For those with an A, what's next to look forward to, obsess over?

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I congratulate everyone on here who has heard back that they have been accepted! What a wonderful feeling and release of pressure that must be? So for you folks, what's the next thing you're waiting on? After all that suspense, what's next to look forward to, obsess over? Getting more acceptances? Financial Aid and scholarships?
 
Currently obsessing over if my girlfriend and I can hopefully either stay close together or go to the same professional school. She is going for vet and she will either be at my program or a program that is around 4 hours away. I am also waiting to hear from a school that is only 1 hour away from the program that is 4 hours away from where I have already gotten accepted (sorry if that is confusing lol). We are really hoping it works out cause we do not want to do the distance thing.
 
Now I've moved on to freaking out over which school to attend, whether I'll be able to find a rental that will take my two giant dogs or if I'll have to buy, and getting the townhouse I live in now ready to sell. Deep breaths.
 
Financial aid packet although realistically that’ll more than likely be disappointing lol so I’m mostly just looking forward to my bp dropping to a reasonable level now that I’m not constantly stressed about if I’ll have to take another gap year
 
Planning finances so I can take a few months off and prepare for any moving expenses
 
Stressing bc I cant choose between schools (which is a good stress?). Hoping I get into my top choice to bail me out.
 
While not obsessing (actually the opposite lol), trying to convince myself to get out of bed for a gap year job that is testing my patience. It has been well received in interviews/taught me some quality lessons so I tell myself its worth it lmao
 
Worrying about whether or not I'll get into my top choice school that I interviewed at super early. It's also the only school that has offered me an interview in the city my SO will be going to for her job. Made the mistake of looking at previous years threads and the anxiety has only gotten worse 🙁
 
789631240 said:
Worrying about whether or not I'll get into my top choice school that I interviewed at super early. It's also the only school that has offered me an interview in the city my SO will be going to for her job. Made the mistake of looking at previous years threads and the anxiety has only gotten worse 🙁
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feelssssss.... I hope it works out! Go in confident and with a smile, you'll be gucci

edit: life has a funny way of working out
 
openstage said:
I congratulate everyone on here who has heard back that they have been accepted! What a wonderful feeling and release of pressure that must be? So for you folks, what's the next thing you're waiting on? After all that suspense, what's next to look forward to, obsess over? Getting more acceptances? Financial Aid and scholarships?
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higher-ranked As with a lil WL finessing
 
  1. Making sure I pass the background check (I literally don't even have a speeding ticket, I'm just irrationally worried)
  2. Internalizing the fear that they could rescind the offer at any time
  3. Trying to figure out how to pay for med school/ paying off the CCs before school starts
  4. Finishing all my research projects before I start. There's no way I'm going to be able to rework my publications after I leave and I want them out.
  5. Trying to become the person I built up in my application.
  6. Trying not to think about the academic rigor of med school and how it's been almost 8 years since I graduated undergrad.
Other than that, taking some art, art history, and language classes for fun.
 
Hoping that I get an II/A somewhere closer to where my girlfriend works. Finding a job (that can pay my student loan servicer) in the city she works in in the mean time. Trying to abate generalized anxiety.
 
I appreciate this thread lol.
1. Saving money, trying to navigate financial aid, etc
2. Trying to get into the best shape of my life before matriculation
3. Helping my boyfriend get his PA school application ready for next cycle lmao
4. Trying to finagle going on a big holiday before matriculation
5. Deciding whether to cut my loses at all the other schools I haven’t heard back from at this point
But really we should all just relax and enjoy the next 6-7 months before starting med school. Congrats y’all!
 
gonnif said:
Dont forget to obsess over any risks to having acceptance being rescinded: several years ago someone was celebrating their acceptance fueled by too much C2H5-OH in aqueous solution and got a DUI and was subsequently SOL. Believe he became an IMG
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I had not. I was initially more worried about non-existent past issues magically appearing on my background check and less worried about future issues since I can at least control them. However, now I will worry about both.
 
gonnif said:
Dont forget to obsess over any risks to having acceptance being rescinded: several years ago someone was celebrating their acceptance fueled by too much C2H5-OH in aqueous solution and got a DUI and was subsequently SOL. Believe he became an IMG
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Life in the big city.
 
gonnif said:
Just to add to your fun, schools continue to verify, review and audit applications even after you matriculate. Often this is done for:
-additional screening required associated clinical sites (which are separate institutions)
-due diligence required by general counsel for large health systems which never want a student to become an embarrassment thus impacting marketing and branding of their name
-Internal audit and/or re-accreditation by LCME to see that accredited admissions standards were followed.

Schools can rescind your acceptance up thru your degree being awarded and apparently after or at least I have seen in one case, both of which have been held up in court
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Even though I haven’t done anything wrong, my anxiety is now THROUGH THE ROOF 🙂
 
gonnif said:
apparently after or at least I have seen in one case, both of which have been held up in court
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Actually now that I think of it, I do know a case where a guy did not mention he had charges (CC fraud) and got away with it for a long time before it finally caught up to him. He went to a US medical school, matched in FM, and did a fellowship in surgery before the licensing board found the charge. Once they found out they revoked his license on the grounds of failure to disclose and banned him from reapplying in a few states. He settled on teaching at a local community college. Just a good reminder to disclose everything cause it will eventually get out I guess.
 
SaraTonin_15 said:
  1. Making sure I pass the background check (I literally don't even have a speeding ticket, I'm just irrationally worried)
  2. Internalizing the fear that they could rescind the offer at any time
  3. Trying to figure out how to pay for med school/ paying off the CCs before school starts
  4. Finishing all my research projects before I start. There's no way I'm going to be able to rework my publications after I leave and I want them out.
  5. Trying to become the person I built up in my application.
  6. Trying not to think about the academic rigor of med school and how it's been almost 8 years since I graduated undergrad.
Other than that, taking some art, art history, and language classes for fun.
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I definitely feel you on #1 except I have one speeding ticket and just afraid if that’s going to show up on my background check


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pinkunicorn97 said:
I definitely feel you on #1 except I have one speeding ticket and just afraid if that’s going to show up on my background check


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It wouldn't matter even if it does show up. if you haven't done anything so egregiously bad that it would cause an adcom to question your ability to act morally/ethically then the cbc is a formality.
 
pinkunicorn97 said:
I definitely feel you on #1 except I have one speeding ticket and just afraid if that’s going to show up on my background check
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people don’t care about simple speeding misdemeanors. I have 3 traffic related misdemeanors/petty misdemeanors and it hasn’t even come up in an interview. Don’t worry about it.
 
When you get to MS4, you get to fire up the old AAMC website and play this whole game over again!

AMCAS and ERAS use the same portal and you use the same login credentials for both, so be sure to remember your AMCAS password for 2024
 
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