Second Rejection, I died a little today

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Got rejected from Pritzker, University of Chicago today and I must admit I cried openly.

This is not like U of SD rejecting me from out of state. Pritzker sent me a secondary and has the same stats as most of the schools I applied to.

Of course I have no idea why they rejected me, but to still be waiting on 3 secondaries and already be rejected by 2 schools hurts especially when I know that Harvard, Hopkins and Mayo will almost certainly reject me.

Suddenly all my old fears of inadequacy are flooding back and my two saftey schools turn out to be land mines, (U of MN Duluth obsessed with rural primary care med, and Morehouse being primarily African America).

I can only hope that my strong stats pull me through somewhere, or else I am finished as a human being.
 
xmsr3 said:
Got rejected from Pritzker, University of Chicago today and I must admit I cried openly.

This is not like U of SD rejecting me from out of state. Pritzker sent me a secondary and has the same stats as most of the schools I applied to.

Of course I have no idea why they rejected me, but to still be waiting on 3 secondaries and already be rejected by 2 schools hurts especially when I know that Harvard, Hopkins and Mayo will almost certainly reject me.

Suddenly all my old fears of inadequacy are flooding back and my two saftey schools turn out to be land mines, (U of MN Duluth obsessed with rural primary care med, and Morehouse being primarily African America).

I can only hope that my strong stats pull me through somewhere, or else I am finished as a human being.
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I would apply more widely. You said you're interested in the navy? Well if you're going to do your residency in the navy, they won't even care if you come from a top MD or a DO school. They'll still make you do a GMO tour and add major points for that. I am personally applying to MD and DO because the specialty I am interested in is not very competitive.
 
p.s. real men only cry when they are rejected by women. a career is only a means to an end.
 
if you're submitting secondaries you are obviously verified, the schools you are worried about are all top 15, and if you don't like your safeties apply to more schools, its not late in the cycle at all!
 
Don't worry, after the first couple rejections you stop caring about them. Everyone is going to get rejected from somewhere regardless of their stats.

Regarding safties, if you do feel you need more of them it's not to late to add more.
 
How many schools did you apply to? And it's only July, you realize you can add more schools that you'll actually like now, the $30/school is pretty minimal compared to what you'll be paying in loans...

If you really won't be able to stand U-MN or Morehouse, withdraw your apps. from those schools and pick some better ones...but an acceptance is an acceptance, regardless of location...

Finally, its way too early to be worried...we're 1 month into the app. cycle, you def. can't freak out before interviews even start...and you have no idea what harvard/hopkins/mayo are going to say...considering you applied to some top school, i'm guessing your stats are solid, moreso than most...

good luck, stop worrying so much, you'll be fine
 
1) Quit your belly-aching...it is still very early in the cycle. If you don't feel comfortable with your choices, you can still add some schools. Also, Pritzker is very much a "fit" school (much like Georgetown) and they focus heavily on the secondary. Many other schools (I'd argue a majority) don't weigh the secondary as heavily as Pritzker, so don't get down on yourself...all it means it that they didn't feel you were a good fit for them - not that you were an inferior applicant. Cheer up!

2) I never understand why people apply to schools they would never want to go to... My "safety schools" (note: I don't believe in this term for the med school app process) are schools I would still very much be happy if I got accepted to, they are just more realistically within my reach than other schools. Maybe you should look into other "safety schools" that you actually wouldn't mind attending...
 
Wait...I just read through your profile and you say that you already have an interview lined-up (and it's not with your dreaded safety schools). GTFOH with this, man. Cry me a river. Right now, you're in a much better, more secure position than many applicants just waiting to hear something positive from any school. Count your blessings and stop the Whoa-is-me act.
 
xmsr3 you really need to cut the melodrama. (one minute you are annoying people with confidence bordering on arrogance and the next this stuff) Everyone gets rejected from schools. In fact most people get rejected from most of the schools that they apply to. For your sake I really hope you don't act like this in real life.
 
XMSR,
This will probably be one of the most insignificant setbacks that you will have in your entire med school process. Your deep emotions at being rejected mean that you must really want this. If that is the case then your attitude cannot stay like this for long. If your goal is to become a doctor, to touch lives for the rest of yours, and so on then identify what needs to be done now and do it. You have great suggestions so far from the other replies, now just don't let early setbacks cost you a year. You can get into medical school.
 
Dude, I have only received four secondaries so far, and nothing else. To be already having an interview you're doing very very well.
 
You will get in somewhere. If you don't, try again by improving your stats.
 
I read his posts, and this guy really seems melodramatic. Geez man, you already have an interview invite this early. Count your blessings.
 
why are so many of you coddling this guy?! if its true hes got an interview, then let it rest. hes just looking for a cheerleader.

/THREAD
 
BlueElmo said:
I read his posts, and this guy really seems melodramatic. Geez man, you already have an interview invite this early. Count your blessings.
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Elmo? Want to start our own medical school? It can be based around blackjack and hookers with a dash of medicine. Instead of IVs, we can have bags of scotch.
 
Alvarez13 said:
Elmo? Want to start our own medical school? It can be based around blackjack and hookers with a dash of medicine. Instead of IVs, we can have bags of scotch.
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The BlueElmo and Alvarez School of Medicine. 👍
 
stud247 said:
p.s. real men only cry when they are rejected by women. a career is only a means to an end.
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**** that, no real man cries because some chick turned him down.


As for getting rejected, this is the med school application process. Get used to it.
 
Alvarez13 said:
BlueElmo and Alvarez School of Medical Debauchery and Key Lime Pie!
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GPA and MCAT need not be high. Just demonstrate your ability to drink copiously and enjoy screwing around.
 
BlueElmo and Alvarez School of Medical Debauchery and Key Lime Pie![/

Um, now that you mention the pie, I want to apply!!!

When does the secondary come out?? 😉
 
scooter02 said:
BlueElmo and Alvarez School of Medical Debauchery and Key Lime Pie![/

Um, now that you mention the pie, I want to apply!!!

When does the secondary come out?? 😉
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For the secondary you have to eat a whole key lime pie, take a picture of it or your hot gf, and send it in whenever you feel like. Nothing else is needed on this application. If you send gift baskets of exotic liquor, you may get an interview faster. Sam Adams Utopia will receive automatic acceptance.

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Alvarez13 said:
For the secondary you have to eat a whole key lime pie, take a picture of it or your hot gf, and send it in whenever you feel like. Nothing else is needed on this application. If you send gift baskets of exotic liquor, you may get an interview faster. Sam Adams Utopia will receive automatic acceptance.

pie.jpg

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Excellent.👍

Tuition free, but once accepted, everyone needs to rotate in providing liquor and baking key lime pies.
 
BlueElmo said:
Excellent.👍

Tuition free, but once accepted, everyone needs to rotate in providing liquor and baking key lime pies.
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Sounds like we figured out what students do their entire 3rd year.

As for the OP, you'll be okay. Have some pie and beer 😀
 
Alvarez13 said:
BlueElmo and Alvarez School of Medical Debauchery and Key Lime Pie!
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ahha o ****. Sign me up 😛...Id make an excellent candidate. And this thread is pathetic lol o noes i already have an interview but one school rejected me...i mean seriosuly?:laugh:
 
Elijah05 said:
ahha o ****. Sign me up 😛...Id make an excellent candidate. And this thread is pathetic lol o noes i already have an interview but one school rejected me...i mean seriosuly?:laugh:
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Sure, just turn in an application with Alvarez's specified materials.😀
 
Wait, they actually told you that you were rejected? Does that mean you already had your primary verified and secondary complete and then they looked at your application and rejected you?

Dam, I barely started my secondary essay. You need to relax dude.

Oh, and quit whining. I get rejected on a daily basis, you don't see me whining.
 
BerlinDude said:
Wait, they actually told you that you were rejected? Does that mean you already had your primary verified and secondary complete and then they looked at your application and rejected you?

Dam, I barely started my secondary essay. You need to relax dude.

Oh, and quit whining. I get rejected on a daily basis, you don't see me whining.
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It's true, he really does 😀
 
I have to honestly thank you all for slapping some sense into me. I just read on another thread that Pritzker is the Ivy league of the Midwest so its not a surprise that I got rejected.

BUT let me make something abundantly clear. I DID NOT RECIEVE AN INTERVIEW INVITATION! Someone mentioned it was in my profile, which is odd since I didn't put it there.

But either way, I am over Pritzker now, heck I applied to more schools to increase my odds and as someone said, You only need one.

The one concern I have is my stats, which at 3.97 GPA and 34S MCAT are pretty much unimprovable, with only 1 semester left of classes and a standard distribution of my practice AAMCs of 32,33,34,34,34,35,36,37.

But looking on the bright side, at least I know that my application is as solid as it is ever going to be. And I will definetely look into some more saftey schools. If I have to apply to 5 more and pay the extra cost then so be it.

Good night to all and thanks again for bitch slapping some sense into my thick skull. I was drunk on panick and your words were like cold water.

Good luck to all on their quests to find acceptance in at least 1 med school.
 
haha, the pie and beer part completely redeemed this ridiculous thread.
 
so lemme get this straight... you only applied to five schools? And Harvard was one of them?
 
I applied to the following schools:

USUHS- secondary sent
U of MN TC-notification that primary recieved
U of MN Duluth-secondary sent
Mayo-asked for LORs
U of WI-secondary sent
Medical College Wisconsin
Medical College Chicago-secondary sent
U of Chicago-rejected
U of IA-secondary sent
U of SD-rejected
U of Miami-notification of primary recieved
U of HI-secondary sent
U of VT-applied yesterday
OHSU-applied yesterday
Morehouse-secondary sent
Hopkins-secondary sent
Harvard-no contact yet
 
Unless you have a connection to Hawaii, your chance there is non-existent. Unless you are black or have a very strong connection to working with the under-served, you don't have much chance at Morehouse. Since you applied to Chicago, why not apply to Rush and Loyola and Northwestern also? How about the many schools in Ohio which are OOS friendly?
 
Has anyone read this guy's other threads? He's an absolute weirdo.

Like I said in your previous threads, I hope for your sake that you don't come off this bad in person. You are totally paranoid about every little detail. Chill out for once, please. I'd be terrified if you were my doctor.
 
UVAbme2009 said:
Has anyone read this guy's other threads? He's an absolute weirdo.

Like I said in your previous threads, I hope for your sake that you don't come off this bad in person. You are totally paranoid about every little detail. Chill out for once, please. I'd be terrified if you were my doctor.
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I read the one about being early with your secondaries. It was on similar lines to this.
 
UVAbme2009 said:
Has anyone read this guy's other threads? He's an absolute weirdo.

Like I said in your previous threads, I hope for your sake that you don't come off this bad in person. You are totally paranoid about every little detail. Chill out for once, please. I'd be terrified if you were my doctor.
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Yeah, I think this whole process has turned us a little too paranoid. But I agree the OP takes the cake.
 
BlueElmo said:
Yeah, I think this whole process has turned us a little too paranoid. But I agree the OP takes the cake.
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lol i check stuff CONSTANTLY, and on the weekends i'm like DAMNIT nothing is moving because they're out of the office :scared:

but yeah i'm not a spaz IRL, nor have i cried about this yet
 
xmsr3 said:
I applied to the following schools:

USUHS- secondary sent
U of MN TC-notification that primary recieved
U of MN Duluth-secondary sent
Mayo-asked for LORs
U of WI-secondary sent
Medical College Wisconsin
Medical College Chicago-secondary sent
U of Chicago-rejected
U of IA-secondary sent
U of SD-rejected
U of Miami-notification of primary recieved
U of HI-secondary sent
U of VT-applied yesterday
OHSU-applied yesterday
Morehouse-secondary sent
Hopkins-secondary sent
Harvard-no contact yet
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You do have some strong stats, but those are a lot of state schools so you've stacked the odds against yourself at a few places. Not quite sure how you came up with that list. You might consider adding some privates and/or state schools with higher OOS acceptance rates.
 
UVAbme2009 said:
Has anyone read this guy's other threads? He's an absolute weirdo.
Like I said in your previous threads, I hope for your sake that you don't come off this bad in person. You are totally paranoid about every little detail. Chill out for once, please. I'd be terrified if you were my doctor.
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A little harsh, but really, didn't you just describe half of the male SDN population? I know I'm an absolute weirdo 😛
 
Depakote said:
You do have some strong stats, but those are a lot of state schools so you've stacked the odds against yourself at a few places. Not quite sure how you came up with that list. You might consider adding some privates and/or state schools with higher OOS acceptance rates.
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I agree, OP your list of schools does seem kind of random. Was there a particular reason you applied to so many state schools? What is your state of residence? Also, what is Medical College Chicago?
 
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