How devastated would you be if you got rejected everywhere?

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I'd be nervous about filling out the application for the Witness Protection program correctly to hide from my parents
 
As someone filling out the AMCAS right now to reapply: you feel lost, confused, embarrassed, and a failure. But part of being ambitious in life is that you will get knocked down from time to time. What matters is how quickly you get back up.

But I won't lie, being asked by people "Which school are you going to next year?" EVERY. SINGLE. DAY sucks like you can't imagine.
 
rudziutki said:
As someone filling out the AMCAS right now to reapply: you feel lost, confused, embarrassed, and a failure. But part of being ambitious in life is that you will get knocked down from time to time. What matters is how quickly you get back up.

But I won't lie, being asked by people "Which school are you going to next year?" EVERY. SINGLE. DAY sucks like you can't imagine.
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AGREE. If there's anything I learned from this process, its that you're not entitled to anything. You have to earn it, even if it means having to re-evaluate your situation and going through the process all over again
 
Lost, adrift, cheated, ashamed...You work hard over the years to get to this moment and 20+ schools unanimously agree that you're not fit to go medical school. You are among the 8% of 3.8/34 applicants who managed to **** this up badly enough to not get in. You then try and find a job to support yourself over the year only to find that a degree in the life sciences is complete **** in the job market and the kicker is that you only have one year to commit which makes any meaningful job virtually impossible to find. It doesn't even matter that you spent 4 damn years of your undergrad working 20 hours/week in your research lab, that starving Masters graduate or newly minted PhD is going to take your entry level job because that's apparently how things work now. You were one of "the smart ones" in your class, the one who people actually looked to because you always seemed to know things, yet now you're graduating unemployed with absolutely no idea what you're going to do, but at least it's with honors right?! Meanwhile, your "support structure" is now telling you to try and choose an easier career..."why not podiatry or pharm or opt?? Why are you wasting your time and money trying to chase a goal that you can't reach??" when they can't even tell you the basic process of application. Thank you for imparting your infinite wisdom upon me. Say, would you mind if I return the favor by teaching you how to fly a plane? No, I've never flown a plane before, but that apparently fits with your backwards standard of qualification.

So yeah, in my experience....it doesn't really feel too good...🙄
 
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TheShaker said:
Lost, adrift, cheated, ashamed...You work hard over the years to get to this moment and 20+ schools unanimously agree that you're not fit to go medical school. You are among the 8% of 3.8/34 applicants who managed to **** this up badly enough to not get in. You then try and find a job to support yourself over the year only to find that a degree in the life sciences is complete **** in the job market and the kicker is that you only have one year to commit which makes any meaningful job virtually impossible to find. It doesn't even matter that you spent 4 damn years of your undergrad working 20 hours/week in your research lab, that starving Masters graduate or newly minted PhD is going to take your entry level job because that's apparently how things work now. You were one of "the smart ones" in your class, the one who people actually looked to because you always seemed to know things, yet now you're graduating unemployed with absolutely no idea what you're going to do, but at least it's with honors right?! Meanwhile, your "support structure" is now telling you to try and choose an easier career..."why not podiatry or pharm or opt?? Why are you wasting your time and money trying to chase a goal that you can't reach??" when they can't even tell you the basic process of application.

So yeah, in my experience....it doesn't really feel too good...🙄
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Jesus, I just died inside.
 
I applied last year to 8 schools.

I have a 3.9 GPA, 36 MCAT.
I worked as an EMT, phlebotomist, and have service awards coming out my wahoo.

Sometimes you get unlucky. Getting rejected isn't so bad. It gives you a year off to do whatever you want. I'm actually quite enjoying myself.
 
Probably pretty bummed, but the world is a lot bigger than the 0.003% (generously) of human beings that did get into a US medical school at that precise juncture in history, so I'm sure I could find something to fill the year.

Good chance to spend a year overseas, or write a book, or build a house, or learn a new language, or take up circuitry, or become an EMT, or learn a martial art, or invest in Canadian syrup stock, or be a lumberjack, or...
 
TheShaker said:
Lost, adrift, cheated, ashamed...You work hard over the years to get to this moment and 20+ schools unanimously agree that you're not fit to go medical school. You are among the 8% of 3.8/34 applicants who managed to **** this up badly enough to not get in. You then try and find a job to support yourself over the year only to find that a degree in the life sciences is complete **** in the job market and the kicker is that you only have one year to commit which makes any meaningful job virtually impossible to find. It doesn't even matter that you spent 4 damn years of your undergrad working 20 hours/week in your research lab, that starving Masters graduate or newly minted PhD is going to take your entry level job because that's apparently how things work now. You were one of "the smart ones" in your class, the one who people actually looked to because you always seemed to know things, yet now you're graduating unemployed with absolutely no idea what you're going to do, but at least it's with honors right?! Meanwhile, your "support structure" is now telling you to try and choose an easier career..."why not podiatry or pharm or opt?? Why are you wasting your time and money trying to chase a goal that you can't reach??" when they can't even tell you the basic process of application.

So yeah, in my experience....it doesn't really feel too good...🙄
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:scared: good lord
 
TheShaker said:
Lost, adrift, cheated, ashamed...You work hard over the years to get to this moment and 20+ schools unanimously agree that you're not fit to go medical school. You are among the 8% of 3.8/34 applicants who managed to **** this up badly enough to not get in. You then try and find a job to support yourself over the year only to find that a degree in the life sciences is complete **** in the job market and the kicker is that you only have one year to commit which makes any meaningful job virtually impossible to find. It doesn't even matter that you spent 4 damn years of your undergrad working 20 hours/week in your research lab, that starving Masters graduate or newly minted PhD is going to take your entry level job because that's apparently how things work now. You were one of "the smart ones" in your class, the one who people actually looked to because you always seemed to know things, yet now you're graduating unemployed with absolutely no idea what you're going to do, but at least it's with honors right?! Meanwhile, your "support structure" is now telling you to try and choose an easier career..."why not podiatry or pharm or opt?? Why are you wasting your time and money trying to chase a goal that you can't reach??" when they can't even tell you the basic process of application.
So yeah, in my experience....it doesn't really feel too good...🙄
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These were my exact emotions last year, right down to the family telling you to look for an easier career ("You should try teaching!"). It gets better, Shaker, I promise; you might be holding an acceptance by next October --5 months from now.
 
I can imagine it would feel horrible....it happens all the time unfortunately.
 
TheShaker said:
Lost, adrift, cheated, ashamed...You work hard over the years to get to this moment and 20+ schools unanimously agree that you're not fit to go medical school. You are among the 8% of 3.8/34 applicants who managed to **** this up badly enough to not get in. You then try and find a job to support yourself over the year only to find that a degree in the life sciences is complete **** in the job market and the kicker is that you only have one year to commit which makes any meaningful job virtually impossible to find. It doesn't even matter that you spent 4 damn years of your undergrad working 20 hours/week in your research lab, that starving Masters graduate or newly minted PhD is going to take your entry level job because that's apparently how things work now. You were one of "the smart ones" in your class, the one who people actually looked to because you always seemed to know things, yet now you're graduating unemployed with absolutely no idea what you're going to do, but at least it's with honors right?! Meanwhile, your "support structure" is now telling you to try and choose an easier career..."why not podiatry or pharm or opt?? Why are you wasting your time and money trying to chase a goal that you can't reach??" when they can't even tell you the basic process of application.

So yeah, in my experience....it doesn't really feel too good...🙄
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I definitely felt this way for a few months. Even when you find that life sciences job, most of them suck. You're either treated like ****, being paid dick, or are bored for most the time. To top it all off, most the people you'll work with are incompetent. Oh wait, you can find another job in a different field? Guess what? You pretty much have the same deal except the pay may be a little better.

I wouldn't trade my first round rejection for the world though. I saved money. I traveled. I ran with the Bulls. Ended up purchasing a house (I had help on this one). Ended up rehabbing two houses, and am looking to buy a third. Sure, my job in the life sciences field has been pretty mundane even though the research matter sounds pretty interesting, but the experience I've gained has really made me a better person.

From my experience, a lot of newly minted doctors and medical school students who "regret going into their field" seem to have never had real jobs elsewhere. That's not to say that medicine ISN'T extremely difficult, however. Yeah, I hear a lot of docs (including some I shadowed) talk about just how dumb some patients are, but really, until you have to work with them every day, the feelings not the same. Knowing that you have to wake up every morning to a job which may or may not exist the next day, with people which you may not like, to do work you might not enjoy and which your opinion has a good chance of not mattering gets pretty rough.

In my naive opinion, working longer hours and being straightforward disrespected by patients, with the knowledge that your opinion, no matter how much it's not listened to, can carry weight sounds better than what I described.

Sure it'll take time to reach that level (4 years + residency), but with due diligence you're at least guaranteed to get there.

Not to mention, unemployment rates affect you FAR less than the rest of the country.
 
Rik1111 said:
I applied last year to 8 schools.

I have a 3.9 GPA, 36 MCAT.
I worked as an EMT, phlebotomist, and have service awards coming out my wahoo.

Sometimes you get unlucky. Getting rejected isn't so bad. It gives you a year off to do whatever you want. I'm actually quite enjoying myself.
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? how do u get rejected with 3.9 and 36? did you apply late and only to top schools?
 
Xpectation said:
? how do u get rejected with 3.9 and 36? did you apply late and only to top schools?
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My same thoughts.

Also, Anathema, I hope you aren't going to med school just because it's what your parents want. It's clearly a good career but I hope you like it a little bit.
 
Catman21 said:
so many feels
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I'll be disappointed, more from the thousands of dollars I spent on this idiotic process than the fact that I was actually rejected.
 
TheShaker said:
Lost, adrift, cheated, ashamed...You work hard over the years to get to this moment and 20+ schools unanimously agree that you're not fit to go medical school. You are among the 8% of 3.8/34 applicants who managed to **** this up badly enough to not get in. You then try and find a job to support yourself over the year only to find that a degree in the life sciences is complete **** in the job market and the kicker is that you only have one year to commit which makes any meaningful job virtually impossible to find. It doesn't even matter that you spent 4 damn years of your undergrad working 20 hours/week in your research lab, that starving Masters graduate or newly minted PhD is going to take your entry level job because that's apparently how things work now. You were one of "the smart ones" in your class, the one who people actually looked to because you always seemed to know things, yet now you're graduating unemployed with absolutely no idea what you're going to do, but at least it's with honors right?! Meanwhile, your "support structure" is now telling you to try and choose an easier career..."why not podiatry or pharm or opt?? Why are you wasting your time and money trying to chase a goal that you can't reach??" when they can't even tell you the basic process of application. Thank you for imparting your infinite wisdom upon me. Say, would you mind if I return the favor by teaching you how to fly a plane? No, I've never flown a plane before, but that apparently fits with your backwards standard of qualification.

So yeah, in my experience....it doesn't really feel too good...🙄
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I know that feel bro
 
TheShaker said:
Lost, adrift, cheated, ashamed...You work hard over the years to get to this moment and 20+ schools unanimously agree that you're not fit to go medical school. You are among the 8% of 3.8/34 applicants who managed to **** this up badly enough to not get in. You then try and find a job to support yourself over the year only to find that a degree in the life sciences is complete **** in the job market and the kicker is that you only have one year to commit which makes any meaningful job virtually impossible to find. It doesn't even matter that you spent 4 damn years of your undergrad working 20 hours/week in your research lab, that starving Masters graduate or newly minted PhD is going to take your entry level job because that's apparently how things work now. You were one of "the smart ones" in your class, the one who people actually looked to because you always seemed to know things, yet now you're graduating unemployed with absolutely no idea what you're going to do, but at least it's with honors right?! Meanwhile, your "support structure" is now telling you to try and choose an easier career..."why not podiatry or pharm or opt?? Why are you wasting your time and money trying to chase a goal that you can't reach??" when they can't even tell you the basic process of application. Thank you for imparting your infinite wisdom upon me. Say, would you mind if I return the favor by teaching you how to fly a plane? No, I've never flown a plane before, but that apparently fits with your backwards standard of qualification.

So yeah, in my experience....it doesn't really feel too good...🙄
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Took the words right out of my mouth. Just gotta keep going though... I'm sitting at Moe's right now going over another draft of my work/activities.
 
jr93 said:
My same thoughts.

Also, Anathema, I hope you aren't going to med school just because it's what your parents want. It's clearly a good career but I hope you like it a little bit.
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Ha no worries! I've got enough reasons and motivation to go to medical school on my accord. It's just when my parents (both doctors) rate Jefferson as the lowest I should apply (in reality I'd love to go there) that somewhat grinds my gears.

I will say that I'm fortunate enough to have a job at my dad's office that pays really well and the schedule isn't bad at all so I'd probably continue that and do some other crazy things to beef up my app.
 
TheShaker said:
Lost, adrift, cheated, ashamed...You work hard over the years to get to this moment and 20+ schools unanimously agree that you're not fit to go medical school. You are among the 8% of 3.8/34 applicants who managed to **** this up badly enough to not get in. You then try and find a job to support yourself over the year only to find that a degree in the life sciences is complete **** in the job market and the kicker is that you only have one year to commit which makes any meaningful job virtually impossible to find. It doesn't even matter that you spent 4 damn years of your undergrad working 20 hours/week in your research lab, that starving Masters graduate or newly minted PhD is going to take your entry level job because that's apparently how things work now. You were one of "the smart ones" in your class, the one who people actually looked to because you always seemed to know things, yet now you're graduating unemployed with absolutely no idea what you're going to do, but at least it's with honors right?! Meanwhile, your "support structure" is now telling you to try and choose an easier career..."why not podiatry or pharm or opt?? Why are you wasting your time and money trying to chase a goal that you can't reach??" when they can't even tell you the basic process of application. Thank you for imparting your infinite wisdom upon me. Say, would you mind if I return the favor by teaching you how to fly a plane? No, I've never flown a plane before, but that apparently fits with your backwards standard of qualification.

So yeah, in my experience....it doesn't really feel too good...🙄
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Welcome to Obama's America.
 
TheShaker said:
Lost, adrift, cheated, ashamed...You work hard over the years to get to this moment and 20+ schools unanimously agree that you're not fit to go medical school. You are among the 8% of 3.8/34 applicants who managed to **** this up badly enough to not get in. You then try and find a job to support yourself over the year only to find that a degree in the life sciences is complete **** in the job market and the kicker is that you only have one year to commit which makes any meaningful job virtually impossible to find. It doesn't even matter that you spent 4 damn years of your undergrad working 20 hours/week in your research lab, that starving Masters graduate or newly minted PhD is going to take your entry level job because that's apparently how things work now. You were one of "the smart ones" in your class, the one who people actually looked to because you always seemed to know things, yet now you're graduating unemployed with absolutely no idea what you're going to do, but at least it's with honors right?! Meanwhile, your "support structure" is now telling you to try and choose an easier career..."why not podiatry or pharm or opt?? Why are you wasting your time and money trying to chase a goal that you can't reach??" when they can't even tell you the basic process of application. Thank you for imparting your infinite wisdom upon me. Say, would you mind if I return the favor by teaching you how to fly a plane? No, I've never flown a plane before, but that apparently fits with your backwards standard of qualification.

So yeah, in my experience....it doesn't really feel too good...🙄
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Whoa. =/
 
Xpectation said:
? how do u get rejected with 3.9 and 36? did you apply late and only to top schools?
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I applied late and sent secondaries in late. My school list was pretty conservative.

Lesson learned: GET THAT **** IN EARLY. 😛
 
Rik1111 said:
I applied late and sent secondaries in late. My school list was pretty conservative.

Lesson learned: GET THAT **** IN EARLY. 😛
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This seems to be a common thing I hear for students with high stats that don't get accepted in a particular cycle. One of my friends wants to take the MCAT in August and refused to listen when I told her that maybe she should shoot for an earlier test date. =/
 
MusicJunkie said:
This seems to be a common thing I hear for students with high stats that don't get accepted in a particular cycle. One of my friends wants to take the MCAT in August and refused to listen when I told her that maybe she should shoot for an earlier test date. =/
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Yes. Tell her it's worth a 6 hour car ride and a hotel if she can take it a month earlier. It really, REALLY matters.
 
TheShaker said:
Lost, adrift, cheated, ashamed...You work hard over the years to get to this moment and 20+ schools unanimously agree that you're not fit to go medical school. You are among the 8% of 3.8/34 applicants who managed to **** this up badly enough to not get in. You then try and find a job to support yourself over the year only to find that a degree in the life sciences is complete **** in the job market and the kicker is that you only have one year to commit which makes any meaningful job virtually impossible to find. It doesn't even matter that you spent 4 damn years of your undergrad working 20 hours/week in your research lab, that starving Masters graduate or newly minted PhD is going to take your entry level job because that's apparently how things work now. You were one of "the smart ones" in your class, the one who people actually looked to because you always seemed to know things, yet now you're graduating unemployed with absolutely no idea what you're going to do, but at least it's with honors right?! Meanwhile, your "support structure" is now telling you to try and choose an easier career..."why not podiatry or pharm or opt?? Why are you wasting your time and money trying to chase a goal that you can't reach??" when they can't even tell you the basic process of application. Thank you for imparting your infinite wisdom upon me. Say, would you mind if I return the favor by teaching you how to fly a plane? No, I've never flown a plane before, but that apparently fits with your backwards standard of qualification.

So yeah, in my experience....it doesn't really feel too good...🙄
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>_> Chill out man you'll get in lol
 
eyebrowdoc said:
for me life would not be the same afterward I think. I would feel lost
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This is why planning for your alternative career is important. I'd be upset if I didn't get in anywhere, but I'll probably choose a different route (like in physics or comp sci), work for a few years and then reapply with more of a professional experience.

Mt Kilimanjaro said:
Welcome to Obama's America.
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OBUMMER HAS GOT TO GO! IMPEACH OBUMMER TODAY! AMERICA CAN'T SURVIVE FOUR MORE YEARS UNDER THE OBAMANATION!
 
dman. how late was it? i am taking a June 20 mcat.

plan to submit on June 10 w/ old mcat and indicate that i am retaking mcat. I am gonna be as early as possible. Considering my stats are bad lol
 
Girls, I'm going to be honest with all of you. Half of you posting in this thread won't get into next years class. Never give up!!!
 
armpitsOFmight said:
Girls, I'm going to be honest with all of you. Half of you posting in this thread won't get into next years class. Never give up!!!
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Sure, if you assume that people who post on SDN are the "average" person applying to medical school, which probably isn't correct.
 
TheWeeIceMan said:
Sure, if you assume that people who post on SDN are the "average" person applying to medical school, which probably isn't correct.
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Yeah no way SDN is average. Kids on here talk about retaking a 35 MCAT...really?
 
Getting rejected last year was probably the best thing that has ever happened to me. Disappointing and humbling, yes, but there is a lot that can come from knowing that you just pick yourself up, learn from your mistakes, and try again. Not nearly as devastatingly life-shattering as I imagined it would be.
 
armpitsOFmight said:
Girls, I'm going to be honest with all of you. Half of you posting in this thread won't get into next years class. Never give up!!!
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On behalf of all the female SDNers (this coming from a guy), I'm pretty sure SDN premeds aren't "average premeds" i.e. most of them will get into med school.
 
dude if you don't get in ANYWHERE...prob means you either didn't apply broadly enough, there was a weakness in your application, or a catastrophe occurred...

the first two were your own fault, nothing to do but do an honest self assessment and not mope around...

the third is out of your hands anyway, so don't feel to bad...
 
I can't tell if this thread broke my heart or inspired me...
 
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