Post-interview jitters?

[jmsanders]

Originally Posted by Asta

I'm wavering between being really happy with my number of 'lottery tickets' and panicking that I am still not going to get in. Currently, I am playing with excel spreadsheets and crunching very hypothetical numbers in an attempt to soothe my nerves.

42 days and some hours...

Hahaha thought i was the crazy one trying crazy predictive methods by guessing hypothetical scenarios. I have done this ridiculous number crunching as well in an attempt to soothe the anxiety.

[dassy]

Originally Posted by Rar

best of luck everyone may we all be winners

Totally reminded me of Hunger Games "May be the odds be ever in your favor"

[imperfection]

Originally Posted by benge88

I think the worst part of this whole experience is all the questions and expectations from everyone around me, I really wish I could have done this without telling anyone about it!

I completely agree! If it's a rejection on May 15th (*knocks on wood*) the worst part is having to go through that same feeling of dread and disappointment everytime someone asks you about it. Oh well... we've tried our best and that's all we can do at this point.

Originally Posted by dassy

Totally reminded me of Hunger Games "May be the odds be ever in your favor"

If I could LIKE this post I totally would!

[Chicken]

Originally Posted by Cheezewhiz

My desire to write my thesis is at an all time low, and the expectations are killer. That'll be the worst part it if doesn't work out.

I hear that... I have'nt touched mine since back at the beginning of March :P

[Der Kaiser]

Originally Posted by dreamsneverdie

re: how people feel about MMI stations.............i am wondering if there are people who actually freeze up during a station, or know nothing about one of the questions asked? i suppose there are but i never see any posts from people like that. i myself did not know much at all about 2 MMI stations and kind of winged it, but are there others who also went through something similar?

I heard a funny story about a guy screwing up his stations at Mac this year. Apparently went in before the 2 mins was up and at another point entered another person's interview room. I wonder if he'll get in.

[Der Kaiser]

Originally Posted by Wayward son

Last year in the first station of my MMI I totally froze up. I was so nervous and my mouth was so dry I couldn't talk at first. Probably 3 minutes went by with only saying about 6 - 8 words. Thankfully, at that point the interviewer asked me to talk about myself for a couple minutes. I could barely do that, then I brushed over the topic of the station - very poorly - for the last 90 - 120 seconds or so. It was a disaster. (However, I still know that I ended up scoring pretty good on my MMI overall)

Ouch. How do you know you did well for the other stations?

[Der Kaiser]

Originally Posted by dassy

Totally reminded me of Hunger Games "May be the odds be ever in your favor"

The future of med school interviews will resemble the Hunger Games. Finally, all that hard work keeping in shape/honing my weapon skills will pay off.

[Rext]

So I just had a dream that it was may 15 and the amount of anxiety I felt before opening that email was enough to wake me up. I'm going to die on May 15 regardless of what that email actually says XD

[taiga gal]

as it so happens, i have to do something on that day that requires my full attention, until 5pm at least, so i WILL NOT be checking my email until 5:01! it's going to be tough.....

[dassy]

Originally Posted by taiga gal

as it so happens, i have to do something on that day that requires my full attention, until 5pm at least, so i WILL NOT be checking my email until 5:01! it's going to be tough.....

Same here...it's going to be a super long day.

Mostly because I'll be in England, so I have to wait for 5pm before it's even noon over here, so I won't be getting anything. Also it'll be my second day of work, and I'm not sure how my boss would handle me jumping up and down screaming/completely in tears lol

p.s. One lottery ticket here as well!! GOOOO WESTERN