Not Getting Into Your Dream School

[SBBunny]

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Not accepted to your top choice? Need to vent? Here's the spot!

Remember that you are an incredible person and that you're going to be an amazing doctor. You can accomplish whatever you set out to do and you don't need anyone else to validate your self worth!

 

[nata723]

Exactly! If you want to become a great doctor, you WILL. The medical school does NOT make the doctor.

 

[Jamorama]

overrated.

 

[MsJLewis]

Maybe you could remove "Harvard" from the title and replace it with "Dream School". There are plenty of people on here that have gotten rejected by their dream school (or all their schools) that would love to vent!

 

[notdeadyet]

Remember that you are an incredible person and that you're going to be an amazing doctor. You don't need HMS to validate your self worth.

Actually, anyone who thinks they need an acceptance to Harvard to validate their self worth isn't an incredible person by definition.

 

[WellWornLad]

I'm impressed that you beat the "Harvard 2012" thread to the punch, though. Who is driven and organized now, eh?

 

[mq123]

Shunned by your top choice? Need to vent? Here's the spot!

Remember that you are an incredible person and that you're going to be an amazing doctor. You can accomplish whatever you set out to do and you don't need anyone else to validate your self worth!

I didn't really have the stellar stats that all the accepted students seem to have. I was shocked, to say the least, to get even an interview. Oh well... I'm going to Rochester!!👍

 

[SBBunny]

Maybe you could remove "Harvard" from the title and replace it with "Dream School". There are plenty of people on here that have gotten rejected by their dream school (or all their schools) that would love to vent!

Good call, MsJLewis. Edited (also, as suggested by nata723, I have tried to make the title a little bit more upbeat).

 

[nata723]

Good call, MsJLewis. Edited (also, as suggested by nata723, I have tried to make the title a little bit more upbeat).

Thanks for the title change.

I'm glad at least to have received all of the decisions from med schools. Life can continue now.

 

[MsJLewis]

I'm glad at least to have received all of the decisions from med schools. Life can continue now.

I'm actually quite jealous of you. I'm still waiting on 4. I feel like I'm in limbo!

 

[nutrition]

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[Bartelby]

Yeah, I just logged in and looked back over the last two pages of the Harvard acceptances thread and... no Harvard for me. Oh well. Kind of like I thought, it stings a bit but life goes on.

On another note, I want to practice EM, so I am probably better off taking my spot at my less expensive state school (UVa) and running with it!

 

[nutrition]

Now I just have to keep telling myself that Hopkins is better than Harvard anyway. 🙁

 

[nata723]

If anyone else is really sad today...know you're not alone. (I wish there were a smiley face with tears...🙁 )

 

[EkLiLiaN]

I do understand that you might be terribly sad from getting a rejection from your top school. I'm sure many of us here have multiple acceptances at great institutions. So cheer up! 😀 If you don't get into Harvard/Yale/Michigan et al now, maybe you will during the residency matches in March 2012 > (actually around this time)!

Congrats to all of us whose dream of becoming a physician will be a reality! (Well, we got to study to make it happen!)

LiLian 🙂

 

[bodonid]

On another note, I want to practice EM, so I am probably better off taking my spot at my less expensive state school (UVa) and running with it!

Your state school was (at one time) my dream school. 🙄

 

[rosiemarie]

Thanks SBBunny for making this! I was with you on the Harvard thread the past few weeks, lurking every step of the way. It's an odd mix of feelings -- I've gotten into incredible schools, and I know I will be thrilled to start come August. Still, it does sting. I actually had to leave work and come home before I could tell anyone, post on here, etc, because I knew I would start crying!!! And then I had to almost hang up on my parents because they started reassuring me that everything would be fine, etc. Which is of course a great thing to hear, but I do deserve to mourn a little bit. As do we all. So, thanks to everyone on here for making this a joint venture -- I get to be happy that some people are getting their dream school, and be reminded just how lucky I am with what I have been given. (and know that I'm not the most obsessive one out there! lol)

all the best to all of you, and let's hope Penn sends out notification SOOOOOOOON

 

[SBBunny]

Thanks SBBunny for making this! I was with you on the Harvard thread the past few weeks, lurking every step of the way. It's an odd mix of feelings -- I've gotten into incredible schools, and I know I will be thrilled to start come August. Still, it does sting. I actually had to leave work and come home before I could tell anyone, post on here, etc, because I knew I would start crying!!! And then I had to almost hang up on my parents because they started reassuring me that everything would be fine, etc. Which is of course a great thing to hear, but I do deserve to mourn a little bit. As do we all. So, thanks to everyone on here for making this a joint venture -- I get to be happy that some people are getting their dream school, and be reminded just how lucky I am with what I have been given. (and know that I'm not the most obsessive one out there! lol)

all the best to all of you, and let's hope Penn sends out notification SOOOOOOOON

Thanks for posting, rosiemarie! You're absolutely right. We all deserve to mourn for a while and then, once the sadness has subsided, we can eagerly look towards our future. Congratulations on all of your amazing acceptances!

 

[nata723]

I do understand that you might be terribly sad from getting a rejection from your top school. I'm sure many of us here have multiple acceptances at great institutions. So cheer up! 😀 If you don't get into Harvard/Yale/Michigan et al now, maybe you will during the residency matches in March 2012 > (actually around this time)!

Congrats to all of us whose dream of becoming a physician will be a reality! (Well, we got to study to make it happen!)

LiLian 🙂

I love this thread. Thanks, SBBunny, for creating it and for being such a leader throughout this whole process. It truly is Harvard's loss.

I haven't told my parents yet b/c they're not home, and when I do, I have a feeling the waterworks will start...

 

[lisichka]

SBBunny is my fave SDN poster😀

i am in a silly mood today.........sorry to go off topic........

 

[WellWornLad]

Sorry in advance for not being positive, but I need to vent!

I feel like my interview at HMS went better than I ever could have expected. If that wasn't enough to get an acceptance, I have to wonder why they bothered giving me an interview in the first place. There's nothing I could have done better, so what's the point of teasing me?

Bah! [/vent]

 

[SBBunny]

Sorry in advance for not being positive, but I need to vent!

I feel like my interview at HMS went better than I ever could have expected. If that wasn't enough to get an acceptance, I have to wonder why they bothered giving me an interview in the first place. There's nothing I could have done better, so what's the point of teasing me?

Bah! [/vent]

No need to apologize, this is the venting zone. I, too, felt like my interview went SO MUCH better than I could have ever expected it to go... and then... the silent sting.

Now I just have to wait to find out if I'm accepted from one of my bajillion waitlists 😴. Being an SDN leader probably won't be enough to tip my application off the waitlist.

 

[Aynsl156]

I'm sad too, about my Harvard rejection. Ah well, life goes on. I'll have all the bakeries in NYC to comfort me. 🙂

 

[nata723]

I hope everyone's feeling better. Those initial four hours or so after receiving no email really sucked. Then I listened to salsa music and watched YouTube videos of Jabbawockeez from AMERICA's BEST DANCE CREW. Go jabbawockeez! ... much better now. 🙂

 

[XerxesMD]

Actually, anyone who thinks they need an acceptance to Harvard to validate their self worth isn't an incredible person by definition.

 

[DoctorPhud]

Don't forget, folks.... There's a 2 year break, and then you can start working on those Dream Residencies! 😀

I had a really great Harvard interview, and for some weird reason, although I have been lightly nervous for the past couple of weeks, waiting for HMS... I'm not feeling very gutted about the rejection, to be honest.

 

[Rikkye]

wow, i just read this thread ..... check my email ..... and saw my rejection from my dream school (only because of its location) ..... now I feel like crying 🙁

 

[Aynsl156]

wow, i just read this thread ..... check my email ..... and saw my rejection from my dream school (only because of its location) ..... now I feel like crying 🙁

It's okay to feel really ****ty for a while. I wanted to cry after being rejected as well. It gets better, so hang in there!

 

[entranced]

i guess the new pathway wasnt the path for me and that i will be happier at one of the other schools ive gotten into. its particularly hilarious bc harvard rejected me for undergrad and i remember being so fumingly mad as a senior in high school that i was like "i hate harvard, i refuse to ever go there for anything, including med school...." looks like my words came true.

 

[finallygavein]

i guess the new pathway wasnt the path for me and that i will be happier at one of the other schools ive gotten into. its particularly hilarious bc harvard rejected me for undergrad and i remember being so fumingly mad as a senior in high school that i was like "i hate harvard, i refuse to ever go there for anything, including med school...." looks like my words came true.

hehe.

yeah, same here. it only took a few weeks before i totally forgot about harvard, though. this time around, i'm pretty sure i'll be over it before classes start.

 

[bcat85]

Sorry in advance for not being positive, but I need to vent!

I feel like my interview at HMS went better than I ever could have expected. If that wasn't enough to get an acceptance, I have to wonder why they bothered giving me an interview in the first place. There's nothing I could have done better, so what's the point of teasing me?

Bah! [/vent]

i had the same experience at JHU. I felt that I couldn't have done it better had I written every question and had someone peer edit my answers. bah! (x2)

 

[Drogba]

Damn, some seriously recoil from the Harvard decisions...

 

[physiologyguy]

i had the same experience at JHU. I felt that I couldn't have done it better had I written every question and had someone peer edit my answers. bah! (x2)

I agree with the good interview sentiment. Out of my 10 interviews, the HMS ones were easily thes best - not even close...and I have been accepted to 7 out of 8 outright so far. haha. So that makes me feel a bit strange about it all...but no worries, I fell in love with the Cornell folks and was really debating whether I could take HMS over Cornell...so this just made it really easy! Surprising; but also very easy!

On top of things, the Cornell folks were SO great to work with each step of the way,...HMS not so much so far....jsut my two cents...looking forward to NYC and PBL!

 

[ljw5021]

I know someone who applied at Harvard simply because he wanted a rejection letter! 😛

But truth be told, today he is the head of a psychiatric clinic after going to medical school at UMDNJ. He is very successful and a great example of why the school doesn't make the doctor. He is currently giving me great advice about medical school and providing amazing motivation for me as well.

Oh, I know this isn't the correct place to post this but.. I am a Mathematics major and I am wondering if I should minor in Biology simply to prepare more for the MCATs and raise my science GPA.

Thanks for any advice!

 

[Monkey House]

Its funny.....great interviews seem to not correspond to great acceptances. I wonder if some schools put a new spin on the interview. Instead of scaring the student witless, compliment her into a dream and see how she acts.

 

[Gut Shot]

Actually, anyone who thinks they need an acceptance to Harvard to validate their self worth isn't an incredible person by definition.

Yeah, check Webster's for "toolshed."

 

[Gut Shot]

...looking forward to NYC and PBL!

That's like looking forward to the carne del burro and subsequent gastroenteritis.

 

[Aynsl156]

Damn, some seriously recoil from the Harvard decisions...

Yeah, I think we all like what we saw of the school after the interview.

 

[lisichka]

That's like looking forward to the carne del burro and subsequent gastroenteritis.

 

[Quix]

I came to terms with my Pitt rejection a while ago, but every now and again a little bitterness creeps in.

 

[Doctorverardoll]

When ever I'm bummed my mom reminds me that me life always has a way of working itself out, even if it is not what is expected.

This application cycle was little rough on me (being a 3.5/32 applicant), but I've come to accept it. I was worried about leaving my bf and kitty cat behind, but they are coming with me (as luck would have it my bf got an amazing job opportunity not too far). It might be my dream school, but I am trying to focus on the positives (having friends and fam nearby, a pediatric hospital).

I only hope that all turns out well for my fellow dream school rejects.

 

[entranced]

damn that's two harvard rejections for me. undergrad and HMS! i am now resolved to ban my future offspring from attending any harvard-affiliated institutions. no HMS, HBS, HLS, or harvard undergrad allowed! haha jk.

 

[Quix]

damn that's two harvard rejections for me. undergrad and HMS! i am now resolved to ban my future offspring from attending any harvard-affiliated institutions. no HMS, HBS, HLS, or harvard undergrad allowed! haha jk.

Remember to give them the finger as you are driving by. 😉

 

[finallygavein]

damn that's two harvard rejections for me. undergrad and HMS! i am now resolved to ban my future offspring from attending any harvard-affiliated institutions. no HMS, HBS, HLS, or harvard undergrad allowed! haha jk.

haha, same here. it was really hard for me the first time around, because my brother was at harvard for undergrad...

now, it's not so bad, because i've gotten used to the idea of not going to harvard.

where do you think you'll end up?