What would you do if...

[Mattinthehat250]

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What would you do if you got into only one DO school, but you really didn't like it. Would you attend, or wait a year and reapply to other schools with absolutely no guarantee that you will get in anywhere else?

 

[toledopower]

What would you do if you got into only one DO school, but you really didn't like it. Would you attend, or wait a year and reapply to other schools with absolutely no guarantee that you will get in anywhere else?

I'm in a similar predicament now, but I think I'd attend that school.

The application season is far from over though.

 

[felix2929]

it would depend on how much i could improve my app for next year to realistically have a shot at other schools. i'd probably just go though because really, how do you know that you'll hate it until you get there? i dont know about you but I just imagine to an extent medical school sucks a lot everywhere because you have to study all the time and that isn't the most fun.

 

[MedPR]

What would you do if you got into only one DO school, but you really didn't like it. Would you attend, or wait a year and reapply to other schools with absolutely no guarantee that you will get in anywhere else?

Before all the posts about "you shouldn't have applied somewhere you didn't want to go" pop up, let me just say that it's totally possible for the interview day to spin you in a 180. It happened to me at Drexel.

Anyway, op, I'm fortunately not in your position, but I think I would matriculate and make the best of it.

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[dntke1518]

An acceptance in hand is worth... the whole bush plus all the birds you can fit in it.

In my opinion, unless you have a great app and just didn't have good luck this cycle, or the school is really terrible, I wouldn't pass on an acceptance.

 

[EndersRebutal]

My butt would be in a classroom seat on the first day no questions asked. One thing I have learned about applying to medical school is I never want to do this s**t ever again.

 

[MedPR]

My but would be in a classroom seat on the first day no questions asked. One thing I have learned about applying to medical school is I never want to do this s**t ever again.

Amen.

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[cliquesh]

If you messed up applying this year (you applied really later, your personal statement was garbage, your LORs were horrible) then maybe I'd consider reapplying and doing it right. However, if you applied on time and did everything right, and you only received this one acceptance, then I'd take it.

 

[Pigglyjuff]

What would you do if you got into only one DO school, but you really didn't like it. Would you attend, or wait a year and reapply to other schools with absolutely no guarantee that you will get in anywhere else?

I would go to any school even if it's LECOM-E or middle of no where KYCOM if it meant I'd be a doctor.

 

[MedPR]

I would go to any school even if it's LECOM-E or middle of no where KYCOM if it meant I'd be a doctor.

In before this becomes a debate about which DO school is the best and why

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[GypsyHummus]

In before this becomes a debate about which DO school is the best and why

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Everybody already knows that hierarchy order:

MSUCOM>top MD schools> DO schools= lowMD schools> Irish schools> another year of undergrad> Caribbean schools

Its simple really

 

[MedPR]

Everybody already knows that hierarchy order:

MSUCOM>top MD schools> DO schools= lowMD schools> Irish schools> another year of undergrad> Caribbean schools

Its simple really

Lol.

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[apt22]

take it and run with it.

 

[cabinbuilder]

You take the acceptance and be grateful someone let you in the door to be the doctor you always wanted to be.

 

[Goro]

"a bird in the hand..."

What would you do if you got into only one DO school, but you really didn't like it. Would you attend, or wait a year and reapply to other schools with absolutely no guarantee that you will get in anywhere else?

 

[touchpause13]

take that baby and run with it. an acceptance is an acceptance.

 

[lobo.solo]

Just take it and run....

 

[coolingglasses]

Go. It's not worth the gamble and wasted time to withdraw and try for a whole new cycle.

 

[aburnet2]

I would go to any school even if it's LECOM-E or middle of no where KYCOM if it meant I'd be a doctor.

Score one for KYCOM! lol

Seriously, you can never really tell if you will get an acceptance next year for sure so it would be pretty depressing to look back in regret.

You may have twice the app for next year and still with the randomness/human nature involved in med school admissions you may get burned. I would just go if it were me, mostly because despite what you see in the brief window of interview day or read on SDN you still may love it (or at least tolerate it well).

 

[Doctor2be17]

It depends on why you didn't like a school. I applied to my alumni school and got an interview. Luckily I wa able to turn it down because I have another acceptance but if the only school I got into was my alumni college, I would not have went. I hated that school and struggled for four years because I was so happy. If you honestly do not think you will be happy, I think it's important to take that into consideration. You could always do an smp I necessary or call the schools you got rejected from and ask what would make you a better candidate. I think it should take a lot to turn down an only acceptance but also, don't force yourself into a school if you will be unhappy. Maybe talk to some students from that school and get a better perspective as well. Good luck!!

 

[BabyDoc86]

My butt would be in a classroom seat on the first day no questions asked. One thing I have learned about applying to medical school is I never want to do this s**t ever again.

+100000000 👍

 

[sc4s2cg]

I'm in almost the same boat, but still waiting to hear back from one school and have an interview this Friday at another.

So far I'm thinking I'll take the acceptance if noone else wants me, even if I like a different curriculum better.

 

[darklabel]

What would you do if you got into only one DO school, but you really didn't like it. Would you attend, or wait a year and reapply to other schools with absolutely no guarantee that you will get in anywhere else?

Take it as if your life depended on it. One year is a long time and maybe it can even make you competitive enough for an MD school, but to go through the hassel all over again just isn't worth it. Maybe your scores expire, maybe you need new letters, maybe you end up doing worse your last year in post-bacc...just too many things can go wrong. Also sometimes it is a crapshot and you get in nowhere (also, that school that accepted you will probably never accept you again).

I would take it and make the most of it. As they say, everyone starts at zero when you start medical school.