I Declined An Acceptance This Year!!!

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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....

No, "a lot of med schools" are going to see him as a high risk, high maintenance preening buffoon who thinks that a perfect world should just be handed to him.

Newsflash to the pre-allo forum: a med school is a med school is a med school. Premeds spend so much time and energy nitpicking over curricula, locations, research, match lists, etc. etc. etc., but having been through the process allow me to show you the forest despite the trees:

1. The first two years bascially shove a fairly standardized bolus of basic science into your head for Step 1. Whether this occurs at Harvard or VCOM, in Miami or Minnesota, it's pretty irrelevant.

2. Clinical rotations involve a lot of standing around watching things you'll never see or care about again. Sorry, it's true. Whether this occurs at Hopkins while you're retracting for an electroablativehemicorporectomy with Bilroth IX, or at Soda Springs Free Clinic while you're watching skin tag snipping, it's pretty irrelevant.

What is relevant is that after four years you are awarded an MD. At that point you have gained admission to the exclusive club, with all rights, privileges and responsibilities pertaining thereto. That's why we're in this gig, right? In other words, if you have one acceptance this side of Hell then you suck it up and go. Otherwise you're just a whiny little *****.

 

[NonTradMed]

Well... some defending of my actions might be in order being the OP of the thread. Okay, I will start from last year. Due to some personal issues, I sent my AMCAS application out extremely late (2nd week of December) By that time most school's deadlines were over, so I had only applied to two schools (got interviews at both of them). Both interviewers had outright told me that if I had applied early I would have got in no problem. Alas, I got waitlisted at one and rejected at the other.

I had emailed the dean of admissions asking how far down the waitlist I was. He responded that the past few years they have not really taken many waitlisters so not to get my hopes up. I had to make a decision as to what to do, so I applied to two postbac programs and got accepted to both. I accepted at BU for their MAMS program. I had already signed a 1 year apt. lease and took out at $50K loan from BU for the program when I got a call from the same dean I had emailed. We spoke for a while and he was EXTREMELY helpful. He knew of the program at BU and told me it was a fantastic program and he understood my predicament. He is trying to get my acceptance deferred, but said doubts it will happen. He really wants me at that school, and basically told me if I apply early, I will get in again.

Hm, so you weren't really accepted to medical school, you just withdrew froma waitlist to improve your application for reapplication....I think your original post was misleading if this is the case. Waitlist is not the same as an acceptance (as many on this forum will tell you!). Your explanation is more plausible than if you had outright rejected an acceptance to do a post-bacc. I wish you good luck on the process.

Also, simply because a dean or whoever was in charge of admissions says you are certain to get in....doesn't mean anything. Talk is cheap and reapplicants is more money for the school (and a lower yield score too), so it benefits the school to see you reapply, however, you stand to lose the most out of all this 'talk'. I had a friend who was told outright that she should be expecting an acceptance by her interviewer and got a rejection. Once the search is up again, I suggest checking out Rxnman (I think), who had to apply three times to get in....I remember in one of his post, he said he was told by the dean himself about how he was great and just needed to add a bit of ECs and yadda yadda and he's in....and was rejected again and again so med school is a crapshot, don't take anyone's word for granted until you see that letter.

To bad the search function is down. If it werent people would be able to see that there are plenty of people who reapply after turning down an acceptance and still get in. Bottom line, most schools are number ******, if you have em your in the running.

I've been reading this forum since 2003, and I don't remember it was common for someone who was accepted into medical school to reapply and get into a better school. It is unfortunate that the search is down, otherwise, a brief search may indicate how adcoms consider reapplicants who were previously accepted.

However, med school apps do ask if you had previously matriculated or been accepted into medical school, so it seems to be a potential black mark against you, kind of like how dropping out of another professional program is considered a black mark against applicants---because it shows a lack of commitment.

 

[LifetimeDoc]

Somebody needs a bag of prunes! 😀

But, seriously, yeah it doesn't matter where you goto medical school in the USA, but it depends on how you compare to the other students in your class and, more importantly, how well you do on the boards.

Unless you are just looking for some piece of paper with a particular school's overrated title to display to your patients.

 

[sanche60]

alot of schools i applied to didnt ask if you had ever applied before. even less then that asked if you were accepted before. Usually the question was, have you ever applied to our school before or have you ever matriculated to a med school before. And if the school did ask they usually said, "if you are a reapplicant please use this space to talk about how you improved your app." Either way, there's no guarantee the op will be accepted or denied. And it will depend on the school as well.
here's a sample from st louis university's app:
1. Please list the year/s of previous applications to this School
uic didnt even ask, indiana doesnt have a secondary, new jersey didnt ask, some schools dont even have a secondary or any content other then,"pay us to look at your app." So there are alot of schools that wouldnt be aware of that so-called "black mark". I m not taking either side, Im just trying to give a realistic approach.

Oh, and at my uic interview, my student interviewer told me he was accepted to uic, declined the acceptance, then reapplied and got in to uic again.

 

[NonTradMed]

alot of schools i applied to didnt ask if you had ever applied before. even less then that asked if you were accepted before. Usually the question was, have you ever applied to our school before or have you ever matriculated to a med school before. And if the school did ask they usually said, "if you are a reapplicant please use this space to talk about how you improved your app." Either way, there's no guarantee the op will be accepted or denied. And it will depend on the school as well.
here's a sample from st louis university's app:
1. Please list the year/s of previous applications to this School
uic didnt even ask, indiana doesnt have a secondary, new jersey didnt ask, some schools dont even have a secondary or any content other then,"pay us to look at your app." So there are alot of schools that wouldnt be aware of that so-called "black mark". I m not taking either side, Im just trying to give a realistic approach.

Oh, and at my uic interview, my student interviewer told me he was accepted to uic, declined the acceptance, then reapplied and got in to uic again.

Well, I just remember a on my the applications I was filling out, the question was: have you ever matriculated or been accepted to medical school, so it would seem an acceptance could be a mark against you, depending on what your reasons are. It's nice to hear that your interviewer declined an acceptance and than got into the same school, however, that is one anecedotal example and I don't know what, perhaps any, special circumstances there was surrounding his situation. Personally, I wouldn't wage the basis of acceptance into medical school on ONE person's (unknown) experience.

 

[Gabby]

Oh, and at my uic interview, my student interviewer told me he was accepted to uic, declined the acceptance, then reapplied and got in to uic again.

Why would anyone decline an acceptance, then reapply to the same school? Better question: why would any school offer a second acceptance to someone who declined the first?

 

[sassykru]

Well I think you already made your decision and so why do you care what a couple of people on sdn think is questionable. I think what it is...is that you made a decision and you're not quite sure whether or not it was a great decision...so basically you want to start a forum so that people can convince you that you didnt make a bad decision. I say it's your life, so you get to decide what's best for you...thousands of pre-meds don't get accepted into thier dream school every year, and you know what...they go to the school that accepts them.

 

[Hercules022]

Ironman, problem with your whole "just say you withdrew because of x,y,z" excuse is that med schools hear those excuses from everyone who has any abnormality on their app. Have you noticed that everyone with a bad GPA had "personal problems" or had to "take time off?" Med schools shoot down those people left and right because they know to take those claims with a grain of salt. Same goes with this situation. They see you had an acceptance and declined it to re-apply, of course they know you won't just say "Yeah wanted to go a better school," you'll have some complex story about "personal problems" or having to "work through some things." So from that end.... he's screwed

But..... it sounds to me like he never actually accepted the acceptance, thus there will be no record of him having it. If they offered it and he declined on the spot, then he was never accepted anywhere (as I understand it). So that may save him.

But if it's on his record..... going to be a rough road next year unless the MCAT score goes up 10 points and he suddenly earns a dozen A's or so.

 

[GuzzyRon]

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"?

"X,Y,Z situations" was there when I took the MCAT, wrote my PS, filled out AMCAS app, got LORs, filled secondaries, attended interview, got an acceptance BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I realized this preexisting "X,Y,Z situations" would cause my grades to suffer if I attended your ****ty, lowly-ranked, goodfornothing school. 🙄

Hmm...sounds pretty lame in my opinion. And it makes me wonder how "a lot of med schools will actually like this" 🙄

 

[JackBauERfan]

This guy's obviously a troll.

Yeah but its a good thought exercise, right?

 

[Law2Doc]

But..... it sounds to me like he never actually accepted the acceptance, thus there will be no record of him having it. If they offered it and he declined on the spot, then he was never accepted anywhere (as I understand it).

It doesn't work that way -- if he was accepted, he's been accepted -- there is no further obligation to "accept the acceptance". The info gets sent to AMCAS and all other schools can see his acceptance at that point, regardless of whether he ultimately declines the offer. So there is a record. But it's not clear from this thread that he was actually accepted -- there was some talk of him not likely to get off the waitlist. Since he just withdrew from a waitlist (if that is the case), there was no acceptance, and he is simply going to be a reapplicant. It might be amusing in a year or two though, when this person doesn't get as good a school as he expects and the dean who assured him admission DK's him when he calls.

 

[PreMedMommy]

You know, adcoms are people too. (Attempting to lay all biases aside) If this is how we interpret his actions, it is highly probable the adcoms will think the same thing as well. He's not truly committed, he's arrogant, what-have-you. Yes, there will be some who will think it was mature of him to understand that he was not at the level he needed to be at to successfully complete medical school yet, however, I do think he has been tainted. Plus, I don't know how even the Dean of the med school could promise entrance in the following year, he doesn't know what all the applicants are going to look like. And the postbac could definitely backfire and worsen (is that a word) his app. No matter what the motivations, even if they are understandable ones, declining an acceptance was not smart. I can't predict the future, so I don't know if he WILL or WILL NOT-NO WAY NO HOW- get into medical school next year, but (and excuse me for being so rude) I will find it terribly funny if he never gets into another med school ever.

 

[sendwich]

the BU program i'm assuming you'll be doing isn't a cake walk. i went through it this year and honestly, it sure was one he11 of a year. you'll be studying your life away. it sounds like your stats are good enough for medschools to take you w/o having to take one of these programs. why would you want to put yourself through the suffering and $$$????

ugh.

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

the BU program i'm assuming you'll be doing isn't a cake walk. i went through it this year and honestly, it sure was one he11 of a year. you'll be studying your life away. it sounds like your stats are good enough for medschools to take you w/o having to take one of these programs. why would you want to put yourself through the suffering and $$$????

ugh.

A good friend of mine just went through it (you probably know him). He suffered through that program, just suffered...

 

[crazy_cavalier]

Why would anyone decline an acceptance, then reapply to the same school? Better question: why would any school offer a second acceptance to someone who declined the first?

Better question: Why decline the acceptance in the first place, instead of deferring? If the OP was really concerned about raising himself up academically, he could do that in a deferment year, instead of declining and reapplying.

The true reason this OP wants to reapply is to ***** himself to the US News rankings. We all know it. End of discussion.

 

[OSUdoc08]

Better question: Why decline the acceptance in the first place, instead of deferring? If the OP was really concerned about raising himself up academically, he could do that in a deferment year, instead of declining and reapplying.

The true reason this OP wants to reapply is to ***** himself to the US News rankings. We all know it. End of discussion.

Ironically, these have nothing to do with the quality of a medical school.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

the BU program i'm assuming you'll be doing isn't a cake walk. i went through it this year and honestly, it sure was one he11 of a year. you'll be studying your life away. it sounds like your stats are good enough for medschools to take you w/o having to take one of these programs. why would you want to put yourself through the suffering and $$$????

ugh.

That's what I don't get, either. If you're pretty sure that you didn't get accepted to places you wanted to go to just because of a late application, why would you waste your money on a pricey postbacc? Those postbaccs are for people who need to show academic improvement. IMO, it makes more fiscal sense to get a job, get more clinical experiences and apply early next year.

 

[crazy_cavalier]

Ironically, these have nothing to do with the quality of a medical school.

Agreed 👍

 

[Law2Doc]

That's what I don't get, either. If you're pretty sure that you didn't get accepted to places you wanted to go to just because of a late application, why would you waste your money on a pricey postbacc? Those postbaccs are for people who need to show academic improvement. IMO, it makes more fiscal sense to get a job, get more clinical experiences and apply early next year.

Once you get into the reapplicant pile, you are generally expected to show improvement, notwithstanding other factors (lateness etc) that could have cost you admission to some schools. Also the pricey postbacs sometimes open doors.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

Once you get into the reapplicant pile, you are generally expected to show improvement, notwithstanding other factors (lateness etc) that could have cost you admission to some schools. Also the pricey postbacs sometimes open doors.

True, but couldn't you improve your application in a much cheaper and potentially less painful way through extensive research or by getting some really distinctive clinical experiences? I guess I'm just not a fan of postbaccs.

 

[javert]

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1. The first two years bascially shove a fairly standardized bolus of basic science into your head for Step 1. Whether this occurs at Harvard or VCOM, in Miami or Minnesota, it's pretty irrelevant.

2. Clinical rotations involve a lot of standing around watching things you'll never see or care about again. Sorry, it's true. Whether this occurs at Hopkins while you're retracting for an electroablativehemicorporectomy with Bilroth IX, or at Soda Springs Free Clinic while you're watching skin tag snipping, it's pretty irrelevant.

All I have to say to this is WOAH, BITTER MUCH? You don't sound like you really want to be in this profession, so why are you??

And to everyone who is assuming this person is a troll (he/she could be or not, I'm not too sure), I do have to say that I was almost this person last year... I talked to some people about it in February or so when it looked like if I was gonna get in anywhere, it was just gonna be my state school (or so I thought at the time) and I really did NOT wanna go there... I don't understand all of you people saying why would you apply somewhere you wouldn't want to go? Have you people actually gone through the app process yet or WHAT? When I applied, I had no idea about the places I was applying.. I applied by MCAT averages and location basically.. and as I interviwed, I discovered what the schools were all about and realized as time went on that a lot of schools I applied to are schools I wouldn't be happy at.. my state school has an extremely stressful 2 years of preclinical... these people basically repeat ugrad again by learning every single thing in crazy minute detail, they have a high honors, honors, high pass, low pass, fail grading system (basically grades) which to me = extremely stressful pressure... they get like a WEEK off before every set of exams to study cuz its so insane.. i really thought i'd be so miserable and probably end up doing really bad if i went there.. these are all things I realized AFTER interviewing... so don't be so quick to jump on him/her.. this was almost me... I was not willing to spend almost 200k in loans for a school that I felt I would be so unhappy at and possibly do poorly at because of it... criticize me all you want but I am not ashamed of my thoughts last year..

 

[SoCuteMD]

All I have to say to this is WOAH, BITTER MUCH? You don't sound like you really want to be in this profession, so why are you??

And to everyone who is assuming this person is a troll (he/she could be or not, I'm not too sure), I do have to say that I was almost this person last year... I talked to some people about it in February or so when it looked like if I was gonna get in anywhere, it was just gonna be my state school (or so I thought at the time) and I really did NOT wanna go there... I don't understand all of you people saying why would you apply somewhere you wouldn't want to go? Have you people actually gone through the app process yet or WHAT? When I applied, I had no idea about the places I was applying.. I applied by MCAT averages and location basically.. and as I interviwed, I discovered what the schools were all about and realized as time went on that a lot of schools I applied to are schools I wouldn't be happy at.. my state school has an extremely stressful 2 years of preclinical... these people basically repeat ugrad again by learning every single thing in crazy minute detail, they have a high honors, honors, high pass, low pass, fail grading system (basically grades) which to me = extremely stressful pressure... they get like a WEEK off before every set of exams to study cuz its so insane.. i really thought i'd be so miserable and probably end up doing really bad if i went there.. these are all things I realized AFTER interviewing... so don't be so quick to jump on him/her.. this was almost me... I was not willing to spend almost 200k in loans for a school that I felt I would be so unhappy at and possibly do poorly at because of it... criticize me all you want but I am not ashamed of my thoughts last year..

I'm sorry, but your point is...?

 

[javert]

I'm sorry, but your point is...?

That I think its ridiculous to condemn this person the way everyone is so quickly doing...

 

[SoCuteMD]

That I think its ridiculous to condemn this person the way everyone is so quickly doing...

Yes, based solely on the fact that you share the OPs reasoning. There weren't any actual facts backing up your argument. So what if your state school is "stressful." I mean, isn't med school supposed to be just a LITTLE BIT scary and stressful?

 

[javert]

Yes, based solely on the fact that you share the OPs reasoning. There weren't any actual facts backing up your argument. So what if your state school is "stressful." I mean, isn't med school supposed to be just a LITTLE BIT scary and stressful?

Hey, if you're perfectly happy shelling out a few hundred thousand for 4 years of misery, then be my guest.. I wasn't.. and oh btw, in the words of my bf, check my sig, biatch! (What I mean is, it is NOT scary or stressful at my school)

 

[SoCuteMD]

Hey, if you're perfectly happy shelling out a few hundred thousand for 4 years of misery, then be my guest.. I wasn't.. and oh btw, in the words of my bf, check my sig, biatch! (What I mean is, it is NOT scary or stressful at my school)

Javert to (his/her - I'm REALLY confused) Mom:

"But Mommy...they want me to....STUDY!!! I can't go there." WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

 

[javert]

Javert to (his/her - I'm REALLY confused) Mom:

"But Mommy...they want me to....STUDY!!! I can't go there." WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Touche... I guess we just don't all share the perspective that med school has to be this awful hazing process that gets us into medicine...

 

[SoCuteMD]

Touche... I guess we just don't all share the perspective that med school has to be this awful hazing process that gets us into medicine...

I guess for me (and I go to one of those H/HP/P/LP/F schools) I've found that my school takes a beating on SDN but most of us really like it. Sure, the grading system adds extra stresses if you feel that you MUST do better than pass - but it's also nice that your hard work does pay off in a way that you see on paper. I know the studying I'm doing today will lessen the stress of Step I next year, so I guess I see it as delayed gratification. I'm really happy at my school, and to be truthful I had the same questions you and the OP. I almost left the first week - but looking back I realize what a HUGE mistake that would have been and how silly (at least in my mind) I was being at the time. My life hasn't turned out AT ALL how I thought it would if you asked me at this time last year, but I'm slowly realizing that a) that's ok, b) I'm a better person for it and c) things happen for a reason.

 

[Gut Shot]

All I have to say to this is WOAH, BITTER MUCH? You don't sound like you really want to be in this profession, so why are you??

I'm in this profession because I love medicine and i love being a physician. I'm not sure how you extracted some illusory disdain for the field from my opinion that all med school training is, at its core, pretty much the same.

 

[PreMedMommy]

So you don't like a school you applied to.....withdraw your application, don't wait until you have an acceptance in hand.

 

[jackieMD2007]

Well... some defending of my actions might be in order being the OP of the thread. Okay, I will start from last year. Due to some personal issues, I sent my AMCAS application out extremely late (2nd week of December) By that time most school's deadlines were over, so I had only applied to two schools (got interviews at both of them). Both interviewers had outright told me that if I had applied early I would have got in no problem. Alas, I got waitlisted at one and rejected at the other.

I had emailed the dean of admissions asking how far down the waitlist I was. He responded that the past few years they have not really taken many waitlisters so not to get my hopes up. I had to make a decision as to what to do, so I applied to two postbac programs and got accepted to both. I accepted at BU for their MAMS program. I had already signed a 1 year apt. lease and took out at $50K loan from BU for the program when I got a call from the same dean I had emailed. We spoke for a while and he was EXTREMELY helpful. He knew of the program at BU and told me it was a fantastic program and he understood my predicament. He is trying to get my acceptance deferred, but said doubts it will happen. He really wants me at that school, and basically told me if I apply early, I will get in again.

Soooo, all i want is a chance to apply to some schools I really want to attend. I am confident that I will be fine. I have a dean rooting for me over there, and I was recently introduced to a high up person at NYMC who seems like they can get me in there as well. My AMCAS will be sent out by the end of the week, and I am hoping for the best (just like everyone else). So, to all of you naysayers out there, I can't wait to repost with my awesome results next year.

OP, either you have a problem with word choice or you are a liar. I am hoping it is the former rather than the latter.

Were you accepted off of the waitlist or not? Because a WAITLIST is NOT an acceptance, and in that case you would have NO business starting a thread with the title "I declined an ACCEPTANCE this year!" Dropping yourself from the waitlist is not 'declining an acceptance'.

Try to clarify if you want actual opinions from SDN'ers.

 

[mshheaddoc]

That I think its ridiculous to condemn this person the way everyone is so quickly doing...

I have to agree with you ...

True, but couldn't you improve your application in a much cheaper and potentially less painful way through extensive research or by getting some really distinctive clinical experiences? I guess I'm just not a fan of postbaccs.

Yeah I think this is just a question that this guy screwed up. He applied late. His first red mark. His state school is UMDNJ (assuming his profile) and he obviously "thinks" he can do better. Fine. There are cheaper post baccs in teh immediate area but maybe he wants to put himself out there. If he wants to go into debt to do it, then that is his decision. Some people go from undergrad to grad with $100K in loans, its all doable.

While I think he was just on the waitlist and is fueling the fire here on the pre-allo stress forum, he's on the waitlist, he withdrew. There was never an acceptance. They will see he applied late last year and two only two schools. That might be questioned, but its also about who you know sadly. If this kid can get connected, he will have a better chance IF he does well at BU and his stats were already comparable for the schools he wanted.



***SIDE NOTE: Pre-meds are easily irritated and quick to lash out. This forum is an easy example of how competitive this process is. OP watch how you word things in the future or you'll end up with more flaming 😉 Good luck.

 

[javert]

I'm in this profession because I love medicine and i love being a physician. I'm not sure how you extracted some illusory disdain for the field from my opinion that all med school training is, at its core, pretty much the same.

It was the way you described it.. not your basic premise... "Clinical rotations involve a lot of standing around watching things you'll never see or care about again..." and the bit about getting an MD is entry into an exclusive club... that just screams to me wrong reasons for entering medicine... but then again maybe the process makes you bitter.. I'm still a green MS1 (until my last exam is over tomorrow)

 

[Gut Shot]

It was the way you described it.. not your basic premise... "Clinical rotations involve a lot of standing around watching things you'll never see or care about again..."

You'll see what I mean when you're retracting during your 23rd laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. Clinical rotations never get you really deep into anything, they just give you a thin glaze of experience, a brief glimpse of the major specialties. I firmly believe that all the little hoops are necessary to medical education and to being called "doctor," but that doesn't change the fact that you'll be performing many duties which could be equally accomplished by Scotch tape. And yes, most of it you will never see again. For instance, the next time I deliver a baby will be on an airplane.

and the bit about getting an MD is entry into an exclusive club... that just screams to me wrong reasons for entering medicine...

Then my sarcasm wasn't strong enough.

 

[osin83]

hahahah... for all you naysayers out there... just wanted to let you know that I DID get in again... i got a nice 10pm phonecall this past Sunday night informing me of my acceptance. boston is great, but its back to jersey next fall for med school.. WOOHOOOOOOOOO

 

[MonkeyNuts!]

I've been really, really confused at the timeline of these events. So the OP (who is a Boston or NJ resident??) applied during 2005-2006 and declined an acceptance? Then he applies again 2006-2007 cycle and then apparently gets a phonecall this Sunday saying he got in again?

 

[mlcal06]

he said something about how he was going to try to get his acceptance deferred so he could start next fall i think..

 

[foofish]

I'm still not exactly clear on the story. I mean, it seems that it would be very easy to say, "Sorry, I'm not coming" to BU, sublet your Boston apartment (or find a new renter, most landlords have to let you off a bit easier if you find someone, and Boston's an easy market for that!) and go to medical school. I have a feeling it happens very frequently with post-bac programs and it would seem that they are used to this sort of thing.

*EXACTLY* what I've been thinking reading this thread. Why drop 50K on a postbacc when you've already been accepted into med school. It's like getting an offer to join a major league baseball team and saying, nah, I think I'll go back to the minor league again for the hell of it...but just for a year mind you! The entire point of a posbacc is to get you ready to apply to medical school...since it sounds like you *are* interested in your state school, it makes absolutely no sense.

Return the loan and sublet, or just break the contract and lose a measly grand or two.

Ah well, at least the OP will be in the applicant pool with the rest of us, making our lives 0.001& easier. 🙂

 

[foofish]

I've been really, really confused at the timeline of these events. So the OP (who is a Boston or NJ resident??) applied during 2005-2006 and declined an acceptance? Then he applies again 2006-2007 cycle and then apparently gets a phonecall this Sunday saying he got in again?

...or got accepted twice from the same school in the same year? Sounds like the OP is faking it to save a bit of cyberface to me.

But hey, if it's true, enjoy that 50K (plus interest!) of extra debt, Mr. OP! 👍

 

[Doctor Bagel]

But, wait, I thought you didn't get accepted last year. You withdrew from the waitlist, which is way different from withdrawing an actual acceptance. If you were actually accepted and still wanted to drop $50k on a postbac, then either you're loaded or financially irresponsible.

 

[alwaysaangel]

hahahah... for all you naysayers out there... just wanted to let you know that I DID get in again... i got a nice 10pm phonecall this past Sunday night informing me of my acceptance. boston is great, but its back to jersey next fall for med school.. WOOHOOOOOOOOO

Wow after getting rejected from everything but a school you didn't want you did ED the second time around? Brave.

 

[ClockworkDoc]

Sounds like BS and if not, you better watch out because they guy in the white suits and butterfly nets are coming.

 

[baylormed]

Sounds like BS and if not, you better watch out because they guy in the white suits and butterfly nets are coming.

I went through the 3 pages of this thread, and from what I understand (OP, correct me if I'm wrong) is that he was never "accepted." He pulled himself off the waitlist.

 

[8744]

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.

There are no right reasons...or any wrong ones for that matter. Whatever your reasons, noble or shallow, if you finsh your training and work as a physician your motivatons are unimportant.

 

[baylormed]

There are no right reasons...or any wrong ones for that matter. Whatever your reasons, noble or shallow, if you finsh your training and work as a physician your motivatons are unimportant.

True. Who cares why a doctor decided to become a doctor? The important question is whether they can do their job or not.

 

[lilnoelle]

? So the only way I can reconcile myself with the OPs claims in this thread is that he actually applied to three schools, not two. His state school, the one that put him on a waitlist (BU?) and the one that rejected him. So, he was accepted at his state school and waitlisted at his prefered school and declined his acceptance because he was led to believe that he could get in next year if not this year. Then during the summer he was called by the dean of his preferred school and told he was off the waitlist.
I'm not sure how he could mistakenly put down that he applied at two instead of three schools, but its the only thing that really makes sense.

 

[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.

Well... some defending of my actions might be in order being the OP of the thread. Okay, I will start from last year. Due to some personal issues, I sent my AMCAS application out extremely late (2nd week of December) By that time most school's deadlines were over, so I had only applied to two schools (got interviews at both of them). Both interviewers had outright told me that if I had applied early I would have got in no problem. Alas, I got waitlisted at one and rejected at the other.

I had emailed the dean of admissions asking how far down the waitlist I was. He responded that the past few years they have not really taken many waitlisters so not to get my hopes up. I had to make a decision as to what to do, so I applied to two postbac programs and got accepted to both. I accepted at BU for their MAMS program. I had already signed a 1 year apt. lease and took out at $50K loan from BU for the program when I got a call from the same dean I had emailed. We spoke for a while and he was EXTREMELY helpful. He knew of the program at BU and told me it was a fantastic program and he understood my predicament. He is trying to get my acceptance deferred, but said doubts it will happen. He really wants me at that school, and basically told me if I apply early, I will get in again.

Soooo, all i want is a chance to apply to some schools I really want to attend. I am confident that I will be fine. I have a dean rooting for me over there, and I was recently introduced to a high up person at NYMC who seems like they can get me in there as well. My AMCAS will be sent out by the end of the week, and I am hoping for the best (just like everyone else). So, to all of you naysayers out there, I can't wait to repost with my awesome results next year.

Yea, I pretty much knew what would happen. I just thought it would be funny to see a few of the comments. I had no idea, however, that it would generate this many replies overnight.

hahahah... for all you naysayers out there... just wanted to let you know that I DID get in again... i got a nice 10pm phonecall this past Sunday night informing me of my acceptance. boston is great, but its back to jersey next fall for med school.. WOOHOOOOOOOOO

For someone with a No Bull**** avatar, you seem to be a steady supplier.

Summary of events:

Inflammatory Topic Title followed by misleading explaination at a high tension time of the year.

No actual acceptance You were waitlisted. Dropping off the waitlist to reapply is actually understandable, you're manufacturing drama.

You got in Good for you. We would have been happy for you had you not jerked our chains in the first place.

 

[foofish]

? So the only way I can reconcile myself with the OPs claims in this thread is that he actually applied to three schools, not two. His state school, the one that put him on a waitlist (BU?) and the one that rejected him. So, he was accepted at his state school and waitlisted at his prefered school and declined his acceptance because he was led to believe that he could get in next year if not this year. Then during the summer he was called by the dean of his preferred school and told he was off the waitlist.
I'm not sure how he could mistakenly put down that he applied at two instead of three schools, but its the only thing that really makes sense.

My interpretation was that he applied to two med schools, plus the BU postbacc. I think the confusion lies in whether he was actually accepted at the state school, or whether the OP fails to understand that getting on a waitlist means he wasn't actually accepted to the school. If the OP did actually get off the waitlist at the state school, then I hold to my earlier position that to decline and do a postbac is just plain dumb if he was just going to reapply to the school this year (and, to get the second acceptance, to apply ED...which further blows my mind...).

 

[lilnoelle]

So he got in early decision at BU? Well, good luck, glad it worked for you. Does anyone know why OSUdoc08 got banned?

 

[foofish]

So he got in early decision at BU? Well, good luck, glad it worked for you. Does anyone know why OSUdoc08 got banned?

No, the BU program was a postbacc program, which is still premed classes and prep for applying for med school, it's not med school itself. Since the OP claims he just was accepted to the state school (in NJ), we've been speculating that he must have applied ED to hear this early....well, that, and speculating that he is lying through his teeth, has communication issues, or he himself has no idea what is going on. 😀

Man, this is like following a soap opera.