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Now that tons of acceptances are rolling in, and from the looks of the count down threads, there is no rhyme or reason to why certain schools chose to show no love for some of their most well qualified, most enthusiastic applicants, I wonder: Do these admissions committees really know what's best for us?
They tell us exactly what they look for in a medical student, then turn right around and seem to defy these criteria. My own personal experience: I didn't even get an interview at my own personal dream school. It wasn't a top 10 school. I honestly thought I fit exactly what they were looking for, but I guess maybe not.
Meanwhile, I've been accepted to one big name school, the only USNews "Top 20" that interviewed me, a school that really emphasizes that it chooses students who it feels will best fit . . . the only problem is, I don't really see it. I am in some ways the opposite of what I thought they wanted.
After all of the reflection I've done to write my personal statement and tons of secondary essays, I really thought I knew myself. But maybe these adcoms see right through me, see things about me I didn't even know? Is this possible?
The Adcoms mainly consist of people who were med students at one time, who now probably interact with lots of them on a daily basis. The images we have of ourselves are based on experiences as undergrads and employees, but not necessarily as medical students. So maybe they do know, better than we could at this stage, who's going to be best for their school.
Anyone have any thoughts? I'm just trying to make sense of all this insanity.
My personal philosophy: the adcoms at these schools are populated by the baby-boomer generation, who've watched "The Big Chill" one too many times and consequently now live by the mantra: "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need." So, they systematically, and sadistically deny us all what we want!!
They tell us exactly what they look for in a medical student, then turn right around and seem to defy these criteria. My own personal experience: I didn't even get an interview at my own personal dream school. It wasn't a top 10 school. I honestly thought I fit exactly what they were looking for, but I guess maybe not.
Meanwhile, I've been accepted to one big name school, the only USNews "Top 20" that interviewed me, a school that really emphasizes that it chooses students who it feels will best fit . . . the only problem is, I don't really see it. I am in some ways the opposite of what I thought they wanted.
After all of the reflection I've done to write my personal statement and tons of secondary essays, I really thought I knew myself. But maybe these adcoms see right through me, see things about me I didn't even know? Is this possible?
The Adcoms mainly consist of people who were med students at one time, who now probably interact with lots of them on a daily basis. The images we have of ourselves are based on experiences as undergrads and employees, but not necessarily as medical students. So maybe they do know, better than we could at this stage, who's going to be best for their school.
Anyone have any thoughts? I'm just trying to make sense of all this insanity.
My personal philosophy: the adcoms at these schools are populated by the baby-boomer generation, who've watched "The Big Chill" one too many times and consequently now live by the mantra: "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need." So, they systematically, and sadistically deny us all what we want!!
