Am I alone on this?

[buffywannabe]

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Sometimes I think I am going to go crazy and just be a pool of medical school wanna be mush. It is seriously all I can think about now. I don't know how to get it out of my head. I am constantly constantly thinking of new things I could do to improve my app. I am not sure it is healthy. I feel like some crazy med school monster has taken over my brain!!!!

 

[mokamadness]

Uh, yeah, NO. You are NOT alone in the applying-to-med-school-madness! It seems at times like it's basically an all-consuming process! Not all the time, but there are definately those days...

 

[MossPoh]

I'm one of the most laid back people at my med school and I was like that. It is stressful stuff. Nothing about the process is "fun", except for maybe some interview locales. (I enjoyed flying to Phoenix, SF, etc.)

 

[YouNeverKnow22]

no, once your committed to getting in and realize the competition there's no looking back

 

[jgauger]

No you are by no means alone. It is all I think about. It is my life. I have maybe 6 or 7 'how to get in' type books that I have read and re-read and continue to read on a daily basis. I would bet I check sdn 15 times a day. Oh these next two years are going to be fun.

 

[quirks]

I'm one of the most laid back people at my med school and I was like that. It is stressful stuff. Nothing about the process is "fun", except for maybe some interview locales. (I enjoyed flying to Phoenix, SF, etc.)

I'm also a really laid back person, but applying to medical school was incredibly stressful throughout the whole process (though better once I finally got an acceptance).

 

[buffywannabe]

Thanks guys, I feel much better about this. SDN has made me more crazy, but now that I have started I just can't stay away! At least I can tell my family that this is a normal obsession.

 

[zerial]

Thanks guys, I feel much better about this. SDN has made me more crazy, but now that I have started I just can't stay away! At least I can tell my family that this is a normal obsession.

lets not get carried away now...

 

[SunDevilDoc]

No you are by no means alone. It is all I think about. It is my life. I have maybe 6 or 7 'how to get in' type books that I have read and re-read and continue to read on a daily basis. I would bet I check sdn 15 times a day. Oh these next two years are going to be fun.

Thats actually good in some respect. I didnt discover sdn til a week before my mcat, and 2 weeks before I applied. I wish I had this neurosis like a year before all this. Probably would have been better off.

 

[sdguy2008]

Sometimes I think I am going to go crazy and just be a pool of medical school wanna be mush. It is seriously all I can think about now. I don't know how to get it out of my head. I am constantly constantly thinking of new things I could do to improve my app. I am not sure it is healthy. I feel like some crazy med school monster has taken over my brain!!!!

I am a pretty masculine male, and very laid back usually. This process has made me so irritable and neurotic that my guy friends were joking about how I needed some midol the other day...absolutely a true story. This whole process is so unhealthy (and it's my second time going through it!).

 

[Artimacia]

I know what you mean. I joined here a year ago and I always kept reading SDN and finding whatever I could about applying. I eventually calmed down a bit, I got about a year till I apply, so I'm mostly just nervous about keeping all my grades up, mcat, and things like that.

 

[Sephael]

OMG!!!! i thought i was the only one freaking out! seriously i still have 2 yrs left until i start applying for med school and i have not slept in the past three days cause im just that excited. o and im weird...lol studying for the MCAT 1 yr before i take it.....

 

[buffywannabe]

OMG!!!! i thought i was the only one freaking out! seriously i still have 2 yrs left until i start applying for med school and i have not slept in the past three days cause im just that excited. o and im weird...lol studying for the MCAT 1 yr before i take it.....

ha ha maybe THAT's not so normal... You haven't slept???

 

[BlueElmo]

OMG!!!! i thought i was the only one freaking out! seriously i still have 2 yrs left until i start applying for med school and i have not slept in the past three days cause im just that excited. o and im weird...lol studying for the MCAT 1 yr before i take it.....

Calm yourself.

 

[chiz2kul]

I am a pretty masculine male, and very laid back usually. This process has made me so irritable and neurotic that my guy friends were joking about how I needed some midol the other day...absolutely a true story. This whole process is so unhealthy (and it's my second time going through it!).

lol WUT? Care to elaborate?

 

[Mattabet]

I'm one of the most laid back people at my med school and I was like that. It is stressful stuff. Nothing about the process is "fun", except for maybe some interview locales. (I enjoyed flying to Phoenix, SF, etc.)

And even then... I'm not sure the best way to see San Fransisco is to wake up early, put on a suit, sit through a financial aid presentation, and answer tricky questions.

 

[Sephael]

yeah i have not slept in 3 days. but i think i draw the line here...lolz until tomorrow SDN....

 

[Trias]

omg!!!! I thought i was the only one freaking out! Seriously i still have 2 yrs left until i start applying for med school and i have not slept in the past three days cause im just that excited. O and im weird...lol studying for the mcat 1 yr before i take it.....

buahahahaha

 

[oran berry]

I have an unhealthy obsession with applying to medical school too. I'm always on the lookout for a new unique EC that I could do..in fact I even created a sort of pseudo MD applicant profile on a notepad file of how I want my application to be when I apply to medical school. I also look on Craigslist for MCAT books for cheap/free (how I obtained all my EK/Kaplan/BR books/Gold Standard). Recently, I browsed the school catalogue and figured out all of the classes I liked and wanted to take..I have no life. XD I think I'll calm down a lot when I go to college though. My girlfriend makes fun of my neurotic premed nature all the time. >_<

 

[SunDevilDoc]

yeah i have not slept in 3 days. but i think i draw the line here...lolz until tomorrow SDN....

Drink lots of beer. Thats what I do. It tastes good. Also don't think about the living yeast that you are ingesting. Try Spaten from Munich. Any German beer is awesome

 

[quirks]

I have an unhealthy obsession with applying to medical school too. I'm always on the lookout for a new unique EC that I could do..in fact I even created a sort of pseudo MD applicant profile on a notepad file of how I want my application to be when I apply to medical school. I also look on Craigslist for MCAT books for cheap/free (how I obtained all my EK/Kaplan/BR books/Gold Standard). Recently, I browsed the school catalogue and figured out all of the classes I liked and wanted to take..I have no life. XD I think I'll calm down a lot when I go to college though. My girlfriend makes fun of my neurotic premed nature all the time. >_<

You're not even in college yet? 😱 Wow dude. I'm sorry. I'm matriculating this fall but it's only been three years since I even decided to be a doctor, and the stress didn't start until I started studying for the MCAT.

Please do have a life in college!

 

[jgauger]

I want to clarify that wjhen I said these next two years I meant total. I'll be applying in one year. I'm not a total nut, oh wait I'm on sdn at 7 am...

 

[Sephael]

random question...what is the the best laptop computer for med school?

 

[BlueElmo]

random question...what is the the best laptop computer for med school?

wait until you get an acceptance. Some medical schools require a specific laptop, so it's best to wait before matriculation.

 

[Sephael]

seriously? damn....

 

[MossPoh]

And even then... I'm not sure the best way to see San Fransisco is to wake up early, put on a suit, sit through a financial aid presentation, and answer tricky questions.

I got there a day early and stayed a day late. 😉 I got to hang with some people that were at a competition at google and talk with some developer people from my school...and the twitter guys.