blueasyou

Yeah, pretty much all of the PhDs in my field that I talked to when I was first researching programs told me not to do it as well. They said if I had any interest in being an MD instead of a PhD to definitely go that route instead, as it's less stressful. Trust me, if that's what I wanted to do, I would do it....

This thread is awesome. My friend's response to me being wait listed at my top choice, and feeling like I wasn't going to get in anywhere: "Well, at least you tried, that's more than most people can say." I only applied to 4 places, all really competitive, no safe schools. I was wait listed at one, and two I haven't heard from. When I got an interview offer at the other, I was so excited, and sent a group text message to my family sharing the good news. It went something like this: Me: I got invited to interview at X University! So excited! Bro: Have you heard from Y yet? Mom: I vote Z! Bro: Y has lots of beautiful women...just saying. Mom: My guess is they'll all want you and you'll get to take your pick. Bro: The Y women or the schools? Mom: The schools, but maybe the women too! Sis: I vote for W (wait listed school) so you can be close to me! .... Too bad my family's votes mean nothing to the schools, right? How about some excitement about X? Lol. It's a really good school and my only option at the moment, though I could still be rejected post interview. And though beautiful women is a plus, it's not really what I'm looking for in a grad school. Heh. I should also mention that I'm female, so it makes this conversation even more funny.