What did you do when you found out you didn't make first round?

[Jo07]

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Since everyone is talking about reactions from acceptances...why not start a thread on Nov 30th reactions from the other side....

I checked the "view source", heart beating out of my chest----and nothing.

SOOOO I slowly took out my DAT study books, set them on my desk, and went to the mall and bought those $200 boots I have been eyeing up for a while.

I'm a girl...I can't help but to do some retail therepy. 🙂

 

[DentistsRSuper]

Since everyone is talking about reactions from acceptances...why not start a thread on Nov 30th reactions from the other side....

I checked the "view source", heart beating out of my chest----and nothing.

SOOOO I slowly took out my DAT study books, set them on my desk, and went to the mall and bought those $200 boots I have been eyeing up for a while.

I'm a girl...I can't help but to do some retail therepy. 🙂

I totally know how you feel! I was bummed AND I had an interview the following monday (12/3)...before I left, I researched all the good malls in the Phoenix/ Glendale Area and as soon as I dropped all my baggage off at the hotel, I took the GPS and did as much shopping as I could before the malls closed. 😳 AZ has some really good shopping opportunities! haha 😀

 

[uvaGirL07]

Since everyone is talking about reactions from acceptances...why not start a thread on Nov 30th reactions from the other side....

I checked the "view source", heart beating out of my chest----and nothing.

SOOOO I slowly took out my DAT study books, set them on my desk, and went to the mall and bought those $200 boots I have been eyeing up for a while.

I'm a girl...I can't help but to do some retail therepy. 🙂

hahahahahahaha I love that.... retail therapy LOL 👍

 

[Jo07]

To add to it...my mom knows how stressed out I am and bummed so she took me sympathy shopping! hahaha

It's one of those perks of being a college grad living at home-well, free food, no rent, homemade meals and sometimes even a little sympathy shopping 🙄

 

[THDental]

check AADSAS website everyday to see any more invitation for interview. Also I need to study for 4 finals :3 bios, one his. just done 2 today
🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁

 

[sarah_bellum]

John Darnielle summed it up for me:

I checked into a bargain priced room on la cienaga,
gazed out through the curtains of the parking lot.
walked down to the corner store just before nightfall in my bare feet.
black tarry asphalt, soft and hot.
and when I came back I spread out my supplies.
on the counter by the sink,
I looked myself right in the eyes

st. joseph's baby aspirin,
bartles and james,
and you or your memory.

I ducked behind the drapes when I saw the moon begin to rise,
gathered in my loose ends switched off the light.
and down there in the dark I can see the real truth about me.
as clear as day, lord if I make it through tonight
then I will mend my ways and walk the straight path to the end of my days.

st. joseph's baby aspirin,
bartles and james,
and you or your memory.

 

[tigertooth08]

cried a little.... stressed out some more about my honey being in Iraq AND THEN started crossing my fingers for the next round (Dec 14)

 

[dentaljon]

I was basing my studies on whether or not I would get an acceptance. If I got accepted, there was no way I was going to waste time studying for my genetics test the next day when I could be celebrating. If I didn't get accepted, I figured I would have to study to keep up my GPA for the next cycle. Turns out I didn't get a single call, so what did I do? Sat around and moped day, and then I bombed my test....

 

[haisha ni narou]

I was pissed.

 

[denticus]

I felt despair, then guilt, then anger. I kept telling myself, "Five schools?!!, Five SCHOOLS?!!. Not one of them saw fit to accept me first round?! FIVE SCHOOLS?!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!" This mutated into a daily ritual of learned helplessness and denial. At the bottom of this mental cauldron of depression I found a small ball of light full of acceptances in subsequent rounds to which I hold onto now with what little hope that remains within me. Yeah, this really sucks guys & gals. I just hope that in 2 months from now we'll be more grateful then we would have been had we been accepted right off the bat. I'm not saying that those who got accepted right of the bat are not grateful, but rather, for me, seeing how this is my second time applying, not getting accepted in the first round this time through only further perpetuates the grief I've been feeling for years now. Once/If the acceptance comes, this grief will subside.:cry:

 

[Jo07]

Gotta hold on there...be strong. This is a tough situation, but at least we will appreciate our acceptance maybe a *little* more because of this. Good things are worth waiting for 🙂

 

[blankguy]

To those that did not make it first round. Don't think about the application process just go on with your life. All this is going to make you more nervous which won't help you at all. If you later on get contacted for another interview or get a decision from a school(hopefully an acceptance) great!

I didn't think too much on the process even though I was a little bit nervous.

 

[Smills91]

I felt despair, then guilt, then anger. I kept telling myself, "Five schools?!!, Five SCHOOLS?!!. Not one of them saw fit to accept me first round?! FIVE SCHOOLS?!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!" This mutated into a daily ritual of learned helplessness and denial. At the bottom of this mental cauldron of depression I found a small ball of light full of acceptances in subsequent rounds to which I hold onto now with what little hope that remains within me. Yeah, this really sucks guys & gals. I just hope that in 2 months from now we'll be more grateful then we would have been had we been accepted right off the bat. I'm not saying that those who got accepted right of the bat are not grateful, but rather, for me, seeing how this is my second time applying, not getting accepted in the first round this time through only further perpetuates the grief I've been feeling for years now. Once/If the acceptance comes, this grief will subside.:cry:

THis experience teaches you a lot about yourself. I've applied 4 years now, and have had similar sentiments in years past, but if you can get past those feelings, learn from them and grow you'll be a better person and a happier individual as well. This experience has taught me how to be happy through adversity and not allowing other people or situations determine my mood. I'm in control of my life in what I can control. I can not control what others do or don't do. This has helped me out a LOT.

 

[robg]

i'm feeling a little helpless myself. I had a plan A, B and C. This is my second year applying and I only have one interview in Feb.

I looked into podiatry school (plan B), interviewed and got accepted but after doing some research I don't think it's for me, some things about it seem a little shady. The only thing that I want to do is dentistry or teach/research.

So plan C, apply to a masters program and and apply again for the 2010 cycle. At that point I'll be one year into my masters, if I get accepted I have time to finish it and if I don't get accepted I forget dentistry and go for a PhD.