post-interview feeling of desperation

[whoknowswhere]

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i just got back from a top 10 interview and everything went great. it was a boost of confidence but then i got thinking...my stats are defintely not that great (low 30's MCAT, good gpa but from crappy state school, but pretty good extracurs), and i don't know how I even got that interview. I feel that no matter what I could have said or how well it went, the adcom will just end up accepting all the people around me at the interview with great MCATs, high gpa's from reputable institutions. i guess i have this feeling of desperation that i never stood a chance and shouldn't hope for a maricle, u know? does anyone else feel this way? gosh, it is my dream school tho....

 

[jr doctor in sd]

dont worry bro (or...sis haha) - from what ive been researching interviews usually take 1/2 people they see. You say it went great, thats good! means you have a good chance. All you can do now is play the waiting game

 

[Revenant]

The interview separates who the college wants from the merely qualified. So if the interview went well...screw it you did all you could've done.

There is absolutely nothing you can do now, just relax.

 

[etf]

i just got back from a top 10 interview and everything went great. it was a boost of confidence but then i got thinking...my stats are defintely not that great (low 30's MCAT, good gpa but from crappy state school, but pretty good extracurs), and i don't know how I even got that interview. I feel that no matter what I could have said or how well it went, the adcom will just end up accepting all the people around me at the interview with great MCATs, high gpa's from reputable institutions. i guess i have this feeling of desperation that i never stood a chance and shouldn't hope for a maricle, u know? does anyone else feel this way? gosh, it is my dream school tho....

the same thing happened to me last time - i got an interview at my dream school when i was totally not expecting it. i thought i did well on the interview, and both my interviewers said that i was pretty much in, and to not choose a better school over them (closed file, so they didn't see my gpa). well, i was waitlisted and subsequently denied.

 

[elfish]

the same thing happened to me last time - i got an interview at my dream school when i was totally not expecting it. i thought i did well on the interview, and both my interviewers said that i was pretty much in, and to not choose a better school over them (closed file, so they didn't see my gpa). well, i was waitlisted and subsequently denied.

this post seriously just gave me an anxiety attack.

 

[UCDavisISokay]

well, the interviewers aren't ever going to say that "your interview was pretty weak to mediocre." I am not trying to say that his interview didn't go well, but u never know.

 

[UCDavisISokay]

this post seriously just gave me an anxiety attack.

there is more to life than getting into an excellent med school. if u dont get in this year, u can try again next year 👍

 

[Revenant]

I know a guy just like you. Similar stats, thought he nailed the interview. He didn't make it. Not only that but he didn't get in anywhere else either. He ended up killing himself.

👍

 

[UCDavisISokay]

He ended up killing himself.

i dont think is funny

 

[Revenant]

i dont think is funny

 

[Tenacity]

I'd have to agree that suicide isn't a funny joke any time, especially to neurotic pre-meds.

 

[LEdaddy]

It may have been irresponsible, unprofessional, in bad taste, and inappropriate. But I did laugh.

 

[Revenant]

Oh my God panic attack !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Seriously, my first post told him to take a frickin chill pill. He's through it, it's done. It is completely beyond his control now. So why in God's name is he still freaking out over it? No idea! I swear to God some people on this board are so masochistic it is actually painful to watch them self destruct and cry over an 89 on a test (which is probably 40 points above the class average anyway, but they just wanted the A uncurved because they wanted praise heaped upon their little ego-driven bodies).

 

[Revenant]

It may have been irresponsible, unprofessional, in bad taste, and inappropriate. But I did laugh.

Since when was this board the epitome of professionalism?