up with my name on it.... and i have zero access to it, possibly until Tuesday. AHHHHHHHH. SOOOOOO frustrating!
 
My anatomy professor once had a dream wherein he convinced a student to cut off his own arm as a demonstration for the class. The most distressing part of the dream for my professor was when he kept failing in his attempts to re-attach the student's arm.

! Wonder which student it was... 😉
 
Oh man, I'm super glad the dreams won't stop in vet school .... in retrospect they are always VASTLY entertaining.
 
My professor said he will jump off the roof of the science building. But I think I should be the one who said this.......ARRRRRRRRRRRR!
 
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Some may have heard this before, but I just got this from a friend via email trying to make me feel better. Hope everyone enjoys and gets a laugh.

As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom,
in water there is bacteria. In a number of carefully controlled trials,
scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day,
at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of
Escherichia coli, (E. Coli) - bacteria found in feces. In other words, we
are consuming 1 kilo of poop.
However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila,
rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a
purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.
Remember: Water = Poop Wine = Health
Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water
and be full of s**t.
 
So, I must admit, I was kinda expecting the new pink hearts boarder at the top of the page to go away after valentines, but it hasn't. hmm ... thoughts? or am I the only one who noticed it?
 
wi girl said:
So, I must admit, I was kinda expecting the new pink hearts boarder at the top of the page to go away after valentines, but it hasn't. hmm ... thoughts? or am I the only one who noticed it?
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Yea, I was wondering about that, too. Maybe they just haven't taken it down yet. I mean, I'm not one to point fingers...my Christmas tree was up until just recently. 😛
 
Not the only one, I noticed dito. They need to put up presidents or something for leap year....rabbits? kangaroos? What is the symbol for a leap year?
 
okay. so i googled "symbol for leap year". went to wiki (my second favorite way to procrastinate) for the entry year ... and its kinda weird. like, some lunisolar calendars list a leap year being 383-385 days, and a year is 355 days ... so in a leap year, we actually gain 30 days ... and my guess is the adcoms will use them all to make their decision 🙂

additionally, wiki does all the time calculations for a year, and i saw a year is 525,600 minutes, and then got the song from rent stuck in my head. all while i am SUPPOSED to be studying for my molecular evolution exam tomorrow. i love my life.
 
Wi girl your in good company, I have a Organic Chem II exam tomarrow as well. Trying to study..Love those radicals and alkyl halides!
 
just wanted to say that on this eve of va-md news... i have been playing guitar hero like it's my job lol.... talk about a good distraction! i love it. haha. good luck everyone! :0)
 
I'll second that wish of good luck to all those va-md-ers!! I hope you all hear wonderful things tomorrow!

PS: i just got introduced to rock band a few weeks ago -- guitar hero on crack -- a video game that can PITCH you?!?! really??? its too much.
 
Question: when you need stress release, do you dance around the room to songs on iTunes (or similar)? and if you do, what songs??

Currently taking a break from studying to dance around to some Kanye (second album, amazing).

Sidenote: I was at a bar with a good friend yesterday, and we were trying to introduce ourselves to people and ask good, self-revealing questions, and came up with "what kind of milk do you drink?" i don't drink much milk, but put ONLY 1 or 2% on my cereal. Does anyone want to weigh in on this serious topic 🙂?
 
wi girl said:
Question: when you need stress release, do you dance around the room to songs on iTunes (or similar)? and if you do, what songs??
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I listen to and sing songs from Broadway musicals really loudly and sometimes dance around as well. As should be quite obvious to anyone who's seen it based on my title and sig, Rent is one of my favorites. 😛
 
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Wanna know what I did to relieve some stress?

I cut off 11 inches of hair. I have been thinking about donating to Locks of Love... and went over to a friends house, and they agreed to cut it!

Have to go get it cut "for real", but thought I'd share the extent of my madness! (And yes, I did do this on the anniversary of britney chopping off 11 inches)

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v47/photogirl18/haircut/
 
SillyFilly said:
Wanna know what I did to relieve some stress?

I cut off 11 inches of hair. I have been thinking about donating to Locks of Love... and went over to a friends house, and they agreed to cut it!

Have to go get it cut "for real", but thought I'd share the extent of my madness! (And yes, I did do this on the anniversary of britney chopping off 11 inches)

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v47/photogirl18/haircut/
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CRAZY! I'd hate to see what you do when you're bored if this is stressed! What a great cause to donate to!!!!!!👍
 
nyanko said:
I listen to and sing songs from Broadway musicals really loudly and sometimes dance around as well. As should be quite obvious to anyone who's seen it based on my title and sig, Rent is one of my favorites. 😛
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I also sing songs from musicals (not a fan of Rent though I must say). After every Ochem test I would have my roommate pick me up (we had the tests from 7-9 at night and I didn't want to walk home in the dark) and I would sing "Popular" from Wicked; it always put me in a better mood. He pretended to hate it at first, but after I insisted on singing it all the time I think he eventually got used to it 😉.
 
ri23 said:
I also sing songs from musicals (not a fan of Rent though I must say). After every Ochem test I would have my roommate pick me up (we had the tests from 7-9 at night and I didn't want to walk home in the dark) and I would sing "Popular" from Wicked; it always put me in a better mood. He pretended to hate it at first, but after I insisted on singing it all the time I think he eventually got used to it 😉.
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Totally off topic...do you know if the musical is better than the book? I really wanted to see the musical but didn't manage to when it was in town and haven't caught it in NY yet (if it's still there). But I read the book and was not prepared for how political and heavy it was considered the musical seemed so light-hearted to me from the ads I saw. I've always wondered because I thought Popular was such a catchy, fun song. 🙂
 
wi girl said:
Question: when you need stress release, do you dance around the room to songs on iTunes (or similar)? and if you do, what songs??

Currently taking a break from studying to dance around to some Kanye (second album, amazing).

Sidenote: I was at a bar with a good friend yesterday, and we were trying to introduce ourselves to people and ask good, self-revealing questions, and came up with "what kind of milk do you drink?" i don't drink much milk, but put ONLY 1 or 2% on my cereal. Does anyone want to weigh in on this serious topic 🙂?
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I like non-homogenized (but pasturized) whole milk -- from a glass bottle. It's my luxury item 🙂

Scratch that. Chocolate non-homogenized whole milk from a glass bottle. It's the best dang milk you could ever hope to have!! Man, now I want some.
 
VAgirl said:
Totally off topic...do you know if the musical is better than the book? I really wanted to see the musical but didn't manage to when it was in town and haven't caught it in NY yet (if it's still there). But I read the book and was not prepared for how political and heavy it was considered the musical seemed so light-hearted to me from the ads I saw. I've always wondered because I thought Popular was such a catchy, fun song. 🙂
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I liked the book a lot, but I liked the musical better. The musical is not nearly as dark as the book and condenses some of the characters from the book (if you've listened to the music you probably already realized that). It is still playing in New York, as well as Chicago all of the time. I would definitely recommend it, especially if you liked the book.
 
ri23 said:
I liked the book a lot, but I liked the musical better. The musical is not nearly as dark as the book and condenses some of the characters from the book (if you've listened to the music you probably already realized that). It is still playing in New York, as well as Chicago all of the time. I would definitely recommend it, especially if you liked the book.
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I like Wicked too. There really aren't many musicals that I haven't enjoyed. 🙂

Rent will always have a special place in my heart though!
 
Another "who else has noticed this" comment:

What makes a thread a "hot" thread, and warrants the orange envelope? Going down the list, there are threads that both have 7 or 8 posts, but one is blue, the other orange. Just wondering if there was some mystical formula out there that might elucidate this perplexing problem.
 
Wigirl I think the colored envelopes have to do with views not post. That's my guess anyway.
 
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