Originally posted by lowbudget
SLU can eat my balls. What a total waste of money and time. When I interviewed 3 years ago, it consisted of 1 campus tour, lunch and 1 interview. Nothing truly special about the place... it's just another garden variety medical school just like every other one. Not bad, not perfect. Everything went well, and the administrators are GREAT... until I interviewed. Stupid hoebag British doctor (Ob/Gyn?) was having a bad day all huffing and puffing to get to the interview (LATE!) and within the first 5 minutes of my interview was literally yelling at me for 1) not understanding what it's like to be a doctor because I never shadowed anyone (despite having a crap load of inpatient volunteer hours) and 2) printing my essay with 12 point font (standard) single spaced because she couldn't speed read it DURING the interview. On the 6th minute of a 30-45 min interview, she said, "I don't think you're ready to be a doctor." And she went On and ON about the holiness of the patient-doctor relationship and how I simply don't understand what that means... (HELLO? Patient-Doctor... not Patient-Doctor-and-Premed slash Applicant Relationship). This conclusion all without her reading my essay, looking at my stats, nor looking at my application... it was all from the 1 and 2 per above. She EVEN told me that she didn't read my application despite being told to do so. PISS ME OFF.
Flew in from NYC on a $300 ticket, rented a car to drive through the GHETTO to get to SLU ($80), stayed at a hotel for $40, and spent $20 drink piss water local Budweiser just to drown out the sorrow.
I had to put an end to this nonsense and ended up yelling back at her saying that different people come to the same answer by taking different routes and that while I don't know what it's like to be a doctor because I'm not one, I know that it's what I want to be and I can hack it. Freaking pissed me off. We went back and forth and back and forth. I just had to defend myself, and I went on and on about how qualified I was to be a doctor blah blah. At the end of the interview, she said, "well I gues I'm more comfortable now about you becoming a doctor"... ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Is it because TIME IS UP? Stupid prostitute, PLEASE DON'T INVITE ME TO INTERVIEW IF I'M NOT QUALIFIED. I could have gone snowboarding on that money, rather than spend a lovely 30 min with YOUR A$$ in lovely St Louis. Especially if the reason is because I didn't shadow a doctor!!! READ MY RESUME, DO YOUR JOB. Give me a break. Some of us actually have to WORK to put themselves through college, which I will gladly do before some trust fund baby shadows a doctor and all of a sudden was blessed by the hand of God to become the next Debakey. And don't take it out on me if you're having a freaking bad day. Was not granted 2nd interview either because it was late in the day... bureaucratic, 5 o clock, gotta go. Anyways, I picked up the dog crap on the sidewalk with my wait-list letter, and dropped trou then shat on it myself before lighting it on fire. Ugh, what a traumatic experience. I'm still in THERAPY. I WAS PISSED. P-I-S-S-E-D I tell you.
Anyhow, I'm at my state school now, first choice, doing well, saving money, having a great time, basically kicking butt, taking names. I hope y'all have a better experience there. Y'all are welcome to email me with whatever traumatic stories to share, and if we ever meet up I will buy you a drink/drinks. I'm sure it's a great school and the students are AWESOME, but if that's how it's going to be like, IT AIN'T WORTH IT to be paying private tuition to be abused. Life is too short and I am not that desperate. I forgot what that hoe bag's name was FORTUNATELY, but if anyone of y'all interview with her, just tell her I said, IN YOUR FACE!
