Originally posted by Veilside
that's pretty strange man. did you apply to all 12 schools in NY? if so, and if you haven't gotten an invite from nymc, then that is VERY weird b/c they started inviting people in August. did you have an interview from them last year?
also, did anything happen during your interviews last application cycle that could have possibly warranted you being blacklisted?
Blacklisted. The words freaks me out. Perhaps I am.
In fact, at my NYMC interview last fall, an elderly doctor asked me what I think about euthanasia. I said it depends on the patient; I thought some patients and their families would benefit from euthanasia. His words still resonate in my head, "Son, you're digging your own grave."
At Tufts, my interviewer- who graduated from a "small" school told me that in his experience, all rowers tend to become great people and do great things in life. I thanked him, agreed, and offered an explanation: possibly it's because seven of the top ten rowing schools in the nation are Ivies. Right then and there I knew I said something very wrong, and the rest of my interview crumbled.
At Georgetown, I checked my watch a lot because my interview was postponed twice and my dad's flight at BWI was 45 minutes after my interview started- I felt very distracted, needless to say.
These were my most notable interview 'blunders' last fall. The Dean of admissions at Drexel told me I said something that "concerned" one of my interviewers. Althogether- it was a lousy interview season, but I spoke my mind honestly and without inhibition. Unfortunately, I opened some gates too far and said too much.
The turnout was surprising last year, but not in retrospect. I'll say it again- perhaps this field is not for me. It's a dream- but so is winning the lottery; not all dreams go realized and I must come to terms with that.
Oy,
Shammy
