Worst admissions office experience?

[SisterDisco08]

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I was on the phone with a school in New York, and I could have sworn I was in the movie "Date Night" at that restaurant Claw. It was unbelievable how pretentious the guy on the phone was

 

[NickNaylor]

Can't say I really had any bad experiences with admissions offices.

But then again, I didn't call them and bother them with inane questions.

 

[ovenmitts]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=12212

 

[startswithb]

Can't say I really had any bad experiences with admissions offices.

But then again, I didn't call them and bother them with inane questions.

 

[SisterDisco08]

Can't say I really had any bad experiences with admissions offices.

But then again, I didn't call them and bother them with inane questions.

It's not like I called them asking how to apply, or what their averages were. I asked how they'd prefer I indicate that I will be starting grad school in September, since amcas keeps telling me I have to have a transcript from that school when I try to enter the future courses...but obviously I don't have a transcript if I haven't started yet, and different schools are telling me different things (put it in the secondary, email us after you submit, etc)

 

[sector9]

It's not like I called them asking how to apply, or what their averages were. I asked how they'd prefer I indicate that I will be starting grad school in September, since amcas keeps telling me I have to have a transcript from that school when I try to enter the future courses...but obviously I don't have a transcript if I haven't started yet, and different schools are telling me different things (put it in the secondary, email us after you submit, etc)

This sounds like a fairly easy situation. Put down the information, mark all the coursework as "current/future" then submit the transcript exemption request outlined on page 28 of the instruction manual.

Perhaps the schools are annoyed that you can't follow directions?

 

[Uisa]

I was on the phone with a school in New York, and I could have sworn I was in the movie "Date Night" at that restaurant Claw. It was unbelievable how pretentious the guy on the phone was

I wouldn't get too butt hurt about this. It gets progressively worse as the cycle moves along... I did not know how bad it was for the adcoms until I visited one and during my 10 min meeting, I think there were at least 7 calls that came in asking for interviews, status updates and etc.

 

[Ignatius M.D.]

I was on the phone with a school in New York, and I could have sworn I was in the movie "Date Night" at that restaurant Claw. It was unbelievable how pretentious the guy on the phone was

Best scene in the movie.

 

[SisterDisco08]

This sounds like a fairly easy situation. Put down the information, mark all the coursework as "current/future" then submit the transcript exemption request outlined on page 28 of the instruction manual.

Perhaps the schools are annoyed that you can't follow directions?

Like I mentioned, some schools are asking me NOT to do that, and they would prefer I send it in a email or include it in their secondary, so I'm just trying to do things the way each school wants me to do them...

And honestly, there are people paid to sit in the office, pick up the phone, and answer questions.

Anyway, he really just went on this ridiculous rant about how going to grad school is the worst possible thing I could ever do, and how I clearly don't have a commitment to medicine if I want to go to grad school first.

 

[SisterDisco08]

Best scene in the movie.

hahah *phone* "Claw, you're welcome."

Absolutely the best.

 

[theWUbear]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=12212

Thread complete

 

[CodeBlu]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=12212

I love this thread, makes me all day long

 

[NickNaylor]

Like I mentioned, some schools are asking me NOT to do that, and they would prefer I send it in a email or include it in their secondary, so I'm just trying to do things the way each school wants me to do them...

And honestly, there are people paid to sit in the office, pick up the phone, and answer questions.

Anyway, he really just went on this ridiculous rant about how going to grad school is the worst possible thing I could ever do, and how I clearly don't have a commitment to medicine if I want to go to grad school first.

It's attitudes like "they're paid to answer the phone" that probably bleed into how you speak to them and piss them off.

Frankly I have no sympathy when people call admissions office. The staff spend all day dealing with questions that for the most part can be answered with common sense. I would be frustrated too if I had to deal with that crap all day too.

 

[SisterDisco08]

It's attitudes like "they're paid to answer the phone" that probably bleed into how you speak to them and piss them off.

Frankly I have no sympathy when people call admissions office. The staff spend all day dealing with questions that for the most part can be answered with common sense. I would be frustrated too if I had to deal with that crap all day too.

I've actually only had paid job experience in the service industry, so I'm really careful about that whenever I'm speaking to/dealing with someone else who has a similar type of job, because I know how much it sucks when people get snotty or rude. It's just the view I had of my own job: I was literally paid to clean up after people, bring them whatever they wanted, deal with any special requests they had, etc. so I sucked it up and did my job because it paid the bills.

 

[iniquus]

Frankly I have no sympathy when people call admissions office. The staff spend all day dealing with questions that for the most part can be answered with common sense. I would be frustrated too if I had to deal with that crap all day too.

+1

Or calling every single day about wait list, or just to show interest.

 

[rHinO1]

Like I mentioned, some schools are asking me NOT to do that, and they would prefer I send it in a email or include it in their secondary, so I'm just trying to do things the way each school wants me to do them...

And honestly, there are people paid to sit in the office, pick up the phone, and answer questions.

Anyway, he really just went on this ridiculous rant about how going to grad school is the worst possible thing I could ever do, and how I clearly don't have a commitment to medicine if I want to go to grad school first.

Schools decide how you fill out the secondary, and AMCAS decides how you fill out the primary. You shouldn't contact schools to ask how to fill out amcas. Follow the instructions in the manual, and do it right.