Official 2015-2016: Oh no, I don't have a single Interview Invite thread!

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Lannister said:
Ahhh GOOD LUCK!!!!! I'll be looking forward to hearing good news from you! And luckily in 64 hours I will also be in the great state of Illinois so I'll take you up on that beer.
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Good, because I mean it. At least if you happen to be in the central Illinois region. Unless I don't get in, of course, in which case you'll need to dry my tears (which will be of sadness, not happiness).
 
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bananafish94 said:
Good, because I mean it. At least if you happen to be in the central Illinois region, near a certain public university. Unless I don't get in, of course, in which case you'll need to dry my tears (which will be of sadness, not happiness).
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I have actually never been to Urbana Champaign! I live up north.
 
FumblyBumbly said:
In 2300, when competition for medical school seats become so fierce, they institute a combat-based admissions process a la Battle Royale/Hunger Games. Will you be the one to cut down all of your orgo chem classmates? May the odds be ever in your favor.
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Yeah, poor kids will have to write about how they will promote diversity and reach the undeserved communities of planet Mars.
 
My family no longer supports my medical school goals. Mentioned I wanted to start looking for ways to improve my application for next year and was greeted with, "give up on medical school and get a job, its time to start living your life" 🙁
 
Ari77 said:
My family no longer supports my medical school goals. Mentioned I wanted to start looking for ways to improve my application for next year and was greeted with, "give up on medical school and get a job, its time to start living your life" 🙁
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I'm sorry to hear that! I'm also a bit of a nontrad (MS with research, lower GPA, new MCAT) and this cycle hasn't been kind. Thankfully everyone is still being very supportive (to my face). I've certainly considered my backup options at this point, but refuse to have done all this work for one application cycle. The opportunity cost of one more cycle is a lot less than the first, but it's a lot harder when MCAT expires, etc. Sometimes you have to fend of the naysayers, but it's probably especially hard when they are those closest to you... If it's what you want and need to do, you can find the support you need.

Good luck on the rest of your cycle!
 
Ari77 said:
My family no longer supports my medical school goals. Mentioned I wanted to start looking for ways to improve my application for next year and was greeted with, "give up on medical school and get a job, its time to start living your life" 🙁
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Well I support your medical school goals.
 
Ari77 said:
My family no longer supports my medical school goals. Mentioned I wanted to start looking for ways to improve my application for next year and was greeted with, "give up on medical school and get a job, its time to start living your life" 🙁
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You can do both. I got a nice-paying job after school to basically pay for re-applying to medical school.
 
Ari77 said:
My family no longer supports my medical school goals. Mentioned I wanted to start looking for ways to improve my application for next year and was greeted with, "give up on medical school and get a job, its time to start living your life" 🙁
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If it makes you feel any better, they're probably just very worried about you. I think that despite our private self-doubt, we tend to focus on the success stories and have hope that it will all work out in the end. After all, if we weren't relentlessly optimistic, we wouldn't have applied with our less-than-perfect applications. But I think for our family and friends, it might seem like we're running headlong toward a cliff. They've probably heard all the horror stories of people who spent 4-5 years chasing that acceptance, only to go to the Caribbean and I'm sure it's scary for them to watch us seemingly do the same. Maybe it's time for some real-talk no-pretense conversations? I absolutely hide my insecurities and difficult emotions (fear, sadness, hurt, etc.) behind anger. Explain to them why you still believe and hopefully they can clearly express their fears for you as well? Good luck, man and remember that we internet strangers are all rooting for you.
 
Swift rejection from UVM (only through the portal) after being put under review and spring hold at Drexel. I have a feeling that my interview season may be over even though I have 13 schools to hear from (10 likely ones once you take out the reaches)

🙁
 
phantomlimb said:
this exact same thing happened to me at UVM last week and I was pretty devastated so I feel your pain 🙁 I'm guessing it means they have very few interview slots left if they aren't even small pooling qualified applicants this late in the game! hoping we have better luck with other schools in the coming weeks.
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UVM wasn't a top choice for me, especially since their demographic is purely Caucasian. But my stats matched with theirs almost exactly and they aren't low yield. I'll just always wonder if I would have had a better chance if I wasn't reviewed so late. Oh well, moving on I suppose
 
Question for you guys - what do interviewers normally respond to their thank you letters? Got a response a few days ago can't help but over analyze ah scared help
 
whatsupdr said:
So am I. I almost said that...Funny thing during this cycle I kept hearing the Eminem song "Lose yourself" listen to the beginning. I hear it in my head all the time. MY one shot...
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That song never ceases to amaze me. How somebody could think of those lyrics is incomprehensible.
It's just hitting me really hard how badly I need this. I couldn't really sleep last night. I keep telling my family and friends, and myself, that if I don't get in it won't be the end of the world. That there are other schools, that even reapplying isn't that bad. But I am tired. Tired of the fear, and the stress, and the unknown. I'm tired of waiting for people I have never met to determine whether whether or not I am worthy of the dream I've had my entire life. And the truth is that I need this--badly.
 
Here it is the song I hear In my Head ..sorry if I took up alot of space
The song for every interview: Theme song

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?
Yo
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs,
But he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down,
The whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's choking how, everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that
Easy, no
He won't have it, he knows his whole back's to these ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that but he's broke
He's so stagnant, he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again, yo
This whole rhapsody
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him.
 
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bananafish94 said:
That song never ceases to amaze me. How somebody could think of those lyrics is incomprehensible.
It's just hitting me really hard how badly I need this. I couldn't really sleep last night. I keep telling my family and friends, and myself, that if I don't get in it won't be the end of the world. That there are other schools, that even reapplying isn't that bad. But I am tired. Tired of the fear, and the stress, and the unknown. I'm tired of waiting for people I have never met to determine whether whether or not I am worthy of the dream I've had my entire life. And the truth is that I need this--badly.
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Your gonna get it!! Just visit me here next year!!! LOL!!
 
whatsupdr said:
So am I. I almost said that...Funny thing during this cycle I kept hearing the Eminem song "Lose Yourself" listen to the beginning. I hear it in my head all the time. MY one shot...
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One of my favorite songs.

I'm into hip hop, lyrically incredible song.the imagery is unbelievable!
 
whatsupdr said:
Your gonna get it!! Just visit me here next year!!! LOL!!
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You guys mean more to me that I can say. By and large, I have always found SDN to be a discouraging cesspool. But I can always count on this thread. Because of a variety of things that I am involved with, I am a very visible person at my school, especially in the pre-med "community." It's really hard for me to talk to people about the struggles I'm having with this because a lot of younger students come to me for advice. Thank you all for keeping me from going insane!
 
bananafish94 said:
That song never ceases to amaze me. How somebody could think of those lyrics is incomprehensible.
It's just hitting me really hard how badly I need this. I couldn't really sleep last night. I keep telling my family and friends, and myself, that if I don't get in it won't be the end of the world. That there are other schools, that even reapplying isn't that bad. But I am tired. Tired of the fear, and the stress, and the unknown. I'm tired of waiting for people I have never met to determine whether whether or not I am worthy of the dream I've had my entire life. And the truth is that I need this--badly.
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But in 2 days, you're gonna have an acceptance and it's gonna feel SO good. It'll all be worth it!
 
bananafish94 said:
You guys mean more to me that I can say. By and large, I have always found SDN to be a discouraging cesspool. But I can always count on this thread. Because of a variety of things that I am involved with, I am a very visible person at my school, especially in the pre-med "community." It's really hard for me to talk to people about the struggles I'm having with this because a lot of younger students come to me for advice. Thank you all for keeping me from going insane!
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Ok i will create this thread next year...oh noo.....rooting for you buddy!
 
Ari77 said:
My family no longer supports my medical school goals. Mentioned I wanted to start looking for ways to improve my application for next year and was greeted with, "give up on medical school and get a job, its time to start living your life" 🙁
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my family completely supports me, but my friends not so much, I mean they did initially, but then they see how devastated I am by the rejections year after year, so they're like maybe I should do Caribbean which honestly drives me insane because I didn't take loans and work so hard on my masters to go to the Caribbean. they also tell me I should stop being in this void and just start living cuz everyone around me has "real" jobs, finished med school, is engaged, etc, while I'm still struggling on a minimum wage job with a masters and oh trying to get into medical school!

just like everyone said, we all support you! Get a job that's with patient contact so you'll be making money and interacting with patients, and apply again (hopefully you don't have to and will get accepted this cycle, but if you do, continue pursuing it!!!) I know you'll make it!
 
FumblyBumbly said:
If it makes you feel any better, they're probably just very worried about you. I think that despite our private self-doubt, we tend to focus on the success stories and have hope that it will all work out in the end. After all, if we weren't relentlessly optimistic, we wouldn't have applied with our less-than-perfect applications. But I think for our family and friends, it might seem like we're running headlong toward a cliff. They've probably heard all the horror stories of people who spent 4-5 years chasing that acceptance, only to go to the Caribbean and I'm sure it's scary for them to watch us seemingly do the same. Maybe it's time for some real-talk no-pretense conversations? I absolutely hide my insecurities and difficult emotions (fear, sadness, hurt, etc.) behind anger. Explain to them why you still believe and hopefully they can clearly express their fears for you as well? Good luck, man and remember that we internet strangers are all rooting for you.
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everything this person has said is truth right here. Me too, I hide behind anger but then cry alone 🙁
 
catie_jane said:
Swift rejection from UVM (only through the portal) after being put under review and spring hold at Drexel. I have a feeling that my interview season may be over even though I have 13 schools to hear from (10 likely ones once you take out the reaches)

🙁
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YOU STILL HAVE TEN. and the school that you're waiting to hear back from that you interviewed at, right? I believe in you!
UVM is weird no - I think they have a small class size and a lot of people are complaining about their application cycle
 
bananafish94 said:
That song never ceases to amaze me. How somebody could think of those lyrics is incomprehensible.
It's just hitting me really hard how badly I need this. I couldn't really sleep last night. I keep telling my family and friends, and myself, that if I don't get in it won't be the end of the world. That there are other schools, that even reapplying isn't that bad. But I am tired. Tired of the fear, and the stress, and the unknown. I'm tired of waiting for people I have never met to determine whether whether or not I am worthy of the dream I've had my entire life. And the truth is that I need this--badly.
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exactly how I feel....and I am still interview-less. I feel worthless.
 
chocolate23 said:
exactly how I feel....and I am still interview-less. I feel worthless.
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You should feel a lot of things, but worthless isn't one of them. Feel proud of your determination to be a doctor and revel in the fact that you have the courage to pursue your dreams that most wished they possessed. You've shown yourself to be both empathetic and wise, both great qualities that will make you a wonderful doctor one day. Keep the faith 🙂
 
chocolate23 said:
YOU STILL HAVE TEN. and the school that you're waiting to hear back from that you interviewed at, right? I believe in you!
UVM is weird no - I think they have a small class size and a lot of people are complaining about their application cycle
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Yes I am still waiting to hear back post-interview at another school! I guess this one stung a little since my previous rejections were all reach schools. Moving on though because I still have many to hear back from!

Thank you for the pick me up 🙂
 
Dizziness and Giddiness said:
Got a late interview invite from my in-state school on my birthday in November.

The timing is staged for a Christmas Miracle. Don't give up hope people.

Also, this is my first step into the light from my lurker cave, I'm trying not to hiss at the brightness. Hello SDN.
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That lone II turned into an acceptance. JUST KEEP HOPE ALIVE. BE PERSISTENT.
 
Freaking out that my ps is what is holding me back...anyone wanna read it for me?


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