Dealing with regrets

[uphillBattle]

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Hindsight is 20/20. I know that had I applied my work ethic from Junior/Senior year of college to Freshman/Sophomore year, I would have destroyed college. Simple as that.

That statement summarizes the biggest regret of my life - not being serious in the beginning and blowing a very strong lead I built since high school.

I know for a fact that there are many others like me on this site.

I want to know, how do you people deal with such regrets?

 

[DrOMG]

Realize that there is no point wallowing on something you can't change, continue on your dominant path, destroy your MCAT, get into an awesome school, and dominate your medical career all the way to a toasty retirement. Upward trend for the win.

 

[Oxygen206]

Upward trend for the win.

👍

I had a sh*tty early GPA, and it made me very regretful and insanely anxious -- but my upward trend absolutely saved me. One of my interviewers told me that he was extremely impressed with my later years in college, and he had never seen someone make a 180 like that before. He also told me that was the main reason he chose to interview me. Later I was accepted. Things have a way of working themselves out if you're patient and work your ass off.

 

[DrOMG]

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I had a sh*tty early GPA, and it made me very regretful and insanely anxious -- but my upward trend absolutely saved me. One of my interviewers told me that he was extremely impressed with my later years in college, and he had never seen someone make a 180 like that before. He also told me that was the main reason he chose to interview me. Later I was accepted. Things have a way of working themselves out if you're patient and work your ass off.

Off topic but welcome to VA Beach Oxygen

 

[Oxygen206]

Off topic but welcome to VA Beach Oxygen

😀 Thank you! I'm super excited to leave this frozen wasteland and finally get some vitamin D!!!

 

[mmmcdowe]

Hindsight is 20/20. I know that had I applied my work ethic from Junior/Senior year of college to Freshman/Sophomore year, I would have destroyed college. Simple as that.

That statement summarizes the biggest regret of my life - not being serious in the beginning and blowing a very strong lead I built since high school.

I know for a fact that there are many others like me on this site.

I want to know, how do you people deal with such regrets?

You deal with regrets by making better choices and crushing things in the future like you wished you had crushed them in the past. You are at most 1/3 of the way done with your training (I'm counting pre-med as part of medical training), plenty of time to make up for past mistakes.

 

[OREdwardsJR]

I just try to forget/ignore it... The fact that I wasted years and money slips back into the forefront of my mind here and there but as someone said there's no reason to wallow in shame for something you cannot change.


SDN also makes me realize that I, and you, are not that different. Many people struggle early on but get it right as they mature and become focused.

 

[gatorade848]

i had 3.3 gpa 33 mcat yet still managed to land 3 MD interviews and 2 acceptances first time applying... not a urm and there is no doubt my high upward curve from junior to senior year literally got me into med school. the key thing is to just forget about it and keep going, otherwise you will lose track of your goals and end up in a never ending cycle; I came to this country kinda late and it obviously affected my social/academic skills. so during hs I was busy regretting/angry at how life treated me unfairly, why I couldnt be more "natural" at things like native americans and it affected my grades for college. In college during the first two years I was obsessing over how I couldve gone to ivy league instead of a top 20 and it ended up costing me my grades and social life.

After realizing this I just buried my head and keep going at it until I got my grades back, but it was too late to do anything about social life... I wasnt anti social, I just realized I could have done so much more in college. so for med school I am going in with an open mind; I am gonna do nothing but study hard and party hard. I am gonna get those high grades and take advantage of all the social opportunities. I am not gonna think about why I am at a top30 medical school instead of top10. I probably cant be social and studying all the time but I will try my best to maintain a healthy balance of both. you just cant dwell on the past, or else it will affect the present and your future, and then the cycle continues

 

[Oxygen206]

i had 3.3 gpa 33 mcat yet still managed to land 3 MD interviews and 2 acceptances first time applying

I big congrats to you! And hopefully some inspiration to others of us with less-than-perfect GPAs.

I am gonna do nothing but study hard and party hard.

😍 Love it. I was the same way -- missed out on so many good social times. School should really be the best time of your life

 

[brandonh4]

First world problems. Just move forward with your life, and quit being a pansy.

 

[kpcrew]

😀 Thank you! I'm super excited to leave this frozen wasteland and finally get some vitamin D!!!

judging by your profile pic, it looks like you need some
also maybe a razor

 

[sinuous sausage]

I just tell myself I'm gonna die anyway