Do I need to explain why Im applying so late?

[Psycho Doctor]

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After reading my PS, someone here asked me why i was applying so late since it appeared that i made the decision to pursue a medical career relatively early. She made a good point. There were several obstacles in my way. However it doesn't fit into my PS without totally redoing it so late and I need to submit by tomorrow, of the latest. Also to me, it sounds like a long list of excuses, althouh i fele legitimate excuses and the truth. Is there somewhere else i can include this, or do i hope to get as far as the interview process and explain it then? I'm really going crazy with this.

Please don't tell me i'm being pathetic and overly dramatic or i'm a loser or some other deragatory name...i'm well aware of all of this but please save the energy and word space to answer my quesiton instead. 😳

 

[Ypo.]

Don't explain why you were late applying. That is not something to include on a personal statement. They won't ask you that in the interview-it won't improve your chances at getting interviewed, and they are not going to through your app out because you turned it in later than other people. I didn't turn my primary in until October last year-you are not that late for crying out loud. You will still get secondaries and interviews-you are at lower advantage for schools that use rolling admissions.

I would not explain why you were applying late because it won't help you, it will only make it look like you are trying to make excuses. If you can fit it in in one line that works with the rest of your app-then its your call, but I wouldn't bother.

As far as I know, schools may ask for a secondary application before they recieve your August MCAT scores, BUT they DON't start reviewing it until they recieve the August MCAT scores, so you aren't that far behind. 🙄

 

[tinkerbelle]

I agree. You don't need to explain why you are applying late. If any of your interviewers are curious (which i doubt), then they can ask you in the interview.

Good luck finishing your PS

 

[Psycho Doctor]

ok thanks. I think maybe people, in their effort to help me, are making me crazier than i already am, and it's not taking much these days to self-doubt and think the race is already over. thanks

 

[Ypo.]

SDN is like crack. At first it makes you feel good and on top of the world, but then you just become more and more addicted to it even as you realize its not good for you and could ruin your life.
Eventually, you get tremors when you aren't logged on for at least 10 hours out of the day, and you become incapable of obtaining solid answers direct from the source (medical schools) - your insecurities feed into your addiction, creating a vicious cycle of withdrawal -feeding addiction.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MAN, GET OFF THE JUICE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!!!!! You DON'T want to turn out like us!!!

 

[Psycho Doctor]

SDN is like crack. At first it makes you feel good and on top of the world, but then you just become more and more addicted to it even as you realize its not good for you and could ruin your life.
Eventually, you get tremors when you aren't logged on for at least 10 hours out of the day, and you become incapable of obtaining solid answers direct from the source (medical schools) - your insecurities feed into your addiction, creating a vicious cycle of withdrawal -feeding addiction.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MAN, GET OFF THE JUICE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!!!!! You DON'T want to turn out like us!!!

haha that was great!!

but i aspire to turn out like all of you!!!

 

[stinkycheese]

June is pretty early.

July is a little early.

August is average.

September is a little late.

October is pretty late.

Get a grip!

 

[Psycho Doctor]

So i have 3 days to get it in under "average"? I can do it!!!! 👍

Why then is everyone telling me i'm so late? Why are so many people saying they are late submitting secondaries when i haven't even submitted my AMCAS? People here are driving me craaaaazy!!!

Thanks for the heads up stinkycheese. 👍

 

[stinkycheese]

So i have 3 days to get it in under "average"? I can do it!!!! 👍

Why then is everyone telling me i'm so late? Why are so many people saying they are late submitting secondaries when i haven't even submitted my AMCAS?

People are talking about being late submitting secondaries probably because they have secondary deadlines or want to get them in asap after receipt to show interest in the school. It's not late to turn in secondaries right now by any means. Most schools have November/December/January deadlines for secondaries, although some do specify that they want them back within two weeks, three weeks, etc.

People here are driving me craaaaazy!!!

Oh, come now. A part of me thinks you enjoy being driven crazy; you enjoy the high drama. You need to get the hysterics under control.

 

[FakeSN4pride]

sdn is crack
im sadly hooked

 

[Code Brown]

So i have 3 days to get it in under "average"? I can do it!!!! 👍

Why then is everyone telling me i'm so late? Why are so many people saying they are late submitting secondaries when i haven't even submitted my AMCAS? People here are driving me craaaaazy!!!

Thanks for the heads up stinkycheese. 👍

It's too late if you have lousy stats as you need to maximize your chances. That's the bottom line. However, if you are competitive (27+/3.5+), you will be fine as long as you get it in before the last minute rush that happens when the August MCAT's are released in October. I was ready, so I submitted early, but September is not too late. Just make sure you get your LORs lined up before hand cause that could screw you up if they take their time.

As for SDN, straight up junkie.

 

[dmk724]

Don't explain why you were late applying. That is not something to include on a personal statement. They won't ask you that in the interview-it won't improve your chances at getting interviewed, and they are not going to through your app out because you turned it in later than other people. I didn't turn my primary in until October last year-you are not that late for crying out loud. You will still get secondaries and interviews-you are at lower advantage for schools that use rolling admissions.

I would not explain why you were applying late because it won't help you, it will only make it look like you are trying to make excuses. If you can fit it in in one line that works with the rest of your app-then its your call, but I wouldn't bother.

*Sigh* I'm the person who told the original poster to explain why he was applying now, and not in June or July. (I did say that he was "relatively late." I did NOT say "hopelessly late.") Anyway, the PS was structured in such a way that it sounded like he'd known that he'd wanted to be a doctor for four years now, but that made me wonder why he'd held off on applying until now. Most people who know that they'd like to be doctors apply very early in the cycle, and I figured that if I was curious, then the admissions committee would be curious as well. However, unlike me, they probably wouldn't bother to find out. Therefore, I felt that there was a chance the they'd think that he was either a slacker or uncertain that he wanted to be a doctor. The contradiction between the timing of his application and his early desire to be a doctor might also bring the sincerity and honesty of his PS into question - did he actually want to be a doctor ever since freshman year, or was he just saying that? Having read his explanation for why he had to wait to apply, I find it to be honest and sincere, and I think that he can explain the relative lateness of his application in 2 sentences or so - it does NOT need a complete overhaul. (I emailed you back, Psycho Doctor, by the way.)

That being said, I think that you should always explain anything that the admissions committee may wonder about. Might as well make your application as transparent as possible. No, August (well, practically September) is not that late. However, considering that he'd known that he wanted to be a doctor for several years now, it just seemed a bit late. For me, I wanted to get my application in before August because I knew that I'd be taking 18 credits. Completing secondaries AND schoolwork became a bit stressful (to the point where I was almost throwing up at night), but some people can juggle both. Plus, if someone's top choice school pre-screens, then earlier is better. But that's just what I felt.

Anyway, just wanted to clarify, and rush to my own defense. 🙂 I wouldn't want people to think that I was some really mean person who enjoyed making people feel anxious and stressed! 😀

 

[Psycho Doctor]

I did not say you were mean or anything else. i actually greatly appreciate your help; I'm just very confused. However I wanted to know people's opinion about including that in my PS since it has nothing to do with my PS and i think it seems forced to include it. Besides most people are saying it's not that late. In additon even if had desired to be a physicain since I was 10, how does that effect whether i submit my application in May or October? it more has to do with what was going on all summer. Someone else please interject your opinion. I feel like i'm further behind in my PS than when i first started it. 🙁

PS: My first draft of my PS took me a half hour to write; subsequent drafts and rewrites have taken me 12 hours or so, and now people are telling me they liked my original one better?????

 

[MadameLULU]

I did not say you were mean or anything else. i actually greatly appreciate your help; I'm just very confused. However I wanted to know people's opinion about including that in my PS since it has nothing to do with my PS and i think it seems forced to include it. Besides most people are saying it's not that late. In additon even if had desired to be a physicain since I was 10, how does that effect whether i submit my application in May or October? it more has to do with what was going on all summer. Someone else please interject your opinion. I feel like i'm further behind in my PS than when i first started it. 🙁

PS: My first draft of my PS took me a half hour to write; subsequent drafts and rewrites have taken me 12 hours or so, and now people are telling me they liked my original one better?????

Your box is full. I don't think you are late. I just submitted mine this morning. Don't write anything about it in your PS. They arent looking at the date you submitted it. If you want me to take a look at your first and last draft, I am more than willing....

 

[Psycho Doctor]

I know my box is full, I don't have time to go thru it. How do i put my e-mail up so people can e-mail me...short of posting it right here?

[email protected]

 

[Psycho Doctor]

It's too late if you have lousy stats as you need to maximize your chances. That's the bottom line. However, if you are competitive (27+/3.5+), you will be fine as long as you get it in before the last minute rush that happens when the August MCAT's are released in October. I was ready, so I submitted early, but September is not too late. Just make sure you get your LORs lined up before hand cause that could screw you up if they take their time.

As for SDN, straight up junkie.

that's why i needed a really good MCAT score; i knew it going into it...but i think i blew it. My GPA is above a 3.5, thankfully. And if I could finalize my 27 drafts of my PS, i intend on getting it in this weekend. And my LOR are written, or so i'm told....

 

[MadameLULU]

I know my box is full, I don't have time to go thru it. How do i put my e-mail up so people can e-mail me...short of posting it right here?

[email protected]

you can also add it to your profile.

 

[Psycho Doctor]

you can also add it to your profile.

i thought i did..and then when i went in to confirm that a week or so ago, i didn't see where to do it...i'm just plain stupid when i'm stressed. 🙁

edit: i just went in now and looked and it appears that my e-mail is in there....

 

[MoosePilot]

It's too late if you have lousy stats as you need to maximize your chances. That's the bottom line. However, if you are competitive (27+/3.5+), you will be fine as long as you get it in before the last minute rush that happens when the August MCAT's are released in October. I was ready, so I submitted early, but September is not too late. Just make sure you get your LORs lined up before hand cause that could screw you up if they take their time.

As for SDN, straight up junkie.

I don't really agree, although he has a point. If your stats were borderline, being early might help. Either way, though, I don't see how applying now is going to hurt you anywhere except schools with rolling admissions. You're in the exact same boat as anyone who took the Aug MCAT as long as you get your application in soon. From now on, be quick with everything, such as secondaries and I don't think you'll have any problems.

If your fear (and I don't say that meanly - applying to medical school is rightly to be feared) keeps causing you to procrastinate, I think you could soon have problems. Right now, though, I think you're fine.

 

[Ypo.]

*Sigh* I'm the person who told the original poster to xplain why he was applying now, and not in June or July. (I did say that he was "relatively late." I did NOT say "hopelessly late.") Anyway, the PS was structured in such a way that it sounded like he'd known that he'd wanted to be a doctor for four years now, but that made me wonder why he'd held off on applying until now. Most people who know that they'd like to be doctors apply very early in the cycle, and I figured that if I was curious, then the admissions committee would be curious as well. However, unlike me, they probably wouldn't bother to find out. Therefore, I felt that there was a chance the they'd think that he was either a slacker or uncertain that he wanted to be a doctor. The contradiction between the timing of his application and his early desire to be a doctor might also bring the sincerity and honesty of his PS into question - did he actually want to be a doctor ever since freshman year, or was he just saying that? Having read his explanation for why he had to wait to apply, I find it to be honest and sincere, and I think that he can explain the relative lateness of his application in 2 sentences or so - it does NOT need a complete overhaul. (I emailed you back, Psycho Doctor, by the way.)

That being said, I think that you should always explain anything that the admissions committee may wonder about. Might as well make your application as transparent as possible. No, August (well, practically September) is not that late. However, considering that he'd known that he wanted to be a doctor for several years now, it just seemed a bit late. For me, I wanted to get my application in before August because I knew that I'd be taking 18 credits. Completing secondaries AND schoolwork became a bit stressful (to the point where I was almost throwing up at night), but some people can juggle both. Plus, if someone's top choice school pre-screens, then earlier is better. But that's just what I felt.
😀

Yes, but you don't want to waste valuable space in your personal statement calling attention to the fact that you were applying 'late'-this only causes you to shoot yourself in the foot twice. Not to mention it will be boring to read, probably sound whiny, and no matter what you say-there is nothing that will sound good. "Oh, I didn't know it was important to get my application in early" or "well, I didn't decide until just two days ago that I really want to be a doctor-but I'm positive that I'm ready for a life-long commitment to medicine" 🙄

Psycho, if they ask about it in the interview (or if you are neurotically worried about it, you can slip this in)-just be honest-say you had no time for anything but to focus on the MCAT-that you realize now that waiting to apply may hve decreased your acceptance chances-but that you've learned from it and would do it differently next time.

It's all about turning a negative into a positive and being confident in your self.

 

[MoosePilot]

Psycho, if they ask about it in the interview (or if you are neurotically worried about it, you can slip this in)-just be honest-say you had no time for anything but to focus on the MCAT-that you realize now that waiting to apply may hve decreased your acceptance chances-but that you've learned from it and would do it differently next time.

It's all about turning a negative into a positive and being confident in your self.

Only use this reason if your MCAT score rocks. You don't want to say you put off your app to focus on your MCAT if your MCAT is bad, in my opinion.

 

[Psycho Doctor]

I don't really agree, although he has a point. If your stats were borderline, being early might help. Either way, though, I don't see how applying now is going to hurt you anywhere except schools with rolling admissions. You're in the exact same boat as anyone who took the Aug MCAT as long as you get your application in soon. From now on, be quick with everything, such as secondaries and I don't think you'll have any problems.

If your fear (and I don't say that meanly - applying to medical school is rightly to be feared) keeps causing you to procrastinate, I think you could soon have problems. Right now, though, I think you're fine.

if that is directed to me, i am traditionally a procrastinator but ALWAYS make my deadlines. My app will be done this weekend and my secondaris will be done the day after I receive them, well at least by the deadlines...

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Psycho, if they ask about it in the interview (or if you are neurotically worried about it, you can slip this in)-just be honest-say you had no time for anything but to focus on the MCAT-that you realize now that waiting to apply may hve decreased your acceptance chances-but that you've learned from it and would do it differently next time.

It's all about turning a negative into a positive and being confident in your self.

i hope there is no next time....

 

[RustNeverSleeps]

Definitely do not offer any type of explanation for your application being "late" in your essay. First, I don't think that your application is that late -- it's still August. Second, giving an explanation will only call attention to when your application was submitted, perhaps making someone on the Admission Committee think that you procrastinated when they may not have thought that before. I think you have little to gain and more to lose by including reasons justifying when your application was submitted.

Just in case you're curious, I am somewhat qualified to give you advice in this area. 🙂 I didn't submit my AMCAS until November or so, and then did not submit any of my secondaries until the day that they were due. I was never once asked about why I had turned everything in as late as I did, even though I, like you, had written about wanting to be a doctor for a long time in my personal statement. I got into good schools, too, so submitting my application late and not explaining why definitely did not seem to hurt me.

Good luck!

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Definitely do not offer any type of explanation for your application being "late" in your essay. First, I don't think that your application is that late -- it's still August. Second, giving an explanation will only call attention to when your application was submitted, perhaps making someone on the Admission Committee think that you procrastinated when they may not have thought that before. I think you have little to gain and more to lose by including reasons justifying when your application was submitted.

Just in case you're curious, I am somewhat qualified to give you advice in this area. 🙂 I didn't submit my AMCAS until November or so, and then did not submit any of my secondaries until the day that they were due. I was never once asked about why I had turned everything in as late as I did, even though I, like you, had written about wanting to be a doctor for a long time in my personal statement. I got into good schools, too, so submitting my application late and not explaining why definitely did not seem to hurt me.

Good luck!

wow, awesome!! but you must have had super stellar stats!!!

 

[Ypo.]

Only use this reason if your MCAT score rocks. You don't want to say you put off your app to focus on your MCAT if your MCAT is bad, in my opinion.

I'm against him mentioning it at all, even if he is neurotically worried about it. Even if his score rocks, it will still make him look lame. How many people were able to focus on their secondary and get high or average scores on the MCAT? The answer is, a lot.

If he was applying Nov. 30th-it might warrant an explanation-like maybe a family member died-thats the only good excuse I can think of. Otherwise, don't mention it! Please listen to stink cheese-she is so right about her timeline of lateness.

 

[Ypo.]

if that is directed to me, i am traditionally a procrastinator but ALWAYS make my deadlines. My app will be done this weekend and my secondaris will be done the day after I receive them, well at least by the deadlines...

P.S. Psycho-I posted this elsewhere for you but I'm going to post it here again to make sure you don't miss it, because I don't think you are getting the point.

Psycho-for the last ***-****** time, please, try to read these words and let them sink in- IF YOU SUBMIT YOUR PRIMARY APPLICATION IN OCTOBER, IT IS CONSIDERED LATE AS FAR AS MAXIMIZING YOUR ADMISSIONS CHANCES, BUT IT IS STILL WITHIN THE DEADLINE FOR MOST SCHOOLS. Submitting secondaries in October is FINE.

You also need to realize that just getting things in by the deadline doesn't cut it for medical school. It makes them think you are not that interested in their school- and you are getting cut to the chase by other people who don't procrastinate and get theirs in early.

Now, quit wasting your time trying to get your insecurities reassured on SDN, get your primary application in, and quit bothering everyone about this. 😡

 

[stinkycheese]

This entire thread is silly. Its silly to post about late apps in August when the deadline is October. Its silly to argue with people who post to try to help you. Its silly to go into hysterics all the time. Silly. Stop.

 

[dandelion]

PsychoD, if it makes you feel any better, I submitted my AMCAS application last week & just experienced the fastest processing time ever! Submitted on 9/21, processed the morning of 9/27. That's FOUR business days. From what I've been hearing, AMCAS has been unusually fast this year processing applications. Other years, the big disadvantage applying in August was that AMCAS would be backlogged with applications by then; people would wait up to six weeks before their applications were processed and trasmitted to schools. Not so this year.

Um, maybe fewer people are applying?

 

[Psycho Doctor]

P.S. Psycho-I posted this elsewhere for you but I'm going to post it here again to make sure you don't miss it, because I don't think you are getting the point.

Psycho-for the last ***-****** time, please, try to read these words and let them sink in- IF YOU SUBMIT YOUR PRIMARY APPLICATION IN OCTOBER, IT IS CONSIDERED LATE AS FAR AS MAXIMIZING YOUR ADMISSIONS CHANCES, BUT IT IS STILL WITHIN THE DEADLINE FOR MOST SCHOOLS. Submitting secondaries in October is FINE.

You also need to realize that just getting things in by the deadline doesn't cut it for medical school. It makes them think you are not that interested in their school- and you are getting cut to the chase by other people who don't procrastinate and get theirs in early.

Now, quit wasting your time trying to get your insecurities reassured on SDN, get your primary application in, and quit bothering everyone about this. 😡

why are you geting so pissed off? My app will be sent in tonite, hopefully, but of the latest before August is over. My secondaries will be submitted as soon as I receive them, don't they want them back like the next day? i have traditionally been a procrastinator but never about anything important, and it's never gotten me in any trouble other than having to pull all-nighters...and i'm prepared to do that for my AMCAS as well as everyone of my secondaries if necessary. No school will think I'm not intereste din them. Hey I got off to a slow start; i know that....i had a bad second half of last semester due to extenuating circumstances...out of my control. I then too two semesters of organic ove rthe summer when i was just starting to study for the MCAT, so yea, i'm just getting to the apps after the MCAT.

 

[MoosePilot]

why are you geting so pissed off? My app will be sent in tonite, hopefully, but of the latest before August is over. My secondaries will be submitted as soon as I receive them, don't they want them back like the next day? i have traditionally been a procrastinator but never about anything important, and it's never gotten me in any trouble other than having to pull all-nighters...and i'm prepared to do that for my AMCAS as well as everyone of my secondaries if necessary. No school will think I'm not intereste din them. Hey I got off to a slow start; i know that....i had a bad second half of last semester due to extenuating circumstances...out of my control. I then too two semesters of organic ove rthe summer when i was just starting to study for the MCAT, so yea, i'm just getting to the apps after the MCAT.

Secondaries don't have to go in the next day. Some of them have pretty involved essay questions. Unless you start on them before hand (which you can do sometimes) then turning them in the next day would be doing your essays a disservice.

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Secondaries don't have to go in the next day. Some of them have pretty involved essay questions. Unless you start on them before hand (which you can do sometimes) then turning them in the next day would be doing your essays a disservice.

Yea, I'm sure you're right; well i hope to get started on some of the essays before i get the secondaries and i figure you can cut and paste portions of the essays from one school and use it for another, no? After the first couple i imagine it gets easier.

 

[Ypo.]

why are you geting so pissed off?

Hmmm...I wonder 🙄

My app will be sent in tonite, hopefully, but of the latest before August is over. My secondaries will be submitted as soon as I receive them, don't they want them back like the next day? i have traditionally been a procrastinator but never about anything important, and it's never gotten me in any trouble other than having to pull all-nighters...and i'm prepared to do that for my AMCAS as well as everyone of my secondaries if necessary. No school will think I'm not intereste din them. Hey I got off to a slow start; i know that....i had a bad second half of last semester due to extenuating circumstances...out of my control. I then too two semesters of organic ove rthe summer when i was just starting to study for the MCAT, so yea, i'm just getting to the apps after the MCAT.

You miss the point, again! Look, no one cares, we were just trying to help you - you must be hiding some passive aggression behind all that self-deprecating behavior, or else why would you be arguing with those who are trying to help you? I'm not knocking you-and you don't have to explain to me the fact that you are submitting your application in August ( ).

You didn't even understand that the school deadlines are referring to the date you need to submit your primary application by although you were told that over and over again.

You just want to hear that you are OK, but after awhile, that becomes tiring to the rest of us. Especially when you don't listen to anything you don't want to hear.
So, here is what you want to hear- you are great; you are normal; admissions committees are going to love you; you are doing everything the right way; there is nothing that I'd like to do better with my own time than reassure your fears and get nothing in return.

Actually you remind me of this other poster who was constantly asking questions about his own problems, but never was concerned about any one else's. His SDN initials were P.W.K. He is now in medical school after much whining, so maybe it will work for you, too.

Luv ya 😍 but I'm bored with this.

Out.

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Hmmm...I wonder 🙄




You miss the point, again! Look, no one cares, we were just trying to help you - you must be hiding some passive aggression behind all that self-deprecating behavior, or else why would you be arguing with those who are trying to help you? I'm not knocking you-and you don't have to explain to me the fact that you are submitting your application in August ( ).

You didn't even understand that the school deadlines are referring to the date you need to submit your primary application by although you were told that over and over again.

You just want to hear that you are OK, but after awhile, that becomes tiring to the rest of us. Especially when you don't listen to anything you don't want to hear.
So, here is what you want to hear- you are great; you are normal; admissions committees are going to love you; you are doing everything the right way; there is nothing that I'd like to do better with my own time than reassure your fears and get nothing in return.

Actually you remind me of this other poster who was constantly asking questions about his own problems, but never was concerned about any one else's. His SDN initials were P.W.K. He is now in medical school after much whining, so maybe it will work for you, too.

Luv ya 😍 but I'm bored with this.

Out.

What do you mean, i miss the point??? I know the deadlines are for the primaries but people keep telling me that I'm late...i didn't think i was really late, just that i'm losing any advantage of rolling admissions...i am NOT missing any point!!! I know people are trying to help me...and I greatly appreciate it, do you really think i would come back here if i didn't think you people are the nicest, most considerate, most helpful people around??? i do think you are the greatest and mos tuseful for this process, and you've helped me infinitely. I am so sorry if i did not adequately express my appreciation, and I truly mean this from the bottom of my heart.

and i didn't think i was argumentative, sorry if i came across that way; if you knew me in real life you'd know i wouldn't hurt a flea..i am so non-agressive and non argumentative you wouldn't believe it....

sorry i turn into a stupid, self-centered prick when i am overwhelmed and stressed; i could say i'm sorry and ask you to forgive me but you'd probably not think i was sincere, even though i really am...

whenever possiblre, i HAVE tried to help people, but honestly i'm not very useful as most of you are ahead of me in the process...i really am a caring and helpful person in real life and i'll try to be better about it here...i'm really sorry

 

[MoosePilot]

I don't think anyone thinks you're mean, you just come off as somewhat needy to some of us. I've gotten to know you a bit, but you know how impressions on the internet are.

It's cool. Get into med school and you can be super helpful to those of us that are in the app process again next year 😀

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Ok, thanks, and ye i 'm sure i do often come across as needy b/c when i get overwhelmed i panic and ask for help; i rarely do that in real life, but it's easier on the internet

and yea i'll come back to help next year...assuming i get in somewhere..otherwise my advice might be useless

 

[Ypo.]

What do you mean, i miss the point??? I know the deadlines are for the primaries but people keep telling me that I'm late...i didn't think i was really late, just that i'm losing any advantage of rolling admissions...i am NOT missing any point!!! I know people are trying to help me...and I greatly appreciate it, do you really think i would come back here if i didn't think you people are the nicest, most considerate, most helpful people around??? i do think you are the greatest and mos tuseful for this process, and you've helped me infinitely. I am so sorry if i did not adequately express my appreciation, and I truly mean this from the bottom of my heart.

and i didn't think i was argumentative, sorry if i came across that way; if you knew me in real life you'd know i wouldn't hurt a flea..i am so non-agressive and non argumentative you wouldn't believe it....

sorry i turn into a stupid, self-centered prick when i am overwhelmed and stressed; i could say i'm sorry and ask you to forgive me but you'd probably not think i was sincere, even though i really am...

whenever possiblre, i HAVE tried to help people, but honestly i'm not very useful as most of you are ahead of me in the process...i really am a caring and helpful person in real life and i'll try to be better about it here...i'm really sorry

Awww...How could I stay mad at someone who writes something like this?
*runs away in shame*

 

[LauraMac]

i've had links to secondaries sitting in my email inbox for weeks, and the only ones i've submitted so far are ones with deadlines cause i'm a HUGE procrastinator. for some reason, i'm not too worried about it. i can't imagine that schools would really think you aren't interested just cause you didn't apply the very first day you could. you're putting yourself at a SLIGHT disadvantage cause other people's apps will get looked at first, but that is the only problem. i don't think the actual schools are going to think you are a procrastinator or that you don't really like their school. just get your stuff in now and keep on top of it, and you should be fine.

-laura

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Awww...How could I stay mad at someone who writes something like this?
*runs away in shame*

thanks 😍

 

[Psycho Doctor]

I'm against him mentioning it at all, even if he is neurotically worried about it. Even if his score rocks, it will still make him look lame. How many people were able to focus on their secondary and get high or average scores on the MCAT? The answer is, a lot.

If he was applying Nov. 30th-it might warrant an explanation-like maybe a family member died-thats the only good excuse I can think of. Otherwise, don't mention it! Please listen to stink cheese-she is so right about her timeline of lateness.

I agree 100%