- Joined
- Jun 25, 2003
- Messages
- 96
- Reaction score
- 0
Is anyone else scrambling to get these things done? I retook my MCAT (got the same freaking score anyway!), and am not trying to balance classes with apps. AHHHHHHH!
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
Procrastinators
- Thread starter BandGeek
- Start date
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2003
- Messages
- 34
- Reaction score
- 0
I hear you...I started with 19 schools due to a combination of paranoia (2-5% acceptance rates! ack!) and indecision, with the intention of cutting down the list before interviews. Now I've gotten 5 completely finished, pulled apps from 5, and still have 9 left if I want to do them all... At least I've got one interview (as of yesterday, finally!). Nonetheless, reading the "interviews" thread, or most any thread on here (which seems chock full of non-procrastinators), does sometimes make me hyperventillate a bit.
Stick with it and try to get 'em out asap...that's been my motto.
Stick with it and try to get 'em out asap...that's been my motto.
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2003
- Messages
- 34
- Reaction score
- 0
Damn, I'm spoiled with the premed commitee at my school, I guess. Getting my PIs to get all their letters to the right place, and the transcripts (which held up my AMCAS for a month--one school just didn't send them, even though they got my request) has been hell. Fortunately I'm not also applying for fellowships. I was so relieved when, after nearly a semester of prepping to app for fellowships and then a summer of thinking it over, I realized that I didn't really want to do what the Rhodes/Marshall/Fulbright/Churchill would give me, even if I was fortunate enough to win. I would say, though, if you "got roped into Rhodes nominations," that you might want to think about that more seriously before heading to the interviews, etc. associated with the fellowships (I don't know if those have already happened, though). If it's just for the name/resume building quality, do you really want to do it? And do you think they won't be able to tell that?
Anyway, good luck again, I'll be mailing out number 6 today. I've still got 1 non-AMCAS left, and then a bunch of secondaries/supplements. At least it's easier to decide where I really want to go--if I can't muster up the motivation to finish the application, I think that really tells me something.
Anyway, good luck again, I'll be mailing out number 6 today. I've still got 1 non-AMCAS left, and then a bunch of secondaries/supplements. At least it's easier to decide where I really want to go--if I can't muster up the motivation to finish the application, I think that really tells me something.
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2002
- Messages
- 395
- Reaction score
- 0
congrats, labfiend on your interview!
i applied 18. then i talked to a friend who was NOT applying to mstp but rather, only to med. and i was thinkin' holy moly, wow did i just do a lot of work, filling out secondaries and mstp essays. and he goes WHOA, 18. and i'm like, yeah 18. and i paid for it myself, all proudlike.
then he goes, i applied to 43.
😱
i think applying to ~15-20 should be considered the equivalent of applying to ~30-40 med schools without mstp stuff...i mean, really, it is QUITE a bit of work to keep track of two admissions committees at each school...
i applied 18. then i talked to a friend who was NOT applying to mstp but rather, only to med. and i was thinkin' holy moly, wow did i just do a lot of work, filling out secondaries and mstp essays. and he goes WHOA, 18. and i'm like, yeah 18. and i paid for it myself, all proudlike.
then he goes, i applied to 43.
😱
i think applying to ~15-20 should be considered the equivalent of applying to ~30-40 med schools without mstp stuff...i mean, really, it is QUITE a bit of work to keep track of two admissions committees at each school...
