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lstone13 said:
We don't get A+'s. So no way to counter the A-. Once you get an A-, your 4.0 is forever shot.
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Was same at my school.
Tatastrophy said:
I am ok. I just did a big no no during my interview today (even though technically it didn't say anything about me) and feel kind of upset with myself 🙁
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I'm sure it's not that bad. And besides, you're gonna get into Duke anyways so it doesn't matter 🙂
jla314 said:
aw we've all done no no's at interviews. if you want i can tell you all about how i ruined my chances at duke 😀

EDIT: And i really mean ruined. my interviewer told me so.
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😱 I can't believe an interviewer would outright say that.
 
ksmi117 said:
No worries. Chin up. 🙂



Really? What did s/he say?
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it is possible that i am exaggerating. but basically here's what went down:

beginning of interview: i express my strong desire to work with patients like myself with chronic illnesses.

interviewer: interprets this to mean i have a god complex and am looking for hero worship (EDIT: yes, he did ask me if i had a god complex)

fast forward to end: i ask interviewer what he thinks is best about duke

interviewer: tells me that people who want to work with patients should go to their state schools and that duke trains "leaders"

really it was wonderful 🙄
 
jla314 said:
it is possible that i am exaggerating. but basically here's what went down:

beginning of interview: i express my strong desire to work with patients like myself with chronic illnesses.

interviewer: interprets this to mean i have a god complex and am looking for hero worship (EDIT: yes, he did ask me if i had a god complex)

fast forward to end: i ask interviewer what he thinks is best about duke

interviewer: tells me that people who want to work with patients should go to their state schools and that duke trains "leaders"

really it was wonderful 🙄
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Wow :barf:
 
jla314 said:
aw we've all done no no's at interviews. if you want i can tell you all about how i ruined my chances at duke 😀

EDIT: And i really mean ruined. my interviewer told me so.
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Oh no. That really blows! No chance that he was testing your reaction (although that would be very unlike Duke to be honest)



Ok well here is the story of my epic failure(as written to the ever so wise ksmi):
Ok so I should preface this by saying that I like to over analyze....a lot, and then do it some more-so it might be just an instance of that, but:

so a big no-no for interviews is mentioning alcohol, for some reason that just completely left my head this morning in group interview when the interviewer asked me about my brother, specifically how old he is.
I said: He is a year and 4 months younger than me, in fact his 21st birthday is this Friday (all three smiled widely and chuckled)
I, being the idiot that I am forgot that these are interviewers I am talking to and thought they were probably chuckling at the same thing I would chuckle at....the debauchery that usually takes place on such a birthday....so I clarified "but he does not like to drink, so no wisdom need be imparted in this case" They all laughed raucously, which I think is the reason it didn't register with me that I just did a no-no.
The rest of the interview went well.
During the tour, the subject of my answer came up (our tourguide was one of the interviewers) and she was like "I thought it was hilarious cause you don't usually hear answers like that"
I thought to my-self: you are effed.
But yea. I guess I wont find out for sure until I either get accepted or rejected but that was sooooooooooo dumb. You don't have to say that it isn't that bad, I think I just needed to tell someone because I didn't have the heart to tell it to my mama. ( she is really rooting for emory :\)
 
jla314 said:
it is possible that i am exaggerating. but basically here's what went down:

beginning of interview: i express my strong desire to work with patients like myself with chronic illnesses.

interviewer: interprets this to mean i have a god complex and am looking for hero worship (EDIT: yes, he did ask me if i had a god complex)

fast forward to end: i ask interviewer what he thinks is best about duke

interviewer: tells me that people who want to work with patients should go to their state schools and that duke trains "leaders"

really it was wonderful 🙄
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Oh, that's just BS. He must be some jackass that thinks his research is God's gift to the world and didn't even want to work with patients ever.

As much as I want to get into some top ranked schools and stuff like that, this was the kind of crap I was worried about in interviewing or being at those "top tier" schools. The whole "if you want to be a good doctor and world-renowned you must only research and not work with patients" kind of attitude disgusts me.
 
jla314 said:
it is possible that i am exaggerating. but basically here's what went down:

beginning of interview: i express my strong desire to work with patients like myself with chronic illnesses.

interviewer: interprets this to mean i have a god complex and am looking for hero worship (EDIT: yes, he did ask me if i had a god complex)

fast forward to end: i ask interviewer what he thinks is best about duke

interviewer: tells me that people who want to work with patients should go to their state schools and that duke trains "leaders"

really it was wonderful 🙄
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Wow. That's rude.
 
Tatastrophy said:
Oh no. That really blows! No chance that he was testing your reaction (although that would be very unlike Duke to be honest)



Ok well here is the story of my epic failure(as written to the ever so wise ksmi):
Ok so I should preface this by saying that I like to over analyze....a lot, and then do it some more-so it might be just an instance of that, but:

so a big no-no for interviews is mentioning alcohol, for some reason that just completely left my head this morning in group interview when the interviewer asked me about my brother, specifically how old he is.
I said: He is a year and 4 months younger than me, in fact his 21st birthday is this Friday (all three smiled widely and chuckled)
I, being the idiot that I am forgot that these are interviewers I am talking to and thought they were probably chuckling at the same thing I would chuckle at....the debauchery that usually takes place on such a birthday....so I clarified "but he does not like to drink, so no wisdom need be imparted in this case" They all laughed raucously, which I think is the reason it didn't register with me that I just did a no-no.
The rest of the interview went well.
During the tour, the subject of my answer came up (our tourguide was one of the interviewers) and she was like "I thought it was hilarious cause you don't usually hear answers like that"
I thought to my-self: you are effed.
But yea. I guess I wont find out for sure until I either get accepted or rejected but that was sooooooooooo dumb. You don't have to say that it isn't that bad, I think I just needed to tell someone because I didn't have the heart to tell it to my mama. ( she is really rooting for emory :\)
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Seriously, I think that's a good chance to inject some humor into an interview! I mean, you managed to get the whole interview group to laugh; I'd be worried if they gave you a steely glare, but laughter is good in my book 🙂

I officially bet you're getting in 😀
 
jla314 said:
i found it weird when high schoolers could graduate with gpa's way way above a 4.0 by taking AP classes
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Yeah, I always thought that was strange too. My high school didn't offer AP classes.

Tatastrophy said:
I am ok. I just did a big no no during my interview today (even though technically it didn't say anything about me) and feel kind of upset with myself 🙁
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I'm sure it's okay. Typically, we are our own worst critics, and who's to say that your interviewer even noticed what you think you may have done wrong?
 
jla314 said:
i didn't know there were schools that didn't have +/- 😱
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for reals. now i am prouder of my GPA!

tata, that story does not sound bad AT ALL. it certainly wouldn't ruin your chances!
 
Tatastrophy, I think you're ok. It's easy to overanalyze and all, but as an impartial observer, I think it's ok. 🙂 cheer up!
 
Tatastrophy said:
Oh no. That really blows! No chance that he was testing your reaction (although that would be very unlike Duke to be honest)



Ok well here is the story of my epic failure(as written to the ever so wise ksmi):
Ok so I should preface this by saying that I like to over analyze....a lot, and then do it some more-so it might be just an instance of that, but:

so a big no-no for interviews is mentioning alcohol, for some reason that just completely left my head this morning in group interview when the interviewer asked me about my brother, specifically how old he is.
I said: He is a year and 4 months younger than me, in fact his 21st birthday is this Friday (all three smiled widely and chuckled)
I, being the idiot that I am forgot that these are interviewers I am talking to and thought they were probably chuckling at the same thing I would chuckle at....the debauchery that usually takes place on such a birthday....so I clarified "but he does not like to drink, so no wisdom need be imparted in this case" They all laughed raucously, which I think is the reason it didn't register with me that I just did a no-no.
The rest of the interview went well.
During the tour, the subject of my answer came up (our tourguide was one of the interviewers) and she was like "I thought it was hilarious cause you don't usually hear answers like that"
I thought to my-self: you are effed.
But yea. I guess I wont find out for sure until I either get accepted or rejected but that was sooooooooooo dumb. You don't have to say that it isn't that bad, I think I just needed to tell someone because I didn't have the heart to tell it to my mama. ( she is really rooting for emory :\)
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I don't think that'll hurt you. Like Spurs said, humor can be good.
 
jla314 said:
it is possible that i am exaggerating. but basically here's what went down:

beginning of interview: i express my strong desire to work with patients like myself with chronic illnesses.

interviewer: interprets this to mean i have a god complex and am looking for hero worship (EDIT: yes, he did ask me if i had a god complex)

fast forward to end: i ask interviewer what he thinks is best about duke

interviewer: tells me that people who want to work with patients should go to their state schools and that duke trains "leaders"

really it was wonderful 🙄
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I am sorry jla...that is really uncalled for.
It is interesting how different interview experiences can be at the same school. I interviewed with Dr. Bradford, and I don't know if he says the same kind of stuff to every applicant he interviews but it was he was saying: duke has all the resources you need to fulfill your dreams (I have some lofty ones) and ever so subtly talking me out of deferring (I am really passionate about serving the underpriveledged communities so I guess he thought that there was a possibility of me doing that first).
again...that probably says nothing about what is actually going on but it is hard to conceive the same school that made me swoon was such a jerk to you 🙁


thanks guys for your feedback. it is kind of hard to quiet my head sometimes and get a straight perspective. this is when i am glad that there are sane people in this world 🙂
 
Tatastrophy said:
Oh no. That really blows! No chance that he was testing your reaction (although that would be very unlike Duke to be honest)



Ok well here is the story of my epic failure(as written to the ever so wise ksmi):
Ok so I should preface this by saying that I like to over analyze....a lot, and then do it some more-so it might be just an instance of that, but:

so a big no-no for interviews is mentioning alcohol, for some reason that just completely left my head this morning in group interview when the interviewer asked me about my brother, specifically how old he is.
I said: He is a year and 4 months younger than me, in fact his 21st birthday is this Friday (all three smiled widely and chuckled)
I, being the idiot that I am forgot that these are interviewers I am talking to and thought they were probably chuckling at the same thing I would chuckle at....the debauchery that usually takes place on such a birthday....so I clarified "but he does not like to drink, so no wisdom need be imparted in this case" They all laughed raucously, which I think is the reason it didn't register with me that I just did a no-no.
The rest of the interview went well.
During the tour, the subject of my answer came up (our tourguide was one of the interviewers) and she was like "I thought it was hilarious cause you don't usually hear answers like that"
I thought to my-self: you are effed.
But yea. I guess I wont find out for sure until I either get accepted or rejected but that was sooooooooooo dumb. You don't have to say that it isn't that bad, I think I just needed to tell someone because I didn't have the heart to tell it to my mama. ( she is really rooting for emory :\)
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Taty! This really isn't so bad!! In fact, I honestly believe that this story probably made you seem personable. If anything, it probably set you apart from other applicants - and in a good way.
 
Tatastrophy said:
I am sorry jla...that is really uncalled for.
It is interesting how different interview experiences can be at the same school. I interviewed with Dr. Bradford, and I don't know if he says the same kind of stuff to every applicant he interviews but it was he was saying: duke has all the resources you need to fulfill your dreams (I have some lofty ones) and ever so subtly talking me out of deferring (I am really passionate about serving the underpriveledged communities so I guess he thought that there was a possibility of me doing that first).
again...that probably says nothing about what is actually going on but it is hard to conceive the same school that made me swoon was such a jerk to you 🙁


thanks guys for your feedback. it is kind of hard to quiet my head sometimes and get a straight perspective. this is when i am glad that there are sane people in this world 🙂
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haha yeah i recognize that my experience at duke was in a very small minority of experiences and that most people love it. but for me it's hard to look back on that day fondly 😀

also it didn't help that my plane flying to raleigh/durham had been delayed for 10 hours and i didn't get in til around 2AM the morning of my interview.

i did like their sandwiches, i will give them that.
 
rockaction said:
she's cursed by being the first on the list...
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That, and a mod. And she made like a bunch of the stickies and stuff. Name recognition means a lot with that thing; I was in the middle of the list last year, and I still got a crazy number last year because I was one of the most recognizable names on there.

I'll probably put my name back up there for this year after my exams are over.
 
I love how when this thread first opened, all the 2013ers came over to wish the class of 2014 well and offer their best wishes.

When 2015 opened... countless 2014ers went in their thread to harass them :laugh:

👍
 
Myuu said:
A. I'm not a CS major.
B. You really think I'd advocate piracy on a public, not-all-that-anonymous forum?
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wait, i thought you told me you did CS.

Tatastrophy said:
haha with a name like Tatastrophy....I guess so lol


but seriously....
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maybe it was one of those drunken freshman nights?

DrYoda said:
I had a 4.0 for the first half of college. Then I got an A- is business writting and never had a 4.0 semester again. Yay downward trend:lame:
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something like that for me too!

Tatastrophy said:
Oh no. That really blows! No chance that he was testing your reaction (although that would be very unlike Duke to be honest)



Ok well here is the story of my epic failure(as written to the ever so wise ksmi):
Ok so I should preface this by saying that I like to over analyze....a lot, and then do it some more-so it might be just an instance of that, but:

so a big no-no for interviews is mentioning alcohol, for some reason that just completely left my head this morning in group interview when the interviewer asked me about my brother, specifically how old he is.
I said: He is a year and 4 months younger than me, in fact his 21st birthday is this Friday (all three smiled widely and chuckled)
I, being the idiot that I am forgot that these are interviewers I am talking to and thought they were probably chuckling at the same thing I would chuckle at....the debauchery that usually takes place on such a birthday....so I clarified "but he does not like to drink, so no wisdom need be imparted in this case" They all laughed raucously, which I think is the reason it didn't register with me that I just did a no-no.
The rest of the interview went well.
During the tour, the subject of my answer came up (our tourguide was one of the interviewers) and she was like "I thought it was hilarious cause you don't usually hear answers like that"
I thought to my-self: you are effed.
But yea. I guess I wont find out for sure until I either get accepted or rejected but that was sooooooooooo dumb. You don't have to say that it isn't that bad, I think I just needed to tell someone because I didn't have the heart to tell it to my mama. ( she is really rooting for emory :\)
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Geez, you worry way too much, this is nothing! Those guys interview dozens of people every year, you think they like hearing the same responses over and over? In fact, they must've really enjoyed your funny but innocuous remarks.

jla314 said:
it is possible that i am exaggerating. but basically here's what went down:

beginning of interview: i express my strong desire to work with patients like myself with chronic illnesses.

interviewer: interprets this to mean i have a god complex and am looking for hero worship (EDIT: yes, he did ask me if i had a god complex)

fast forward to end: i ask interviewer what he thinks is best about duke

interviewer: tells me that people who want to work with patients should go to their state schools and that duke trains "leaders"

really it was wonderful 🙄
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hah, he's probably just trying to get a rise out of you. you'd be surprised at how many often that happens to female applicants.
 
Zona Pellucida said:
I love how when this thread first opened, all the 2013ers came over to wish the class of 2014 well and offer their best wishes.

When 2015 opened... countless 2014ers went in their thread to harass them :laugh:

👍
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i'm proud i was there to dictate the truth as the first reply to the 2015 thread
 
ksmi117 said:
Awww!! I just got my first PS to read for the 2015ers. Yay! This is cute! 🙂
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wow. that's some serious dedication. i have a rough draft but that's just because i was initially going to apply this cycle.
 
dingyibvs said:
1.) maybe it was one of those drunken freshman nights?

2.) Geez, you worry way too much, this is nothing! Those guys interview dozens of people every year, you think they like hearing the same responses over and over? In fact, they must've really enjoyed your funny but innocuous remarks.

3.) hah, he's probably just trying to get a rise out of you. you'd be surprised at how many often that happens to female applicants.
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1.) OH DEAR LOOOOOORD!

2.) I can see your point...the problem is I can also see the point where it wouldn't be ok....welcome into my head 😛....its ok cause cookies make it better

3.) why female applicants in particular?
 
ksmi117 said:
Have you read the first few pages of this thread?
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Have YOU?
Bacchus said:
Best of luck everyone! Unfortunately, I did merge the other 2014. You can send rotten tomatoes to me at....psych.
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RySerr21 said:
haha, i did feel kinda bad that you guys got screwed over b/c 10 other people decided to make class of 20XX threads. Its okay, this one is better anyway.
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CRB said:
This is way too early, What's wrong with you people? Neurotic pre-meds.






...sike! I think its about time. Good Luck to all of you guys this summer! :xf:
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jgberken said:
No, they're not too early! Good luck to all of you! And remember, you will never be as cool as us 2013ers
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phospho said:
so true!

good luck everyone!!! :xf:
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pianola said:
Yeah, I'd like to say my "Good Luck" as well. :luck:

Sounds like you have the blessings of the class of 2013. 😀
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Vihsadas said:
Consider yourselves blessed thrice.

(Now, let's keep "wishing them good luck" and then surreptitiously take over their thread. :meanie: )
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funkydrmonkey said:
Good luck^4, and remember, when you guys have questions, feel free to ask the 2013ers... we are all SDN addicts anyway...

Yah, Class of 2013 is taking over:meanie:
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DrYoda said:
I like the way you think


But seriously: good luck guys.
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BlackDr2b said:
God bless you 2014! I pray that all the desires of your heart will be received.


But I do have to agree and say, you can neva eva, eva eva, get on our level, get on our level, get on our level!!! 2 0 1 3 Fo Life!!!!!!! :laugh:
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aznb0y129 said:
Consider it done. Good luck!
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olemissbabydoc said:
Good luck! 🙂 (adding in my 2cents)
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Maybe a LITTLE rubbing, but we were nice compared to these jerks! 😛
 
Zona Pellucida said:
I love how when this thread first opened, all the 2013ers came over to wish the class of 2014 well and offer their best wishes.

When 2015 opened... countless 2014ers went in their thread to harass them :laugh:

👍
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I don't know what you are talking about....I was giving them sage advice!
 
harassment builds character...we added +3 points to their MCAT scores by those jeers alone
 
GoSpursGo said:
Maybe a LITTLE rubbing, but we were nice compared to these jerks! 😛
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Did you just call yourself nice while calling us names?? In the same sentence?? Doesn't that automatically disqualify you from being nice?
 
NotSur said:
Hm, I don't really see how you're effed? I really don't see why you think you're in so much trouble. Really.
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I mentioned alcohol....
they generally want you to avoid that topic.
 
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