The feelings are fine, but do they really need to be posted on SDN when so many applicants are still just waiting on acceptances? Guy's entitled to feel however he wants, but broadcasting it online is a bit much. Besides, being poor is part of the med school experience. Who doesn't love Ramen five nights a week?
It doesn't
need to be posted here, but who doesn't want some support or someone to listen to his complaints from time to time when stuff goes wrong? SDN has never objected to the hundreds of other complaints about getting waitlisted or having to reapply. What about all the people on here with such terrible scores that will probably never get accepted? They could surely be offended by all the people complaining about having to do a Post-Bac or taking a year off to improve their app.
Don't get me wrong, I get what you're saying but I think that
everyone could be more considerate and not complain here as much as they do. However, if we're going to let some groups vent but other groups just need to be happy with whatever they got, it seems a little absurd.
Interesting slope you're slippin on here. I think people believe complaining about the scholarship stuff on here is like a broker at Morgan Stanley complaning to an unemployed person that the brokers at Goldman Sachs got a 20% bigger bonus. Unless you are Charlie Sheen, someone will always have it better than you and unless you are on your last breath, someone will always have it worse than you. Save your b****ing for your momma.
Right...let's actually evaluate this.
OP: I'm kinda disappointed that 25-50% of my classmates got scholarships while I will still have to pay ticket price.
Translation:
I'm going to be paying tens of thousands of dollars more than my peers
SDN: Dude, you're so selfish and inconsiderate. Some people will never even be accepted!
Now, what exactly is this last statement supposed to mean? Are we telling the OP that because someone else is worse off, he should be
happy with anything that happens so long as he is accepted? If that's so, I'm going to drop the starving children in Africa card and point out that none of us privileged Americans have a right to complain about anything.
SDN is a forum. It's not like an Investment Banker
singling out a homeless guy and complaining at all. It's like an Investment Banker being in a bar and complaining in a place where many other Investment Bankers in the same situation will hear and see him while others may also be able to hear and see him.
So yeah, it'd be cool if the OP could suck it up and be grateful for what he has. But that's true for the vast majority of whining that takes place on these forums for various reasons that we've always entertained. Let's not let jealousy, competitiveness, or bitterness inhibit us from being able to empathize with a guy who is mad about having to pay a lot just because his life isn't in absolute shambles.
