I Hate Reapplying

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As if applying once wasn't bad enough and heartbreaking enough, now I have to do it over again. I think I'm switching gears and going from thinking positive to thinking pessimisticly. My thinking is if you think positive, you get your hopes up, so when you get a rejection, it hurts more. But if you're pessimistic, you're not expecting anything, so if you get rejected, fine, you were expecting it. If you get an interview, you're over the moon. Besides, it's not like the way I'm thinking will have any effect on teh ADCOMs. They already have my application.

 

[dr. dreigh]

As if applying once wasn't bad enough and heartbreaking enough, now I have to do it over again. I think I'm switching gears and going from thinking positive to thinking pessimisticly. My thinking is if you think positive, you get your hopes up, so when you get a rejection, it hurts more. But if you're pessimistic, you're not expecting anything, so if you get rejected, fine, you were expecting it. If you get an interview, you're over the moon. Besides, it's not like the way I'm thinking will have any effect on teh ADCOMs. They already have my application.

I know what you mean. Last year toward the end of the application cycle, I had finished my secondaries and was just waiting for the interviews that would never come. I prepared like crazy with mock interviews, reviewed my apps, and read up on healthcare issues and topics. During that time, I thought that more preparation meant I wanted it more, and the adcoms were more likely to grant me an interview. However, like you said, at that point it wouldn't have made a difference anyway. I could have been a couch potato and twiddled my thumbs all day. The outcome would have been the same.

I'm not saying that a pessimistic attitude would be the same as not preparing. Those are different things. However, when I just had that feeling that it was over for me, I decided to just give up on the whole interview prep thing and focus on more hopeful and positive things- like reapplying!

Oh well.. good luck to you!

 

[etf]

i wish someone had told me that i wasn't going to get in at my first interview. i would have saved $5000 and a year's worth of heartache...

 

[Sartre79]

I know what you mean. Last year toward the end of the application cycle, I had finished my secondaries and was just waiting for the interviews that would never come. I prepared like crazy with mock interviews, reviewed my apps, and read up on healthcare issues and topics. During that time, I thought that more preparation meant I wanted it more, and the adcoms were more likely to grant me an interview. However, like you said, at that point it wouldn't have made a difference anyway. I could have been a couch potato and twiddled my thumbs all day. The outcome would have been the same.

I'm not saying that a pessimistic attitude would be the same as not preparing. Those are different things. However, when I just had that feeling that it was over for me, I decided to just give up on the whole interview prep thing and focus on more hopeful and positive things- like reapplying!

Oh well.. good luck to you!

Did you apply late?

 

[dr. dreigh]

Did you apply late?

unfortunately, yes. i submitted my amcas in early august and my secondaries were sent in from september to december. i guess i learned my lesson about the importance of timing.

 

[63768]

As if applying once wasn't bad enough and heartbreaking enough, now I have to do it over again. I think I'm switching gears and going from thinking positive to thinking pessimisticly. My thinking is if you think positive, you get your hopes up, so when you get a rejection, it hurts more. But if you're pessimistic, you're not expecting anything, so if you get rejected, fine, you were expecting it. If you get an interview, you're over the moon. Besides, it's not like the way I'm thinking will have any effect on teh ADCOMs. They already have my application.

yea well, supposing you get interviews, your pessimistic, negative outlook will not show any signs of an enthused applicant with a passion for medicine that they're looking for. i'm reapplying this year too, and i know it's tough and heartbreaking. keep your head up. sure thinking too positively like "i'm definitely getting in!!!" and start planning accordingly is too much. but thinking that you have a shot and that you're going to work your hardest and wow those adcoms w/ your secondaries/interviews is better for you and for your future.

 

[JDWflash44]

Hey guys,

I didnt get in the 1st time and it was the best thing that happened to me. I'm now at my top choice school and have a $42000/ year scholarship, so they pay me $3000 per year. So reapplying isnt always a bad thing. But yes, It did suck having to go through that process twice. Keep your head up, work hard and before you know it u'll be an M1...