I hope everybody is well and excited for grad school! I can't wait to meet those of you who will be joining me at
Emory this fall
I haven't posted in a while, but I realized that I forgot to share an important experience with you all. Specifically, my experience with waitlists and getting OFF of one. Sorry if this is long, it's a good story. Promise.
So basically, I was initially waitlisted when I applied to
Hopkins and I was BUMMED. I spent way more time than I should have contemplating it,
trying to figure out what exactly Hopkins didn't like about me. I got accepted to every other school I applied to (excellent schools too) and got a merit scholarship to every. single. one. of those schools. I should have been over the freaking moon with excitement, but I wasn't. It didn't matter how many prestigious scholarships I WAS good enough for, I only cared about the one thing I WASN'T good enough for.
So, after sitting on this feeling for far too long, I decided to e-mail
JHU regarding my status on the waitlist and flat out asked why I got waitlisted.
I needed closure. My application was re-opened shortly after, and I WAS ADMITTED ON THE SPOT.
Unfortunately, this all panned out after I had accepted admission at Emory (should've emailed sooner) so I didn't really put much consideration into Hopkins. But let me tell you, it felt liberating as hell to get off that list.
I also realized in the process of getting pulled off of the waitlist that
Hopkins wasn't the school for me. The illusion of
Hopkins being my dream school shattered as soon as I got in. Don't get me wrong,
Hopkins is incredible and is absolutely deserving of its #1 national ranking. BUT Emory's graduates go into fields that closer align with my interests, and Emory has incredible internships that even first year students can get. And Emory costed so much less with scholarships. Even my friend, a proud
JHUSPH alum, told me that I was
better off at
Emory.
Otherwise, forget about it. Nobody is going to be talking about how they got into
Hopkins but decided not to go 20 years from now. And if they do, they're the worst kind of person.
The Kween OUT *drops mic*