How do you feel now that you’re in?

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I expected that getting accepted to medical school would be pure joy. And, of course, many accepted students feel lucky and are in fact elated. However, I found the whole experience seems to grind folks down. When finished, some people aren't in the mood to whoop it up, but rather just want to go to sleep (kinda like finishing finals). Has anyone else had similar thoughts/experiences?
 
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I was very tired at the end of the process but most tired during the wait. My dream school was Penn and I had to wait all the way until March to get a decision. It turned out in my favor so that re-energized me more than I can describe. Not sure I can ~totally~ relate OP, but I understand the weight of just anticipation and anxiety weighing down one’s psyche. Hopefully you have a summer full of fun plans to get refreshed with!
 
Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
Well I for one am super pumped and can’t wait to get started. But I’m also 35 and have taken a very long road to get here, so maybe I’m just excited because it’s finally happening after 15 years.
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That is awesome! You’ve earned it and should be pumped. I certainly did not mean to suggest that everyone feels this way.
 
Rachapkis said:
That is awesome! You’ve earned it and should be pumped. I certainly did not mean to suggest that everyone feels this way.
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I think it’s pretty common. It’s a long road. It’s normal to want to just relax for a bit after the whole thing.
 
Applications and interviews were extremely exhausting and I was glad to have a break. I received my first acceptance in December, so I didn't have as long to wait as some others did. I was very excited when I got in, and sometimes I'll catch myself thinking about it and feel a flurry of excitement again. But most of the time, I'm just living my life, working the daily grind, so it's not always at the top of my mind. Mostly I feel relieved that the app cycle is over and I can take a breather for now.
 
I feel overly joyed and humbled every day. Then again, this is my third application cycle and for a while I wondered if I would even get a shot at my dream. But that's just me. Although yes, I do agree that this process is long and stressful!!!
 
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It felt amazing for a week!
Now, I am super burnt out. I just want to quit my job and travel and enjoy life but I don't have money due to rent and family obligations.
Being poor sucks. I am already worried about paying for apartment deposits and rents before the loans kick in.
 
jessicajonesharvard said:
It felt amazing for a week!
Now, I am super burnt out. I just want to quit my job and travel and enjoy life but I don't have money due to rent and family obligations.
Being poor sucks. I am already worried about paying for apartment deposits and rents before the loans kick in.
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literally only reason i havent quit working is apt deposits + covering the gap b/w working and getting a grad stipend lol.
 
jessicajonesharvard said:
It felt amazing for a week!
Now, I am super burnt out. I just want to quit my job and travel and enjoy life but I don't have money due to rent and family obligations.
Being poor sucks. I am already worried about paying for apartment deposits and rents before the loans kick in.
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Hang in there!
 
jessicajonesharvard said:
It felt amazing for a week!
Now, I am super burnt out. I just want to quit my job and travel and enjoy life but I don't have money due to rent and family obligations.
Being poor sucks. I am already worried about paying for apartment deposits and rents before the loans kick in.
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AdenineThomasPhosphate said:
Can't wait to stop working.

Can't wait to go back to school.
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All of this is my exact life right now.

I was very lucky to get an accept during the Fall and that was what I was praying for. Like, "Plleeeaasseee just let me get in early so I don't have to stress for an entire year straight and live with so much uncertainty". Got what I asked for, but didn't realize until later that there's still a level of uncertainty when you don't know when you'll be able to quit, if you'll start school in June, July or August, or what city or state you'll be living in. Super elated to be accepted, but still stressing low key and the days are going by so slowly.
 
Paranoid that they're gonna rescind my acceptance because I stopped volunteering the day I got in

I'm exaggerating a little, but let's just say it's been a few months since I stepped foot into a free clinic/soup kitchen...
 
Definitely very excited, still feeling the anxiety a little bit since I'm also on the wait list at my number 1. I have days when I feel so blessed that this is happening, then days when I get somewhat anxious knowing I still am waiting on a decision. Overall feeling pretty good though! Once I got my acceptance it was like a huge weight lifted off my shoulders that's for sure - especially since I am a non-trad student having a longer route to this point and re-applicant from last year.
 
scared! accepted at my top choice school but iv been out of school for a lot of years and have been dealing with a lot of physical issues.

hoping i can still hack it. Bit surreal though to get in!
 
So excited! Accepted at my dream school and it still doesn't feel real.

Just finalized my living arrangements too and I love my new place. If I could quit my gap year job and move tomorrow, I would.
 
It feels surreal having the choices that I do, and I am also rapidly losing motivation in my remaining classes haha.

Although I'm feeling a little anxious/worried about making a decision.
 
jessicajonesharvard said:
It felt amazing for a week!
Now, I am super burnt out. I just want to quit my job and travel and enjoy life but I don't have money due to rent and family obligations.
Being poor sucks. I am already worried about paying for apartment deposits and rents before the loans kick in.
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Best of luck! :bow:Somewhat in a similar boat - which is the only reason why I'm working through May. Going to be living at home with my parents for June/July to make sure I don't rile up costs. :'( A plus is that they live outside the U.S. so I will get a chance to go back and live in home for a few weeks before coming back.
 
Pre-application cycle

Friends/family: So, where ya gonna go to medical school??

Me: lol, wherever I get in duh

Now

Friends/family: where ya gonna go to medical school??

Me: omg I have no f***in idea how the hell did i get into multiple?

———

Okay, anyway, I can’t believe I’m in this woe-is-me but still low key stressful situation of deciding between schools. In my logical/rational mind, I am so so so honored, and I’ll be the first to say HOT DAMN I am fortunate.
But at the same time I feel like I’m still not out of this long grind ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(Also, in the very first moments of me knowing— it was so surreal. And I was just like...

OMG!!!!!... I did it? I think?)

P.s. Now time to learn how loans work
 
I'm not going to lie, I thought I'd be more hype when I got my acceptance. But, I saw my acceptance email one morning, said "cool" to myself, and went back to sleep. That was that, and now I've just continued on with my normal life lol. I'm a reapplicant as well
 
yeah.... this is definitely me. I was so excited when i got in (this is my third application cycle)... but i got into multiples, and my two top choices are my two waitlists.... so we wait 🙂 and wait some more. Now i am finishing my last semester in college (biochemistry major is tough 🙂)) ), I also work in addiction treatment facility (a lot of nights are exhausting), and the breakup with my SO is nearing from what it looks like (and we live together, so it is really hard). and i still havent figured out all the financial stuff, because schools havent sent paperwork yet... so I definitely want to just skip all this craziness, and just start in my favorite school ASAP> i am exhausted from all this dragging.
 
I will admit that overall I am excited to start although stressed about moving so far to my top choice DO.
I also must admit that my morale has been taken down a notch due to being WL at my top choice MD, which is also my state school and would thus save me roughly $100k and allow my immediate family to stay here with the entire family. The stress of not knowing has unfortunately put a little sting on my excitement if being honest.
 
Blanky said:
I will admit that overall I am excited to start although stressed about moving so far to my top choice DO.
I also must admit that my morale has been taken down a notch due to being WL at my top choice MD, which is also my state school and would thus save me roughly $100k and allow my immediate family to stay here with the entire family. The stress of not knowing has unfortunately put a little sting on my excitement if being honest.
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yeah me too.... my top choice is also my IS... for a lot of reasons, including financial. I totally get it... well, we have 2 weeks and a few days till move day.... fingers crossed for both of us.
 
mmaslyanko said:
yeah.... this is definitely me. I was so excited when i got in (this is my third application cycle)... but i got into multiples, and my two top choices are my two waitlists.... so we wait 🙂 and wait some more. Now i am finishing my last semester in college (biochemistry major is tough 🙂)) ), I also work in addiction treatment facility (a lot of nights are exhausting), and the breakup with my SO is nearing from what it looks like (and we live together, so it is really hard). and i still havent figured out all the financial stuff, because schools havent sent paperwork yet... so I definitely want to just skip all this craziness, and just start in my favorite school ASAP> i am exhausted from all this dragging.
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<3

Stay strong !!!
 
Honestly, I was happy about it, but it wasn't as exciting an experience as other people made it seem. I'm convinced that it's not hitting a milestone that brings satisfaction as much as accomplishing a bunch of steps to bring you there. If you can look at each part of the process and say "This is bringing me one step closer to being a doctor" the grind is a little more fulfilling.

We hit a milestone, but now there's more work to do and a new milestone to achieve. It's happy, but also a bit daunting.
 
Rachapkis said:
I expected that getting accepted to medical school would be pure joy. And, of course, many accepted students feel lucky and are in fact elated. However, I found the whole experience seems to grind folks down. When finished, some people aren't in the mood to whoop it up, but rather just want to go to sleep (kinda like finishing finals). Has anyone else had similar thoughts/experiences?
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Yeah but for me, it's mostly because I got interviews from all the places that I would've loved to attend but then I either got waitlisted or rejected from them and now I am stuck with schools that were my safety schools. Happy that I will become a doctor tho
 
After withdrawing my application from places, I keep having the recurring nightmare that I withdrew without an acceptance. So I double check AMCAS to make sure it’s real... and it is. My acceptance.

^Still tryna get over my stress from applications and obvi still can’t believe it finally happened. I cried when I got in. Also, a reapplicant.
 
sk1791 said:
Got off the waitlist at one of my top schools a couple weeks ago, since then my motivation at work has kind of dropped off and I just can’t wait to get started with school.
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Congrats! Enjoy being a quasi-slacker for a couple of months and then hit the ground running.
 
so when i got my first acceptance, i was THRILLED. Second - THRILLED. Third, - not so much. Then, when i started actually filling out paperwork, and realized how much the private school that i was going to matriculate in costs i got SO DEPRESSED. Oh my god 🙂. And i was still on the wait list in my top choice... So when i told ppl that i was upset, everyone thought i was crazy. Now, after being accepted off the wait list to my top choice a few days ago, i feel so excited! i cannot wait for the classes to start. Mentally i am already in Norfolk... hahahah
 
First acceptance was in March and I was over the moon excited because it was my top choice out of my interviews. I felt like I was getting palpitations every time I thought about it. I'm still pretty excited a month later, but also kinda stressed because of moving and deposits. The city I'm moving to is pretty expensive.

I did receive a second acceptance to a school that I did not like (like AT ALL). With that one I opened the email and was like "ok cool" and then responded to withdraw my app/seat lol. No excitement with that one at all but it was cool that I had a second A.
 
overall it has been a little bit anticlimactic. i felt overjoyed and excited – but my friends and family don't think it's a big deal, so there hasn't been much celebrating. i had hoped to travel over the summer, but it also looks like that's not going to happen due to life issues. and after reading the medical student forums more closely, i'm starting to think "what have i gotten myself into?"

nevertheless, i can't believe i'm here. it's surreal. i feel very lucky and grateful.
 
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