I Declined An Acceptance This Year!!!

[osin83]

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I posted to see how many people call me crazy. I got into my state school this year but i declined it because I want to go elsewhere. i will be reapplying with slightly better credentials this time around.

 

[Flopotomist]

I posted to see how many people call me crazy. I got into my state school this year but i declined it because I want to go elsewhere. i will be reapplying with slightly better credentials this time around.

what was it about your state school that made you decide you couldn't attend? What changed from the time you applied to the time you declined an acceptance?

How will you answer the inevitable questions from future interviewers when they question your dedication to the profession by taking this course of action?

 

[danesh23]

I posted to see how many people call me crazy. I got into my state school this year but i declined it because I want to go elsewhere. i will be reapplying with slightly better credentials this time around.

i wont call u crazy....just kind of stupid and cocky...you never know whats gonna happen in the future, if i were u, id take that and run with it... but i guess u gotta learn the hard way... but i hope u do get into a better school

 

[DrVanNostran]

I posted to see how many people call me crazy. I got into my state school this year but i declined it because I want to go elsewhere. i will be reapplying with slightly better credentials this time around.

I wish I had that luxury 🙂

 

[DoctorPardi]

what was it about your state school that made you decide you couldn't attend?action?

It was the really cheap tuition and lure of getting rejected from higher ranked schools all across the country!

 

[NonTradMed]

Hm, kind of cock to do that. Aren't you afraid that you may be rejected by schools based on the fact that you had already been accepted to med school and you didn't go? I say this because I remember, when filling out applications, that there was the question of whether you had already applied and gotten accepted to med school was posed.....it seems to me something like this could be a blackmark against you when reapplying after getting in.....

 

[DropkickMurphy]

Congrats on getting accepted and f--king yourself over.

 

[TheMightyAngus]

I posted to see how many people call me crazy. I got into my state school this year but i declined it because I want to go elsewhere. i will be reapplying with slightly better credentials this time around.

Why apply to a school you didnt want to attend?

 

[DoctorPardi]

Why apply to a school you didnt want to attend?

How bad could a school be that you initially decided to apply to it that at the end you refuse to go there, while offered no other options?

I can maybe understand someone adding a school they don't know much about and then ending up going there even though they didn't want too if it was their only acceptance. It is just that you made the decision to apply somewhere and then when you find out you're accepted no where else, you decline the one place that accepted you. Is it really worth another year for you to find out you probably will not get in anywhere better? On top of that, you probably will not be accepted at the one place that accepted you this year lol.

Good luck I guess, and maybe I am just overly cynical tonight for some reason but I think you made a horrible decision and will possibly regret it for the rest of your life. I think it is good that you did not go to the only school that accepted you, because if you are too good for that school, or don't appreciate what an acceptance to medical school is then the next person in line really deserves it and you don't deserve to be a doctor.

 

[JG198]

Why apply to a school you didnt want to attend?

This is the real question (above). For the other posters, I think that you should respect his decision since he has to be satisfied with where he will go. I am sure he has considered the repercussions that declining an acceptance will/could bring but he must have felt that his reasons were important enough to warrant this course of action.

 

[Severus]

yeah? 😕

 

[DoctorPardi]

This is the real question (above). For the other posters, I think that you should respect his decision since he has to be satisfied with where he will go. I am sure he has considered the repercussions that declining an acceptance will/could bring but he must have felt that his reasons were important enough to warrant this course of action.

If there was a detailed explanation of why the person declined an acceptance they maybe I could understand. Maybe somehow they were confused about a very religious school and the poster was an atheist or different religion etc. I could understand, but there are thousands of students killing themselves every year trying so hard and not getting even one acceptance. People who are great with patients, caring etc, but maybe just don't take standardized tests well or for whatever reason don't do well in the application process.

Again I might just be being overly cynical, but I think it is really a bad idea to turn down an acceptance without some objective story about why they couldn't go there.

 

[JG198]

If there was a detailed explanation of why the person declined an acceptance they maybe I could understand. Maybe somehow they were confused about a very religious school and the poster was an atheist or different religion etc. I could understand, but there are thousands of students killing themselves every year trying so hard and not getting even one acceptance. People who are great with patients, caring etc, but maybe just don't take standardized tests well or for whatever reason don't do well in the application process.

Again I might just be being overly cynical, but I think it is really a bad idea to turn down an acceptance without some objective story about why they couldn't go there.

I would like to append to my previous post. I, personally, would not have declined it but I'd like to think that his decision is subtantiated by reasons beyond the scope of the school's rank. Then again, if he declined due to school rank, then he's not the only person I have encountered who is reapplying (after declining an acceptance) next year for this reason.

 

[akinf]

Honestly, that's just flat-out stupid. I want to give you the benefit of the doubt because I don't know exactly why you did it, but I just keep coming back to stupid. I really hope you do get into a better school next year because I think the regret you'd have to deal with would be too much for most people to bear.

See how I said something mean then tried to make it nice?

 

[baylormed]

You better have improved yourself GREATLY ( I cannot emphasize how huge these letters are supposed to be). Giving up an acceptance, going through this process again, not knowing whether you will or will not be accepted again, is a tough choice, and I can't sympathize with you very well.
Plus, if you only had 1 acceptance this rolling year, what makes you think you'll have such an improvement next year? Did you discover the cure for cancer? for diabetes? Have you suddenly raised your gpa by a whole point?

I understand you must have your reasons, so good luck answering the "if you have previously been accepted to a US medical school and declined acceptance, state your reasons below" question next year. There better be a good answer there.

**Overstressed pre-med praying for an acceptance anywhere this coming year, wish me luck!**

 

[newbie1kenobi]

Gotta give it up to the OP for being so ballsy. It would really be something to see a thread next year saying "I got into my first choice med school this year after declining an acceptance last year!" (can't search for one now since the search function is down).

Anyway, good luck OP, hope you know what you're doing.

 

[MarzMD]

must.....resist....posting........

 

[Labslave]

Wow. That is all. 😱 😕 👎

 

[DoctorPardi]

Gotta give it up to the OP for being so ballsy. It would really be something to see a thread next year saying "I got into my first choice med school this year after declining an acceptance last year!" (can't search for one now since the search function is down).

Anyway, good luck OP, hope you know what you're doing.

Yes OP please post with your results a year from now. Also I think part of why I have taken a bitter tone with the OP is that he seems so gleeful about declining an acceptance and reapplying, with no regard to the true worth an acceptance really represents.

 

[jbone]

Congrats on getting accepted and f--king yourself over.

👍 👍

 

[Mr. Itchy]

I imagine there was a reason you didn't get accepted anywhere else. It seems it will be tough to come crawling back to that school begging them to not let your dumb mistake screw over your "passion."

There is a bright side to this. A person more dedicated may have taken his spot 😀

 

[Bolo]

You guys shouldn't be so quick to bash this guy. What if he initially applied really late in the cycle? What if the school he got accepted to turned out to be in a location where he just wouldn't be able to function at his best?

 

[DropkickMurphy]

What if the school he got accepted to turned out to be in a location where he just wouldn't be able to function at his best?

You know what? I don't care if I had to dodge snipers, IED's and suicide bombers to get to class every day- if it was my only chance to earn my MD and have a chance at a residency of my choosing, I'd do it without question or hesitation. Anyone who is so shallow as to turn down what probably his ONLY chance to earn his medical degree, gets what is coming to him.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

Gotta give it up to the OP for being so ballsy. It would really be something to see a thread next year saying "I got into my first choice med school this year after declining an acceptance last year!" (can't search for one now since the search function is down).

Anyway, good luck OP, hope you know what you're doing.

We're more likely to see a thread entitled something to the effect of "Why can't I get in!!!! I got in *pleading tone* LAAASSST year!!!"

 

[MossPoh]

You know what? I don't care if I had to dodge snipers, IED's and suicide bombers to get to class every day- if it was my only chance to earn my MD and have a chance at a residency of my choosing, I'd do it without question or hesitation. Anyone who is so shallow as to turn down what probably his ONLY chance to earn his medical degree, gets what is coming to him.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm. I don't know about the dodging snipers and stuff EVERYDAY...but maybe once and a while for me. 😛

 

[Law2Doc]

You better have improved yourself GREATLY ( I cannot emphasize how huge these letters are supposed to be).

I agree with this. Being a reapplicant and having to explain away why you would rather not be a doctor than go to a particular school (and why you applied there in the first place) are both things that make you a weaker applicant from the get go. Thus you have to overcome these hurdles AND improve your stats beyond this. I don't think a few A's a point or two on the MCAT or another average EC will be adequate to get you out of the perception related hole you just dug yourself. But that's just my opinion. Good luck.

Like the others, I look forward to your thread next year at this time bemoaning your foolishness.

 

[Depakote]

I posted to see how many people call me crazy. I got into my state school this year but i declined it because I want to go elsewhere. i will be reapplying with slightly better credentials this time around.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

No, seriously. You're boned.

 

[LifetimeDoc]

I posted to see how many people call me crazy. I got into my state school this year but i declined it because I want to go elsewhere. i will be reapplying with slightly better credentials this time around.

Yes; you are nutz. Why apply to a school where you wouldn't accept the offer to attend their school? They won't accept you again because of such a dumb stunt. Getting into medical school is serious business, with many people sacrificing a large part of their lives and many taking big financial and personal risks with the hopes of getting into one US school. 👎

 

[jbrice1639]

I posted to see how many people call me crazy. I got into my state school this year but i declined it because I want to go elsewhere. i will be reapplying with slightly better credentials this time around.

why did you apply to a school you didn't want to go to? seems like a waste of time and money...

 

[akaz]

Go beg them to get back in before you hate yourself. The schools are going to be pissed. They have your AMCAS history. I know someone who did that to finish his PhD at MIT and he never got in again anywhere.

Yes; you are nutz. Why apply to a school where you wouldn't accept the offer to attend their school? They won't accept you again because of such a dumb stunt. Getting into medical school is serious business, with many people sacrificing a large part of their lives and many taking big financial and personal risks with the hopes of getting into one US school. 👎

 

[Robizzle]

I hope you cure cancer before you reapply

 

[ND2005]

this is the big thing I don't get (as everyone else has said): why apply to a school you don't want to attend? Or, if you thought you would like it and learned otherwise at the interview, why wouldn't you withdraw your application then?

This is what I did...there was only 1 school that, post-interview, I honestly couldn't see myself going to...so I sent in a withdrawal 2 days after the interview.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

This is what I did...there was only 1 school that, post-interview, I honestly couldn't see myself going to...so I sent in a withdrawal 2 days after the interview.

I wouldn't withdraw....Things would have to be pretty horrid for me to go "My desire to become a doc is not strong enough to over come my desire not to spend four years here."

 

[DropkickMurphy]

By the way, ND2005....what school was that and why? PM me if you don't feel like saying it on the thread.

 

[Orthodoc40]

This guy's obviously a troll.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

Either a troll or a tool. Perhaps both....

 

[gafft]

I posted to see how many people call me crazy. I got into my state school this year but i declined it because I want to go elsewhere. i will be reapplying with slightly better credentials this time around.

You won't be attending medical school. You've ruined your career.

 

[R.P. McMurphy]

1000 bucks says he applies again and gets into the schools he wanted

 

[gafft]

1000 bucks says he applies again and gets into the schools he wanted

It's a simple fact. This individual will not be going to a US medical school. He has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is not applying to medical school for the right reasons. It is a certainty that he will be rejected from every school next year.

 

[R.P. McMurphy]

does anyone realize that all he has to do is come up with a really good excuse? For example: I was not fit to start medical school for X,Y,Z and therefore made the concious decision to not attend this year because I felt that X,Y,Z situations would cause my performance in school to be poor. Now that I have solved/taken care of these problems, I know I am ready to do what I have been wanting to do my whole life...

I think a lot of med schools will actually like this, so I don't know how you guys can say he "ruined his career"?

 

[R.P. McMurphy]

It's a simple fact. This individual will not be going to a US medical school. He has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is not applying to medical school for the right reasons. It is a certainty that he will be rejected from every school next year.

haha comments like this crack me up....

1) Are you head of all the adcoms in the entire country? otherwise you CANNOT make the claim that it is a "simple fact"

2) read the post above, all he needs to do is show that he is a good applicant, show that he didn't go for the CORRECT REASON (ie, not cause he just didnt feel like it, and i'm sure he didn't just call them up and tell them that), and show that if he had gone, it would have probably been bad for the school and him

3) It's ridiculous to say that it is certain that he is rejected. A lot of med schools, if he plays his cards right, will probably commend him for not wasting time to go into a school he might drop out of in a bad time in his life....

you need to think about this a little more before making ridiculous comments

 

[Depakote]

does anyone realize that all he has to do is come up with a really good excuse? For example: I was not fit to start medical school for X,Y,Z and therefore made the concious decision to not attend this year because I felt that X,Y,Z situations would cause my performance in school to be poor. Now that I have solved/taken care of these problems, I know I am ready to do what I have been wanting to do my whole life...

I think a lot of med schools will actually like this, so I don't know how you guys can say he "ruined his career"?

Because as a reapplicant that didn't get in last year, I was given enough criticism that my round 2 was a bitch, and I significantly improved my application.

His, "WHY GOD, WHY MUST LIFE BE SO EASY?" routine won't get him far...

 

[DropkickMurphy]

A lot of med schools, if he plays his cards right, will probably commend him for not wasting time to go into a school he might drop out of in a bad time in his life....

Aren't we the perennial f--king optimist...... 🙄

 

[notdeadyet]

I wouldn't withdraw....Things would have to be pretty horrid for me to go "My desire to become a doc is not strong enough to over come my desire not to spend four years here."

I have SOME sympathy for folks who have to apply far and wide (late app due to August MCAT, mediocre stats) and haven't had the money to visit some of these places. Then once you interview, you can find that a school's location is just not for you.

But turning down your STATE SCHOOL? Where's the mystery there?

 

[Orthodoc40]

You won't be attending medical school. You've ruined your career.

Can't ruin something you never had...

 

[yobynaes]

Anyone who is so shallow as to turn down what probably his ONLY chance to earn his medical degree, gets what is coming to him.

im sure OP turned down the state med school only because he/she has a perfectly legit reason or the confidence of a better acceptance in the next cycle. yet, im not quite a fan of the playful tone of OP as if it the whole process meant little (or even this wasted year coming up).

 

[DropkickMurphy]

im sure OP turned down the state med school only because he/she has a perfectly legit reason or the confidence of a better acceptance in the next cycle.

To me, it sounded like he was looking down his nose at the school that accepted him. I wonder if he will think the same when he's looking at the acceptance letter from Ross and going "You want me to pay HOW much?"

 

[RayhanS1282]

Congrats OP, for not only looking a gift horse in the mouth, but also vomiting in its mouth, forcing it to swallow it and then kicking it in the nuts.

Do regale us with tales of grandeur that you will presumably expereince next year.

 

[akaz]

I withdrew from schools too, but I was already admitted to some. I am not that gutsy.

this is the big thing I don't get (as everyone else has said): why apply to a school you don't want to attend? Or, if you thought you would like it and learned otherwise at the interview, why wouldn't you withdraw your application then?

This is what I did...there was only 1 school that, post-interview, I honestly couldn't see myself going to...so I sent in a withdrawal 2 days after the interview.

 

[Lbgem]

im sure OP turned down the state med school only because he/she has a perfectly legit reason or the confidence of a better acceptance in the next cycle. yet, im not quite a fan of the playful tone of OP as if it the whole process meant little (or even this wasted year coming up).

The reason supposedly (from what he/she posted in the post-bac forums) is because he/she wants to attend a post-bac (BU).

It's one thing to mock the rest of us in the post-bac forums by turning down a WL acceptance...but another to bring it here.

Yeah, maybe you will get into your first choice school if you apply early this year (instead of late in the cycle like you did before), but I have to say your attitude sucks. 👎 Then again maybe you wanted all this negative attention in the first place. 😛