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They haven’t even looked at them yet.You know you're not going to like your future classmates just by looking at them?
If something this trival is giving you second doubts, I suggest that you give up your acceptance to someone who really wants to be a doctor.I am extremely grateful to have been accepted to a medical school through early decision. I have average stats and didn’t want to go through the agony of waiting, so I applied early. I just keep kind of regretting it because I don’t like my home state much at all. After four years at a state undergrad I wanted to leave. My undergrad at least had more diversity than the med school which is 80% white. Most of my friends are leaving the state after graduation.
On the other hand I will have cheaper tuition and the school is great. I really love the school it’s just the diversity and location that bring me down. Has anyone else experienced these thoughts (but hopefully gone on to have a good experience?)
I feel like most med schools are 80% white (or overepresented race). As for diversity in your circle just make sure to befriend the (maybe few?) people of diverse racial, socioeconomic backgrounds.
Regarding your state, even the smallest ones have dozens of thousands residents, most have multiple millions.
I don’t want to belittle your regrets at all. But keep in mind that there are strong applicants refreshing their emails to see what the final verdict from their one interview is and making contingency plans for an unexpected gap year. You’re going to be a doctor (at what seems to be a favorable rate) and just make sure you surround yourself with the people you want to be around. Med school isn’t forever. Just makes sure you don’t make any mistakes you think you made regarding location when it’s time for residency apps. You got this.