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Talk about a title I never wanted to compete for
How are you guys dealing with the waiting?
How are you guys dealing with the waiting?
Seriously though, I think we need to turn this thread into a support group. How are you guys dealing with the waiting?
I'm sort of just self-destructing. Thinking about mcat retakes, where I will live next year and how I'll find a job, wondering how much better I could have used my time off if I knew it was going to be two yrs instead of one (better job, coulda established residency in a different state), lamenting the thousands of dollars I've spent this year, etc
My life feels like it's on hold right now and I hate it.
I keep trying to reassure myself that I'm a great waitlist-level candidate, so hopefully it works out!
Guys, don't take this the wrong way but discovering this thread has given me a modicum of happiness.
I'm sort of just self-destructing. Thinking about mcat retakes, where I will live next year and how I'll find a job, wondering how much better I could have used my time off if I knew it was going to be two yrs instead of one (better job, coulda established residency in a different state), lamenting the thousands of dollars I've spent this year, etc
I have also decided that if I don't get in this cycle I will wait until June 2012 to re-apply. But man, I really don't want to wait that long. My life feels like it's on hold right now and I hate it.
I know how all of you feel. I graduated college in 2009 and I have 1 waitlist and 1 decision pending.
But we cannot think of our life as ON HOLD! That will just make the waiting miserable! We have to enjoy our life in the moment. That is the only way to be happy.
If I don't get in this year I am going to do a 1 year MAMS program and make sure I ENJOY it for the experience that it is and try not to lament so much about not being where I initially wanted to be. After the program I'll have yet another application year, but I am determined to find a way to enjoy it and do something cool. Yeah, it's possible that I could be starting school the same year I could've graduated...but so what? As long as I am happy and productive in those years and I did eventually get where I wanted and did not settle for something else or change paths then I am fine. Just try not to feel like you life is 'wasted.' Seriously. Good luck, all.
april 1. 45 days till our files will be opened!
Most likely 2 waitlists...may hear in June, if anything.
Advice to future non-stellar applicants: do not expect to be accepted by Oct. 15th. Be prepared to wait until late Spring. All you need is one.
For all the reasons that it sucks to be waitlisted, I think one possible advantage of getting in late off one waitlist is that we'll know how valuable an acceptance really is, and won't take it for granted. We'll go in ready to work hard and have good perspective, and won't have the burden of thinking "what if i went to X school" or "what if I got into this slightly better school" that people with 5 acceptances might have (lol not to say I don't envy them)
For all the reasons that it sucks to be waitlisted, I think one possible advantage of getting in late off one waitlist is that we'll know how valuable an acceptance really is, and won't take it for granted. We'll go in ready to work hard and have good perspective, and won't have the burden of thinking "what if i went to X school" or "what if I got into this slightly better school" that people with 5 acceptances might have (lol not to say I don't envy them)
that's an interesting point. I know that when/if i get in i am going to be ready to rock. I know it'll be a monumentous accomplishment and i'll be ready to prove even more that i deserve to be there. Not one speck of entitlement here.
The waitlist lords have finally shown me mercy after accumulating 6 waitlists. I got plucked off a waitlist sooner than I expected!
Best of luck waitlist crew. May 15th will be here soon!
4 interviews, 4 waitlists. 100% wailtlist result after interview. 100% feeling of disappointment upon notification.
The waitlist lords have finally shown me mercy after accumulating 6 waitlists. I got plucked off a waitlist sooner than I expected!
Best of luck waitlist crew. May 15th will be here soon!
I'm sort of just self-destructing. Thinking about mcat retakes, where I will live next year and how I'll find a job, wondering how much better I could have used my time off if I knew it was going to be two yrs instead of one (better job, coulda established residency in a different state), lamenting the thousands of dollars I've spent this year, etc
Keep your chin up, boys and girls!
5 interviews, three waitlists, one decision pending. Hitting the gym 4x a week helps.
It wouldn't bother me as much if I didn't know a complete *****, far less qualified on literally every quantifiable level, who got in with one interview while I've spent every cent I have flying around the country to get rejected/waitlisted. The application process is NOT a meritocracy. That's for sure. It really makes me sick.
5 Interviews, 4 Waitlists and 1 Pending
I have to echo this self-destruction sentiment. I was trying to explain to people how horrible the application process can be and how much of a negative psychological impact it can have, but unless you're going through it, it's not a feeling other people can understand.
For a while, working out was enough to mitigate a lot of it, but as the waitlists have piled up, so has a lot of risky behavior that is really out of the norm for me. Drugs, random hookups, actively trying to black out when I go out, you name it.
I almost got arrested on really serious charges recently, which I think alerted a lot of people to how bad its been, and since then others have been more supportive and understanding, and I hope I've turned a corner. I really don't think I can go through this again though.
And so I figured I should join this semi-support thread . Best of luck to everyone. When we do get accepted, we are all going to be at the top of the class at our respective schools.
I agree with the feelings of discouragement causing self-destructive behavior--because it makes you feel like you just don't care anymore and want to give up on everything. But you're gonna feel stupid if you have to live with herpes for the rest of your life just because it took you 2 tries to get into med school instead of 1. When I felt discouraged, I increased my clinical volunteering, because that always encourages me and reminds me why I am putting myself through all this
On 2 waitlists. Anxiously waiting May 15th...
On 2 waitlists. Anxiously waiting May 15th...
11 interviews
3 rejects
5 holds
3 waitlists
W . T . F