Rejecting/Deferring Acceptance for possible MD

[Darkskies]

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I applied to multiple MD schools with a GPA of 3.46 and a 32R this past cycle and received interviews from 3 of them. I was rejected post-interview from all of them but was also accepted to multiple DO schools including UMDNJ-SOM. I was also accepted to Tulane's Anatomy Certification Program and EVMS' Medical Master's program. Both of these have the highest chances of matriculation(>90%) at their corresponding MD school in the following year.

However, the caveat is that there is still a small chance that they won't work out for me and so I was wondering if there would be an option for deferral to the DO schools I was accepted to(particularly UMDNJ-SOM). If not, and I were to reject my acceptances to these schools, will I be blacklisted for the following cycle from the DO schools I applied to and/or the ones I was accepted to? Have others turned down an acceptance and reapplied and gotten admission in the following year to schools? Please let me know.

Thanks in advance!

 

[xoxx]

I applied to multiple MD schools with a GPA of 3.46 and a 32R this past cycle and received interviews from 3 of them. I was rejected post-interview from all of them but was also accepted to multiple DO schools including UMDNJ-SOM. I was also accepted to Tulane's Anatomy Certification Program and EVMS' Medical Master's program. Both of these have the highest chances of matriculation(>90%) at their corresponding MD school in the following year.

However, the caveat is that there is still a small chance that they won't work out for me and so I was wondering if there would be an option for deferral to the DO schools I was accepted to(particularly UMDNJ-SOM). If not, and I were to reject my acceptances to these schools, will I be blacklisted for the following cycle from the DO schools I applied to and/or the ones I was accepted to? Have others turned down an acceptance and reapplied and gotten admission in the following year to schools? Please let me know.

Thanks in advance!

Just curious, what state are you in? why do you think you got rejected after 3 interviews with 3.5 and 32mcat?

 

[Darkskies]

I'm in NY state. I think I got rejected because two of my grades in the prereqs sophomore year were low(Cs) but I retook them all for As.

 

[xoxx]

I'm in NY state. I think I got rejected because two of my grades in the prereqs sophomore year were low(Cs) but I retook them all for As.

Ok I see, this just strikes me as kind of unusual because you have pretty good stats..

 

[TheMightySmiter]

Ok I see, this just strikes me as kind of unusual because you have pretty good stats..

OP's stats are on the low end for MD, although great for DO.


OP, take one of the DO acceptances and run. Why did you apply DO at all if you weren't planning on attending a DO school?

 

[LifeTake2]

1) no you can't hold a DO acceptance as a backup plan. Most DO schools don't offer deferrals, and when they do it takes a good reason and not wanting to be a DO isn't one...sorry.

2) same story different twist: if you turn down a DO acceptance and then reapply you will have to explain why. You will need a better reason than you have right now.

3) regardless, if you want to try again you need to figure out why you got rejected. It was NOT your grades. That would have blocked you pre-interview, not post. It has to be something in all 3 interviews. How you answer questions, how you interact with everyone including other candidates, your personality/fit with the school, and yes even personal hygiene. 3 post interview rejections means there is something fatally wrong that is only apparent after meeting you. Figure it out and you have a chance in a new cycle.

 

[circulus vitios]

Why would you turn down an DO acceptance? Even if you want to specialize in something competitive, you have to realize that the odds of specializing are against you, as are the odds of getting into any school next cycle, let alone an MD school.

 

[Darkskies]

I don't think post-interview rejections really mean that there is something fatally wrong..especially since the competition gets fiercer every year..I really do believe it had to do with my grades in the prereqs and also I only got 3 interviews out of over 25 schools applied to! One of my interviews was at Hofstra(they interview nearly everyone for a class size of only 60) and one of the others was at UMKC MD-Only program..

Regardless, what I'm worrying about is whether I would get blacklisted from DO schools if I were to reject my acceptances now.. which is why I was hoping a deferral would work.. Also, the DO schools I applied to this cycle and was accepted to, are my top choices so I would like to get accepted to them again if for some awful reason I don't get into the corresponding MD programs after doing one of the nearly guaranteed SMPs..

 

[NickNaylor]

Yet another example in the catalog of "don't apply to schools unless you would be perfectly happy attending them."

OP, if this is something they will make you unhappy for the rest of your life, then you should try again and apply MD. That's not the logical or smart decision, however, and you could be putting yourself in a very bad spot. At the end of the day, you'll still treat patients and you will have a wide variety of specialties to choose from. No, a DO isn't the same thing as a MD in all cases, but in most of them they're equivalent, the main exception being if you're interested in competitive specialties.

 

[Don15]

why didnt you apply to temple's post bac program? if you maintain a 3.5 in the program they guarantee you a seat in the school of medicine. You wouldn't even have to apply again.

 

[Bacchus]

Yet another example in the catalog of "don't apply to schools unless you would be perfectly happy attending them."

OP, if this is something they will make you unhappy for the rest of your life, then you should try again and apply MD. That's not the logical or smart decision, however, and you could be putting yourself in a very bad spot. At the end of the day, you'll still treat patients and you will have a wide variety of specialties to choose from. No, a DO isn't the same thing as a MD in all cases, but in most of them they're equivalent, the main exception being if you're interested in competitive specialties.

Stop being logical.

 

[theseeker4]

I don't think post-interview rejections really mean that there is something fatally wrong..especially since the competition gets fiercer every year..I really do believe it had to do with my grades in the prereqs and also I only got 3 interviews out of over 25 schools applied to! One of my interviews was at Hofstra(they interview nearly everyone for a class size of only 60) and one of the others was at UMKC MD-Only program..

Regardless, what I'm worrying about is whether I would get blacklisted from DO schools if I were to reject my acceptances now.. which is why I was hoping a deferral would work.. Also, the DO schools I applied to this cycle and was accepted to, are my top choices so I would like to get accepted to them again if for some awful reason I don't get into the corresponding MD programs after doing one of the nearly guaranteed SMPs..

If you turn down the DO acceptance, you will likely never have a chance at being accepted at those schools again. They have absolutely no reason to offer you another spot if you reject a spot this time, they have too many students who actually want to attend to waste their time with someone who turned them down once. You should take the DO acceptance and be a doctor, that is the smartest thing to do. If you choose not to do that, you will likely have no chance at those schools, and might be blacklisted from DO schools in general (no actual knowledge of whether this occurs, but if it did I wouldn't be surprised at all.) Either way, if all the DO schools that are your top choices accepted you this cycle, you have virtually no chance at them next cycle, so abandon them at your own risk.

 

[ceasefire]

I don't think post-interview rejections really mean that there is something fatally wrong..especially since the competition gets fiercer every year..I really do believe it had to do with my grades in the prereqs and also I only got 3 interviews out of over 25 schools applied to! One of my interviews was at Hofstra(they interview nearly everyone for a class size of only 60) and one of the others was at UMKC MD-Only program..

Regardless, what I'm worrying about is whether I would get blacklisted from DO schools if I were to reject my acceptances now.. which is why I was hoping a deferral would work.. Also, the DO schools I applied to this cycle and was accepted to, are my top choices so I would like to get accepted to them again if for some awful reason I don't get into the corresponding MD programs after doing one of the nearly guaranteed SMPs..

At my state school, the dean of admissions told me that grades during the first year, so long as they're at least a C or better, do not impact your admissibility if there are no other negative components to your application.

My guess is that there was nothing remarkable about your application.

To answer your question, I don't think you should bother applying to any DO schools you've interviewed at if you choose to turn down an acceptance. If you don't want to go DO, please just don't apply. There are plenty of people who would be overly grateful to have the chance to become a physician, DO or MD. Turning down an acceptance, in the absence of a major life event like a death or child, can only hurt you for reapplication.

/my opinion

 

[notbobtrustme]

OP's stats are on the low end for MD, although great for DO.

His stats are right at or better than the mean. It wasn't his stats alone that got him rejected.

SDN perpetuates this notion that anything less than a 3.8/35 is not competitive when it couldn't be further from the truth.

 

[Oxygen206]

I don't think post-interview rejections really mean that there is something fatally wrong..especially since the competition gets fiercer every year..I really do believe it had to do with my grades in the prereqs and also I only got 3 interviews out of over 25 schools applied to! One of my interviews was at Hofstra(they interview nearly everyone for a class size of only 60) and one of the others was at UMKC MD-Only program..

You likely wouldn't have gotten an interview in the first place if it really was a few C's that they were worried about. Schools don't waste time interviewing applicants that they know ahead of time they are not going to accept.

I know its hard, but you might need to take a good hard look at your interviewing self and figure out what went wrong if you do decide to reapply MD. Were you excessively nervous?? Maybe you were more laid back at the DO interviews because you aren't necessarily that interested in DO? It doesn't mean you have a personality flaw, but there's clearly something going on here that is far beyond a few C's.

 

[TheMightySmiter]

His stats are right at or better than the mean. It wasn't his stats alone that got him rejected.

SDN perpetuates this notion that anything less than a 3.8/35 is not competitive when it couldn't be further from the truth.

His MCAT is just about average for matriculants, and his GPA is on the low end. The average GPA for accepted students in 2011 was a 3.65; his was a 3.46. This is statistically below average. You can see the data right here: https://www.aamc.org/download/161690/data/table17.pdf, I'm not trying to be pessimistic. I agree that his being rejected probably wasn't his stats alone, but when you have average or slightly-below-average numbers, the rest of your application needs to be excellent. OP didn't give us any more information about his application.

 

[Darkskies]

I'm pretty sure it was my stats since I had a couple of low Cs in the prereqs and consequently my science GPA was not so hot even if I did retake those courses for As(since admissions doesn't replace your grades and I think take it very poorly on seeing that you have a C in some prereqs initially). I have over 250 hours of volunteering, 90 hours of physician shadowing plus a bunch of other extracurriculars(only 1 semester of research though) that would at least put my ECs in the moderate to strong category.

I don't think SDN promotes a myth, in fact I wouldn't have applied this past cycle if I knew that this would be my result. The only reason I did was because everyone on SDN told me I have a good shot of getting in to an MD school SOMEWHERE if I applied early and widely. Hence, I was depressed and burned out applying to and filling out forms for over 25 schools all for nothing..

I wish I'd just applied to EVMS medical master's last year and I would have completed it now and it would probably have given me the boost I needed for the MD acceptance.

If I didn't apply DO and didn't get initially waitlisted at UMDNJ-SOM I wouldn't have had the opportunity to apply to and get accepted at Tulane ACP..

I'm going crazy over making this decision...

 

[YouNeverKnow22]

I'm pretty sure it was my stats since I had a couple of low Cs in the prereqs and consequently my science GPA was not so hot even if I did retake those courses for As(since admissions doesn't replace your grades and I think take it very poorly on seeing that you have a C in some prereqs initially). I have over 250 hours of volunteering, 90 hours of physician shadowing plus a bunch of other extracurriculars(only 1 semester of research though) that would at least put my ECs in the moderate to strong category.

I don't think SDN promotes a myth, in fact I wouldn't have applied this past cycle if I knew that this would be my result. The only reason I did was because everyone on SDN told me I have a good shot of getting in to an MD school SOMEWHERE if I applied early and widely. Hence, I was depressed and burned out applying to and filling out forms for over 25 schools all for nothing..

I wish I'd just applied to EVMS medical master's last year and I would have completed it now and it would probably have given me the boost I needed for the MD acceptance.

If I didn't apply DO and didn't get initially waitlisted at UMDNJ-SOM I wouldn't have had the opportunity to apply to and get accepted at Tulane ACP..

I'm going crazy over making this decision...

Don't know why you applied DO, if you didn't want to go DO. If you want MD ditch the DO acceptances and go to Tulane and apply MD--problem solved.

 

[Oxygen206]

I'm pretty sure it was my stats since I had a couple of low Cs in the prereqs and consequently my science GPA was not so hot even if I did retake those courses for As(since admissions doesn't replace your grades and I think take it very poorly on seeing that you have a C in some prereqs initially). I have over 250 hours of volunteering, 90 hours of physician shadowing plus a bunch of other extracurriculars(only 1 semester of research though) that would at least put my ECs in the moderate to strong category.

I don't think SDN promotes a myth, in fact I wouldn't have applied this past cycle if I knew that this would be my result. The only reason I did was because everyone on SDN told me I have a good shot of getting in to an MD school SOMEWHERE if I applied early and widely. Hence, I was depressed and burned out applying to and filling out forms for over 25 schools all for nothing..

I wish I'd just applied to EVMS medical master's last year and I would have completed it now and it would probably have given me the boost I needed for the MD acceptance.

If I didn't apply DO and didn't get initially waitlisted at UMDNJ-SOM I wouldn't have had the opportunity to apply to and get accepted at Tulane ACP..

I'm going crazy over making this decision...

You may have just gotten crap luck this cycle. I applied with similar stats (although my sGPA was high) and I got rejected and waitlisted post-interview. Although I can definitely attribute this to crappy interviewing skills (holy **** I was nervous), not my actual application.

If you don't feel like you would be happy with a DO degree, then by all means, reapply MD. But at least give it one more cycle before you resort to spending excessive money and time on an SMP. If your MCAT was below a 30 I would change my tone, but your's is quite competitive. In the mean time, you can work on beefing up your EC's, practicing interviewing skills, etc. Just make sure you keep your options open. One extra year isn't going to make much of a difference in the long run.

If you're ok with a DO degree then take the acceptance and run!!!

EDIT: I just realized you were already accepted to SMPs. If it were me, I would do the SMP and reapply -- as long as I knew I could rock it. How did you do in your upper division science courses? Do you feel confident you could do well?

 

[drizzt3117]

You need to stop posting in pre-allo. No one here even knows what Tulane ACP or EVMS SMP are. Both are programs that essentially give guaranteed admission to the host MD school in the next cycle. Like I told you before, you should just do ACP, go to Tulane, and call it a day. There's a 90% or greater chance of acceptance and if you don't make it you probably weren't cut out for med school anyways and would've likely failed out.

 

[TheMightySmiter]

You need to stop posting in pre-allo. No one here even knows what Tulane ACP or EVMS SMP are. Both are programs that essentially give guaranteed admission to the host MD school in the next cycle. Like I told you before, you should just do ACP, go to Tulane, and call it a day. There's a 90% or greater chance of acceptance and if you don't make it you probably weren't cut out for med school anyways and would've likely failed out.

You are so absolutely and completely obsessed with prestige. If OP withdraws his DO acceptances, he will be spending $50,000 IN ADDITION to an extra year that he could have been earning a salary as an attending. Financially, it makes no sense to do an SMP, even one like Tulane's or EVMS's that has an extremely high success rate.

 

[Oxygen206]

You are so absolutely and completely obsessed with prestige. If OP withdraws his DO acceptances, he will be spending $50,000 IN ADDITION to an extra year that he could have been earning a salary as an attending. Financially, it makes no sense to do an SMP, even one like Tulane's or EVMS's that has an extremely high success rate.

I agree with you completely -- I would take the DO acceptance and run.

However, one has to consider personal goals... and if one of those is receiving an MD, then sometimes you have to spend extra money and time to get what you want. I for one don't care, but others do and feel strongly about it. In the end its them spending the money and losing future income, not me.

 

[FattySlug]

You are so absolutely and completely obsessed with prestige. If OP withdraws his DO acceptances, he will be spending $50,000 IN ADDITION to an extra year that he could have been earning a salary as an attending. Financially, it makes no sense to do an SMP, even one like Tulane's or EVMS's that has an extremely high success rate.

Huh? Prestige or not no one has to do what he doesn't want to do if there is another way. OP doesn't want DO enough to do it at the moment. What is good enough for you might not be good enough for another person. You can't impose your values on others.

 

[TheMightySmiter]

Huh? Prestige or not no one has to do what he doesn't want to do if there is another way. OP doesn't want DO enough to do it at the moment. What is good enough for you might not be good enough for another person. You can't impose your values on others.

He was interested enough in DO to apply in the first place.

Edit: To clarify, I'm not saying it's a horrible thing to withdraw from DO in favor of MD. After all, I didn't even consider applying to DO schools--I only applied MD because that's what I wanted. I'm not judging OP for that. I'm just trying to point out that, logically and financially, it makes way more sense to go to the DO school he's been accepted to. That's all. He should only drop the DO acceptances if he absolutely couldn't see himself as a DO.

 

[BHaus9]

You are so absolutely and completely obsessed with prestige. If OP withdraws his DO acceptances, he will be spending $50,000 IN ADDITION to an extra year that he could have been earning a salary as an attending. Financially, it makes no sense to do an SMP, even one like Tulane's or EVMS's that has an extremely high success rate.

On the other hand, not everyone is absolutely and completely obsessed with maximizing lifetime earning potential.

And to everyone suggesting that the OP should not have applied D.O. if he doesn't want to attend a D.O. school... where exactly did the OP say he would be unwilling or unhappy to attend a D.O. school if it were his last option? Like any responsible premed, he had a strong backup plan, but it seems a little silly to resort to the backup plan when your first choice remains a highly viable option. Just because he would be happier at an MD school does not mean he would be unhappy at a D.O. school. I don't see this scenario as all that much different from a person accepted at med school A do not withdrawing from the waitlist at med school B, with the exception that OP has to wait a year.

To OP: No, in this circumstance you probably wouldn't be granted a referral, so it's up to you to determine if the small risk is worth it.

 

[FattySlug]

He was interested enough in DO to apply in the first place.

Applying is one thing actually attending is another thing. He was applying DO as a backup with doubts that it would ever come to that but now it does and apparently not interested enough to commit.

 

[TX515]

3/25 interviews says a lot. Sounds like grades to me. If you don't want to go DO, don't. You can always consider Carribbean MD programs.

 

[drizzt3117]

You are so absolutely and completely obsessed with prestige. If OP withdraws his DO acceptances, he will be spending $50,000 IN ADDITION to an extra year that he could have been earning a salary as an attending. Financially, it makes no sense to do an SMP, even one like Tulane's or EVMS's that has an extremely high success rate.

The debt #s he gave me for doing ACP + 4 years at Tulane were within 10% of the cost at UMDNJ, that's not a significant amount, IMO. Btw, the lifetime earning potential thing is not a big deal, just work one year longer, or don't take a year off during med school which at least 10% if not more of med students seem to do.

I've actually been through the process of applying for residency; as much as people here would like it to be otherwise, being a DO is a big hinderance to getting anything competitive. As I told the other poster, even if you want to do primary care there's always nhsc if you're concerned about debt.

 

[RogueUnicorn]

1) no you can't hold a DO acceptance as a backup plan. Most DO schools don't offer deferrals, and when they do it takes a good reason and not wanting to be a DO isn't one...sorry.

2) same story different twist: if you turn down a DO acceptance and then reapply you will have to explain why. You will need a better reason than you have right now.

3) regardless, if you want to try again you need to figure out why you got rejected. It was NOT your grades. That would have blocked you pre-interview, not post. It has to be something in all 3 interviews. How you answer questions, how you interact with everyone including other candidates, your personality/fit with the school, and yes even personal hygiene. 3 post interview rejections means there is something fatally wrong that is only apparent after meeting you. Figure it out and you have a chance in a new cycle.

this is not even close to universally true

 

[MedPR]

I'm in NY state. I think I got rejected because two of my grades in the prereqs sophomore year were low(Cs) but I retook them all for As.

You got rejected post-interview because you interviewed poorly.

 

[Jaqen Hghar]

Am I the only one not missing the obvious problem? (I didn't see it posted, could've missed it)

Op, you do realize declining your acceptances and then performing poorly in the SMP will all but ruin your chances of ever getting into any medical school, right?

This seems like an awfully big risk you are taking so that you could have MD at the end of your name instead of DO when you have an acceptance in hand. Tread lightly, my friend.

 

[Darkskies]

You got rejected post-interview because you interviewed poorly.

If that were true, I probably should have received more than 3 interviews after applying to 25+ schools. I'm not denying that my interviews might not have gone stellar(Hofstra was horrible and maybe the student interview at Drexel wasn't too wonderful either) but when I called in to ask what I could do to improve my app at the DO school I was waitlisted(UMDNJ) at I was informed that my interview went well and the only reason I was waitlisted was because of the unique admissions process of the school whereby they don't accept too many people at first because they don't want their class to be full too early(kind of defeats the purpose of applying early).. I'm not complaining since I wouldn't have been able to apply to the ACP without the waitlist letter..

 

[sector9]

What was your BCPM GPA?

 

[MedPR]

If that were true, I probably should have received more than 3 interviews after applying to 25+ schools. I'm not denying that my interviews might not have gone stellar(Hofstra was horrible and maybe the student interview at Drexel wasn't too wonderful either) but when I called in to ask what I could do to improve my app at the DO school I was waitlisted(UMDNJ) at I was informed that my interview went well and the only reason I was waitlisted was because of the unique admissions process of the school whereby they don't accept too many people at first because they don't want their class to be full too early(kind of defeats the purpose of applying early).. I'm not complaining since I wouldn't have been able to apply to the ACP without the waitlist letter..

So you're saying that the 3 schools who interviewed you rejected you because of those 2 bad grades, while all the other schools rejected you pre-interview because of those two bad grades?

With your GPA and MCAT you were in a pool of students who were statistically acceptable. Once schools come up with that pool, they start to look at ECs and the overall "fit" of school/student. If you get an interview, the acceptance is yours to lose. Interview poorly = rejected. Interview average = wait list. Interview well = acceptance.

 

[FattySlug]

If that were true, I probably should have received more than 3 interviews after applying to 25+ schools. I'm not denying that my interviews might not have gone stellar(Hofstra was horrible and maybe the student interview at Drexel wasn't too wonderful either)

What happened at Hofstra? I went to the interview and it seems like everyone was chill. No hard questions or anything.

 

[TheMightySmiter]

I don't think it's quite true that schools stop looking at your GPA and MCAT completely once you get to the interview phase. They are still a part of your application. Maybe a school thought you had a good interview, but still had candidates with better stats that they liked more. A horrible interview can cause you to be rejected, but the opposite is not necessarily true: a post-interview rejection does not always mean a poor interview. It means that, after reviewing all of the candidates at an interview session or overall, they thought most of the other interviewees were a better fit.

 

[Darkskies]

So you're saying that the 3 schools who interviewed you rejected you because of those 2 bad grades, while all the other schools rejected you pre-interview because of those two bad grades?

With your GPA and MCAT you were in a pool of students who were statistically acceptable. Once schools come up with that pool, they start to look at ECs and the overall "fit" of school/student. If you get an interview, the acceptance is yours to lose. Interview poorly = rejected. Interview average = wait list. Interview well = acceptance.

Well, obviously it's not just the two bad grades.. My overall GPA was still 3.46 which is on the very low end..

Besides, interviews are rather subjective... If I'd had a better application I bet my interviews would have gone better..

Fattyslug, were you accepted at Hofstra? One of the interviewers asked me what was the best idea I've ever had...The other one kept grilling me on why Hofstra and why I would be a really good fit for their school and their fully PBL curriculum..Seriously, I felt like his questions were just rephrasing these two main ones..I researched the school very thoroughly but I eventually ran out of good answers since he kept asking the same questions rephrased..Also, obviously I didn't care about the curriculum in truth and all I cared about was getting into med school(like nearly everyone else there)... Maybe, I'm not a good BSer???

 

[Ironmandoc]

Well, obviously it's not just the two bad grades.. My overall GPA was still 3.46 which is on the very low end..

Besides, interviews are rather subjective... If I'd had a better application I bet my interviews would have gone better..

No, clearly there is something that went wrong in your interviews. What does your application have to do with your interview abilities. Plus, based on this thread I think there are issues with you, rather than your app.

If you don't accept any schools acceptance, don't waste your time or money reapplying to the school.


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[BHaus9]

Seriously, people acting like the playing field is leveled once you get to the interview stage, and credentials go out the window... please

 

[Goblue89]

I don't think it's quite true that schools stop looking at your GPA and MCAT completely once you get to the interview phase. They are still a part of your application. Maybe a school thought you had a good interview, but still had candidates with better stats that they liked more. A horrible interview can cause you to be rejected, but the opposite is not necessarily true: a post-interview rejection does not always mean a poor interview. It means that, after reviewing all of the candidates at an interview session or overall, they thought most of the other interviewees were a better fit.

I think you are spot on here. Grades and MCAT are certainly not ignored post-interview. I interviewed at Wayne State my first cycle and was rejected. I reapplied the next year and was granted a 2nd interview. During this 2nd interview my interviewer straight up told me that the reason why I was not granted admission during my first cycle was my poor performance in the pre-reqs (I had one C and a withdrawal). Its no surprise that once again, I did not receive admission. I am not saying the OP is a great interviewer, but the notion that post-interview waitlists/rejections only occur after a poor interviewer performance is simply untrue.

 

[Ironmandoc]

Applying is one thing actually attending is another thing. He was applying DO as a backup with doubts that it would ever come to that but now it does and apparently not interested enough to commit.

Why would you apply anywhere you aren't willing to attend? If you do, MD or DO, you're a fool. See Nick's comment above.


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[Oxygen206]

the notion that post-interview waitlists/rejections only occur after a poor interviewer performance is simply untrue.

Sure, there are a lot of factors when they are comparing you amongst other students that have also been interviewed. However, three interviews that all result in outright rejections?? Not even one waitlist? This seems to point towards poor interviewing skills.

 

[Darkskies]

Why would you apply anywhere you aren't willing to attend? If you do, MD or DO, you're a fool. See Nick's comment above.


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I guess I wasn't sure I wanted to wait another year when I applied. Plus, I wasn't too confident about my stats getting me into an MD school. You act as if people always make cold hard decisions when it's really all about covering your bases and then making the final decision.

I'm not sure I want to commit to DO when I have such a good chance of going MD.. My plan for applying DO this past cycle kind of backfired though since if for some reason the program doesn't turn out well..I still want to have the option of going DO as a final resort but I don't know if that option will be available if I reject my DO acceptances now..

 

[Oxygen206]

.I still want to have the option of going DO as a final resort but I don't know if that option will be available..

It is the general consensus that you need a pretty freaking good reason to get a deferral. They are not granted lightly. As you don't qualify for a deferral, you have to decide MD or DO and stick by your decision.

 

[Darkskies]

It is the general consensus that you need a pretty freaking good reason to get a deferral. They are not granted lightly. As you don't qualify for a deferral, you have to decide MD or DO and stick by your decision.

Well, I don't need to get a deferral..If I reject the DO acceptances, could I still get accepted this coming cycle if I apply again? Thanks!

Also, I had a withdrawal in a prereq too..My BCPM GPA is a 3.33 but a 3.6 if my retakes were to replace my initial bad grades instead of averaged with them.

 

[Oxygen206]

Well, I don't need to get a deferral..If I reject the DO acceptances, could I still get accepted this coming cycle if I apply again? Thanks!\

Also, I had a withdrawal in a prereq too..

Sure -- just not to the schools you turned down an acceptance to.

 

[DrLeon]

Simple answer: decline the acceptance

I have friends on the waiting list that would love to come here because we are one of the best schools in the nation with quality residency spots and we produce quality physicians. Like everyone else has said, you shouldn't have applied DO if you were not prepared to take the seat. If you do decline the seat our admissions office will be on the lookout for your name next year and you will get a swift rejection.

 

[Jaqen Hghar]

The link below is of a post in LizzyM's AMA thread about rejections post interview:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=11962475&postcount=751

 

[Porfirio]

If I were you OP, I would go DO. Stop wasting your time and become a doctor already.

 

[K M R]

Your numbers are below-average for American allopathic medical schools so I'm not surprised you weren't accepted anywhere.

Most importantly, how will your application improve for the next cycle?