Same here. I interviewed in November and thought I did pretty well at the interview (there are, of course, some moments that still haunt me). This is my second cycle applying, and I have come to really like everything about UNLV. They have such a unique feel to their program, and I love all the little details, like the community service and the EMT certification. As someone who truly wants to spend the rest of her life helping people--I want that. So bad. When I interviewed at other schools, I was like a girl on a first date still remembering her ex.
Every month that goes by, I'm more certain that they looked at my application but it didn't have enough of a narrative punch to really send it over the edge. And it's sad! But I look at all of the qualified people here on StudentDoctor and in my real life, and I know that this is just a really tough and competitive process. You can't take the rejection personally. All you can do is keep rocking on with your bad self--doing more community service, improving your application, and going after this if it is your dream. It will feel so sweet when it finally happens for us! And who knows, you might hear next month.
Truly, we should all be proud of the effort we've put in to make it here. Just to apply and get an interview--that is the culmination of years of effort and service. So congratulations for making it this far, and I hope that we all get calls before the cycle is over.
