Hey SDN community!
Hope everyone is enjoying the end of year festivities. It has been quite some time since I've last posted and life has surely moved on since then.
Right now I'm in the middle of an applicant cycle for MD. There was an issue in my university in regards to getting a committee letter sent out as the Dean had issues and everyone's letters were delayed, so technically my application was complete on September 10th (I know........). I've been working as a Quant on Wall Street upon graduating undergrad (Ivy non HYP) for about 6 months now. The hours are arduous, but the experience just enough to justify the hours. I spent many sleepless nights working on secondaries and working, trying to keep within the 2 week period for secondaries, all for my committee letter to be held up.
Now, as we are in the midst of December, I haven't heard back from over half of my schools and have already received some rejections and no IIs. I am already facing the fact I might go without any II's or any A's this cycle and have started to think about what to do next. With my job right now, I barely have time to live my own life outside of work much less volunteer or do research. I'm a bit at odds on what to do and I am fearing that I might already be somewhat burnt out before medical school already. In this job market however I'm worried that if I were to give up this opportunity I wouldn't be able to fill the role. I'm also worried at how my experiences are going to come across in update letters to the adcom "applicant xyz has just been working and didn't do any "traditional" med applicant activities". Would love to hear some opinions, as of right now I'm in a bit of a spiral and the stress is affecting multiple aspects of my life.
Best,
Brepublic.
Hope everyone is enjoying the end of year festivities. It has been quite some time since I've last posted and life has surely moved on since then.
Right now I'm in the middle of an applicant cycle for MD. There was an issue in my university in regards to getting a committee letter sent out as the Dean had issues and everyone's letters were delayed, so technically my application was complete on September 10th (I know........). I've been working as a Quant on Wall Street upon graduating undergrad (Ivy non HYP) for about 6 months now. The hours are arduous, but the experience just enough to justify the hours. I spent many sleepless nights working on secondaries and working, trying to keep within the 2 week period for secondaries, all for my committee letter to be held up.
Now, as we are in the midst of December, I haven't heard back from over half of my schools and have already received some rejections and no IIs. I am already facing the fact I might go without any II's or any A's this cycle and have started to think about what to do next. With my job right now, I barely have time to live my own life outside of work much less volunteer or do research. I'm a bit at odds on what to do and I am fearing that I might already be somewhat burnt out before medical school already. In this job market however I'm worried that if I were to give up this opportunity I wouldn't be able to fill the role. I'm also worried at how my experiences are going to come across in update letters to the adcom "applicant xyz has just been working and didn't do any "traditional" med applicant activities". Would love to hear some opinions, as of right now I'm in a bit of a spiral and the stress is affecting multiple aspects of my life.
Best,
Brepublic.
