I do regret it, but I also couldn't really afford it.
Me too :sigh: Realllyyy don't want to take it again, but my GPA won't budge much, so I've got to get my MCAT score up
Same. I can't afford to do this again. If I don't get in, I'll probably apply ED at my state school, but I don't see how I could afford the entire application process again.
I am a borderline applicant and I only applied MD last cycle. Got waitlisted and never made it in last cycle. Applied again this cycle and already accepted into DO while waiting on MD decisions. I don't regret not applying to DO last year at all. I was simply not ready to give up on MD without giving it another shot. I got my second chance to interview at MD schools again this year, and if I still don't get in, then I can honestly say that I tried my best and would be happy with attending a DO school. I just needed to give myself another chance.
Yup me too. Can't afford a second shot. In this cycle to MD/DO or I'm changing career paths.
Kind of? I have some personal reasons for not applying DO (nothing to do with "prestige" or letters are my name). Though if I were to have to reapply, I would apply DO.
I feel for you. I found studying for it a second time to be worse than the first time since I knew what I had to look forward to.
I'd suspect it's most likely interview skills. You don't get 4-5 II's with a bad application.
Thank you for being honest about this. I'm sorry you are also having such a difficult time this application season.
You described how I feel perfectly.
Drop a link please? I have my last two interviews at my top schools... with no acceptances in the bag I don't wanna blow it
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For the school that takes updates, I've been sending them something every two months (don't have enough significant things to update on).
For those of you who can't see the link (like me), they linked "The Medical School Interview: Winning Strategies from Admissions Faculty" by Dr. Samir P. Desai. Read the book personally and definitely think its well written with good practical advice. The author is even on SDN.
I'm in the same boat.
. Glad I got this info for the last two. Seriously anyone with interviews left get this book!!!You're not alone I got rejected from my safety/fallback school lol. I was so thrown off.
Well they just knew you were too good for them ;-)
This cycle is crazy! I haven't even heard back from the school I am attending now. Hopefully something pulls through for everyone on here!
Be careful not to pass out
Just go sweat it out. The process isn't meant to be fair or perfect but the Adcoms do their best with the resources they have.
I'm so sorry that it sounded it that way, but in no way was I not being humble. Okay, so the process is exhausting, emotionally and psychologically. So no optimism?
The Ad Coms opinions certainly are fallible but judging by their hubris, they do not think so. Instead they rely on vague nebulous qualities they call "fit" "mission" or "bad interview" with which to judge and admit a student while pretending they can determine the personality traits of the applicant and know which personality traits will produce good physicians at their school. Most won't admit that this process is largely a crap shoot where Ad Coms are getting so many well-qualified applicants but have no idea how to tell which ones will make the best students, and later on, the best physicians. They claim there is a method to the madness. but my personal knowledge of certain candidates displays to me that they are quite fallible and their judgment is often flawed. Admitting the flaws with themselves and the system would go a long way to improving the process - making it fairer and closer to perfect. But most hide behind the rejection claiming some "reason" that cannot be quantified or defined.
