Letting out my frustration
helllo! please be kind, because this experience is a pretty difficult one, and im a second time applicant (first time MD only, second time DO only). i applied to 14 schools, and I chose top DO schools, bc i know there is a bit more of variation of quality in the DO scene vs MD. i got my first II invite in July. today i got back my decision which was a waitlist. i didnt realize how late DO schools send out interviews and how stressful this is! I assumed when i got my first II in July i would get more shortly, but so many schools dont start interviewing till Sep/Oct. idk i guess hearing a waitlist while not hearing back from other schools yet has shot my confidence a bit. i am incredibly grateful that i have had at least one II and even still a chance to go to this medical school, but i think it just would’ve been such a relief if i got in, and now the pressure feels even higher. Just needing some positive words rn and uplifting energy. I’m too afraid to tell my friends and family, because i dont want them to be disappointed and i know esp my family would be (they want me to go to an MD school, so im kinda blazing a new path by choosing DO). i think they would be pretty upset to hear I got waitlisted to a DO school ( pls no hate, I dont have any stigma)