Anyone with too few interviews to feel confident in getting an acceptance o O?

[chaeymaey]

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Completed interviews: 1
Scheduled interviews: 0
Acceptances: 0
Hold: 1
Rejections: 4
Schools who do not want to tell me anything: 19

 

[gdbaby]

Here's my new hypothesis:
The pot full of school that have not responded are all calling each other and planning some mass enslaught of emails to my account--either all interview invites or rejections. After checking with my horoscope and consulting Dr. Phil, i believe the deluge will occur on Thursday at 2:47pm.

 

[AxlxA]

lol... this thread is so neurotic.

POWER TO YOU GUYS!

 

[gdbaby]

The longer I wait for notification, the more the recruitment poster for Ross University speaks to me. "Yeah Ross, you're right, what does an MCAT really tell anyway!"

 

[Flopotomist]

The longer I wait for notification, the more the recruitment poster for Ross University speaks to me. "Yeah Ross, you're right, what does an MCAT really tell anyway!"

HAHAHAHA.. I am now getting podiatry literature in the mail - and as if that is not disheartening enough, now I am getting info from podiatry schools IN THE CARIBBEAN. The real kicker came today when I got a letter advertising a Masters in Phlebotomy.

 

[gdbaby]

HAHAHAHA.. I am now getting podiatry literature in the mail - and as if that is not disheartening enough, now I am getting info from podiatry schools IN THE CARIBBEAN. The real kicker came today when I got a letter advertising a Masters in Phlebotomy.

Send 'em my way, I am shopping around some "Plan B" options. Feet? Yeeew!

After decoding Al Michaels cryptic messages to me via Monday Night Football, I have been given an update on my deluge of invites/rejections for Friday morning. I mean, how would you interpret this:

"The Eagles defense has not materialized tonight. I think they already need to set their sights on next Sunday."

 

[Jaider]

HAHAHAHA.. I am now getting podiatry literature in the mail - and as if that is not disheartening enough, now I am getting info from podiatry schools IN THE CARIBBEAN. The real kicker came today when I got a letter advertising a Masters in Phlebotomy.

Yeah! Are they targeting people with an MCAT score below a certain threshold, or does everyone get those dumb podiatry and Caribbean flyers? 😡

Feet?? Feet?? You... you... JERKS!

 

[PhillyEaglesFan]

I'm thinking about suing the entire medical school consortium for robbing me of a certain emotion. That emotion is called *waiting.* I'm incapable of any type of waiting or anticipation right now. I don't know if I ever will be again.

Today, I didn't check my mail until 2:30 pm. The mail truck was 2 blocks down before I checked it. A week ago, I checked my mail starting at noon and every 10 minutes thereafter. Today, when I got the usual credit card crap, instead of thinking "damn, nothing!", I just thought, "yeah, whatever."

Will I ever be truly able to feel how it feels to wait ever again?

PhillyEaglesFan: incapable of anticipation since 11/14/2005.

 

[DrHuang]

i wanna play too!

Completed interviews: 1
Scheduled interviews: 2
Acceptances: 1
Rejections: 2
Schools who do not want to tell me anything: 22

 

[gdbaby]

I'm thinking about suing the entire medical school consortium for robbing me of a certain emotion. That emotion is called *waiting.* I'm incapable of any type of waiting or anticipation right now. I don't know if I ever will be again.

Today, I didn't check my mail until 2:30 pm. The mail truck was 2 blocks down before I checked it. A week ago, I checked my mail starting at noon and every 10 minutes thereafter. Today, when I got the usual credit card crap, instead of thinking "damn, nothing!", I just thought, "yeah, whatever."

Will I ever be truly able to feel how it feels to wait ever again?

PhillyEaglesFan: incapable of anticipation since 11/14/2005.

I love your closers!

I still hang on to the waiting, but for no apparent reason. I guess it beats working. I feel bad for my students who have paid tuition to recieve a competent explanation of anthropological theory and I have failed them. Okay, I don't feel that bad.

ChicagoBearsFan: #1 in their division, 11/15/05 marks the first sign of the apocalypse.

 

[fiddler]

Oh, what the heck,

Completed interviews: 1
Scheduled interviews: 2
Acceptances: 0
Rejections: 3
Schools who do not want to tell me anything: 31

wow, i had no idea i applied to that many. I just kept adding and things got crazy.

fiddler

 

[PhillyEaglesFan]

Chicago Bears >>>>>>> Philadelphia Eagles since 10/2005 🙁

 

[almondjoyMD]

I want to join!!!!

Completed interviews: 2
Scheduled interviews: 2
Acceptances: 0
Rejections: 1
Schools who do not want to tell me anything: 8

 

[63768]

Chicago Bears >>>>>>> Philadelphia Eagles since 10/2005 🙁

i know you're going to hate me for this but....

dallas cowboys > philly eagles since 11/14/05 😀

 

[BerkeleyMD]

The longer I wait for notification, the more the recruitment poster for Ross University speaks to me. "Yeah Ross, you're right, what does an MCAT really tell anyway!"

That's scary.. cuz I've been thinking the same thing this entire application process!

 

[PhillyEaglesFan]

yourmom25 >>>> PhillyEaglesFan and Roy Williams >>>> Donovan McNabb. 🙂

 

[PhillyEaglesFan]

gdbaby and the rest: I love you all, but I must respect the sanctity of this thread. I hop out of my door this morning to go buy Chapstick (lips ashier than a mofo) and there's a big Penn State envelope stuffed in the mailbox.

Best of luck to all of you! I love you like a fat kid love cake (c) 50 Cent.

PhillyEaglesFan: pulling for you all since 1 BC.

 

[2DEG]

I am gonna go ahead and join this Club..

Interviewed: 4 (UVM, EVMS, UNC, ECU)
Acceptance : None.
Pre-secondary rejection: 2
Post-Secondary Rejection : 2

Anticipation is killing me.

S.

 

[gdbaby]

gdbaby and the rest: I love you all, but I must respect the sanctity of this thread. I hop out of my door this morning to go buy Chapstick (lips ashier than a mofo) and there's a big Penn State envelope stuffed in the mailbox.

Best of luck to all of you! I love you like a fat kid love cake (c) 50 Cent.

PhillyEaglesFan: pulling for you all since 1 BC.

gdbaby: hating PhillyEaglesFan since 11/15/05

Congrats!

 

[pagemmapants]

Hey kids -
I know, I know, I'm an interloper, having already heard, but gdbaby, your predicament re: the dis sucks! Have you thought of getting one of those "pens" that scans text from pages into a digital form that you can then copy over into a word processer? Then it wouldn't be in an "image" format like a .pdf anymore. . .

just a thought. Luck all!

 

[gdbaby]

Oooo, thank you. I will scope that out.

 

[gdbaby]

Good morning everyone. Time for another day of waiting. Allow me to repost my tally:

Interviews completed: 1
Interviews scheduled: 1
Acceptances: ZERO
Holds: ZERO
Rejections: ZERO
Schools that have placed my app in the "To be reviewed after May 15": 12

It's good to be alive.

 

[gdbaby]

So what, everyone now has a new jolt of confidence, or what?

 

[drmota]

So what, everyone now has a new jolt of confidence, or what?

seriously. gdbaby's been carrying this thread on her back for a few days. all i want is one more interview and i'll have the confidence to pack up my balls and leave.

-mota

 

[ShyRem]

I'll repost, too, gd! You're certainly not alone here!

Interviews completed: 1
Interviews scheduled: ZERO
Acceptances: ZERO
Holds: ZERO
Rejections: 2
Schools that obviously use my app for daily humor: 4

Today was a FABULOUS day! No rejections AND no bills in the mail! YAY!

 

[Mixtli]

I just need my state school (UMD) to accept me and I'll withdraw from almost all other schools (UVM, VCU) that some people in this thread are applying. This process is so unnerving, I honestly don't know what to do if I don't get in this year. I can't find super EC experiences in my 2 years off to reapply. I don't want to retake the MCAT (but I think I'll have to due to my 8 in VR). I'm suffering from a horrible case of senioritis.

Invites completed: 7 (I failed 1 (my interview ended 30 minutes early after I wasn't being too communicative. I'm bad at interviewing: "umm...", *stutter* ), 2 interviews are out-of-state public schools)
Post-secondary rejections: 3
Waitlist: 1
Hold: 1
Acceptances: 0
Schools who don't want to tell me anything: 9

BTW: 'Skins >>> 'Boys >>> Eagles.

 

[DrHuang]

best avatar EVER!

I just need my state school (UMD) to accept me and I'll withdraw from almost all other schools (UVM, VCU) that some people in this thread are applying. This process is so unnerving, I honestly don't know what to do if I don't get in this year. I can't find super EC experiences in my 2 years off to reapply. I don't want to retake the MCAT (but I think I'll have to due to my 8 in VR). I'm suffering from a horrible case of senioritis.

Invites completed: 7 (I failed 1 (my interview ended 30 minutes early after I wasn't being too communicative. I'm bad at interviewing: "umm...", *stutter* ), 2 interviews are out-of-state public schools)
Post-secondary rejections: 3
Waitlist: 1
Hold: 1
Acceptances: 0
Schools who don't want to tell me anything: 9

BTW: 'Skins >>> 'Boys >>> Eagles.

 

[tacrum43]

I'm gonna repost too, because last time I didn't use this cool format. Plus gotta support the fellow underdogs.

Interviews completed: 1
Interviews scheduled: 1 (It's tomorrow!)
Acceptances: 0
Holds: 2 (1 pre-interview and 1 pre-secondary!)
Rejections: 4 (3 Pre-secondary and 1 post-secondary)
Schools that obviously use my app for daily humor: At least 3, probably many more.

 

[DrHuang]

good luck at EVMS T!

 

[tacrum43]

good luck at EVMS T!

Thanks. With their interviews, I'm sure I'll need it.

I should probably get back to reading about our healthcare system. Yes, I'm aware it's 3:30AM here. My sleep schedule has been quite odd lately. 🙂

 

[DrHuang]

Thanks. With their interviews, I'm sure I'll need it.

I should probably get back to reading about our healthcare system. Yes, I'm aware it's 3:30AM here. My sleep schedule has been quite odd lately. 🙂

whats scary is that i have an interview back at GT on the 29th but im not sleeping until 4am back here in cali! I hope i can change my sleeping schedule in time

edit: when i was at GT, my sleep schedule was the worst! i would sleep at 5am, wake up at 2pm, eat, back to sleep from 3pm-6pm, wake up, repeat. as you can imagine, i skipped ALOT of class...in fact, i only went to a total of 1/2 a neuro lab and thats because i had to sign in for the 1st lab

 

[tacrum43]

whats scary is that i have an interview back at GT on the 29th but im not sleeping until 4am back here in cali! I hope i can change my sleeping schedule in time

Yeah, that's 7am here, so you would be ready to go to sleep right before your interview! I find that the best way is to effectively "stay up all night", and then get yourself back on schedule. That or unisom. 😉

edit: By the way, on your interview. Remember, Cura Personalis! (If you can figure out wtf that means 🙂)

 

[DrHuang]

Yeah, that's 7am here, so you would be ready to go to sleep right before your interview! I find that the best way is to effectively "stay up all night", and then get yourself back on schedule. That or unisom. 😉

see, ive tried that but the no sleep strategy doesnt work and unisom makes me feel really weird in the mornings

 

[tacrum43]

see, ive tried that but the no sleep strategy doesnt work and unisom makes me feel really weird in the mornings

Hmm, it may be time to step up to NyQuil.

 

[pseudoknot]

Hmm, it may be time to step up to NyQuil.

I'd recommend against this or diphenhydramine alone if you need to be functional the next day. The newer sleeping pills (Ambien, Sonata, Lunesta or something like that) should let you sleep and not have a hangover the next day.

 

[pseudoknot]

I'll add my current tally. I like this format.

Interviews completed: 6
Interviews scheduled: 3
Acceptances: zero
Waitlists: 3
Rejections: 3
No decision post interview: 3
No decision post secondary: 15
Pre-interview holds: 2

Some might argue that it's way too early for me to give up hope. However, that doesn't take into account that:
- I'm not an optimistic person
- The three schools I'm waiting for news from are the most competitive at which I interviewed
- One of them (Irvine) will likely tell me this week that I'm waitlisted or rejected, since they already called people to accept them today

I know many would say I shouldn't be so bummed about the waitlists. I just really don't look forward to being in limbo for another six months. Plus I can't afford to go to my remaining three interviews, although I guess I'll have to.

 

[tacrum43]

I'd recommend against this or diphenhydramine alone if you need to be functional the next day. The newer sleeping pills (Ambien, Sonata, Lunesta or something like that) should let you sleep and not have a hangover the next day.

Tsch. Actual medical advice has no place here! 😛 Plus, you'd have to go and get a prescription for those.

 

[pseudoknot]

Tsch. Actual medical advice has no place here! 😛 Plus, you'd have to go and get a prescription for those.

Well, yes, but hopefully that's possible. I don't know why, but I seem to be on this anti-diphenhydramine crusade (at least for sleeping). Everytime I see a post where someone talks about that, I feel compelled to warn against it. I guess everyone has their issues, right?

<looks around nervously>

Right?

 

[gdbaby]

So, for the last several days I have been on the "status check patch" (analogous to a nicotine patch). If I was getting a hankering to hear from schools I would check my status at one or two places. This ususally stopped the shakes and the other physiological symptoms of this waiting game. Today, I am going cold turkey. Call it giving up, call it indifference, but I am going to stop checking. I am an August MCATer with mediocre stats and I need to get my head out of Narnia and back in reality.

Now, if only I could get an SDN patch.... 🙂

 

[ShyRem]

aw, gd... not compulsively checking status pages every 5 minutes is a sign of application ennui. Not good. not good at all. I must prescribe for you a VERY large margarita (or two. Ok, make it three) and a fabulous night out. Get a sitter.

Or you can drive over to my place and we'll make brownies that will put 15 pounds on you just by reading the recipe. 😀 😀 😀 I have a lovely Sancerre in the fridge that is ice-cold that we could share while eating our brownies.

 

[ahumdinger]

Interviews completed: 2
Interviews scheduled: 1
Acceptances: NADA
Waitlists: ZILCH
Rejections: 3
No decision post interview: 2
No decision post secondary: 12

So last night, I had this horrible dream that I will have to wait until January to hear from the two schools where I've interviewed already. I know, JANUARY is enough to be nighmarish-- I can't even imagine march, april....or God forbid, AUGUST! This week I've been dreading an email from Missouri, because that will mean that I didn't get in in the November round and will have to wait 4 more weeks. Today, at work, I was turning on my computer monitor, and even before it came up, I could see the "Inbox(1)" on my Gmail, and sure enough, it was an email from Mizzou. ARGH! And as we speak, my number one choice, which is also my most competitive school, WashU, is making 1st month decisions. I know I won't get in this month since I didn't even get into Mizzou first round. I just can't take this anymore! And I will have my first stress-interview on monday, at UWashington. The panel will seriously make me cry. I just know it. I just need a hug and a turkey leg to chomp on! 🙁

oh and I forgot, I am waiting for a mystery "decision letter" in the mail from GW, which will likely be a pre-interview rejection....

 

[gdbaby]

aw, gd... not compulsively checking status pages every 5 minutes is a sign of application ennui. Not good. not good at all. I must prescribe for you a VERY large margarita (or two. Ok, make it three) and a fabulous night out. Get a sitter.

Or you can drive over to my place and we'll make brownies that will put 15 pounds on you just by reading the recipe. 😀 😀 😀 I have a lovely Sancerre in the fridge that is ice-cold that we could share while eating our brownies.

That may just be worth the 4 hour commute. If we both don't get interviews at CU, we'll have to arrange a meet-up.

I am getting a sitter for Saturday night. So I have to come up with something other than med school to talk about. That would make my husband the happiest man ever. Okay, that and some other things! 😉

Definitely having an ennui day. Maybe it's the snow, maybe it's the cold, maybe it's that no schools will talk to me. I'm going to go with snow.

 

[ShyRem]

We should. You should also apply to DO schools. I've had pretty good luck there.

 

[gdbaby]

We should. You should also apply to DO schools. I've had pretty good luck there.

I'm going to next year. I couldn't snag the LOR in time, but I will be shaddowing a DO starting in January. He's actually the guy who worked on my back after my car accident.

 

[ShyRem]

You don't need a DO LOR for all of them. Only about half require one. I didn't have one, and got interviews at 3 DO schools and an acceptance at one so far.

 

[gdbaby]

Since I need to go home, drink heavily, and grade Intro to Cultural Anthropology exams tonight (in that order), I am closing out my day of anxiety. In case you forgot:

Interviews completed: 1
Interviews scheduled: 1
Acceptances: ZERO
Holds/waitlists/other forms of delaying the inevitable: ZERO
Number of schools teasing me like an 8th grader with a headgear: 12

Remember when you got that first interview and you thought "Damn, this is the start of something HUGE!"?

 

[drmota]

So, for the last several days I have been on the "status check patch" (analogous to a nicotine patch). If I was getting a hankering to hear from schools I would check my status at one or two places. This ususally stopped the shakes and the other physiological symptoms of this waiting game. Today, I am going cold turkey. Call it giving up, call it indifference, but I am going to stop checking. I am an August MCATer with mediocre stats and I need to get my head out of Narnia and back in reality.

Now, if only I could get an SDN patch.... 🙂

checking my statuses has only ever brought me bad or lukewarm news (i.e. holds). keep that in mind. checking your status will never bring anything good because if you get an interview or an acceptance they seem to go somewhat out of their way to inform you. but they let the bad stuff hit you at your own discretion, kinda like jumping into oncoming traffic.
-mota

 

[drmota]

Remember when you got that first interview and you thought "Damn, this is the start of something HUGE!"?

haha. back in the day when we were young and ignorant. wait, i still haven't had an interview. i still think this is the start of something huge. rock and roll.
-mota

 

[sucksabigone]

So far I have heard nothing from my 4 safety schools despite being complete there for 3 months, been post-secondary rejected from two schools ranked in the 20s, and have 4 interviews with schools ranked 1-20. I feel like I'm likely to get post-interview WLed at those because their averages are so high. I do not understand this process in the slightest and I have no idea whether I'm doing good or bad. 😕

I'm in the exact same boat and i'm freaked out that I'm gonna wind up getting in NO WHERE.
Inteviews: 4 (but I took the MCAT in April so they have had PLENTY of time to think about it)....WashU, Columbia, Vandy, Suny Stonybrook.
Waitlist: 1 ..vandy
rejectsions..Georgetown..don't know what there problem is.
hearing jack $hit...from 11 schools.

i never expected to interview at washu or columbia...where are the schools that i thought i would interview at...MSSM, NYU, TUFTS, UVA, Thomas Jeff...Bueller???Buelller? Bueller?

 

[Saluki]

Applications: 21
Interviews Completed:2
Interviews Scheduled:0
Any other sign that they even have my applications: 0