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congratulations to all of those who've been accepted! i know you worked hard and deserved it! 👍 but, and please don't flame me here, can we just have a thread to outright b*tch and worry without the subtleties?

i'll go first and get it out of my system: i just keep thinking about the last few years of my life busting my ass, trying to become a good applicant and patching up any holes in my transcripts, and yet... nothing. nothing. nothing. i've either been waitlisted (hah, some luck there) or they haven't even reviewed my application yet. and applications are personal -- don't say they aren't because your life story (or most of it) is on that paper, and they meet you in person. i am frustrated and worried. and it's beginning to affect my preparation for my next (and final?) interview.

i keep trying to keep the candle of hope burning, and right now i'm about to let it burn down the wick and burn down the house. yeah, i guess i'm being melodramatic today.

 

[LT2]

hey joonie-

i know things can be tough but keep your head up. waitlists are definitely better than rejections, and for the schools who haven't reviewed things yet, no news is normally good news. some schools take forever (trust me, i know as anyone who has interviewed at drexel knows) but often times good news comes out of it. also, as a california resident, things are tough when it feels like you're applying to schools that will take in state residents over you. i don't know what else to tell you but keep your chin up and don't ever give up. also, stay active with your applications. follow up with schools you haven't heard from and write update letters to the schools you're waiting to hear from. i wish you the best in this long, frustrating process!

 

[red dot]

aww, thanks LT2. it's good the forum is optimistic, overall. but today i just feel like being nasty and bitter and spread it all around. or maybe i'm just being realistic here because optimism isn't making things happen. i hope no one minds, and if anyone wants to join me...

 

[chaeymaey]

I know how you feel Joonie. I had a bad first term soph. year, but other than that I've been doing pretty well in my classes. I took 20 hours each term of my junior year w/ 8 hrs of sci in both while I was working 15 hrs/wk and taking 9 hrs of TPR every weekend and studying for the MCAT...I pulled off a 4.0 both terms. I've worked in internal medicine for 3 years (w/ shifts starting at 6:30 am), and I have a family alumni. Despite all of this, I have had only one interview this whole time...and I'm from TX where there are 8 med schools! I am very frustrated with this process, and I don't understand what they are looking for and how they choose some people over others.

 

[LT2]

aww, thanks LT2. it's good the forum is optimistic, overall. but today i just feel like being nasty and bitter and spread it all around. or maybe i'm just being realistic here because optimism isn't making things happen. i hope no one minds, and if anyone wants to join me...

i quite understand where you're coming from, so feel free to vent! i've done my bit, trust me, and i'm sure there will be more.... 😳

 

[BOBODR]

My vent...this whole process is bullsh*t and if I ever hear someone say there is a shortage of doctors I will slap them.

My stats: 31 S MCAT (9-9-13). graduated with a 3.54 from a top 25 school known for deflation. I got the third highest rating from my pre med committe, a rating in which 75 % of people get into med school. I have gobs of clinical experience, a 85 hours in OR, 40 in the ER, 40 in childrens oncology, and a full year seeing patients in rheumatology department on wednesdays with an attending (who wrote me a solid LOR). Research = 4 semesters worth of credit, a Wake Forest Fellowship recipient, and lab tech in rheum for two yrs with publications. I have volunteered my azz off doing habitat for humanity, working with underpriveleged children, etc... I graduated with a 3.8 in my major of biology and a freaking scholarship for bio my senior year. I spent 2 months working on my PS, multiple people read it over and thought it was amazing I actually think its the best part of my application. Yet I am getting the shaft. Seems unfair. I do have an alcohol violation from freshman year (6 years ago) in which I got caught with a beer. I got caught doing what everyone else does but I doubt thats the plight of my troubles. Senior year my apartment got a noise violation, I wasnt even there and the dean wrote a letter saying I wanst responsible. So that is my vent. I have jumped through every hoop imagainable yet I am the red headed step child to medical schools. When I ask schools why I didnt get any love they have no reason, I cant even figure out how to improve my app. I am excited for my SUNY-UP rejection because I heard you can ask and they are upfront with your deficiencies.... well there you have it. I suck.

 

[discus]

My vent...this whole process is bullsh*t and if I ever hear someone say there is a shortage of doctors I will slap them.

My stats: 31 S MCAT (9-9-13). graduated with a 3.54 from a top 25 school known for deflation. I got the third highest rating from my pre med committe, a rating in which 75 % of people get into med school. I have gobs of clinical experience, a 85 hours in OR, 40 in the ER, 40 in childrens oncology, and a full year seeing patients in rheumatology department on wednesdays with an attending (who wrote me a solid LOR). Research = 4 semesters worth of credit, a Wake Forest Fellowship recipient, and lab tech in rheum for two yrs with publications. I have volunteered my azz off doing habitat for humanity, working with underpriveleged children, etc... I graduated with a 3.8 in my major of biology and a freaking scholarship for bio my senior year. I spent 2 months working on my PS, multiple people read it over and thought it was amazing I actually think its the best part of my application. Yet I am getting the shaft. Seems unfair. I do have an alcohol violation from freshman year (6 years ago) in which I got caught with a beer. I got caught doing what everyone else does but I doubt thats the plight of my troubles. Senior year my apartment got a noise violation, I wasnt even there and the dean wrote a letter saying I wanst responsible. So that is my vent. I have jumped through every hoop imagainable yet I am the red headed step child to medical schools. When I ask schools why I didnt get any love they have no reason, I cant even figure out how to improve my app. I am excited for my SUNY-UP rejection because I heard you can ask and they are upfront with your deficiencies.... well there you have it. I suck.

Keep your heads up. I have a close friend who just received his first interview invite this past week. Interviews are still rolling, and hopefully, people will be accepted off waitlists...

 

[idq1i]

If going through the application process distresses you, just wait until you have to go through 3rd year...

You have to realize that there's only so much that you can do.