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[LRmed2003]

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lol..did you see my post when i got to 500+..wow...such an accomplishment..we have no lives.. congrats SRQgirl! 😀

 

[SRQGirl]

lol..did you see my post when i got to 500+..wow...such an accomplishment..we have no lives.. congrats SRQgirl! 😀

Thanks LRmed2003! I did see your post, and I have to say, you inspired me.


Three cheers for the gigantic dorks we are!

 

[MiaFLSurf]

Still waiting on SOMETHING here.....nothing in todays mail

 

[51487]

so here's the thing...my boyfriend goes to duke undergrad so last monday (the 21st) i had him mail me a letter 😉 it got here in my mail on thursday night...so if they mailed their letter to me on the 28th i ought to receive it today...if not, well who knows what that even means! this isn't a very busy postal time so things ought to be accurately timed from week to week!
maybe they didn't email everyone...ha ha ha

 

[heeter]

so here's the thing...my boyfriend goes to duke undergrad so last monday (the 21st) i had him mail me a letter 😉 it got here in my mail on thursday night...so if they mailed their letter to me on the 28th i ought to receive it today...if not, well who knows what that even means! this isn't a very busy postal time so things ought to be accurately timed from week to week!
maybe they didn't email everyone...ha ha ha

Wow, that is impressive. If I were in charge, I'd admit you just for that.

 

[Tra La La]

Nothing here in CA.

Doesn't look like I'll have the privilege of visiting Duke for 2nd look.

Off to UCSF I go!

 

[Tra La La]

so here's the thing...my boyfriend goes to duke undergrad so last monday (the 21st) i had him mail me a letter 😉 it got here in my mail on thursday night...so if they mailed their letter to me on the 28th i ought to receive it today...if not, well who knows what that even means! this isn't a very busy postal time so things ought to be accurately timed from week to week!
maybe they didn't email everyone...ha ha ha

But doesn't outgoing mail have to first go through the Duke intercampus mail system? That should add like one day...

But this is wishful thinking. 😳

 

[Tra La La]

Damn...this thread has been viewed like 19,000 times.

WOW!

 

[Mitro]

Damn...this thread has been viewed like 19,000 times.

WOW!

More than the two stickies that aren't the acceptance tread. I've gotta admit I'm guilty of looking at it all the time.

 

[ellia08]

Am I right in thinking that everyones gonna get a letter? waitlists and rejections too? Theyre not just going to leave people hanging right?

 

[dopaminophile]

Am I right in thinking that everyones gonna get a letter? waitlists and rejections too? Theyre not just going to leave people hanging right?

It'd just be cruel if they just left people hanging...

 

[so_nice]

Hi all,

I know I haven't been actively posting on this thread but I have been obsessively reading along and I feel some connection...

Anyway, I feel so depressed. My mail just came in (nothing of course!) and with the combination of the emails sent out today and phone calls, I have come to accept my fate.

It just hurts because this was my first and only interview so far...

I am sure I will bounce back soon, but I wanted to share my pain, kindest regards, and best wishes with you guys!

P.S. Keep on making me laugh, I need it!

Christina

 

[dopaminophile]

Let it out Christina! We should start a Duke non-acceptees spinoff thread to bathe in our respective sorrows. We're here for ya!

 

[ramblinwreckie]

I received my acceptance packet today, and I live pretty close to NC. It took a while for it to get from Durham to Atlanta. Good luck to everyone else waiting.

 

[LauraSimmer]

You guys can take my spot. I will withdraw for Harvard. I am pretty confident I am getting in Harvard. Comes next week we will find out.

 

[j04177117]

Hi all,

I know I haven't been actively posting on this thread but I have been obsessively reading along and I feel some connection...

Anyway, I feel so depressed. My mail just came in (nothing of course!) and with the combination of the emails sent out today and phone calls, I have come to accept my fate.

It just hurts because this was my first and only interview so far...

I am sure I will bounce back soon, but I wanted to share my pain, kindest regards, and best wishes with you guys!

P.S. Keep on making me laugh, I need it!

Christina

I so feel your pain, Christina. hang in there.

from the yay area!

 

[Tra La La]

You guys can take my spot. I will withdraw for Harvard. I am pretty confident I am getting in Harvard. Comes next week we will find out.

OMG! Harvard next week...and the waiting game starts again!

 

[LauraSimmer]

OMG! Harvard next week...and the waiting game starts again!

Heh, Harvard is overrated, but hey the prestige is there. I can say I graduated from Harvard and I know patients will come flocking.

 

[krelian]

I will withdraw for Harvard. I am pretty confident I am getting in Harvard.

I like your c*ck-sure attitude. I too shall withdraw for Harvard come next week 🙄

 

[LRmed2003]

umm. apparently (my roommate just called me at work).. i got the duke packet today addressed to the "future dr.lrmed2003." i am in boston but the USPS is weird so hang in there everyone..I MEAN THAT!!!

 

[TheElephant]

So are they sending rejection and waitlist letters next week then?

 

[Wiggy73]

Thoughtful of them to send out waitlists/rejections late so I won't know which it is for me until I come back from spring break. That's going to make for a chipper and carefree vacation.

 

[paramus]

No mail yet in the geographic center of the country despite a phone call and an email, but the post office here is really bad.

 

[51487]

aw, my sister said maybe theyre saving the best for last (about me, and i guess many of us 😉)

 

[Psycho Doctor]

So I have a friend at Duke. When my phone rings this morning with a Duke number I already start to shake with excitement! Oh my goodness.....this is it. I calm my shaking voice:

ME: Hello.
Person: Hello, can I speak to muchlove
ME: Speaking
Person: Just calling to say good morning!

Note to friends at Duke: Until you hear of our acceptance/rejection, DON'T CALL FROM A DUKE NUMBER!!!! My hair is turning gray as we speak!

aww, you friends have a bad sense of humor 👎

 

[Psycho Doctor]

I got an email from Phillip.B about "Your reply would be highly appreciated...Lrcjbcyv"

It includes an offer for penis enlargement, a morgage, and vicodin all in one! Could that be the one from Duke in disguise?

a sense of humor will get you far in life! 👍

 

[Psycho Doctor]

If we didn't get an email, are we definitely doomed? Would someone in the know confirm?

I hate this.

Wiggy, something just is not right here, how can you not have been accepted at Duke as well as most of your schools? I actually feel guilty being accepted when you weren't 🙁

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Hi all,

I know I haven't been actively posting on this thread but I have been obsessively reading along and I feel some connection...

Anyway, I feel so depressed. My mail just came in (nothing of course!) and with the combination of the emails sent out today and phone calls, I have come to accept my fate.

It just hurts because this was my first and only interview so far...

I am sure I will bounce back soon, but I wanted to share my pain, kindest regards, and best wishes with you guys!

P.S. Keep on making me laugh, I need it!

Christina

Christina, I'm so sorry. I kow how a rejection hurts, especially if it is your only interview. Where else did you apply? if you got an interview for Duke, you must have good stats so I'm sur eyou'll ge tin somewhere. I actually am starting to think I should decline my acceptance since you and so many others really want it.

 

[Psycho Doctor]

You guys can take my spot. I will withdraw for Harvard. I am pretty confident I am getting in Harvard. Comes next week we will find out.

it must be an amazing feeling to be confident of a harvard acceptance. are you the dean's daughter?

 

[51487]

it must be an amazing feeling to be confident of a harvard acceptance. are you the dean's daughter?

or lover?

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Yay I'm so proud of you Psycho 😍 Congrats!!

thanks tinkerbelle (and everyone else). I had to read the whole thread before responding b/c I was hoping to hearyou got a letter or phone call. I want you to have my acceptance if you don't hear soon; i know how much you wanted Duke.

 

[GuyLaroche]

Alright, alright, Psychodoctor, stop the love-fest!

In other news, did you see our little poll? Cracked me up! I think you actually won. I am also surprised by Wigg73 not getting into Duke. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for her. She's one of my favorites - although the love's a bit one-sided.

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Alright, alright, Psychodoctor, stop the love-fest!

In other news, did you see our little poll? Cracked me up! I think you actually won. I am also surprised by Wigg73 not getting into Duke. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for her. She's one of my favorites - although the love's a bit one-sided.

what lovefest? and what poll? no i didn't see it, please direct me to the link. i'm surprised about Wiggy in so many ways and it seems so unfair and i actually feel bad and guilty

 

[dopaminophile]

Psycho, don't feel bad dude. You worked hard and you earned your spot. Clearly they don't give up those golden spots to anybody that doesn't deserve it. For your own sake, don't give up the spot unless you're 100% sure somewhere else is going to be a lot better for you. If you can, go to the 2nd look and make the decision then. If there's ever a time to be selfish... now's it.


Wait... what am I saying. Flee Duke! It's not that great... in fact it sucks. Withdraw and I'll sacrifice myself by taking your place. I'm willing to take this one for the team. Be sure to get the spelling right in your withdrawal letter... "I want my spot to go to D-O-P-A-M-I-N-O-P-H-I-L-E."

all the best...

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Psycho, don't feel bad dude. You worked hard and you earned your spot. Clearly they don't give up those golden spots to anybody that doesn't deserve it. For your own sake, don't give up the spot unless you're 100% sure somewhere else is going to be a lot better for you. If you can, go to the 2nd look and make the decision then. If there's ever a time to be selfish... now's it.


Wait... what am I saying. Flee Duke! It's not that great... in fact it sucks. Withdraw and I'll sacrifice myself by taking your place. I'm willing to take this one for the team. Be sure to get the spelling right in your withdrawal letter... "I want my spot to go to D-O-P-A-M-I-N-O-P-H-I-L-E."

all the best...

thanks and i'm not sure yet b/c i still haven't heard from 8 schools

i really hope you get a letter, you really deserve it...and ok, let me copy that spelling in case i relinquish my spot

 

[Psycho Doctor]

or lover?

hehehe yea, right! 👍

 

[Wiggy73]

She's one of my favorites - although the love's a bit one-sided.

Naw, Guy, how could you say such a thing? I assure you the feeling's mutual. If you're thinking of me ribbing you a few days ago - well, that was just set up so beautifully I couldn't possibly let it slide by. All in good fun, I promise. I am greatly amused by tone-challenged posters taking everything you say completely literally, and if that's wrong I don't wanna be right. Keep me smiling, Guy.

Psycho, that's really sweet of you, but please don't feel guilty on my account (unless you deliberately and maliciously sabotaged my standing with the Duke adcom and now your conscience is nagging you - in that case, guilt away - but somehow I doubt it). Go celebrate! Trust me, I'll make it through this.

Clearly, what has happened is that the adcom misspelled my email address, my phone call got overlooked in the disorganized shuffle, and the mail is just... taking a while.

 

[GuyLaroche]

what lovefest? and what poll? no i didn't see it, please direct me to the link. i'm surprised about Wiggy in so many ways and it seems so unfair and i actually feel bad and guilty

There was a poll this morning on which one of us is a greater douche bag or some such horrid term. I was very busy this morning and planned on getting in on the fun, but by the time I could post anything, the thread was rightfully closed by EvoDevo - of whom I have mixed feelings of intense dislike and almost unnatural love. I didn't realize I was so universally loathed. Here I thought I was an angel. You, on the other hand, were seriously lacerated by angry SDN-ers.

Psychodoctor, I feel you should know that I have nothing but something-that-borders-on-passing-interest-to-complete-apathy for you. I am sure that in some culture, that could mean love.

 

[ellia08]

There was a poll this morning on which one of us is a greater douche bag or some such horrid term. I was very busy this morning and planned on getting in on the fun, but by the time I could post anything, the thread was rightfully closed by EvoDevo - of whom I have mixed feelings of intense dislike and almost unnatural love. I didn't realize I was so universally loathed. Here I thought I was an angel. You, on the other hand, were seriously lacerated by angry SDN-ers.

Psychodoctor, I feel you should know that I have nothing but something-that-borders-on-passing-interest-to-complete-apathy for you. I am sure that in some culture, that could mean love.

I am usually vehemently against acronymns but for this...


OMG ROFL


(see I even added emoticons... )

 

[davidus]

I am usually vehemently against acronymns but for this...


OMG ROFL


(see I even added emoticons... )

don't encourage him

 

[ellia08]

sorry! couldnt help it on this one. 🙂

 

[LauraSimmer]

it must be an amazing feeling to be confident of a harvard acceptance. are you the dean's daughter?

No, but my father is a Professor there. Just a note, my acceptance there have nothing to do with my father being there. I do not like to think that I get special consideration just because of a connection or contact. I get in due to my own merit. My father is not even on the admission comittee so no help from him.

Goodluck all.

 

[Psycho Doctor]

No, but my father is a Professor there. Just a note, my acceptance there have nothing to do with my father being there. I do not like to think that I get special consideration just because of a connection or contact. I get in due to my own merit. My father is not even on the admission comittee so no help from him.

Goodluck all.

well then how could you possibly know you'll be accepted there? Without special considerations acceptance to top schools is pretty much a crapshoot. There are many deserving students who are not accepted b/c there just aren't enough spots to go around. I hope if you get in it is on your own merit just like everyone else. Lots of luck.

 

[Psycho Doctor]

There was a poll this morning on which one of us is a greater douche bag or some such horrid term. I was very busy this morning and planned on getting in on the fun, but by the time I could post anything, the thread was rightfully closed by EvoDevo - of whom I have mixed feelings of intense dislike and almost unnatural love. I didn't realize I was so universally loathed. Here I thought I was an angel. You, on the other hand, were seriously lacerated by angry SDN-ers.

Psychodoctor, I feel you should know that I have nothing but something-that-borders-on-passing-interest-to-complete-apathy for you. I am sure that in some culture, that could mean love.

What were people angry at me for considering the fact that i was not on sdn all day yesterday until after 10:30 or 11:00 last night? and actually i really thought i had been totally unopinionated recently. See the problem with people around here is they misunderstand intent since tone and body language can not be well displayed on the internet and therefore the message is almost meaningless; and then no one can ever forgive anyone. Too bad for them that their attacks on me did not serve their intended purpose since i never even saw the thread. alright well thanks for the update, my days are numbered here anyway. it just makes it easier to leave.

 

[Psycho Doctor]

There was a poll this morning on which one of us is a greater douche bag or some such horrid term. I was very busy this morning and planned on getting in on the fun, but by the time I could post anything, the thread was rightfully closed by EvoDevo - of whom I have mixed feelings of intense dislike and almost unnatural love. I didn't realize I was so universally loathed. Here I thought I was an angel. You, on the other hand, were seriously lacerated by angry SDN-ers.

Psychodoctor, I feel you should know that I have nothing but something-that-borders-on-passing-interest-to-complete-apathy for you. I am sure that in some culture, that could mean love.

ok i found it and just for the record:

About the MCAT, I was unprepared for the MCAT and the whole app process since I switched majors/career paths midway through college and in fact most people recommended i wait another year to apply. So please understand my semi-panic at some points. Once I got my act together you have to admit the dramatics diimished so please give me a break and forget it; if you can't forget it, at least forgive it and move on. Immediately after the exam I did freak out for a day or two b/c I took the test under not the ideal conditions. I am not generally so seemingly insecure and can pretty well project how well I did on a test and will certainly admit (though not arrogantly b/c I'm a very modest person). After that I did not even discuss the MCAT and even felt i didn't do so badly after all. I never spoke about it again until people started threads days before anticipating the results.

About the interviews, i did not freak out, I just calmly commented that I still had heard nothing; at times i even qualified it to say i can understand that b/c i am an August MCATer.

I never said I didn't expect to get in anywhere. Whereas i know admissions can be a crapshoot I figured i'd get in somewhere and never expressed worry or concern.

I do not ask for pity ever, and truthfully if you knew some of the things that has happened in my life over the last few years and even things i'm undergoing right now, you'd probably be surprised...not b/c no one else has ever endured it (i know plenty of people have endured far worse) but b/c if i'm someone asking for pity you'd know about these things b/c i'd be constantly asking for pity. (a few of my sdn friends do know and i'm sure they canl attest that i have never asked for pity and in fact don't even talk about it. I have friends who can't understand why i always ask how they are doing even when my problems are worse and refuse to talk about myself..they KNOW i am not asking for pity EVER))

So in conclusion, i just wanted to say people should give others the benefit of the doubt and not jump to conclusions all the time. But hey this is the internet so whatever....

 

[tinkerbelle]

my days are numbered here anyway. it just makes it easier to leave.

awww.. you're leaving sdn psycho? 🙁 Oh well. I probably will too. Now that this process is all done, I'm not as obsessed with checking threads and really only come on to give advice.

You'd better still check your e-mail though 😀 I want to know where you're ending up 😛

 

[Psycho Doctor]

awww.. you're leaving sdn psycho? 🙁 Oh well. I probably will too. Now that this process is all done, I'm not as obsessed with checking threads and really only come on to give advice.

You'd better still check your e-mail though 😀 I want to know where you're ending up 😛

well i'm not quite leaving yet, but do tend to post less and have gone days without posting. And yea i still check e-mail...responding is the problem 😀 And you better let me know where you're going too.

 

[NubianPrincess]

Let's stop all this feuding and fussin' and get back down to some lovin' 😍

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Let's stop all this feuding and fussin' and get back down to some lovin' 😍

You said it sweetheart 👍 😍

 

[GuyLaroche]

well i'm not quite leaving yet, but do tend to post less and have gone days without posting. And yea i still check e-mail...responding is the problem 😀 And you better let me know where you're going too.

Don't leave. I found a culture for which disinterest means love and adopted it. That means I love you psychodoctor. Please stay.