Peeps,
I rarely post anything on here because usually, someone else will post the same questions I have, and it is perfectly okay to lurk around...
until...
times like this when I feel I should reach out for hope and encouragement and maybe provide some by sharing my thoughts.
For everyone who received admission into dental school this past week, congratulations, and I wish you the happiest and most relaxing time of your life. You so deserve it!
For people who didn't get accepted, I know it's hard. Because I haven't been made an offer yet, and it is painful. Painful because you have wanted this for so long and you've spent so much energy and thought and love and time into this process that you feel like you need an answer, a light, some good news. For many of us, December 3rd was that day.
I had one interview going into December 3rd and was hoping to hear good news from my school. Although I was not rejected, I found out that I was not part of the first group of acceptances. It was enough information for me to hold out - and I am still hoping for the best - but the news was still tough to bear. It's even tougher to see the friends around you getting accepted to various programs while you are still holding out for that one school that might still invite you for a post-December interview. You feel happy for them, but you inevitably start comparing yourself to them. And you stop yourself from thinking that way, but you do it again. And again. Then it becomes too hard, so you try to focus on the positives, and think about the things you are grateful for. But you know you're doing this because you feel the lingering pain of a rejection or the prospect of waiting and waiting.
I didn't apply last year, but I felt a similar rush of emotions on December 1st, 2011, when my friends were accepted to dental schools. Envy, jealousy, happiness...I felt all of them at once. When you want something so badly for yourself, I believe it's only human to feel a dose of jealousy.
This past week has been tough on me. I'm guessing it must have been hard for others if it was this hard for me. I am lucky to have supportive people by my side. My friends have said encouraging words to me. Everything will happen as they are meant to happen and all we can do is wait. Our applications are out there, and there's nothing much we can do at this point but wait.
To cope, I've been reading a lot lately. I watched the movie based on the book...and of course, I watched The Walking Dead on Sunday night to calm my nerves. I'm sad that we have to wait another two months before the next episode. Now that I think of it, waiting for the next episode will help me take my mind off of waiting for the big news as acceptances and rejections come along next year.
How do you cope? I'm an anxious person by nature, and this process is not helping at all. I am learning a few things about patience through all of this, and how much it means to have faith and to lean on your loved ones.
I rarely post anything on here because usually, someone else will post the same questions I have, and it is perfectly okay to lurk around...
until...
times like this when I feel I should reach out for hope and encouragement and maybe provide some by sharing my thoughts.
For everyone who received admission into dental school this past week, congratulations, and I wish you the happiest and most relaxing time of your life. You so deserve it!
For people who didn't get accepted, I know it's hard. Because I haven't been made an offer yet, and it is painful. Painful because you have wanted this for so long and you've spent so much energy and thought and love and time into this process that you feel like you need an answer, a light, some good news. For many of us, December 3rd was that day.
I had one interview going into December 3rd and was hoping to hear good news from my school. Although I was not rejected, I found out that I was not part of the first group of acceptances. It was enough information for me to hold out - and I am still hoping for the best - but the news was still tough to bear. It's even tougher to see the friends around you getting accepted to various programs while you are still holding out for that one school that might still invite you for a post-December interview. You feel happy for them, but you inevitably start comparing yourself to them. And you stop yourself from thinking that way, but you do it again. And again. Then it becomes too hard, so you try to focus on the positives, and think about the things you are grateful for. But you know you're doing this because you feel the lingering pain of a rejection or the prospect of waiting and waiting.
I didn't apply last year, but I felt a similar rush of emotions on December 1st, 2011, when my friends were accepted to dental schools. Envy, jealousy, happiness...I felt all of them at once. When you want something so badly for yourself, I believe it's only human to feel a dose of jealousy.
This past week has been tough on me. I'm guessing it must have been hard for others if it was this hard for me. I am lucky to have supportive people by my side. My friends have said encouraging words to me. Everything will happen as they are meant to happen and all we can do is wait. Our applications are out there, and there's nothing much we can do at this point but wait.
To cope, I've been reading a lot lately. I watched the movie based on the book...and of course, I watched The Walking Dead on Sunday night to calm my nerves. I'm sad that we have to wait another two months before the next episode. Now that I think of it, waiting for the next episode will help me take my mind off of waiting for the big news as acceptances and rejections come along next year.
How do you cope? I'm an anxious person by nature, and this process is not helping at all. I am learning a few things about patience through all of this, and how much it means to have faith and to lean on your loved ones.
