DaMota said:
so i only know one other person who's applying to schools. we applied to basically all the same schools and turned our apps in pretty much at the exact same time. i've been talking to her sporadically...and she KEEPS getting interviews. she just got her FIFTH today. i just really can't take it any more. i have no jealousy and am happy for her (she is a reapplicant and i felt really bad for her last year) but i just went from being in such a great mood to feeling anxious/sad/paranoid etc in the span of like 2 minutes. so i guess you could argue that maybe i'm not really happy for her, but thats really not it. considering we applied at the same time, it would just be nice to have ONE interview. and considering that she got all her stuff in about a week before me i feel like all those potential interview slots are just being given to her and then they get to mine and are like "well, we just gave a berkeley person an interview, lets hold out on mota". it especially sucks cuz she tried to encourage me by saying maybe i should apply to DO schools and schools abroad, but after putting about FIVE months of work in, that's really the last thing I want to hear. i'm rambling. sorry. i need to go to the gym and blow off some steam. either that or crawl into a hole... f*ckin a.
-mota
edit: please don't come at me with "she studied harder, she deserves it", our stats are very similar. i just want other venters.
venter here:
I started venting and then decided it was too long so I just cut out the background venting and got to the meat of it all:
One of my friends here is applying this cycle. We overlap in about half of the schools. I'm a glide-year applicant, and she's applying as a senior at WashU. She knows that I'm a Uchicago alum and that I'm really nervous about not getting in because of my low stats. So she somehow got her apps in a few weeks before me, like in early august. but whatever, I didn't think it mattered, and it's not the point of this story.
In mid september, I get a voicemail from her : "hey ahumdinger, it's <friend>, I was just wondering...if you could call me back...because I was just wondering...if you could tell me how to get to O'hare airport." That was it, no mention of why she was going to O'hare, though I'd be an idiot to not to realize that it about medical school. I'm fuming, but I call her back immediately, and I don't mention anything specific. I mean, I can't just jump to conclusions right? I tell her, "Oh are you trying to get to Uchicago? Why are you flying out of O'hare? It's much cheaper an easier to fly to Midway." She says, "oh, really? I couldn't find any cheap flights to Midway. They were all like 400 or more." At this point, I'm thinking, is she just playing dumb or does she really not know how to use the internet? maybe she's trying to fly to the Midway islands? Everyone in St. Louis and Chicago knows about the commuter flights on Southwest to and fron Chicago. They are usually really cheap and even at the most expensive times, it's no more than $200. I told her to call the Admissions office or look online to find the best way to get to school. So far, this entire conversation, she doesn't say, "oh guess what? I got an interview to Pritzker!" That would have been much nicer than trying to hide it but obviously not. I was SO angry, especially since she knew I was sensitive about possibly not getting into my alma mater. On top of that, she adds, "oh okay, well, how about getting to Northwestern?"
Okay, so you might be thinking, maybe she just didn't realize it and was fishing for a congrats. Well, here's proof that she's trying to rub it in:
about 2 weeks later, my mom comes to visit, and we go out with my friend nd her mom. At dinner, her mom says, "oh, don't forget to ask Linda about going to Chicago." to which I expected her to say, "oh I already did." Nope, instead, she says, "oh yeah, so can you tell me how to get to the uchicago campus? I tried to ask my host, but she gave a really vague description." ARRGHGH!! I don't even want to go on with this venting!! So I tried to be polite and said, jokingly, "didn't you ask me this already?" But i still gave her detailed directions and then told her to call the admissions office or look online.
How's that for a vent? AND....I got rejected pre-interview to Pritzker.
I got an interview at WashU (miraculous) and I was tempted to call her up and ask her how to get to the admissions office (even though I work on the medical campus). But that would be the evil applicant thing to do. And i"m not going to stoop that low.
edit: This is really an isolated occurance. I have plenty of other friends who are also applying. Some of us have lots of interviews, some have none, some just submitted AMCAS, etc. And we are all VERY supportive of each other. Just this one incidence really got under my skin.
That's a great quote. That's definintely going on my facebook.
