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After getting one rejection letter, I chalked it up to the fact that I had applied late, my grades weren't that consistent, my volunteer experience was kond of lacking and not much related to health care... and if I didn't get in anywhere for fall 2005, I'd get my act together and reapply early decision to my first choice school, and spend the extra year working and saving money. I was OK with this plan. I hadn't applied to a lot of schools - only a couple that were more or less local and had late deadlines, and would represent a minor upheaval if I actually got in. (I am older, non-traditional, and got cold feet after the August MCAT which I thought I bombed, but ended up doing all right on.)
Then I got a letter saying "because your application is incomplete, we regret to inform you that we are withdrawing your name from the pool of applicants, blah blah, blah." This was from a school where there had been a little mix up with AMCAS in November or December, which had been cleared up I thought... so I called to make sure this was the case. They said they didn't get one of my LORs. (I had lined up LORs from organic chem and physics professors who I had taken classes from in the past year, or so I thought)
So I called the first school, and they indicated that they too were missing an LOR. Here is the kicker - the person I spoke to made it sound as if they really looked over my application to find something something they could pull from - going back to evaluations from undergrad almost 15 years ago. But my undergrad record was terrible. I really feel like if I had gotten them 2 positive LORs, I might really have had a good chance.
So, I sit and wait for another year. Is there any chance that appealing this - my boss said she'd fax a glowing recommendation tomorrow if it would help (I think she just wants me out of her hair ASAP), and there are other former professors I can try to contact (from grad school; I graduated 7 years ago) - but is that worth it?
I could accept the rejection letters if my application truly wasn't up to par, and am happy to work harder and make a stronger attempt at getting in for Fall 2006. I'm not getting younger, but I know I can make my application stronger in that extra year - of course I'd rather start sooner than later.
Oh I am so frustrated by this. If I knew that one of the professors wasn't going to send in a letter, I would have asked someone else... Argh. Is there anything I can do besides make a voodoo doll and poke it with burning matches?
Thanks for letting me vent.
Then I got a letter saying "because your application is incomplete, we regret to inform you that we are withdrawing your name from the pool of applicants, blah blah, blah." This was from a school where there had been a little mix up with AMCAS in November or December, which had been cleared up I thought... so I called to make sure this was the case. They said they didn't get one of my LORs. (I had lined up LORs from organic chem and physics professors who I had taken classes from in the past year, or so I thought)
So I called the first school, and they indicated that they too were missing an LOR. Here is the kicker - the person I spoke to made it sound as if they really looked over my application to find something something they could pull from - going back to evaluations from undergrad almost 15 years ago. But my undergrad record was terrible. I really feel like if I had gotten them 2 positive LORs, I might really have had a good chance.
So, I sit and wait for another year. Is there any chance that appealing this - my boss said she'd fax a glowing recommendation tomorrow if it would help (I think she just wants me out of her hair ASAP), and there are other former professors I can try to contact (from grad school; I graduated 7 years ago) - but is that worth it?
I could accept the rejection letters if my application truly wasn't up to par, and am happy to work harder and make a stronger attempt at getting in for Fall 2006. I'm not getting younger, but I know I can make my application stronger in that extra year - of course I'd rather start sooner than later.
Oh I am so frustrated by this. If I knew that one of the professors wasn't going to send in a letter, I would have asked someone else... Argh. Is there anything I can do besides make a voodoo doll and poke it with burning matches?
Thanks for letting me vent.
