Anyone else making this a one-shot deal?

[getunconcsious]

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Just out of curiosity...I know that you have to tell interviewers that if you don't get in this year you'll re-apply, but...

I'm a first-time applicant with great stats, and I simply refuse to re-apply if I don't get in this year. I'll just disappear with my tail between my legs and find another career. I mean, why would you want to go through this stupid process again?

Anyone else feel the same way, or are yall more determined than me?

 

[drsungoddess]

There are many well qualified applicant who do not get in the first year but reaply and get in. if it is your dream to become a doctor i would not give up. I think that most students who reapply call the admissions committees to see if there ia naything else they would like to see on their application to make them a better candidate and if you do it, you will most likely get in. I am definately re applying if i do not get in this round, but would volunteer more and be more selective on my school choices.

 

[MoosePilot]

If this is really for you, why do you think you'd feel that way? If your desire to be a doc doesn't outweigh your pride...

 

[DubZteR]

I simply refuse to re-apply if I don't get in this year. I'll just disappear with my tail between my legs and find another career. I mean, why would you want to go through this stupid process again?

Anyone else feel the same way, or are yall more determined than me?

I totally know how you feel but as a reapplicant I can tell you it's often more than a one shot deal!

In any case, good luck! 🙂

 

[deleted50541]

After all the time I've spent laboring over this process, there is no way I'll give up if I don't get in this year. Just think of all the classes and prepartions it took to get this far in the game. I'm a young guy so if things don't work out now there's still time to reevaluate my position and decide what else I need to do to be a stellar candidate.

 

[Medikit]

How could it be worth it to go through medical school but not worth it to apply a few more times?

 

[lightnk102]

if i don't get in this year, i'm absolutely applying again. i didn't work this hard and come this far (and spend this much money) to give up that easily. besides, if you look at the stats (number of applicants vs. number of seats), youo can see that a good amount of fully qualified people don't get in every year.

though, if i still don't get into med school the second time around, i may read the writing on the wall and come to terms with the fact that maybe its not meant to be. its' definnitely worth more than one shot though. it's like a relationship. if you think this is your true love, would you just let him/her walk away after one fight?

 

[VPDcurt]

After all the time I've spent laboring over this process, there is no way I'll give up if I don't get in this year. Just think of all the classes and prepartions it took to get this far in the game. I'm a young guy so if things don't work out now there's still time to reevaluate my position and decide what else I need to do to be a stellar candidate.

new zealand white rabbit = avatar? good stuff - i work with those gimps in the lab.

 

[stinkycheese]

I think anyone who wouldn't be willing to give this more than one shot should re-evaluate their commitment to medicine as their chosen career.

We all feel at one point that we could never go through this process again - understandable. But actually giving up after one try seems defeatist.

 

[bewitched1081]

Just out of curiosity...I know that you have to tell interviewers that if you don't get in this year you'll re-apply, but...

I'm a first-time applicant with great stats, and I simply refuse to re-apply if I don't get in this year. I'll just disappear with my tail between my legs and find another career. I mean, why would you want to go through this stupid process again?

Anyone else feel the same way, or are yall more determined than me?

in the words of a famous person in another career, "if you take 'no' for an answer, then you don't have what it takes...." not to be insulting or anything, but you have to be more tenacious than that! applying to medical school is only a taste of the hardships to come. if you really want to be a doctor and not just blow it off as a career, then there will be very tough times ahead of you.

 

[MiesVanDerMom]

new zealand white rabbit = avatar? good stuff - i work with those gimps in the lab.

This comment is a general one and not directed specifinally at the poster quoted above:

I have two sweet rabbits as pets. It's disgusting what humans do to rabbits in labs in the name of alleged progress. They are tough, smart little creatures who've been around a lot longer than humans and will be here when we're all gone. I only hope that when the people who torture these buns die they face their deeds in the afterlife and realize what they've done. My buns are braver and more amazing than most people I've encountered in life. Especially college students. They're the ones we should be conducting experiments on.

-former professor, current bunny mom

 

[tank you]

a LOT of qualified people don't get in, it's just the randomness of the process.
my friend went to stanford undergrad, got his masters in biochem in 1 yr, has a 3.9 gpa and 37 MCAT and didn't get in anywhere last year.
so he volunteered abroad and trying again this year. 👍

just don't ever give up.

 

[bewitched1081]

This comment is a general one and not directed specifinally at the poster quoted above:

I have two sweet rabbits as pets. It's disgusting what humans do to rabbits in labs in the name of alleged progress. They are tough, smart little creatures who've been around a lot longer than humans and will be here when we're all gone. I only hope that when the people who torture these buns die they face their deeds in the afterlife and realize what they've done. My buns are braver and more amazing than most people I've encountered in life. Especially college students. They're the ones we should be conducting experiments on.

-former professor, current bunny mom

amen. however, i wouldn't wish these experiments on anyone, even inconsiderate, ignorant, and possibly sadistic people.

 

[GTA]

I think anyone who wouldn't be willing to give this more than one shot should re-evaluate their commitment to medicine as their chosen career.

How utterly sanctimonious of you! Religion has "Holier than thou"....but I guess you have the corner on "More committed than thou"

Most of us on this board have spent our life wanting to be a doc...or at least our entire education thus far. We have biology and chemistry undergrad degrees and the only other thing we can do besides medicine is teach high-school...

HOWEVER, some people have other backgrounds, degrees, education, etc. which gives them options...sometimes great options.

This whole application process is a crap shoot, plain and simple.

If there are people among us who have other great options in life and can step away from this ridiculous process then KUDOS to them!!! Congrats!!! you have a life....uh, I mean a back up plan. 😉

 

[UseUrHeadFred]

From what I've seen, the gung-ho, "I-am-so-committed-to-medicine" attitude usually disappears between the start of medical school and the completion of internship.

I have seen too many truly awesome, optimistic individuals become totally jaded during the last few years of their education to believe that this frame of mind is anything but a red herring.

Who's the fool - the "quitter" who stops doing a foolish task or the gung-ho type who goes the distance and completes it?

I'm going into this knowing that I'm going to put more into it than I'm going to get out. There's a lot of sacrifice! It's a fact, not a meaningless cliche. Each one of us, and our families, will suffer for our career choice... Once one accepts this it is much easier to see why one may reevaluate the wisdom of their career decision. I don't blame anyone who decides to draw the line.

I don't necessarily think that blinding passion is a good thing. I think it's better to come to terms with doubt than to not have any at all.

 

[JonnyG]

I have spent the last three years of my life directed to the goal of going to medical school. I have improved my application as much as I can. This is a one shot deal for me because of the things I have put on hold to do this: career, family, etc. The reason I see it as one shot is the only way to imrpove my application anymore is to get a masters degree, but I already work in the pharmaceutical industry as a biochemist and I know I do not want to do science anymore. So If I were to spend the money for a masters degree reapply to medical school and not get in.................I wasted more of my time. As much as I want to be a doctor after this admissions process I would have to say to myself maybe I am not qualified to be a doctor.

There are many people who consider it a one shot deal and it is naive to think that these people are not committed to their dreams. They are just realistic and also have other dreams (family) they have put off too long for it.


(Granted my arguements are pointless since i have three acceptances, but I had always approached this as one shot.)

 

[getunconcsious]

Interesting opinions...I guess the reason for me making it a one-time thing is that I have kind of low self-esteem. I know that my numbers are above average, and I have clinical and research experience. This leads me to believe that if I don't get in it's because of some fatal character flaw that I can't fix. Not sure if that makes any sense. I think I'll get in somewhere though, since I've had six interviews thus far...but I have to wonder what would happen if I didn't.

 

[RaistlinMajere]

No. I will never give up. I will keep trying until they let me in.

 

[neoncandle]

I guess I think of medicine more as a calling than a career.. call me old fashioned if you wish. Medicine takes a great deal more commitment than other careers.

 

[doogyhowser]

a LOT of qualified people don't get in, it's just the randomness of the process.
my friend went to stanford undergrad, got his masters in biochem in 1 yr, has a 3.9 gpa and 37 MCAT and didn't get in anywhere last year.
so he volunteered abroad and trying again this year. 👍

just don't ever give up.

so where did this dude apply to? 😱 this person, great stats aside, is a ******* for not going after some "safety schools" . hundreds of people with inferior stats get in "somewhere" .