Is anybody else losing sleep over trying to decide where to go?

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Well, let's see... you posted at 3:06AM.

I posted at 5:09AM

I win 😀
 
Yep, me too. I think I might start a thread like pickelsali. Tons of good advice there!
 
Well, seraph you already know I am since we chat on aim late at night. So, emphatically, yes I am loosing sleep and it's not fun. I can't fall asleep before 2am. It sucks!
 
OncDoc19 said:
Well, seraph you already know I am since we chat on aim late at night. So, emphatically, yes I am loosing sleep and it's not fun. I can't fall asleep before 2am. It sucks!
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lol

i fell asleep at 6 AM thinking about this
 
i'm rocking the 5am to 11am sleep routine too!

ah where to go?!
 
i rather be in this spot then lose sleep over trying to get into school. =/
 
OncDoc19 said:
Well, seraph you already know I am since we chat on aim late at night. So, emphatically, yes I am loosing sleep and it's not fun. I can't fall asleep before 2am. It sucks!
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😱 You used my pet peeve typo!! You can't loose sleep...but you can lose it...
 
Stressing out about deciding where to go (and whether I'll get to defer) and my parents are being incredibly unhelpful.🙁
Somebody should put together a guide for being a supportive parent of MD/PhD applicants...
 
Kraazy said:
Stressing out about deciding where to go (and whether I'll get to defer) and my parents are being incredibly unhelpful.🙁
Somebody should put together a guide for being a supportive parent of MD/PhD applicants...
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you too are deferring?? what for?

am i the only person NOT deferring?

So where are you thinking? Hopkins v. Penn?
 
wooki said:
i rather be in this spot then lose sleep over trying to get into school. =/
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Wooki, I agree 100%.... 4 "high" waitlist spots, 0 MD/PhD acceptances so far= me obsessively checking my email, the SDN post-acceptance withdrawal thread, and my voicemail over and over and over again. Significant amounts of sleep lost, and decreased ability to focus on finishing my (master's) thesis. argh....

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Originally Posted by Kraazy
Stressing out about deciding where to go (and whether I'll get to defer) and my parents are being incredibly unhelpful.🙁
Somebody should put together a guide for being a supportive parent of MD/PhD applicants...

Kraazy, I agree 200%... what's worse is when two sets of parents are involved.... not only are my parents trying to "guide" me, my bf is debating between two MD/PhD programs and his parents are trying to advise me on my decisions so that he'll choose the one closer to home... talk about unneccessary guilt during an already stressful time. I bet AAMC could make a killing off a guide like that... they should make it an option to purchase it along with the MSAR. :laugh:


And to those losing sleep over decisions, I wish you the best of luck for sudden blissful revelation, and swift withdrawal from the schools I'm waitlisted at!! jk.... kind of....

Good luck! :luck:
 
Kraazy said:
Stressing out about deciding where to go (and whether I'll get to defer) and my parents are being incredibly unhelpful.🙁
Somebody should put together a guide for being a supportive parent of MD/PhD applicants...
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definitely!
 
I know where I'm going to go, and have withdrawal letters all typed up to everywhere else...I...just...can't...send...them...in....
 
Inuranic said:
I know where I'm going to go, and have withdrawal letters all typed up to everywhere else...I...just...can't...send...them...in....
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I feel you! Every single email I sent to withdraw from schools sat in my "drafts" folder for at least a few days before I could gather up the guts to just hit the send button.

Wooki, I agree 100%.... 4 "high" waitlist spots, 0 MD/PhD acceptances so far= me obsessively checking my email, the SDN post-acceptance withdrawal thread, and my voicemail over and over and over again. Significant amounts of sleep lost, and decreased ability to focus on finishing my (master's) thesis. argh....
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Now I feell like a whiny *******...Seriously, though, best of luck, I'm sure things will turn up.

For me the issue with my parents is that honestly, at this point, I just want them to be laissez-faire and accept whatever decision I come to. Instead, they are fixated on rankings and already pressuring me to pick one school even though they haven't once asked about how I feel about these schools and don't much seem to care about how stressful it is to pick a place to go to school and live at for almost a decade. Sh.t like this is why I didn't even tell them I was pre-mudphud until I had already sent in my apps. Perhaps I should have kept it up a bit longer...


/rant. 😳
 
Kraazy said:
IFor me the issue with my parents is that honestly, at this point, I just want them to be laissez-faire and accept whatever decision I come to. Instead, they are fixated on rankings and already pressuring me to pick one school even though they haven't once asked about how I feel about these schools and don't much seem to care about how stressful it is to pick a place to go to school and live at for almost a decade. Sh.t like this is why I didn't even tell them I was pre-mudphud until I had already sent in my apps. Perhaps I should have kept it up a bit longer...
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I'm with you! My whole family seems to have an opinion. My mom thinks Penn, my dad's for UCLA and an aunt and grandma are for Wisconsin. Keep in mind none of them are even remotely connected with medicine. My mom thinks Penn purely based on rankings and the fact that it's ivy league. My dad thinks UCLA based on location. My grandma just doesn't want me to move far away and Wisconsin is the only school I'm considering in the midwest. I just want to decide already so this can all be over!
 
Inuranic said:
I know where I'm going to go, and have withdrawal letters all typed up to everywhere else...I...just...can't...send...them...in....
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It will probably feel really freeing once you actually send them out. Good luck mustering up the nerve to mail your withdrawals!

Kraazy said:
For me the issue with my parents is that honestly, at this point, I just want them to be laissez-faire and accept whatever decision I come to. Instead, they are fixated on rankings and already pressuring me to pick one school even though they haven't once asked about how I feel about these schools and don't much seem to care about how stressful it is to pick a place to go to school and live at for almost a decade. Sh.t like this is why I didn't even tell them I was pre-mudphud until I had already sent in my apps. Perhaps I should have kept it up a bit longer...
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Hmmm...a different predicament then what I'm used to. My parents have absolutely no involvement in my decision whatsoever, which isn't necessarily a good thing either. I hope your parents will be happy with whatever decision you make and realize that you chose the school that is best for you!
 
Seraph, great avatar! Embracing being a "battling bear" (I think that's how Brian phrased it)....I like it.
 
iveshchmive said:
Seraph, great avatar! Embracing being a "battling bear" (I think that's how Brian phrased it)....I like it.
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haha thanks! i'm just a doppleganger of j-weezy, i've been copying all her sdn account changes... O_O

and i just realized we are going to the same revisit! maybe i can convince you to go to washu as well!
 
Damn U of C's early deadline! I'm not really losing any sleep over this thing, but I am beginning to dream about it: last night I was on the show "Deal or No Deal" and the host was making me decide between taking the Chicago offer or turning it down for a 50/50 shot at UW or WashU plus $1 million (I am NOT kidding)! For the record, the chick holding the UW briefcase was the hottest.
 
Of course she'd be the hottest. UW is damn sexy.
 
zuzu714 said:
And to those losing sleep over decisions, I wish you the best of luck for sudden blissful revelation, and swift withdrawal from the schools I'm waitlisted at!! jk.... kind of....

Good luck! :luck:
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👍 to that!

(3 Waitlists 🙁)

Hopefully this will all work out for us all.
 
seraph524 said:
and i just realized we are going to the same revisit! maybe i can convince you to go to washu as well!
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awesome! i think it will be pretty likely that i'll want to join the Wash U crew after the revisit...i heard from another person who went to this past revisit, and it sounds as though they're anticipating a incoming class of around 30!
 
iveshchmive said:
awesome! i think it will be pretty likely that i'll want to join the Wash U crew after the revisit...i heard from another person who went to this past revisit, and it sounds as though they're anticipating a incoming class of around 30!
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yea, from the emails brian sends us, they are extremely surprised that so many people have committed so early - 9 at the beginning of march, when usually it takes about april to get that.

brian will have a pen and the contract ready outside the chase when the weekend is over 😉
 
iveshchmive said:
i can't say "no" to Brian...he's way to awesome. that must be their hook.
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it's true. Brian has got to be one of the coolest MSTP administrators I've had the chance to meet. But Maggie is pretty d@mn cool also!
 
j-weezy said:
it's true. Brian has got to be one of the coolest MSTP administrators I've had the chance to meet. But Maggie is pretty d@mn cool also!
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his suit and tie ensemble is just downright badass!
 
j-weezy said:
it's true. Brian has got to be one of the coolest MSTP administrators I've had the chance to meet. But Maggie is pretty d@mn cool also!
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J-weezy, please spend less time writing and more time posting pictures. Kthx.
 
seraph524 said:
lol what? pictures of herself?
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Yes. I just went the the MD-PhD applicants group on Facebook (haven't visited in awhile) and realized that she should share pictures, you know, for the good of the forum.
 
Inuranic said:
Yes. I just went the the MD-PhD applicants group on Facebook (haven't visited in awhile) and realized that she should share pictures, you know, for the good of the forum.
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Me 😉
 
Why don't you want my picture? My mom says I'm pretty.
 
seraph524 said:
Why don't you want my picture? My mom says I'm pretty.
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Since J has decided to be coy, I'd love to have your picture! And don't worry, I won't think you're second cutest or anything. Just...my runner-up request...
 
Inuranic said:
Since J has decided to be coy, I'd love to have your picture! And don't worry, I won't think you're second cutest or anything. Just...my runner-up request...
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So I'm on your waitlist? Pfft. I withdraw.

😉
 
Inuranic said:
Since J has decided to be coy, I'd love to have your picture! And don't worry, I won't think you're second cutest or anything. Just...my runner-up request...
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so do you like swing both ways?
 
Laugh it up, Onc.

No, J, I'm just saying that your...numbers...made you a shoe-in. Seraph, the other applicant, had an amazing LOR that kept him in the game. I'm bound to follow a strict set of rules!

I'll be logging on throughout the day to check for new JPEGs...
 
Inuranic said:
Laugh it up, Onc.

No, J, I'm just saying that your...numbers...made you a shoe-in. Seraph, the other applicant, had an amazing LOR that kept him in the game. I'm bound to follow a strict set of rules!

I'll be logging on throughout the day to check for new JPEGs...
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You obviously don't think I'm cute enough to ask for a picture, but too bad, you're getting one anyway!

JPEG
 
i'm an "h"...guess i should let the more desirable letters sign on to Wash U first...

😛
 
Hi everyone who likes pipettes and beakers and stuff like that,

My name is Paul Leibowitz, and I'm a student at the new Barry Zlatko School of Medicine, better known as ZSOM. I just want to tell you that ZSOM is AWESOME. That's why they even rhyme, you see that? ZSOM rhymes with AWESOME. It's all part of the plan.

I'm not really that interested in research myself, but I just want you to know that there are lots of great opportunities at ZSOM for you to do really cutting-edge research. We even have a ShamanD/MD program. What other school is AWESOME enough to offer a program like that?

Oh, I almost forgot. A few of my classmates and I made some video testimonials for you just so that you can get a better idea of just how AWESOME that ZSOM really is. There's some evil elf going around trying to bash us and our school, but it's just because he knows that ZSOM is AWESOME. But don't worry, because we have the ninjas and they won't ever let the elves get in. So I hope you all apply, and I'm looking forward to meeting you.
 
OncDoc19 said:
You obviously don't think I'm cute enough to ask for a picture, but too bad, you're getting one anyway!

JPEG
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If I had any inkling of who you were on Facebook, I'd be stalking you as well. J-wizzle is too easy to figure out.
 
Inuranic said:
If I had any inkling of who you were on Facebook, I'd be stalking you as well. J-wizzle is too easy to figure out.
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muah haha. i know both of them. for a large monetary fee, ill be willing to disclose their identities.
 
Inuranic said:
If I had any inkling of who you were on Facebook, I'd be stalking you as well. J-wizzle is too easy to figure out.
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How hard can it be to find a female MD/PhD applicant from Iowa who is interested in history of medicine? I assure you that is an n of 1. Like j, I am far from anonymous.
 
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