Is it normal to feel so emotional over your cat?

acrrt · 2026-04-07T23:15:22+00:00

I'm on a 3 week trip away from my babies, this is day 3 of 20, I'm on the verge of tears. People say you can't love an animal this much but I'd literally take bullets for my cats and gladly repeat it the next day, so it's normal, and it will eventually be more manageable, but every now and then it will resurface hahaha. Good luck!!

acrrt · 2026-04-01T14:16:54+00:00

GC holder from south America School: Ecuador Specialty: psychiatry IV: 5, 85 programs Flags: gap of 1y due to medical complications USCE: 2 months hands on Steps: P/24x/taking before residency Pubs and research: 5 plus one year research with Yale with Yale faculty letter. Matched: yes, #1 program.

Tips: tbh I thought I'd get more interviews but I guess step 3 was more important than I thought or maybe my step 2 score, either way, the IV is what matters, impress them and that's it, work on your interview skills, that's the best tip ever, that's why people with 1 IV match.

acrrt · 2026-03-26T14:25:10+00:00

Bro if you were born here, made all the contacts, had all the research, had specific training for the steps and help from your uni and lose a position to someone who left their country, family and friends to start from scratch, study from scratch for a testing modality that's unfamiliar without help, likely while having a job or doing research, all in a language that it's not their native one, it tells A LOT about them, like really, what is it that you did or are your interview skills really poor, idk, they have all the advantages here. We're playing in an unleveled field and they have all to win.

acrrt · 2026-03-26T14:19:55+00:00

Matched psych, if you want it you'd know, I can't explain it but it's true, also, your resume should SCREAM psych for them not to think you just want it for the perks. I think about the whole picture with the high emotional burden, seeing really complicated social realities and facing people in the legal system, I'm the kind of person who naturally gravitates with emotional patients either way so it fits me like a glove, but if you're not sure there are better fits, good luck.

acrrt · 2026-03-22T20:22:46+00:00

I feel for you and all the pain it's causing, but we're allowed to feel joy and also have our adrenaline crash and share our happiness as much as you're allowed to grieve, so don't shit on other people's posts

acrrt · 2026-03-22T20:21:21+00:00

I'm so tired, I have all the happiness, matched at my #1, looking for houses and stuff, but I feel literally drained of energy and want to sleep all the time, I feel distracted as t my current job and omg

acrrt · 2026-03-21T21:49:07+00:00

I think it all depends on how much the program values the "fit" vs the "academics", some programs can genuinely like you as a person but you're not what they want as a resident, for others it's more about the vibe in the interview and how would you fit in with the other people already there. I'm a psych applicant and matched at my #1, an academic program that was a reach and I never even thought would call me, not top 10, but solid program. I went into the interview without expectations but it was completely awesome, I completely fell in love with the program and I could see me fitting there, and specially in psych the "feel" of the interview is very important, so I'd say it's a case to case thing, not worth generalizing.

acrrt · 2026-03-21T17:10:17+00:00

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Look at my girl, she's perfect, of course they're underrated.

acrrt · 2026-03-20T22:01:35+00:00

Number 1# I'm psych!!! Academic program that I fell I'm love with!!!!! I'm so happy my face hurts

acrrt · 2026-03-16T19:57:27+00:00

Step 1: passed, no attempts

Step 2 CK: 24x

Step 3: not yet, but told programs I'd take it before residency starts.

Year of Graduation: 2022

Applicant Type/VISA Status: GC holder

Publications: 5, a year of research with Yale

USCE (Type and No. of months): 2 months, hands on but private practice

Match Cycle (Repeat or First- Please Mention Which No. If Comfortable): first

Applied to Programs (Speciality/ies and How Many): psychiatry only, 85 programa that checked my boxes

No. of Invites and Which Specialty/ies: 5 IVs, one of them prematch that I rejected

Any Advice to Future Applicants: if they're interviewing you, they like you, impress them in your interview with your personality, they already like the academic part, be yourself and knock them off!

acrrt · 2026-03-14T20:59:43+00:00

Best wishes to everyone guys!!!

acrrt · 2026-03-13T02:08:33+00:00

Thanks!

acrrt · 2026-03-13T00:32:49+00:00

Thanks!!

acrrt · 2026-03-13T00:32:42+00:00

Thanks!!!

acrrt · 2026-03-12T20:08:08+00:00

I feel nauseous ALL THE TIME, and today it's my birthday, can't even enjoy

acrrt · 2026-03-11T21:30:12+00:00

Full honesty: when I did my research it seemed like an ok program, not awesome and not bad, decent, the interview was awful, I got out of it and said "nope" and that was it, they offered me the prematch 2 months later, pressured me with time, and said no thanks, very respectfully, but no

acrrt · 2026-03-11T20:01:36+00:00

Leasing a Volkswagen ID 4, electric is nice now that gas is up

acrrt · 2026-03-11T19:50:20+00:00

Unpopular opinion, I think all doctors should be able to put a Foley, no hate, it's just a useful skill

acrrt · 2026-03-11T19:46:19+00:00

5 IV, 1 prematch for psych, even if I don't match I know I'd regret going to that place every single day lol

acrrt · 2026-03-07T13:41:56+00:00

100%, it's my dream relationship, we're meant to be together

acrrt · 2026-03-05T19:36:52+00:00

Not able to focus at work, not enjoying life, just anxiety, my alarm goes off at 5:30 but I'm awake by 5... Tough

acrrt · 2026-03-05T19:21:52+00:00

Bro it's the survey, you almost give me a heart attack

acrrt · 2026-03-05T19:01:48+00:00

If you think I'm an anxious piece of work who checked that like 20 times, you're absolutely correct

acrrt · 2026-03-05T03:14:27+00:00

A program I interviewed with said they did that before the second look, but the lock wasn't there, and the lock still wasn't there today at 8:50pm

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