Post AMCAS Submission Depression...

[turkeybean]

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I'm not sure if this is typical, but ever since I submitted my AMCAS application (and it was a very late submission), I've been catching numerous dumb mistakes everywhere including in the personal essay. I've also had some readers who pointed out shortcomings in the statement, some of which now I think are quite glaring. If I could rewrite the darn thing, I could practically remove 1/3 of the content (which is pure rambling gibberish anyway). Can't figure out why I wrote that and considered that "good."

Does anyone feel this way at all? Considering my late August submission and all the mistakes, I don't feel too good about this cycle, and it hurts me more to think that I might have to disappoint the folks who've cheered me on along the way and helped me so much...

 

[FrkyBgStok]

too late to do much about it now. did you have anyone read it before you submitted? I wrote a "perfect" PS and had a bunch of people read it and realized that it was way bad.

 

[turkeybean]

Wasn't aiming for US programs originally, so the timing was a bit off for AMCAS. I'm still applying out of country with new revisions. It's very interesting how sometimes you just don't see how bad something is despite going over it numerous times. Getting good readers to give your writing a good read is really essential.

Hoping that I can do better in secondaries...if they are nearly as important...

 

[soccrwon]

I'm not sure if this is typical, but ever since I submitted my AMCAS application (and it was a very late submission), I've been catching numerous dumb mistakes everywhere including in the personal essay. I've also had some readers who pointed out shortcomings in the statement, some of which now I think are quite glaring. If I could rewrite the darn thing, I could practically remove 1/3 of the content (which is pure rambling gibberish anyway). Can't figure out why I wrote that and considered that "good."

Does anyone feel this way at all? Considering my late August submission and all the mistakes, I don't feel too good about this cycle, and it hurts me more to think that I might have to disappoint the folks who've cheered me on along the way and helped me so much...

I had that same phenomenon with my secondary apps...I definitely write one, re-read it the second day and think "what the heck?", send it out for corrections, and then finally submit on the third day.

But like the above poster said, you can't do anything about it. I think this phenomenon is why all the great actors say they never watch their finished movies or shows. It'll be ok. 😉