You're not alone

[nrosigh]

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I think I used to be rather normal and well-balanced before I started lurking here some months ago.

Like many of you reading these pages, I'm appying to schools this year, and I'm _not_ a superstar. I took the August MCAT and haven't heard a peep from any schools so far after being complete for quite some time.

When I hear about people fretting about rescheduling their 18th interview, or worrying if the school-recommended stethoscope is of high enough quality, or wondering how they should list all their clinical experience because it doesn't fit on the secondary, then *I* begin to fret and and worry and wonder and bite my nails and have dreams involving endless labyrinths leading to interviews and strangling stethoscope and -- well, you get the idea.

So - and I mean this more to myself than to you - you're not alone. There are others out there who don't have any acceptances or even any interviews, just a whole bunch of emails in the inbox addressed to: "Dear Applicant"

What's the opposite of ADD? I need the anti-ritalin, the "do-somethin-other-than-check-your-email-and-read-sdn" pill.

 

[XCanadianRagwee]

Another day has gone
I?m still all alone
How could this be
You?re not here with me
You never said goodbye
Someone tell me why
Did you have to go
And leave my world so cold

Everyday I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away
Something whispers in my ear and says
That you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you?re far away
I am here to stay

But you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we?re far apart
You?re always in my heart
But you are not alone

?lone, ?lone
Why, ?lone

Just the other night
I thought I heard you cry
Asking me to come
And hold you in my arms
I can hear your prayers
Your burdens I will bear
But first I need your hand
Then forever can begin

Everyday I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away
Something whispers in my ear and says
That you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you?re far away
I am here to stay

For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we?re far apart
You?re always in my heart
For you are not alone

Whisper three words and I?ll come runnin?
And girl you know that I?ll be there
I?ll be there

You are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you?re far away
I am here to stay
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we?re far apart
You?re always in my heart

For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you?re far away
I am here to stay

For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we?re far apart
You?re always in my heart

For you are not alone...


Ooops I thought this was a Michael Jackson Tribute thread to the worst song ever by the King of Pop

🙄

 

[jlee9531]

that was some good **** xcan.



and to the OP outside of the small number of people you were describing above....

its better to be informed than to go into this process blind and naive. a lot of us are nowhere near to being superstars. but its all good. the superstars at least let me know that schools are processing files, offering invites and sending acceptances.

i already know schools send out rejections since i have quite a boatload of them, but i dont worry too much. i know what kind of applicant i am and i know that 75% of the stuff i get will be rejections. but thanks to sdn i was smart about how and where and when to apply. thanks to sdn i have a few interviews and an acceptance with my subpar stats.

thanks to sdn i have confidence in my overall status as an applicant due to the many many supportive individuals that make this site great. everyone is going to be somewhat obessive checking emailing and mail waiting for that first invite, acceptance, rejection etc...

but after that we all chill down. we have our feet wet. and we get used to the conditions that we will have to endure as a medical school applicant.

 

[nrosigh]

Yeah I guess Michael Jackson needs way more sympathy than we do...

And jlee - you're totally right. This site is great. I've learned about three dozen new acronyms and it actually makes me feel like I have a pretty good clue how the whole process works.

Now I just gotta go check my mail one last time.... I promise, it's my last.

 

[Heal&Teach]

nrosigh,

Nada for me. I applied late, so the earliest I even hope to hear anything (based on how backed up people are reporting some schools are), if I hear anything, will be sometime in late January. Just hang in there! (I say this as I frantically check every e-mail I get to see if someone's got some love for me!)

H&T

 

[greggth]

Originally posted by nrosigh
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Like many of you reading these pages, I'm appying to schools this year, and I'm _not_ a superstar. I took the August MCAT and haven't heard a peep from any schools so far after being complete for quite some time.

...*I* begin to fret and and worry and wonder and bite my nails and have dreams involving endless labyrinths leading to interviews and strangling stethoscope and -- well, you get the idea.

... I need the anti-ritalin, the "do-somethin-other-than-check-your-email-and-read-sdn" pill.

How many schools did you apply to?