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Yeah, it's completely normal. Many people feel/felt as you do, including myself, when I was in your position. If you were accepted into medical school, then you have what it takes to make it through. Naturally, when starting something challenging and when making a really big transition, you are going to come across some fear; that's how you know you are going all the way.

Although it's very tempting, try not to futurize too much. Things will work themselves out. Right now, just try to do things that really make you happy, that you have a lot of fun doing. Take it one day at a time.
 
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I have been feeling the exact same way. I was accepted to a school in Florida which with the weather in Michigan right now is sounding amazing, but I always had my sites on my state school MSU COM which I have yet to hear anything from. It's really hard for me to get excited about things when I still have no idea where I will end up. It was a huge weight lifted off when I got accepted but I really now just want things to be final and know where I will be.

I also have that same fear that I won't be able to cut it when I get to medical school. It is that fear of unknown and not knowing what it is going to be like that is the scariest for me. So I am just trying to concentrate on my last semester of grad school for the time being. And trying to make plans for something fun to do before I start medical school (possibly traveling, not sure yet where or when). Anyway, you are not alone! 🙂
 
I got a little bit of the nerves as well...Mainly because I will have been out of school for well over year once I actually matriculate..
 
aaronwillen said:
So for all you accepted students. Anyone else getting anxious about starting med school? It seems so funny that I have worked for so many years to get to this point...and now that I will be matriculating in the fall I am scared!!! Like will I be able to handle it/like it/want to be a doctor? I dont have my final school picked yet as my local school hasnt sent me my acceptance/rejection post interview yet...so I am really anxious about having to potentially move to a new city (with my girlfriend as well)! AHHHH how are you guys dealing?
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Hey, you should appreciate that your girlfriend is going along for the ride; that extra support can help you through. My girlfriend, unfortunately, won't be in the position to support me since she has her own agenda (vet school), so just know you won't be going at it alone. 👍

I'm very anxious and yet excited about starting med school myself. I have no idea what to expect and, of course, I'm afraid I won't have what it takes, but I also know that you have to be rational and understand that this is a natural and normal way to feel about such a change in your life. This is a commitment and you want to be sure that you're ready for it, but in reality you won't know for sure until you delve right into it; you'll be far from the only one doing so.

Congrats on your acceptance, and good luck! 😀
 
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I'm not getting nervous, really, but everything still feels surreal. I can't even get used to having graduated college - everytime I say "when I was in college," I feel bizarre.

I can't believe that I will really be a medical student in 6 months or so. I'm trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my time off before starting.
 
i've had some nerves on and off, but when i really think about it, i've worked HARD for YEARS for this...why be afraid now? i've dedicated so much of my time and effort to be able to embark on this process, one that will be undeniably difficult, but one i will love nonetheless. over the past couple years, i've learned that as long as i'm doing something i love, it doesn't matter if it's hard. whatever challenges or obstacles i confront will be 'worth it.'

so i just keep my mind on how much i wanted this, and how much i still want it. and no matter how hard medical school ends up being, i'm just gonna make sure that i have a hell of a time there. 🙂
 
skiracr456 said:
I have been feeling the exact same way. I was accepted to a school in Florida which with the weather in Michigan right now is sounding amazing, but I always had my sites on my state school MSU COM which I have yet to hear anything from. It's really hard for me to get excited about things when I still have no idea where I will end up. It was a huge weight lifted off when I got accepted but I really now just want things to be final and know where I will be.
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Totally agree with this. I'm thrilled that I've gotten an acceptance somewhere, but I'm still pending on like seven schools. I'd rather they all reject me tomorrow just so I knew definitely where I'm going.



And yeah, as excited as I am about starting med school, I'm also scared ****less. You're definitely not alone. I start wondering if I'll be able to handle the work and the memorization and how all the As I got in college were probably just accidents. :scared:
 
nervous...heck yes, but still as excited as ever! One thing that frightens me the most is getting into shape before OMM lab starts and the shirts come off...yikes
 
brianjg said:
nervous...heck yes, but still as excited as ever! One thing that frightens me the most is getting into shape before OMM lab starts and the shirts come off...yikes
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:laugh:. Im starting now.
 
OMG, I'm freaking out.

I worked so hard for this, and now I am here...and I've started wondering if the adcoms simply had a momentary lapse in sanity while reviewing my file.

😱
 
brianjg said:
nervous...heck yes, but still as excited as ever! One thing that frightens me the most is getting into shape before OMM lab starts and the shirts come off...yikes
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Oh god. Why'd you have to remind me?!! :scared:

*goes to do more abdominal exercises*
 
Semicolon said:
Oh god. Why'd you have to remind me?!! :scared:

*goes to do more abdominal exercises*
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I HATE ab exercises. I'd rather go running for an hour then doing five minutes of crunches.

Feel sorry for the OMM partners that have to work on me.
 
aaronwillen said:
So for all you accepted students. Anyone else getting anxious about starting med school? It seems so funny that I have worked for so many years to get to this point...and now that I will be matriculating in the fall I am scared!!! Like will I be able to handle it/like it/want to be a doctor? I dont have my final school picked yet as my local school hasnt sent me my acceptance/rejection post interview yet...so I am really anxious about having to potentially move to a new city (with my girlfriend as well)! AHHHH how are you guys dealing?
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Ah man, I feel you!

The worst for me, on top of everything you all have mentioned is: children! More specifically, having them! So my girlfriend is my age (26) and is half way through her first year at med school. I am just about to start. So when is a good time to have them? We can't go to the same school for starters, so it can't be during med school right? Well that pushes us (and maybe you if you're old like me 🙂 ) to 30. Assuming we match in the same area 🙂xf🙂 we can't do it during her first year of residency cause that's insane right? So that's 31. And you want to space them out by 2 yeras or so right? And we want 2/3 eventually. So that's about 6 years of child bearing we need. Problem then is we're getting to be over 35 at that point and conception is less likely to succeed, and it's also more dangerous to the child. Plus I know people have kids during residency, but my goodness, that sounds like a monumental task...but we're going to have to do it, perhaps cut down on the spacing too.

What the hell man? What happened to the care-free days of college? I want my N64 back! 😱

Of course I'm just glad I have the partner down, too bad for you singletons trying to get a date! 😛 Seriously, I'm glad I don't have to date in med school, as I'm sure my nickname in OMM will be "Little Buddha Boy"
 
aaronwillen said:
So for all you accepted students. Anyone else getting anxious about starting med school? It seems so funny that I have worked for so many years to get to this point...and now that I will be matriculating in the fall I am scared!!! Like will I be able to handle it/like it/want to be a doctor? I dont have my final school picked yet as my local school hasnt sent me my acceptance/rejection post interview yet...so I am really anxious about having to potentially move to a new city (with my girlfriend as well)! AHHHH how are you guys dealing?
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I am in the same boat! I was accepted into my first choice school and could not be happier, but I also have a health issue and I am SO afraid of it holding me back. I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease last May, and I had been in remission until Saturday, now I'm in the middle of a horrible flare and feeling miserable, and its terrifying me! It is so unpredictable, and I have wanted to be a doctor my entire life, so letting this illness keep me down is NOT an option. But some days I really feel like Crohn's is winning. I just hope that I can get on a medication that works before I start school in JUNE, and that I can physically handle the stress of medical school.

But, on the upside, we FINALLY made it!!! All those yeras of hard work are paying off and it is SO exciting! Congrats guys 😀
 
is there anyone else out there who has only gotten accepted to one school? don't get me wrong.. I'm grateful as could be to have gotten an acceptance from AZCOM back in early November, however I applied to 13 schools and was only offered 2 interviews... so far... this is making me a little anxious that I won't have to many options when it comes decision time.
Anyone else out there going through something similar?
 
engineeredout said:
I HATE ab exercises. I'd rather go running for an hour then doing five minutes of crunches.

Feel sorry for the OMM partners that have to work on me.
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They're quite different; ab exercises are for muscle mass/tone and running is cardio/fat loss (honestly, I probably need both 😀). I hated the exercises too, but after you do them for a while they get easier, so now I'm just used to it (even though it hasn't produced anything noticeable yet...).
 
rowingrache09 said:
is there anyone else out there who has only gotten accepted to one school? don't get me wrong.. I'm grateful as could be to have gotten an acceptance from AZCOM back in early November, however I applied to 13 schools and was only offered 2 interviews... so far... this is making me a little anxious that I won't have to many options when it comes decision time.
Anyone else out there going through something similar?
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most people (especially allo) dont get options if they get in at all. theres fair number of people in your spot, which is quite an envious one. congrats on AZCOM! whats your top choice?
 
You're absolutely right, and I feel very lucky about an acceptance. I applied to a wide variety of schools based on location as my boyfriend, who is currently applying for aerospace/mechanical engineering jobs, and I are trying to overlap and live together (if possible). Phoenix is a great hub for those jobs, which is why I applied, but now he is being offered positions here on the east coast, and I've heard nothing at all from UNE, Nova, or PCOM.
Part of me is saying, "med school is med school", and at least for undergraduate, my motto and experience has truly been that everything is what you make it. However, there are major differences and pros/cons to each school (as I am quickly learning!)
I also have my days where I look at it as, "everything happens for a reason".
Either way I'll be entering SOMEWHERE in the fall, and am thrilled/relieved/pumped at the thought of it.
Thanks for listening everyone!!
 
iloveDrStill said:
Ah man, I feel you!

The worst for me, on top of everything you all have mentioned is: children! More specifically, having them! So my girlfriend is my age (26) and is half way through her first year at med school. I am just about to start. So when is a good time to have them? We can't go to the same school for starters, so it can't be during med school right? Well that pushes us (and maybe you if you're old like me 🙂 ) to 30. Assuming we match in the same area 🙂xf🙂 we can't do it during her first year of residency cause that's insane right? So that's 31. And you want to space them out by 2 yeras or so right? And we want 2/3 eventually. So that's about 6 years of child bearing we need. Problem then is we're getting to be over 35 at that point and conception is less likely to succeed, and it's also more dangerous to the child. Plus I know people have kids during residency, but my goodness, that sounds like a monumental task...but we're going to have to do it, perhaps cut down on the spacing too.

What the hell man? What happened to the care-free days of college? I want my N64 back! 😱

Of course I'm just glad I have the partner down, too bad for you singletons trying to get a date! 😛 Seriously, I'm glad I don't have to date in med school, as I'm sure my nickname in OMM will be "Little Buddha Boy"
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I'm in the similar boat as you, + 4 years, but my wife is (almost) a nurse. I'll be 30 when I start, and my wife will be 30 in Feb 2010. From what I've seen (and asked ALOT), it can be done. I pretty much asked almost all of the docs/residents that I have shadowed in my standard sanity-check pool of questions =)

So, I know that I'll make it work, too. I just realize that my "free" time will be not sleeping or playing video games but helping around the house. My other friend is applying to allopathic with 3 children 😱 (wife sits though) and one of the docs that I shadowed conceived one of his children when he got his acceptance! (I guesstimated it and he confirmed my suspecions 😳)

As for when, it sounds as though 4th year of med school is a little slower during your interviews, etc. We'll both be 33 and were hoping for 2 children. Back date 9 months or so and mid-32 is okay with us. Talk to your wife about it - if its anything like mine, I'm SURE that she's been thinking about it...
:luck::luck::luck:
 
engineeredout said:
Totally agree with this. I'm thrilled that I've gotten an acceptance somewhere, but I'm still pending on like seven schools. I'd rather they all reject me tomorrow just so I knew definitely where I'm going. And yeah, as excited as I am about starting med school, I'm also scared ****less. You're definitely not alone. I start wondering if I'll be able to handle the work and the memorization and how all the As I got in college were probably just accidents. :scared:
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Ditto. 4 great DO interviews (+Brad, +Nova, pending DMU and Erie) and 2 more left (PCOM, AZCOM). I re-convince myself almost every day....

and PBL and Brad/Erie boards and match rates sound OUTSTANDING. 11 Anesthesiology @ Erie and 6 @ Brad?!? I don't want ROAD (maybe ortho?), but that's impressive!!

But, I'm a little nervous about starting the most rigorous/difficult/important education of my career at something so different (from my own) and unique (compared to other med schools) and not being able to change it if its really not working for me. Erie lets you stop in on lectures if you are interested and maybe hop-ship into lecture-based (early on) if PBL doesn't work. PCOM's great rep, program, and location (<1.5 hrs away) would make this easier, but case studies are very appealing though...so....no decision yet 🙁

I'm pumped about school, but I'm about to break out the darts. Seriously...this map on my wall could really make my decision easier.

But fear is definitely there....note my sig 😀
 
nevinleiby said:
I'm in the similar boat as you, + 4 years, but my wife is (almost) a nurse. I'll be 30 when I start, and my wife will be 30 in Feb 2010. From what I've seen (and asked ALOT), it can be done. I pretty much asked almost all of the docs/residents that I have shadowed in my standard sanity-check pool of questions =)

So, I know that I'll make it work, too. I just realize that my "free" time will be not sleeping or playing video games but helping around the house. My other friend is applying to allopathic with 3 children 😱 (wife sits though) and one of the docs that I shadowed conceived one of his children when he got his acceptance! (I guesstimated it and he confirmed my suspecions 😳)

As for when, it sounds as though 4th year of med school is a little slower during your interviews, etc. We'll both be 33 and were hoping for 2 children. Back date 9 months or so and mid-32 is okay with us. Talk to your wife about it - if its anything like mine, I'm SURE that she's been thinking about it...
:luck::luck::luck:
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We've talked a lot about this and we are thinking after her first year of residency to begin trying to get pregnant. Wow that sounded really surreal there

Anyway best of luck to you man, I think this will all be very rewarding 👍
 
rowingrache09 said:
You're absolutely right, and I feel very lucky about an acceptance. I applied to a wide variety of schools based on location as my boyfriend, who is currently applying for aerospace/mechanical engineering jobs, and I are trying to overlap and live together (if possible). Phoenix is a great hub for those jobs, which is why I applied, but now he is being offered positions here on the east coast, and I've heard nothing at all from UNE, Nova, or PCOM.
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rowingrache09 said:
Part of me is saying, "med school is med school", and at least for undergraduate, my motto and experience has truly been that everything is what you make it. However, there are major differences and pros/cons to each school (as I am quickly learning!)
I also have my days where I look at it as, "everything happens for a reason".
Either way I'll be entering SOMEWHERE in the fall, and am thrilled/relieved/pumped at the thought of it.
Thanks for listening everyone!!
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I understand what you're going through.

There was a time when I hated the forums here at Student Doctor Network. Not because of you all (everyone here is great), I had just applied several times to med school and had not got in anywhere. I would go to the PCOM and CCOM posts and make myself mad with envy as person after person got in and would say, "gee, I don't know if I want to go here, I have other acceptances, blah blah" and I wanted to smack them. I think many of us have been there

And then things changed. I got a masters degree and improved my MCAT by 10 points. I was accepted to TOURO-NY straight away and put money down because I thought, they are all the same and I should be happy with this, so who cares where I go? I honestly did not care where I went: I just wanted to be a doctor damnit!

Then I started getting many interviews. After the euphoria of being accepted somewhere wore off, I realized there were things I didn't like about TOURO-NY. Like, for example, the fact that it is in New York city. :laugh: And then my girlfriend mentioned that she didn't want to live in NY either, and then I really realized I needed to go somewhere else! I mean, we could put up with it I guess, but I wanted more options and so I waited impatiently for more interviews. Like you, it took a little while for me to realize the pros/cons of schools (thanks for the help on this one Student Doctor!). Are there other things you don't like about AZCOM/Phoenix, or is it all just geograpical location?

You are not at all improper for wanting more acceptances. You have to do what is best for you and your boyfriend. If that means jumping ship and going to Nova, PCOM, or whatever else on the east coast, so be it. Don't guilt trip yourself. Sure a spot anywhere is hard to get, but at the end of the day you can only take up one spot, and if you leave AZCOM someone else will get your space and so everyone will be happy. There is nothing to feel bad about.

Best of luck to you getting in to somewhere on the east coast! I hope to see you at PCOM 👍
 
iloveDrStill said:
You are not at all improper for wanting more acceptances. You have to do what is best for you and your boyfriend. If that means jumping ship and going to Nova, PCOM, or whatever else on the east coast, so be it. Don't guilt trip yourself. Sure a spot anywhere is hard to get, but at the end of the day you can only take up one spot, and if you leave AZCOM someone else will get your space and so everyone will be happy. There is nothing to feel bad about.

Best of luck to you getting in to somewhere on the east coast! I hope to see you at PCOM 👍
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nicely stated
 
aaronwillen said:
PCOM!!! I interviewed there 3 weeks ago today...was told we would hear around one month from our interview date! As for people with only one acceptance....I am in the same boat as of right now. And the school I was accepted to (LMU DCOM)..while it seems like a great school...is in prob. the worst possible area for my girlfriend (finance) to find a job. So I am really praying for philly....considering i live practically walking distance from campus already!
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Good luck! :luck: I hope you get good news!!
 
Hey Guys,

Hopefully this post helps. I, like all the other current medical students, was in the same position as you, unsure/questioning my abilities and scared at the thought of medical school. Put your fears aside. Yes, medical school is tough, but its not impossible by any means. Its more of a lifestyle change than anything else. You are devoting most, if not all of your time, to studying. You are giving up a lot of freedom and making sacrifices daily while in medical school. I'm sure a lot of the other medical students in the forum would agree that its not that the material is hard, its just that amount that you get in such a small time frame that makes medical school difficult.

You learn to adapt, and yes all of you will. I was out of school and working for three years before I went back to school. I was scared about how I would transition back to being a student. It happens very quickly and very easily. You don't have time to worry about it because of the responsibility of being a medical student. Its like the flick of a switch.

So I say all of that to say this. You all will be fine. You all will be successful. The hard part is over. The admissions committees have picked through thousands of applicants and have deemed you capable of learning to become a physician. Being honored and humbled. Enjoy the time you have off because things do dramatically change. All the best!
 
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