Whats your favorite part of the application process?

[TripleDegree]

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Not including getting an acceptance of course!

 

[CanuckRazorback]

Not including getting an acceptance of course!

Mmmm, I can't decide. It's a close tie between watching my bank account shrink, waiting for schools to make up their mind on the status on my application, and keeping track of my application materials (mainly LORs) which always seem to get lost somewhere behind a desk, in the mail, or in a black hole.

Seriously, I think the best part is travelling to the schools and meeting really cool people (and not so cool ones too). And did I mention the free food? 🙂

 

[LauraMac]

my favorite things are getting to party in many different cities and meeting people from all over.

 

[DrThom]

I kinda equate this to asking, "What is your favorite part of a root canal?"


...When it is over, of course...

I would of liked the travelling more if I wasn't in school and I didn't have to pay for it out of pocket.

 

[UCLAstudent]

Oh, waiting, of course. 😉

 

[wyzeguy]

Good question.... I always say that a new experience is always good. The only new things this application process has brought into my life are nightmares and suicidal thoughts combined with a new found hatred for law school applicants with their one-month response times and no interviews.

 

[virilep]

I'd have to say going for an interview. It's just really nice to learn about the different schools and getting my hopes up. ha!

 

[ASDIC]

I love interviews

 

[Psycho Doctor]

I kinda equate this to asking, "What is your favorite part of a root canal?"

 

[Psycho Doctor]

I love interviews

ugh....

actually I really enjoy going to the schools, seeing the campuses and the medical facilities and meeting other students, exploring new cities and sometimes seeing my friends there. However there has only been a very small window of time when i've liked the interviews. In the beginning I was too nervous not knowing what to expect; and during the last few i've had too much upsetment in my life that i feel like i screwed up my interviews and now i've lost my confidence and it's ike starting all over again. 🙁

 

[superdevil]

...When it is over, of course...

I would of liked the travelling more if I wasn't in school and I didn't have to pay for it out of pocket.

100% perfect answer.

Originally Posted by Psycho Doctor
during the last few i've had too much upsetment in my life

i've never seen the word "upsetment" before. is it a regional word? j/k

 

[Psycho Doctor]

100% perfect answer.


i've never seen the word "upsetment" before. is it regional word? j/k

i like to make up words to see if anyone notices

bing bing..you win the prize! 👍

besides i'm too upset to think of real words to convey my thoughts but thanks for making me feel better

 

[superdevil]

i like to make up words to see if anyone notices

bing bing..you win the prize! 👍

besides i'm too upset to think of real words to convey my thoughts but thanks for making me feel better

hehe, sounds good. 😉 even better than good, one could perhaps even say, scrumtrulescent! (silly SNL reference)

 

[Psycho Doctor]

hehe, sounds good. 😉 even better than good, one could perhaps even say, scrumtrulescent! (silly SNL reference)

👍 i don't make fun of one who makes up words!

 

[bigbassinbob]

Not really my favorite part (since I don't have one), but definitely the most amusing -- Listening to every school spend hours trying to sell you on what's so great about it, when you would KILL for an acceptance from ANY of them!!

 

[insistence]

Not really my favorite part (since I don't have one), but definitely the most amusing -- Listening to every school spend hours trying to sell you on what's so great about it, when you would KILL for an acceptance from ANY of them!!

Ha!!! Agreed.

If I had to pick one aspect, it's definitely the traveling to the interview...not the actual interview, that can be a little unsettling. I like seeing new cities and towns so any kind of traveling is always fun!

 

[lulubean]

aside from the traveling, i loved opening those email/snail mail invites for interviews...it made me feel like my hard work was paying off!

 

[eralza]

Debt accumulation, jet lag, use of vacation time, stress of waiting for interviews/acceptances/rejections/hold, feelings of inadequacy.
Wow! How do you pick a favorite out of those great options?!

Honestly, I'd say it has been the introspection. Never have I thought so deeply about the "why" of medicine or looked back on my life with a focus of how it will help me be a great physician.

 

[scrappysurfer]

Small rays of sunshine in a truely depressing situation: I meet some truely interesting people on my interviews, people that I would be proud to call my classmates. My hosts have been fun and gone significantly out of their way to make me comfortable.

 

[uclabruin2003]

i like airports and i like flying.

 

[DianaLynne]

👍 i don't make fun of one who makes up words!

Making up words rocks! It's rockalicious! Bill Shakespeare would make up his own words all the time if there wasn't one that did what he wanted. If he could do it, why not us?

 

[Sarikate]

I photocopied some rejection letters and used them for gift wrapping over the holidays...my friends have the same warped sense of humor.

 

[NorCalGirl]

I photocopied some rejection letters and used them for gift wrapping over the holidays...my friends have the same warped sense of humor.

That's funnier than my wall of shame (of rejection letters)!

 

[TexasSnow]

The slow progression from a fun-loving life-living happy person to a neurotic, date-fixiated, mailbox-stalking (both postal and e-mail), manic-depressed SDN-addict...... Though my descent into debt has also been an enjoyable ride

 

[AnotherDork]

Mmmm, I can't decide. It's a close tie between watching my bank account shrink, waiting for schools to make up their mind on the status on my application, and keeping track of my application materials (mainly LORs) which always seem to get lost somewhere behind a desk, in the mail, or in a black hole.

Seriously, I think the best part is travelling to the schools and meeting really cool people (and not so cool ones too). And did I mention the free food? 🙂

Free Food? I have a sinking feeling that my secondary application fees are basically paying for a $100 turkey sandwich 🙄 But I agree with you Canuck, meeting potential classmates is the best part.

 

[docjolly]

I think pressing the "Application Certification and Submission" button on my AMCAS application has been really high on my list of favorite things Pressing that button felt as though a huge load had been lifted off of my shoulders 😛

 

[superdevil]

Free Food? I have a sinking feeling that my secondary application fees are basically paying for a $100 turkey sandwich

no kidding. some schools i've been to will foot the bill for a really nice meal at some damn sweet hospital cafeterias, but others just give you a box-lunch with a turkey/ham sandwich and a bag of doritos. i'm always thinking "come on, its not like you interview 10,000 people. where's the effort?"

i, for one, think it'd be a great idea to have a popular local eatery cater the med school interviews to give you a taste for the cuisine of the area. this could be as simple as pizza or cheesesteaks or something (with the obligatory veggie meal, too), but i have yet to see this--and i'm not holding my breath.

i guess a guy can dream...

 

[superdevil]

I think pressing the "Application Certification and Submission" button on my AMCAS application has been really high on my list of favorite things Pressing that button felt as though a huge load had been lifted off of my shoulders 😛

that does remind me, i was certainly a happy camper the day my AMCAS status changed to "verified". it meant i could permanently delete all of those SDN AMCAS horror stories about "helphelp omygosh! amcas lost my stuff, stole my identity, and erased any trace of my mortal life!*$^#@" from my mind.

 

[docjolly]

that does remind me, i was certainly a happy camper the day my AMCAS status changed to "verified". it meant i could permanently delete all of those SDN AMCAS horror stories about "helphelp omygosh! amcas lost my stuff, stole my identity, and erased any trace of my mortal life!*$^#@" from my mind.

I agree 😛

 

[ajt2003]

I've been really lucky - regardless of where I've interviewed, I've been able to crash with great friends - and, well, call me sentimental, but reconnecting with old college friends is, for me, the best part of this otherwise crappy, hellish process! (Oh, unless you count getting drunk with said college afterwards, of course. 😛 )

 

[scrappysurfer]

no kidding. some schools i've been to will foot the bill for a really nice meal at some damn sweet hospital cafeterias, but others just give you a box-lunch with a turkey/ham sandwich and a bag of doritos. i'm always thinking "come on, its not like you interview 10,000 people. where's the effort?"

i, for one, think it'd be a great idea to have a popular local eatery cater the med school interviews to give you a taste for the cuisine of the area. this could be as simple as pizza or cheesesteaks or something (with the obligatory veggie meal, too), but i have yet to see this--and i'm not holding my breath.

i guess a guy can dream...

apply md/phd. be prepared to double number of rejection letters. schools that rejeted me for md/phd are just beginning to reject me from their md programs but for a few years of research and more than double the work on secondaries you get taken out for a couple fabulous meals with interesting folks.

 

[myodana]

that nauseated, dizzy, giddy, lightheaded, euphoric feeling you get about 5 minutes after you realize that the MCAT is finally over! what a cheap, natural high!

 

[phleebie]

that nauseated, dizzy, giddy, lightheaded, euphoric feeling you get about 5 minutes after you realize that the MCAT is finally over! what a cheap, natural high!

oh man--my high lasted all day.

 

[ellia08]

when it ends.

(although I dont think I'll ever forget the night I got my acceptance... that was an indescribable moment.)