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as the medical school application process. Nothing is ever good enough.
Sartre79 said:as the medical school application process. Nothing is ever good enough.
jackieMD2007 said:Just wait! The USMLE and Residency Match is going to be EVEN MORE FUN than this!
Wait, you didn't find a cure for cancer?McMD said:Just wait, while filling out your primaries and secondaries, you feel like you are a complete loser. I can't tell you how many times I thought the other applicants had probably single-handedly found the cure for cancer. Anyways, I felt very inadequate while filling out the primaries and secondaries...but then when the interviews come and you are talking to the other applicants, you find out they are just like you and that you *are* adequate enough to become a physician. Trust me guys...the cycle gets better and then you just wait for school to start!
Good Luck!
Try working in the corporate world for five or more years. AMCAS makes you feel positively special by comparison.Sartre79 said:as the medical school application process. Nothing is ever good enough.
notdeadyet said:Try working in the corporate world for five or more years. AMCAS makes you feel positively special by comparison.
Though they're not tailored for nontrads, yours will read a lot more interesting for that fact. "What have you done since college graduation" is a lot more dull when you're answering it in July after finishing college than when you have a few years of experience under your belt.Sartre79 said:I'm in my 2nd plus year of corp. america, so I can relate. The secondary apps are in no way tailored for non-trads (except Creighton), and LOR from some degrees, etc. are near impossible.
onmywayRN said:I feel the same way. In some ways I feel even worse than a loser.
My biggest problem is that I don't come from a privileged family. I have had to do everything on my own, including working for tuition. So subsequently I don't have much volunteering or any research.
I talk to docs in the hospital and all their children always seem to be at some mission in Guatemala or tutoring minorities but have never worked a day in their life and have no idea what real life is like.
I certainly hope that the mediocrity of the med school application ends one day.
notdeadyet said:Try working in the corporate world for five or more years. AMCAS makes you feel positively special by comparison.
Sartre79 said:as the medical school application process. Nothing is ever good enough.
sentrosi said:Residency match sounds like it might be less time consuming and painful than med school apps.
quantummechanic said:at least at the point of the Match you are pretty much an MD and have some sort of actual backup that can happen should you not match (scramble). Also, the Match doesn't demand you to have demonstrated such selfless commitment to service as med school applications do. Answering questions like "what was the greatest thing you did for others" or "what is your greatest accomplishment" seem to drive me to two ends: I havent done enough things in my life compared to others OR I'm going to come across as some prideful prick! Medicine seems to lose much of its idealism after acceptance to med school.
jackieMD2007 said:I don't know. I think it is still very stressful for people, especially if they don't match to their specialty or preferred geographical location (factor in family, kids, everything else).
The further you get in education, the stupider you feel.
Sartre79 said:as the medical school application process. Nothing is ever good enough.
EazyE said:welcome to life.
Sartre79 said:I'm 27 and am fully independent...pay my own way. So I think I have a good grasp on life. I've never before felt the way this process has made me feel.
onmywayRN said:I feel the same way. In some ways I feel even worse than a loser.
My biggest problem is that I don't come from a privileged family. I have had to do everything on my own, including working for tuition. So subsequently I don't have much volunteering or any research.
I talk to docs in the hospital and all their children always seem to be at some mission in Guatemala or tutoring minorities but have never worked a day in their life and have no idea what real life is like.
I certainly hope that the mediocrity of the med school application ends one day.
Sartre79 said:I'm 27 and am fully independent...pay my own way. So I think I have a good grasp on life. I've never before felt the way this process has made me feel.
Sartre79 said:I'm 27 and am fully independent...pay my own way. So I think I have a good grasp on life. I've never before felt the way this process has made me feel.
Apparition said:Have you applied already last year? I understand how you feel but I think you will be surprised by the process. Adcoms can probably put your application in the context of your life if your PS/secondary essays are informative and open enough.
onmywayRN said:No I am just sending in secondaries for the first time.
I feel very frustrated though.
A few months back I made an appointment with and undergrad adviser. She told me that in order for the post-bach to be considered from med school I will have to take 15-18 credits a semester for two semesters and quit my job.
I am thinking to myself: You gotta be kidding ! I am 26, I work full time as a nurse, I have a career. I have a mortgage and a car payment. I can't just walk away from everything for a year that maybe just maybe med schools might take a look at my application.
You would think if you take 12 credits and a full time job (40hrs+) that should prove to med schools that you can deal with the med school curriculum.
I feel so much better after reading this thread. At least I am not alone.
I think the negativity, although a bit cathartic, can be unhealthy if it goes on too long. The vast majority of acceptances go to average everyday pre-meds. Chances are, that's what most of us are, no matter how exceptional our families think we are, or how insecure we may feel. Feeling confident and secure can come across well in interviews and essays as well.asunshine said:ugh, my family and friends are already assuming i'm a shoe-in. they don't realize what a worthless piece of scum i am compared to every other superhero/genius applicant wanting the same spot. boy, are they going to be suprised when i'm on 3 waitlists in june.
Sartre79 said:I'm 27 and am fully independent...pay my own way. So I think I have a good grasp on life. I've never before felt the way this process has made me feel.
onmywayRN said:I feel the same way. In some ways I feel even worse than a loser.
My biggest problem is that I don't come from a privileged family. I have had to do everything on my own, including working for tuition. So subsequently I don't have much volunteering or any research.
I talk to docs in the hospital and all their children always seem to be at some mission in Guatemala or tutoring minorities but have never worked a day in their life and have no idea what real life is like.
I certainly hope that the mediocrity of the med school application ends one day.
asunshine said:ugh, my family and friends are already assuming i'm a shoe-in. they don't realize what a worthless piece of scum i am compared to every other superhero/genius applicant wanting the same spot. boy, are they going to be suprised when i'm on 3 waitlists in june.
Panda Bear said:Whoa. Not matching into something you wanted and having to scramble into something else blows. Big time. I scambled into Family Medicine last year after not matching into Emergency Medicine and pretty much hated it, life, and the medical profession until I finally matched into EM this year. I was going to quit and go back to engineering rather than stay in Family Medicine.
P. Bear, MD
Emergency Medicine Resident
In a Happy Place
No, I'll tell you what's worse. My mom reads SDN.etf said:that's the worst
Ouch.Depakote said:No, I'll tell you what's worse. My mom reads SDN.
asunshine said:ugh, my family and friends are already assuming i'm a shoe-in. they don't realize what a worthless piece of scum i am compared to every other superhero/genius applicant wanting the same spot. boy, are they going to be suprised when i'm on 3 waitlists in june.
MiesVanDerMom said:True that. Does working at McDonald's and the KMart cafeteria to pay tutition count as "helping the underpriveleged"?
asunshine said:ugh, my family and friends are already assuming i'm a shoe-in. they don't realize what a worthless piece of scum i am compared to every other superhero/genius applicant wanting the same spot. boy, are they going to be suprised when i'm on 3 waitlists in june.
asunshine said:ugh, my family and friends are already assuming i'm a shoe-in. they don't realize what a worthless piece of scum i am compared to every other superhero/genius applicant wanting the same spot. boy, are they going to be suprised when i'm on 3 waitlists in june.
jackieMD2007 said:Everyone's parents think they are the best thing since sliced bread! I am sure our parents will love us no matter what.
onmywayRN said:You mean the best thing since Chuck Norris.
On a related note:
Before sliced bread, people used to say "Thats the greatest thing since Chuck Norris". But Chuck Norris was displeased by this. So he roundhouse kicked a loaf of bread into slices.
Billy Shears said:At least if I don't get in, I still have a job that lets me basically act like a surgeon. If I don't get in though, I'll definitely be severely depressed.
Billy Shears said:I'm an FA in vascular/general surgery. The surgeon I work with basically treats me like a resident, since he knows I want to go to med school. It's great.