Only Mildly Official Countdown to March Thread

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I just realized today is the last day in Feb, and I was very excited for the March decisions. Then I realized that today is the last day in Feb, and many of my schools have a March 1st deadline for FASFA. Poopy.
 
melissainsd said:
I just realized today is the last day in Feb, and I was very excited for the March decisions. Then I realized that today is the last day in Feb, and many of my schools have a March 1st deadline for FASFA. Poopy.
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Yeah I realized this yesterday. Too bad my taxes aren't done yet. I have a feeling the FAFSA website is going to move pretty slowly tonight.
 
who cares about med school??? Let's get ready for March Madness, folks. 😎


P.S.: Melissa... don't worry. I have literally nothing filled out for FAFSA or my taxes. I wish my dad would get on that... parents these days. 🙄 😉
 
Severus said:
who cares about med school??? Let's get ready for March Madness, folks. 😎


P.S.: Melissa... don't worry. I have literally nothing filled out for FAFSA or my taxes. I wish my dad would get on that... parents these days. 🙄 😉
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i just called my dad last night to ask him for all that stuff. he's like, "you need WHAT? i haven't even done my own taxes yet and you need all this crap from me?? " :laugh:
 
PBandJ said:
i just called my dad last night to ask him for all that stuff. he's like, "you need WHAT? i haven't even done my own taxes yet and you need all this crap from me?? " :laugh:
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I know. I mean, geez, it's difficult enough to get my own act together, but then trying to get my parents' stuff too? Impossible.
 
Thanks CarmelD! That goes for me too. March is kind of like the mere mortal's October. Good luck everyone in what is sure to be a crazy month! :luck:
 
On and around Oct. 15th is when a lot of medical schools start sending their very first acceptances, so everyone is waiting around on baited breath to see if they're one of the lucky ones. The rest of us wait until March when it seems a lot of schools will be sending out large chunks of acceptances. Hope that makes sense . . . lol
 
crimsonkid85 said:
i don't get the october reference? *confuzzled...
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i'm guessing the reference is either to october 15...when the first acceptance offers come out (minus ED acceptances, of course), or october 15/16ish when august MCAT scores used to come out.
 
dang. yall are amazing! i was still um, furiously submitting secondaries october 15th! 😀
 
Yay for march! :luck:

I've got two accountants in my immediate family and I still don't have my taxes done. Luckily I don't have to fill out my fafsa just yet.
 
I have given up on FASFA for now. I won't qualify for any money anyway...

I have a feeling this month is going to DRAG by. 🙁
 
PBandJ said:
i just called my dad last night to ask him for all that stuff. he's like, "you need WHAT? i haven't even done my own taxes yet and you need all this crap from me?? " :laugh:
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Ha, just you wait for the Need Access form (if your school requires it)...it's a nightmare. I abandoned it a few weeks ago after regurgitating FAFSA/taxes for THREE HOURS...only to hit the parental section. I'm trying to gather the strength to finish the beast.
 
sara3426 said:
Nu-uh we're not stopping counting till the end of March!!!!!!!!!
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Right on....30 days until we're put out of our misery....oh wait, except for waitlists....damn.
 
foofish said:
Right on....30 days until we're put out of our misery....oh wait, except for waitlists....damn.
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:scared: I just can't even consider that possibility right now... Hubby and I will be moving in June, so I can't wait too long for waitlists...
 
Severus said:
Hmmm... not that far off.

I'm calling my waitlist tier 2 before it happens.


:luck: :luck: Everyone!
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Just curious, do you know for a fact that they tell you your rank (or at least grouping) on the waitlist? That could be good to know for planning purposes...

they=UPenn
 
zimmie256 said:
Just curious, do you know for a fact that they tell you your rank (or at least grouping) on the waitlist? That could be good to know for planning purposes...

they=UPenn
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absolutely not.

absolutely not = i don't know
 
Severus said:
I fear a waitlist more than a rejection. I HATE the uncertainty.
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Same here. My plan is to consider a waitlist to be a rejection, and to be happily surprised should it prove otherwise. *sigh*

I think I'm gonna go bake cupcakes or something.
 
zimmie256 said:
Just curious, do you know for a fact that they tell you your rank (or at least grouping) on the waitlist? That could be good to know for planning purposes...

they=UPenn
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I'm pretty sure they tell you if you're on tier 2 vs. tier 1. The distinction between top of tier 1 vs. regular tier 1 has been debated for years on SDN. I think it's all in the wording. In years past, people on the top of tier 1 were invited to second look weekend.
 
melissainsd said:
I have given up on FASFA for now. I won't qualify for any money anyway...
I have a feeling this month is going to DRAG by. 🙁
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Trust me - I feel your pain! I diligently completed my FAFSA last week, only to find that my EFC (without parents) easily exceeds the $$$ required to fund a medical education at even the most expensive schools.

Too bad all that $$$ I'm bringing in this year is going to disappear in August.
 
Bubblehead-to-MD said:
Trust me - I feel your pain! I diligently completed my FAFSA last week, only to find that my EFC (without parents) easily exceeds the $$$ required to fund a medical education at even the most expensive schools.

Too bad all that $$$ I'm bringing in this year is going to disappear in August.
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but if you end up somewhere that doesn't give out need-based grants, you'd be paying later or paying now anyway.
 
How do people feel about this?:
I am starting to feel physically nervous/queasy when I think about the upcoming weeks and how they will pan out... and I'm feeling this way about one school in particular (it feels like I'm having drama with a boy I like or something!)... I was really excited to have been accepted to UChicago a few months ago (I really, really loved the school) but I don't remember feeling this way. Are these feelings an indication that I like the school I'm waiting for more than the ones I've already been accepted to?
I should add that I almost never, ever feel nervous like this. Unless it has to do with a guy I REALLY like. And it's all over a school that I can't even say objectively would be much better for me than the ones I've already been accepted to!
Maybe this is a stupid question.... but hopefully, you guys, like me, have nothing better to do than read SDN until stupid March ends.

Any thoughts appreciated. And if you have none, thank you Mildly Official Thread members for letting me rant. 🙄
 
don't worry...i'm sure most of us feel that way too! 😛 or at least, i do. i feel nauseated every time i think about when decisions are mailed out this month...
 
I think the extra nerves might be caused by the extra long wait. I know thats where mine are from. Objectively I know that I am not likely to attend any of the schools I am still waiting on because it would mean trying totransfer into the MD/PHD program during the first two years, but ACK I'm still checking the mail like a mad woman. It makes zero sense. but thats what will do to you.
 
crimsonkid85 said:
don't worry...i'm sure most of us feel that way too! 😛 or at least, i do. i feel nauseated every time i think about when decisions are mailed out this month...
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crimsonkid, i really need for you to not be worried. I mean, if YOU don't get in, is there really any chance for the rest of us?🙄 🙂
 
Caristra said:
I think the extra nerves might be caused by the extra long wait. I know thats where mine are from. Objectively I know that I am not likely to attend any of the schools I am still waiting on because it would mean trying totransfer into the MD/PHD program during the first two years, but ACK I'm still checking the mail like a mad woman. It makes zero sense. but thats what will do to you.
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I feel ya there. oh except for the waiting on schools thing b/c i indeed am still waiting...haven't officially been accepted anywhere. 😱
 
Caristra said:
I think the extra nerves might be caused by the extra long wait. I know thats where mine are from. Objectively I know that I am not likely to attend any of the schools I am still waiting on because it would mean trying totransfer into the MD/PHD program during the first two years, but ACK I'm still checking the mail like a mad woman. It makes zero sense. but thats what will do to you.
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I know the feeling. Almost all of my schools are non-rolling...so 95% of my letters come in the next two weeks! The waiting wasn't so bad until the last minute...but now I find my SDN addiction getting progressivley more severe, as I check every few minutes to distract myself from studying and thinking about the next few weeks.

Good luck to all of us:luck: :luck: Hopefully we will be celebrating soon!
 
If it makes you feel any better sara3426, you're not alone with those feelings! The emotions I feel while waiting to hear back seem somewhat reminiscent of those suspended seconds between when you've asked a girl out, and when you are waiting for her to answer. Except with medical schools, its not a few seconds, but more like six months that you get to sit around and wait. *shrugs* I suppose it is not too surprising that these feelings are so similar to romantic ones; in both cases, you've more or less put yourself out there in your entirety to get either the nod or the ax from someone/something you really care about. In a way, the medical school rejections do feel like romantic ones, because on some level someone judged you, and found you wanting.

lol. Not really sure where I was going with that. The moral of the story I suppose is don't worry that you're feeling queasy; this is scary stuff. One nice thing I suppose about this process that you don't get with romance is how, if it doesn't work out the first time, you can always try again next year without fear of a restraining order or an angry parent with a shotgun coming to get you. (and congrats on your U Chicago admit; if nothing else, there's always that!)
 
PBandJ said:
I feel ya there. oh except for the waiting on schools thing b/c i indeed am still waiting...haven't officially been accepted anywhere. 😱
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If you don't get in, there is absolutely zero justice in the world and we should all sign a petition and send it to the AAMC and AMA. Let's hope March is the month.
 
Severus said:
So, what's a girl to do when there is no readily available cake in sight? Start a mildly official countdown thread, of course!
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I've now decided that the solution is to make a cake available in sight. 🙂
 
Severus said:
Word. I think I'ma make a ton of vanilla cupcakes over the weekend.


Mmmmmmmmmm... cake.
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Nice! I'm planning on vanilla cupcakes, too--the unsalted butter warming to room temp as we speak. Ironically, it's a recipe stolen from my favorite NYC bakery.
 
Beat you to it. I made brownies last night...but now I just ended up adding nausea and guilt to my stress.
 
melissainsd said:
Beat you to it. I made brownies last night...but now I just ended up adding nausea and guilt to my stress.
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Hmm. You raise a good point. Yet oddly, hitting the gym still remains less appealing. 🙂
 
foofish said:
Nice! I'm planning on vanilla cupcakes, too--the unsalted butter warming to room temp as we speak. Ironically, it's a recipe stolen from my favorite NYC bakery.
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Mmm. Which NYC bakery? Magnolia? Would you PM me the recipe?
 
girlsporty said:
Mmm. Which NYC bakery? Magnolia? Would you PM me the recipe?
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👍 Billy's Bakery, which I think split off from Magnolia. There's a version of the recipe on Martha Stewart's website, here.
 
Severus said:
I fear a waitlist more than a rejection. I HATE the uncertainty.
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Don't I know it. I'm currently on three waitlists and still haven't heard back after my fourth interview. I just feel as though it will be a waitlist as well. This whole process is horrible. 🙁
 
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