Who Else Feels Crappy?

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geekycurmudgeon said:
Was told by state unemployment office that I'm not qualified to receive unemployment because I'm not available to work full-time.
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That sucks, too bad you can't show them how many people on here who go to school and probably wouldn't be considered "available" to work full time that actually DO work full-time.😛
 
wholeheartedly said:
That sucks, too bad you can't show them how many people on here who go to school and probably wouldn't be considered "available" to work full time that actually DO work full-time.😛
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Yeah, my caseworker was really sympathetic and understood that I could work full-time (40 hours/week). The unemployment requirements are pretty specific (being available 9-5pm), which was the problem. He had me fill out more paperwork and asked for signed forms from the school. It's all being considered right now, so hopefully it works out, but odds aren't good.
 
I feel very crappy because I cant score well on the verbal section on the MegaCAT so i am retaking for the 3rd time on jan 26th. Using Kaplan course.
 
Feeling crappy because I heard back from the best program I've interviewed at and got put on the waitlist of death (they haven't taken a single student off the waitlist in the past few years). This is the first program I've heard back from, even though it's been over 8 weeks since I interviewed at two other programs, and it's really hard to watch so many other people getting into schools. I just want one acceptance so I can chill out.
 
Got another rejection from a school I thought I had a decent shot at, and still sitting on only one interview invite. Sigh.
 
Zero interview invites. Postbacc GPA 3.99 over 6 semesters of all science courses, 31 MCAT, 800+ volunteer hours over 3 years, tons of shadowing, ECs, management/work/leadership experience, 2 interesting but unrelated-to-medicine degrees.

I can't even begin to think about having to go through this process all over again next year. Ugh.
 
SalemK said:
Zero interview invites. Postbacc GPA 3.99 over 6 semesters of all science courses, 31 MCAT, 800+ volunteer hours over 3 years, tons of shadowing, ECs, management/work/leadership experience, 2 interesting but unrelated-to-medicine degrees.

I can't even begin to think about having to go through this process all over again next year. Ugh.
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If you don't mind me asking, where did you apply?
 
Me! I got a 29 on MCAT and know I can do better.
 
Tonsils out yesterday am at 7 am. Bled for about 5 hours before finally going to the ER where it magically stopped once and for all on it's own, felt like an idiot even though I had called my ENT and they told me to go in.

Get home and the sitter tells me my youngest (2) has a rash. Within an hour is has spread rapidly and is covering her eye lids... off to a different ER with her per Dr's orders since it's her second allergic reaction in 3 months. Sitter had to drive us as I am in no condition to drive with all the meds I'm on. End of story: they told me to take her back home and see if it goes away in 3 days with benadryl. Finally got home about 9pm.

Now I'm up and can't sleep due to my meds. Come to think of it I may take some of her benadryl to help me sleep...
 
rguil15 said:
If you don't mind me asking, where did you apply?
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I'm sorry, I totally got caught up in exam hell and forgot to come back to this thread.

I applied to Keck (before I had my MCAT score back -- I was hoping for higher, of course): rejected, UA - Arizona: rejected, UA - Tucson: post-interview hold, U of Colorado: complete silence, and Rocky Vista. RVU wants to see my fall grades before deciding if they will offer me an interview, because I'm right on the cusp of their bio credits requirement. I'm just grateful they have actually been corresponding with me.

So I'm busting ass in anatomy, biochem, and immunology this semester and still hoping for some love from CU and RVU, my two state schools. I have a husband and a house here.

I, too, feel like I could have done better on the MCAT, but I'm still hoping I don't have to find out by taking it again. Those physics formulas evaporated from my head in the first 48 hours after the exam.

I can't help thinking that my GPA from my first degree, which is a bit under 3.5, is making my app appear less shiny, but does an English degree from 1993 really matter?
 
This will be both an I feel crappy post and an I feel great post....

Had a prof volunteer to write a rec for a cool opp with only two weeks notice, soooo relieved ...only to find out my supervisor at work, who agreed to write the other rec. knowing the tight deadline, is on vacation for a week and gets back 4 days before it's due so I'm kinda panicking it won't get done in time. :scared:
 
My reasons for feeling crappy...

1. TAP was taken away (need to get that fixed and dont know if it will)
2. Not doing good in my BIO II class
3. May not be able to attend classes Spring 2013.
4. If TAP is not restored i have to pay for my tuition this semester.... (i have no job, have no idea how that will happen).
 
I'm currently sitting on more II than some people submitted primaries, so I'm happy and I know this should give me perspective...

But I just got put on an essentially app-killing pre-interview hold at my tip top choice. I knew I never had a snowball's chance in hell there, but definitely feel crappy about it. We would've been fun together, I think.
 
Just spent 2.5 hours in a code with someone who will most likely die regardless...
 
I think I go to the only school on the planet that has Saturday finals. This would be the Saturday before finals week starts, so no weekend to study beforehand.

Before the start of the semester I traded dozens of shifts with my coworkers to ensure that I wouldn't have to work on days I had class and there wouldn't be any schedule conflicts. Then I find out we have a stupid Sat. final and because we're turning over virtually everyone on my night shift, I have no clue who I can trade with.

Finally one of the new guys finishes training last week and agrees to make the switch since he isn't scheduled. Then before the switch is submitted my lead tech plugs him in to work WITH me that weekend in place of a guy who was leaving, but originally not til Jan. Back to square one. Lead tech, whom I've covered for several times so she could do meaningful things like party, says she could be persuaded to pick up that day if I take Christmas and her kid's birthday. I say I can take Christmas, but I have class the other day. Apparently the other days I picked up along with offering to pick up Christmas wasn't enough for her to disrupt her sleep schedule so she decided not to help me out. 😡

My boss finally agreed to let me start 2 hours late and make it up by working a 12. So I don't get a weekend to study before my final, one I really need to do well on, and I'll be awake 24 hours that day. 1st World Problems and being whiny but 🙁
 
wholeheartedly said:
I think I go to the only school on the planet that has Saturday finals. This would be the Saturday before finals week starts, so no weekend to study beforehand.

Before the start of the semester I traded dozens of shifts with my coworkers to ensure that I wouldn't have to work on days I had class and there wouldn't be any schedule conflicts. Then I find out we have a stupid Sat. final and because we're turning over virtually everyone on my night shift, I have no clue who I can trade with.

Finally one of the new guys finishes training last week and agrees to make the switch since he isn't scheduled. Then before the switch is submitted my lead tech plugs him in to work WITH me that weekend in place of a guy who was leaving, but originally not til Jan. Back to square one. Lead tech, whom I've covered for several times so she could do meaningful things like party, says she could be persuaded to pick up that day if I take Christmas and her kid's birthday. I say I can take Christmas, but I have class the other day. Apparently the other days I picked up along with offering to pick up Christmas wasn't enough for her to disrupt her sleep schedule so she decided not to help me out. 😡

My boss finally agreed to let me start 2 hours late and make it up by working a 12. So I don't get a weekend to study before my final, one I really need to do well on, and I'll be awake 24 hours that day. 1st World Problems and being whiny but 🙁
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You're not whining -- that truly sucks. 😱
 
I spent the last two weeks getting excited about a summer research program in clinical and translational sciences at my school since I hope to be in academic medicine doing that kind of research when I'm done. I figured out who I'd like to work with and drove 1.5 hours (one way) up to my school to attend an hour long information session on the program, fell even more in love with the set-up...

........only to have another student in my graduate program ask if MPH Epidemiology students qualify. We were told only doctoral level students qualified. FML.

Here's what the both the program website and Request for Application state:

"Applicants must be doctoral or graduate professional health sciences students with interest in clinical or translational research" and lists the school of public health, along with physical therapy, nursing, dentistry, medicine, as the professional health science programs that qualify. (underline emphasis mine)

I'm a graduate student in the school of public health with a much stronger interest in a career in clinical and translational science research than several of the medical and dental students who sat behind me discussing how while they weren't interested in a career in academic medicine, it would look great on their residency apps.

I can't figure out whether I want to be annoyed I've spent so much time looking into this, plus driving up there on a day off, or just be disappointed I can even try for such a cool opportunity. :annoyed:
 
The weather here can not make up its mind. Yesterday it was 72 and today it was more in the 50s with the wind chill. I have headache and its interfering with my studying.
 
wholeheartedly said:
I spent the last two weeks getting excited about a summer research program in clinical and translational sciences at my school since I hope to be in academic medicine doing that kind of research when I'm done. I figured out who I'd like to work with and drove 1.5 hours (one way) up to my school to attend an hour long information session on the program, fell even more in love with the set-up...

........only to have another student in my graduate program ask if MPH Epidemiology students qualify. We were told only doctoral level students qualified. FML.

Here's what the both the program website and Request for Application state:

"Applicants must be doctoral or graduate professional health sciences students with interest in clinical or translational research" and lists the school of public health, along with physical therapy, nursing, dentistry, medicine, as the professional health science programs that qualify. (underline emphasis mine)

I'm a graduate student in the school of public health with a much stronger interest in a career in clinical and translational science research than several of the medical and dental students who sat behind me discussing how while they weren't interested in a career in academic medicine, it would look great on their residency apps.

I can't figure out whether I want to be annoyed I've spent so much time looking into this, plus driving up there on a day off, or just be disappointed I can even try for such a cool opportunity. :annoyed:
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I can't figure out why you don't just apply, or at least contact the program coordinator to clarify. Sounds like you meet the written criteria to me. Maybe the person who said that was wrong. :shrug:

Not really feeling crappy now that I've had some caffeine, but on in-hospital call tonight and have conference in the morning. Oh joy. Still, that's only worth a "mildly disgruntled," not a "crappy."
 
I'm glad you feel a smidgen better, Q. I'm sorry to hear everyone else feels crappy. If it's any consolation many of you will one day reach the oasis known as M4 and I'm here to confirm that the legends are true. It really is that wonderful and amazing.
 
And for those of us who have already passed the oasis that is M4 and think of it with great fondness, we are all still screwed currently with no end in sight.


Oh, wait, except for those of us who already have a contract. Then the end is in sight and it is looking pretty darn ok. Providing we survive the last seven months of residency.


Now back to the crappy thing. Um.... Well I had a headache earlier. I'm sick of being broke and I have to find some way to pay for boards next month. Yes, internal med requires your board exam fees eight months in advance. Talk about sucking. Really takes the fun out of Christmas when you look at your family and say 'sorry I didn't get you anything but I have to pay this exorbitant fee for my boards I don't get to take until September.'
 
QofQuimica said:
I can't figure out why you don't just apply, or at least contact the program coordinator to clarify. Sounds like you meet the written criteria to me. Maybe the person who said that was wrong. :shrug:
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The people giving the presentation were the program director and education director. They know who qualifies or not. They said they changed the posters because they realized it was confusing. Guess they didn't feel the need to change the request for application or the website description.
 
I seem to be posting here a lot lately.

Great 2 week trip home to see family on first real vacation in a long time = check 😎

Safely drove 14 hrs there and 14hrs back to my house in crappy winter weather =check 🙂



Walked in the door to tonight post 14 hour drive to the sound of water spraying everywhere like a geyser = check :cry:



I don't want to own a house anymore. I used to be a swimmer and love water, always thought I wanted a pool someday (note: specify that you want it outdoors when wishing for a pool) ......


Hurray for trying to organize repairs and cleanup on the first week of new volunteer gig and first week of class and missing work without pay cuz I used it all on my vacation. :bang:
 
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I had high hopes for this cycle, and had an awesome interview. I was so shocked by the immediate rejection it sent me into a spiral of depression. I am coming out of it now, but I still have days. Today is one of them.

It isn't all doom and gloom, however. I am even more motivated than before. Next year will not be a repeat 😀
 
Really bummed out - first o chem exam and it should have been cake. I knew everything pat. But my mind did not process the part of the instructions that said to include certain descriptors like vinylic and allyllic. I KNOW them and completely failed to write them down on the exam. Blew a bunch of points on the easiest test of the class, I am SO frustrated with myself. 🙁
 
Elewynne said:
Really bummed out - first o chem exam and it should have been cake. I knew everything pat. But my mind did not process the part of the instructions that said to include certain descriptors like vinylic and allyllic. I KNOW them and completely failed to write them down on the exam. Blew a bunch of points on the easiest test of the class, I am SO frustrated with myself. 🙁
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I am guessing that there are at least 2 more exams left to take for the semester, which means you can still kick ass on those. In addition, I imagine somewhere in the neighborhood of 20% of your grade is based on class participation and homework assignments, for which you should definitely be able to get close to all the points for. As long as you didn't absolutely bomb your exam, you still can get an A. Now you just have a little extra motivation!
 
I feel crappy because I can't take classes this Spring semester due to my work schedule. The unit I've been waiting for is finally opening up and if I get the position, I can't miss any of those orientation days. Also, can't afford to miss any class dates in the beginning of the semester, which will most likely happen if I get the position. Definitely want the job (since my current work situation is not ideal and I dread it) but I definitely want to get the ball rolling on my pre-med journey. Guess that sets me back a bit... I guess I should have some patience but it's hard to imagine med school in the future when I'm just here... waiting for the opportunity to jump on it.
 
HesyRa said:
I am guessing that there are at least 2 more exams left to take for the semester, which means you can still kick ass on those. In addition, I imagine somewhere in the neighborhood of 20% of your grade is based on class participation and homework assignments, for which you should definitely be able to get close to all the points for. As long as you didn't absolutely bomb your exam, you still can get an A. Now you just have a little extra motivation!
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Thanks Hesy. Unfortunately the grade entirely consists of 4 exams, 7 lab reports, and a lab final, nothing else. 🙁 As long as I don't mess anything else up I can still get an A; it's just so frustrating to give up 1/3 of the points in my "A-grade wiggle space" on something I should not have messed up in the first place. 🙁
 
I'm feeling crapy...really, I have major fatigue lately and not sleeping well. I decided to take vitamins and eat as many veggies as possible...really need some more sun and better weather here in Chicago to help me feel on track again. Orgo 2 is going well but MCAT study not so much...I keep doubting myself, zero confidence so i pushed it to end of May. I still don't like the Physics section. Not to mention my 5yr old dog has been to the ER twice and they still don't know what's wrong (might be cancer)...had to vent.
 
Sorry you're having a rough time Kayak, especially your dog.



Busiest week I'll have this semester = sick.

Plus my claims agent for the insurance = :bang:
 
took a practice mcat last night and regressed considerably. i bombed the science sections, actually got higher in verbal for the first time ever. starting to get a little nervous about the amount of material i don't know, plus the uncertainty of the vaunted experimental bio that everyone keeps talking about.
 
Went this morning for my first "real" workout since finishing chemo, pulled out the 36" box for jumps like I have for years, and realized my legs had zero power by tearing up my shins and falling spectacularly in front of the whole gym.
 
another rejection from a one of my state schools friday.
0 interviews yet
freaking out
i just wanna be a doctor!
 
Not sure if this is quite relevant to med school but it's all in the mix nevertheless. As a type 1 diabetic living in California I'm pretty much screwed for getting med ins. Prior to starting back in school for pre-reqs I was working full-time and received insurance through employer. Now that I'm a student the only thing available to me is Cobra... a whopping $530/month not including outrageous co-pays for insulin supplies and meter strips.

For now I'm paying the $530 but it's definitely putting a dent in my savings. I have no real backup plan... for now I just have to bite the bullet. There is a high risk insurance pool for California but has a 6 month waiting list and still costs $484/month. Medi-Cal won't take me in cause technically if I have enough money to go to school then I should be able to afford insurance...according to them (maybe I should have lied on my app). This hits me like a ton of bricks every month when I submit the payment. If only I could pay the same amount a non pre-exisiting customer would pay... Oh well, life trucks on.
 
Wow, I need this thread. My Syrian in-laws have been living with us for about 8 months now, because their city is being bombed on a regular basis and my husband and I will not send them back home. Because they moved in with us, we were evicted, because the number of people in our house violated "fire codes". Right before that, I crashed our car and found out that we hadn't renewed the insurance on the car--just the van. My dad was nice enough to lend me his beater "emergency" car--the bumper was held on by duct tape. We found a place and get moved in the week before finals, everything looks fine and dandy...my oldest is settling into her new school, we're not too far away from my husband's job, and I manage to keep my 4.0. Then my boss calls and tells me that the family of the client I've been seeing no longer wants services, because the client is very violent and they're afraid the therapists will get hurt. Yay. So although technically I'm still employed, I have no client and am no longer making money. Now, a week into the semester, I get a call saying that the owner of the house I rent wants to sell it. After living here for just two months and finally getting settled in, we're going to have to move again...and we have no idea when. And we're going to have to deal with strangers coming into our house for viewings. Great. Oh yeah, and over the last two weeks every person in my family has been sick with the stomach "flu" at one point or another and I spent two nights in the emergency room last weekend with my younger daughter who couldn't keep anything down whatsoever. The staff treated us like overreacting parents the first night...well guess what, she was back again the next night with a slew of problems and she got hooked up to an IV. Yay. Thank God, she's better, but I'm a little stressed at the moment.
 
Check your state laws. If you have a lease, some states say the lease goes with the house. Your lease may say otherwise. Read the lease carefully and do some on line research about renters rights.
 
Last Friday I thought I had a stomach flu, but 10 hours into unceasing pain I went to the ER and found out it was appendicitis. Next morning I had an emergency appendectomy and spent two days inpatient. Between the pain and the drugs I think I lost four days of study time :'(

Ah well, time to man up and keep going 😛
 
Shjanzey said:
Last Friday I thought I had a stomach flu, but 10 hours into unceasing pain I went to the ER and found out it was appendicitis. Next morning I had an emergency appendectomy and spent two days inpatient. Between the pain and the drugs I think I lost four days of study time :'(

Ah well, time to man up and keep going 😛
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That sucks.

Not as bad as the rest of you guys lately, but a weird stretch of crappy luck.

I was sick Sunday night, dog escaped Monday and I spent several hours following him all over the neighborhood terrified he was going to get hit by a car, then lost sight of him completely for an hour and a half before finally finding him and wrangling him into the car (running all over the place while still sick trying to nab him), followed that with minimal sleep and an overnight shift that night, Sat I took a bad spill on the ice and hurt my already messed up back and feel like I pulled every muscle on my left side when I try to move, and last but not least, was half an hour late to work Sat. night because my garage door was broken and I couldn't get the car out even using the manual door release thingy. On the flip side, at least my basement is dried out, so hopefully they can start repairing stuff now.
 
wholeheartedly said:
That sucks.

Not as bad as the rest of you guys lately, but a weird stretch of crappy luck.

I was sick Sunday night, dog escaped Monday and I spent several hours following him all over the neighborhood terrified he was going to get hit by a car, then lost sight of him completely for an hour and a half before finally finding him and wrangling him into the car (running all over the place while still sick trying to nab him), followed that with minimal sleep and an overnight shift that night, Sat I took a bad spill on the ice and hurt my already messed up back and feel like I pulled every muscle on my left side when I try to move, and last but not least, was half an hour late to work Sat. night because my garage door was broken and I couldn't get the car out even using the manual door release thingy. On the flip side, at least my basement is dried out, so hopefully they can start repairing stuff now.
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Oh my! This reads like a 3-Stooges skit. One calamity after another 😵 I hope things get better.
 
Dear Allstate, you suck. Thank you for dropping me from my home owner's insurance plan. It's not like I don't have enough going on in my life right now to deal with, without having to throw scrambling for a new plan into the mix. I realize what a burden the < $4000 dollars for 2 claims over 4 years must have been for you guys. Since my home and auto policies are bundled, I'll be taking my two auto policies to the new company as well. I'm sure you won't mind and honestly I can't say I was real impressed with how you handled the auto situation with my neighbor anyway, as he's still harassing me on occasion.

😡
 
Erakis said:
Went this morning for my first "real" workout since finishing chemo, pulled out the 36" box for jumps like I have for years, and realized my legs had zero power by tearing up my shins and falling spectacularly in front of the whole gym.
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🙁
 
Spent Valentine's Day watching Pathoma vids and made an account on an online dating site.

Actually, it beats the Vday Great Breakup of 2009 :meanie:
 
Erakis said:
Went this morning for my first "real" workout since finishing chemo, pulled out the 36" box for jumps like I have for years, and realized my legs had zero power by tearing up my shins and falling spectacularly in front of the whole gym.
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Also, delayed comment on this..... you are amazing for accomplishing what you did with all you were dealing with at the time. So glad you're on the up swing.
 
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