Disappointed about App Cycle (Acceptances, WL, and Re-applying)

[NewHorizons]

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I hope you're right, but I've seen enough students who haven't learned that "right time and place" lesson that I'm willing to believe this is real. Like the THIRD-YEAR student who blurted out as I began to ultrasound a patient, "So if the baby is dead, what would you use to induce labor?"

Wow did that actually happen? If I didn't believe there are idiots in medicine I really do now.

 

[summergirl]

In case anyone is still reading, here is a post I read a year ago that really came to mind when I was reading this thread (post #326 by MathToMed): http://forums.premed101.com/index.php?/topic/41062-success-stories-non-trad-style/page-17
It is one of the most memorable things I have ever read.

Edit: MathToMed was applying to Canadian schools as a Canadian applicant, so that's why the GPA standard is a bit different than what you typically see in the US, and there's no option to do DO schools in Canada.

 

[occams_razor]

I hope you're right, but I've seen enough students who haven't learned that "right time and place" lesson that I'm willing to believe this is real. Like the THIRD-YEAR student who blurted out as I began to ultrasound a patient, "So if the baby is dead, what would you use to induce labor?"

wow that's bad..

 

[NewHorizons]

In case anyone is still reading, here is a post I read a year ago that really came to mind when I was reading this thread (post #326 by MathToMed): http://forums.premed101.com/index.php?/topic/41062-success-stories-non-trad-style/page-17
It is one of the most memorable things I have ever read.

Edit: MathToMed was applying to Canadian schools as a Canadian applicant, so that's why the GPA standard is a bit different than what you typically see in the US, and there's no option to do DO schools in Canada.

Yes I remember this a while back. It was truly an inspirational read no matter who looks at it.

 

[hopefulERdoc251]

I really do hope that you joined SDN way back in 2009 to build your posts up, act as a legitimate applicant this year, just to pull off the biggest troll post that SDN has yet to see. If so, 10/10 troll job.

 

[Citygirl44]

Wow, did this go left or what?

 

[piii]

In case anyone is still reading, here is a post I read a year ago that really came to mind when I was reading this thread (post #326 by MathToMed): http://forums.premed101.com/index.php?/topic/41062-success-stories-non-trad-style/page-17
It is one of the most memorable things I have ever read.

Edit: MathToMed was applying to Canadian schools as a Canadian applicant, so that's why the GPA standard is a bit different than what you typically see in the US, and there's no option to do DO schools in Canada.

tl;dr?

 

[el_duderino]

I honestly, truly think you should turn down the acceptances and reapply next year.

 

[lyana]

Sometimes it's really good to keep your thoughts to yourself, just saying OP.
Why is this thread still open?

 

[Wolfpack93]

In case anyone is still reading, here is a post I read a year ago that really came to mind when I was reading this thread (post #326 by MathToMed): http://forums.premed101.com/index.php?/topic/41062-success-stories-non-trad-style/page-17
It is one of the most memorable things I have ever read.

Edit: MathToMed was applying to Canadian schools as a Canadian applicant, so that's why the GPA standard is a bit different than what you typically see in the US, and there's no option to do DO schools in Canada.

That gave me chills.

 

[summergirl]

tl;dr?

I can't paraphrase the emotions in his post.

 

[Sailor Senshi Dermystify]

Okay, I'll bite. I'm not quite understanding what you mean that you were disappointed. Do you mean that there is some specific school that you applied to that was your first choice that didn't accept you? Or do you mean that one of the schools that accepted you is your favorite, but you just wish you had more acceptances?

If it's the former, okay, but saying that on a public internet forum was probably not the wisest choice. The vast majority of people on this forum did not do as well in this cycle as you did, and they really don't want to hear complaints from people who had an extremely successful cycle about how those people wish they had been even more successful. It's perfectly fine to feel that way in your own head, but those feelings are probably best expressed only to family and friends and not to a bunch of people who did not do as well. I'm not saying your feelings are invalid, just that you should be more selective about who you express them to. To use your example of an Olympic athlete, the guy who takes fifth in the race doesn't turn to the guy who took eighth and say: "This is so sad. I feel so upset," because he knows that the guy who took eighth with be saying: "You think you're disappointed? What about me? I did even worse."

If it's the latter, that's just silly. You can only go to one place. If the one you wanted most accepted you, it doesn't matter if any of the other ones did because you will be attending your first choice school. To wish for a bunch more acceptances on top of that is to wish for something you have no use for, and that is not an admirable thing.

The former.

 

[xc_stallion92]

tl;dr?

Just read it. It's worth it. I really hope OP takes a look at it as well.

 

[lyana]

In case anyone is still reading, here is a post I read a year ago that really came to mind when I was reading this thread (post #326 by MathToMed): http://forums.premed101.com/index.php?/topic/41062-success-stories-non-trad-style/page-17
It is one of the most memorable things I have ever read.

Edit: MathToMed was applying to Canadian schools as a Canadian applicant, so that's why the GPA standard is a bit different than what you typically see in the US, and there's no option to do DO schools in Canada.

Hey, thanks for sharing it! Of course I needed tissues after reading this lol

 

[Sailor Senshi Dermystify]

In case anyone is still reading, here is a post I read a year ago that really came to mind when I was reading this thread (post #326 by MathToMed): http://forums.premed101.com/index.php?/topic/41062-success-stories-non-trad-style/page-17
It is one of the most memorable things I have ever read.

Edit: MathToMed was applying to Canadian schools as a Canadian applicant, so that's why the GPA standard is a bit different than what you typically see in the US, and there's no option to do DO schools in Canada.

This was a good read! I have nothing to say.

 

[dougy]

In case anyone is still reading, here is a post I read a year ago that really came to mind when I was reading this thread (post #326 by MathToMed): http://forums.premed101.com/index.php?/topic/41062-success-stories-non-trad-style/page-17
It is one of the most memorable things I have ever read.

Edit: MathToMed was applying to Canadian schools as a Canadian applicant, so that's why the GPA standard is a bit different than what you typically see in the US, and there's no option to do DO schools in Canada.

good read, txs for sharing it

 

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