The last few weeks I have had several people ask me where I have applied. This namely applies to those with similar stats as me.
The thing is I have tried over the last 2+ years to remain anonymous here. This is for several reasons which we will not delve into at the moment. However, this also applies to the schools at which I am applying.
My reasoning is that I see a lot of pharm schools logging onto this site. There are a couple thousand visitors per week to this blog as it is. Some of which have come directly from the admissions office of those schools. I understand that they say they look at applications only for their requirements for admissions, but I would not be comfortable if a member on that committee knew I wrote this blog. It may sway them in either direction which isn't fair to me and it isn't fair to others. I know I posted what I may wear to the interviews, but that does not mean I will wear that exact outfit. I just prefer to write in secret for the moment.
Maybe my thoughts on this will change if I am accepted to one of the schools I am applying to. I would very much love to help those of you who have asked these past few weeks. And even then, I'm not sure my classmates would appreciate some of my thoughts either on the industry or on the school I may go to.
Needless to say it is a slippery slope, but I am doing my damnedest to determine a way to help others out there. Seems to be the least I can do.
4 comments:
Here's a less-loaded question: how many schools are you applying to?
Also, I'm really surprised to see that you're finding out about interviews already! My alma mater didn't send out invites till spring.
I applied to six schools in total
Congrats on your acceptance!! Yes i am predicting your future...those schools would be crazy to not accept you. After everything you've gone through - it would only make sense right?
I just wanted to say -- i know what it's like to have to constantly prove to everyone you're worthy of their consideration. It sucks. I've had basically everyone (advisors, professors, even those close to me-people whose opinion I care about -- tell me i won't make it). And they had every reason to believe so - according to my stats..i'm just not competitive enough. During the year I applied, I've never felt more broken in my entire life. I applied to over ten schools.
And got into one...my dream school.
Was it fate? I don't know.
But i do believe that the events that transpire in our lives tests us and changes us...for the better.
this blog is amazing (i only read your most recent one and the one where you got an interview). It's a great feeling to have that "chance" of getting in. It's even a better feeling to solidify those uncertainties with an acceptance letter. I've kept all my rejection letters--so that one day when i look at my diploma...i remember what i went through to get there. I guess it really just takes one person to believe in you--to make a world of a difference =)
i believe in you.
-athena09
Keep hiding. It's safer that way.
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