JULY 2007
5: AMCAS submitted, transcripts processed
6: Received GW
10: Received Columbia
16: Sent GW
17: Received Penn State
18: AMCAS verified and sent to schools! SCARY. Received BU, UMDNJ-RWJMS, Temple, & Cornell
19: Received Tulane, Penn, Pitt, & Mt. Sinai
20: Received UVA & Dartmouth
23: Sent UMDNJ, Penn, & SLU. Received Georgetown, Jefferson, SLU, & Albert Einstein
24: Received Tufts. Assume rejection from UMiami... apparently they screen?
26: Received Harvard
27: Sent Penn State, Temple, Harvard, & BU. Received NYU
28: Sent Cornell & Jefferson
30: Received Yale
31: Sent Albert Einstein & Tulane. Received Northwestern. 12 secondaries done. this is exhausting.
AUGUST 2007
1: Rejected from Wake Forest. sigh.
4: Sent Pitt, Tufts, & Mount Sinai
5: Sent NYU
6: Sent Dartmouth & Columbia
7: Received Drexel... finally.
13: Sent Drexel. Got my summer grades -- two A+s! time to send updates.
14: Sent Northwestern. 20 secondaries sent... make it STOP.
15: Sent Yale
16: Sent UVA
17: Sent Georgetown. Finished all the secondaries I have!
20: Sent updates on summer grades to schools that haven't given me the boot.
22: Letters uploaded to VirtualEvals! bring on the interviews. Complete at UMDNJ & SLU
23: Complete at Cornell, Northwestern, & BU
24: Complete at Georgetown & Penn
27: Complete at GW & Columbia
28: Complete at NYU & Albert Einstein
29: Complete at Mount Sinai & Penn State
30: Complete at Drexel. Got the rejection letter from Vanderbilt in the mail today. greaat. at least they didn't waste my money?
SEPTEMBER 2007
5: Complete at Yale
6: Complete at Tufts
10: 'Continue to review' hold letter from Penn State by mail. I'd appreciate getting some good news now. Please? Also, I'm complete at Pitt.
11: So UMiami sent me a secondary! Apparently they changed the GPA rule :) Also, I'm complete at Tulane.
12: Complete at Jefferson
13: BU hold email until I can update with my fall semester grades. Complete at Dartmouth
14: Complete at Temple
17: Received Emory! Finally.
20: Drexel hold. That's three now. At least they're not rejections? Complete at UVA
21: Rejection from Georgetown by mail. Here we go...
23: Sent Emory & Miami - DONE WITH SECONDARIES!!!!!!!
25: Sent summer grades update letter to Miami since I left them out before.
..... and now I wait.
OCTOBER 2007
9: Rejection from GW by mail.
18: Complete at Emory... finally. I nagged them about my LORs yesterday, I guess it worked!
22: Complete at Harvard.
NOVEMBER 2007
5: I HATE BEING IN LIMBO.
17: Hold/deferral at Penn
19: Rejection from Pitt by mail. This sucks. Happy thanksgiving to you too, Pitt.
28: Email from UMDNJ-RWJ requesting my fall grades when they come in -- kind of like a hold I guess.
DECEMBER 2007
14: Rejection from Dartmouth by mail, letter dated 12/12. Who sends rejections during finals and the holidays? Just let me be in denial until 2008, come ON.
JANUARY 2008
7: Sent update letters for my fall semester grades by mail and email.
8: Off my BU Hold -- back into active review.
16: Rejections from Temple (letter dated 1/07/08) and Cornell (letter dated 1/10/08). Super day.
22: Rejection from Northwestern (letter dated 1/14/08)
26: Rejection from UVA (letter dated 1/23/08)
30: INVITE FROM COLUMBIA. OHHHHHHHH MY GOODNESS. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
31: INVITE FROM BU!!!! Wow. Also, rejected by Albert Einstein, letter dated 1/25/08. Whatever.
FEBRUARY 2008
1: INVITE FROM UMDNJ-RWJ! Unofficially over the phone.... that's three back to back!
4: Officially checked that I'm complete at UMiami. and I'm very nervous about these interviews coming up
11: UNC rejection finally came. By email. I'm not even worth a stamp! But that's okay... because I loved BU :) but the question is... does BU love me?
22: Got a call from good ol' Jude at Emory.... they want me to come for an interview!!!! AMAZING. i would love love LOVE to go to Emory. AND I get to see my friends. pretty pumped, I can't lie.
MARCH 2008
2: I looooved Emory, even more than I thought I would. March is going to be a long month of waiting.
4: Rejection from NYU by mail. Letter dated 3/3/08. Rejection from UMiami by EMAIL. ugh. I guess the $65 secondary fee wasn't enough to afford an envelope and stamp. ridiculous. And the wording wasn't very nice either: '... has reviewed your credentials and decided that there are stronger applicants among our large pool of applicants.' Apparently I'm not strong. and I'm STILL waiting on my letter from Columbia.
5: Finally scheduled my UMDNJ interview. And... still... nothing in the mail from Columbia.
8: Rejection from Columbia by mail. sigh.
15: Rejection from Tufts by mail (letter dated 3/12). and nothing in the mail from Emory. And I'm covered in mysterious hives. I hate March.
16: BU--pick me! pick me! Cheers to two more weeks of anxiety.
17: Rejection from Yale by mail (letter dated 3/20... THE FUTURE! I guess I should expect this from Yalies ;)) yale... SUCKS! heh... and later: SLU rejection by email.
19: Alternate Status email from Emory... there's still hope!
26: Rejection from Harvard... but who cares, because I'M GOING TO BU! Call from Dean Witzburg today around 7:30PM. and i cried. and told him i was crying. I'm apparently a huge loser. but I am SO HAPPY.
27: Official rejection from UPenn... through their website. lame. but WHO CARES! :)
29; Official acceptance packet came in the mail from BU!
APRIL 2008
1: Rejection letter from Mt. Sinai, dated 03/26/08.
2: Rejection email from Tulane.
15: Rejection letter from Penn State.
19: High priority waitlist from RWJMS.
JULY 2008
3: Officially withdrew from Emory and UMDNJ-RWJMS... It's been a long long year. Boston here I come!
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