So last year I remember all my med school friends being miserable around this time of year… and now I understand why. This application is just… kind of mind boggling. Thank goodness it’s nothing like the application to med school where you sent off the common app to your programs (thirty of them if you were me) and then they each in turn sent you back their own ‘secondary application’ which (a) asked you to write up to five new essays just for that school and (b) asked you to send them $100.
This time around it’s just this one common app. But sorting through all the programs, selecting the right ones, clicking through all of the choice boxes for each of my (22) programs. It just makes your brain spin. Trying to decide with little to no information if I want to apply to program X. Having to triple check everything you type in because you’ve been led to believe that a single typo will make you lose your spot at your favorite program.
The application formally opens tonight at midnight, but mine’s not going to be submitted. I just can’t finish it tonight.
Looking forward for the interview season part of this adventure to begin. Friends, get your couches ready.
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