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In medical school acceptances, a bird in the hand is worth 30 in the bush. You don't know what's going to happen in the future. Even with a retake on the MCAT, you might get a lower score and really "tank" yourself. There are no guarantees that you would even be accepted next year and you have an acceptance already.
Take your acceptance and don't look back. Unless you are wanted for murder in Galveston, you can hunker down, study and do all of your fourth-year electives in another city or state if need be. That will cut your time in Galveston down to around 3 years instead of 4.
In medical school acceptances, a bird in the hand is worth 30 in the bush. You don't know what's going to happen in the future. Even with a retake on the MCAT, you might get a lower score and really "tank" yourself. There are no guarantees that you would even be accepted next year and you have an acceptance already.
Take your acceptance and don't look back. Unless you are wanted for murder in Galveston, you can hunker down, study and do all of your fourth-year electives in another city or state if need be. That will cut your time in Galveston down to around 3 years instead of 4.
As part of what Greonis said...
Try to find out (if possible) what parts of the application got you rejected at the other schools. If it is all MCAT related, than you know that you have to do well next round. But if it seems like GPA or prior EC's are doing you in, than you perhaps should consider taking the acceptance b/c those things will require taking classes or starting anew at long term committments for EC's or experience.
If the MCAT is all you need to do well next round, than by all means, just do that and try again next round. But if its a bigger committment beyond the single score, take the acceptance.
Would I be making just an incredibly stupid decision to turn down my one acceptance, (to what has been in the past a good school) because I simply did not like the city and was fairly concerned about the direction the schoool was heading?
The blacklist thing is iffy - they don't know whether he is going elsewhere...
Take the acceptance. There is no guarantee that you will do better next cycle.
So wait r u reapplying or not? Or are you still trying to decide?
Your reason of missing out on sports, missing your girlfriend, and not liking the city and think it and the school will go underwater in the near future aren't "better reasons than most."
If you want SDN to tell you what you want to hear, that is you should reapply and will get into somewhere better, we can certainly tell you that, but it would be against the consensus here.
Since August I have been working as a Nurses Assistant at a major hospital and could write a book on all of the things I have gained from this job. I think if I were to re-apply it would be a HUGE addition to my application as it has been some real hands on work and I have basically been able to shadow nurses, doctors and social workers a number of times...Also I have been studying hard for the MCAT and will be ready to take it in July, probably the 2nd. I visited the school in late February and did not feel any better about the situation.
I am basically in the same position as I was in December, but in addition to that my girlfriend of three years has not been able to get a job any where near (with in an hour and a half) where I will be going to school and the way things are going now that does not look like it will change.
So, with the addition of great clinical experience and a stronger MCAT score (how certain of this are you?) to an already good application would I be ok to reapply? I have a list of 20 or so schools I would apply to.
I have considered what I might tell schools that ask how could I turn down an acceptance to a solid school and here is what I thought of telling them: my GF of 3 years could not get a job anywhere near where I would be, the school was hit by a major hurricane since I applied (I realize this might not fly as the hurricane probably won't affect me all that much but this seems like an extenuaiting circumstance that might fly...would other medical schools even buy that?)
IMO, this is not a good reason to turn down an acceptance. But, to each his own...
I realize UTMB is a good school and a lot of people are thrilled to be going there and if I do end up there I know I will get a good education. I just don't want to spend four years (or possibly three) in a city I have no desire at all to be in for the reasons I have said above (when there are so many places I would love to be and think I would do much better in).
As an aside, some have asked why I would even apply to a school I did not want to go to. A good question and it was a mistake on my part, both my parents and my advisor told me to apply to all in state schools no matter how much I did not want to go because if I really wanted to be a doctor then I would go wherever. We'll since that advise I have come to see the numerous flaws in that logic and really regret taking the advice so seriously.
.My first acceptance was UTMB--and honestly, I was kinda bummed, because it wasn't really a place I wanted to live either. But that didn't mean I was prepared to throw away a year of my life to MAYBE get the opportunity to do the same thing with my life in a slightly "nicer" locale.
As you can probably tell, I think reapplying would be a very bad idea. No, Galveston is not the ideal place for you to go to med school, but you can't always get everything to work out exactly how you want.
If you don't want to go to medical school badly enough to live someplace undesirable for four years, you don't want it enough to deal with the many other sacrifices and adversities you'll have to contend with in the course of training.
If you don't want to go to medical school badly enough to live someplace undesirable for four years, you don't want it enough to deal with the many other sacrifices and adversities you'll have to contend with in the course of training.
I really do not want to be at Galveston,
Oh boo-frickin'-hoo. Live on the mainland and commute.
On second thought, just toss your acceptance in the trash and try again. What the Hell, it's only a year of your life on a sucker's bet. Maybe you'll pull it off, and then you can go to med school in Happyland, and live in a gum-drop house on Lollipop Lane, and never have to experience any discomfort for the remainder of your life.
Speaking of comfort, I think it's time for a beer.
Haha, Ok.