Thanks Doc on your insight on the mini interview process.
@SoCalGirlNguyen. Good luck tomorrow. Hope that you will get good news from UMKC.
Thx doc . Just called them again . They said unroll the end of the week which is tomorrow . Awww… So nervous. This is the only ba/md program I applied to. I am awared that I am not a very competitive applicant for this UMKC ba/ md , but really want it badly. One more day to wait…
I’ve been reading the recent conversation and I hope you get your interview SoCalGirlNguyen 
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I got an interview email right now!!!
Oh no, I got the denied email. (: . Oh well, congratulation to everyone who get invitation to the interview. Best wish to you all in the process of college applications .
And thank you dualDoc for all the advises and encouragement to me and to all the kids in here.
I am sad…
@socalgirl oh my gosh, i’ve been following your whole conversation, i thought you’d defintiely get it!!! they don’t know what they’re passing up!
@butterfli123: thx you. But I am awared of my weakness . I guess somebody out there deserve the spot better than I do. I am heartbroken thou.
Oh well, I guess I have to try to get in Med school in the normal traditional route which can be more difficult, time consuming and and full of stresses. I better to choose colleges that fit me the most so I could be succeed at my pre med venue. And even if I am not be Able to gain admission at that time, there are always Osteopath and Carribrien med schools . Just take a deep breath and take one day at a time.
I am sad…(;
@SoCal aw I’m so sorry, I really thought you’d have a chance; I’m sure you’ll find a better school. Well don’t worry, me and butterfli123 were both on the alternate list and I’m pretty sure we’re both in the rejected pile by now so we’re all in the same boat!
@ sanguine : thank you . Hope you and butterfli get in some how eventually .
Oh I don’t think we’re getting in anyway. I’m pretty sure they’re done looking at the alternate list by now.
But I am kinda relief now . The waiting game is killing me for the last two weeks. I am gratefully thank for UMKC sent me the denied email instead of make me wait for another week . Now I can go on with my life. Well , look at this in the positive way, I save my parents 75k a yr for 6 yrs .
@sangune: awww… Don’t know what to say to you… But I understand how you feel inside… I haven’t have boyfriend before and don’t know how is it like to breaking up feel … But I felt so heartbroken when I read that denied email with tears came down . Sanguine and butterfli123, and … Me… Life goes on … Just shake it off and go on with life . Atleast 20, 30 yrs later we have something to tell our kids : " mom didn’t get in UMKC " haha
^ you are the most optimistic person on here, socal. I wish we could all have a big CC Group hug for you right now! But you’re right, if we don’t get it, we were destined for somewhere else, another program, another route.
To sangune , butterfli123 and all people in this room , including DualDegreeDoc: I don’t know all of you in person, but for the last few months I have been in this room, we are getting closer and closer as if we are family . We were there for each others, console each other when we up and down , and DualDegreedoc, you are like a father , a mentor figure to us. I am really thankful for all of that . Probably I might not to come back this room anymore in the future, I really wish you all best in life and be successful at whatever you dream of.
To SoCalGirlNguyen, Butterfli123, and Sanguinee.
I’ve lived long enough see both my parents passed away … and also welcomed both my children into life. I’ve also been a doctor long enough to cradle a newborn that I had just delivered … and also held the hand of a firefighter as he pass away from a 100% total body burn.
What I’ve learned is that in time of sadness, sorrow, or disappointment, there is really not much that can be said to ease or quicken the heartaches. Only time can do that. The only way that a doctor or a friend can help is by being there. It’s not the words said but the actual presence of the doctor or the friend that will be remembered by the grieving person.
What I’ve also learned is that just like a heartbeat has a systole and a diastole AND each breath has an inspiration and an expiration phase, so does life. Your sadness and disappointment will eventually be replaced by joy and happiness, and then vice versa. The important thing is to cherish the good times and learn from the sad times.
I am sharing with you a portion of my daughter’s personal essay when she applied in 2010. It illustrates the lesson that you three have just learned this past several weeks here on College Confidential. Some people go through their entire life and not experience this lesson. Some doctors also go through their entire career and not realize what it really means to “care” for others.
<pre><code> “At that moment, I began to learn one of life’s precious lessons. People and things come and go. The waves will come in at night and wash them away by morning. What really last forever are the impressions that those people and things leave with us in our hearts and minds. It is the lasting effects that we have on each other that make life wonderful. This is what motivates me to study medicine. I want to leave my impressions on life and the people that I meet along the journey.”
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You three have left impressions on each other and on me. You’ve already started your journey to becoming a doctor. Don’t let little bumps on the road stop you. There are lots more to learn, to experience, to accomplish, and to share and pass on to others.
Good luck.
@SoCalGirl Dont be too depressed. With your passion, you will easily get into medical college thru traditional route (next time apply to more than one college :)). What is your first choice for pre-med? Perhaps you were meant to study at Harvard or Yale!!
@SoCal cheer up! I’ve gotten rejected to more colleges/programs than school you probably applied to and I’m still fine! UMKC isn’t worth your tears. And thank you, @Dual.
@socal don’t worry I’m sure you will do great in the future also to anyone who got an interview can you please post where u r from and your stats?
My stats are nothing special compared to the stats posted here! I am from North Carolina though (maybe that helped?).