Name: 如果你被醫學院拒絕🚫，就會發生這種情況 (This is what happens if you’re REJECTED 🚫 from Medical School)
Uploaded: 2025-10-28T18:04:06.000Z
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情態副詞

Imagine grinding towards your medical school application for five or more years, only to receive zero acceptances.

想像一下，你為了申請醫學院努力了五年或更久，結果卻零錄取。

If this is the position you're in, you're not alone.

如果你現在正處於這種情況，你並不孤單。

基礎被動語態

Each year more than 50,000 pre meds apply to med school, but only around 40% are accepted.

每年有超過五萬名醫學院預備生申請醫學院，但只有大約40%被錄取。

Dr. Jubbal medschoolinsiders.com being rejected from medical school can be devastating.

醫學院內幕網站的Jubbal醫師說，被醫學院拒絕可能會讓人非常沮喪。

It sparks self doubt, anxiety, fear and sometimes conflict causes applicants to completely rethink their careers.

這會引發自我懷疑、焦慮、恐懼，有時甚至會導致申請者徹底重新思考他們的職涯。

Here are four things to do if you suspect or know you won't be accepted to medical school.

如果你懷疑或知道自己無法被醫學院錄取，這裡有四件事你可以做。

Receiving rejection after rejection is extremely taxing on your well being and mental health as it's incredibly disheartening to see your peers get accepted to medical school.

一再收到拒絕信對你的身心健康影響極大，看到同學被醫學院錄取會讓人非常沮喪。

When all you're faced with are rejections, you start to wonder what's wrong with you and if you're good enough, which will likely spark a severe case of imposter syndrome.

當你面對的都是拒絕信時，你會開始懷疑自己哪裡出了問題，是否夠好，這很可能會引發嚴重的冒牌者症候群。

Be very careful during this time as this kind of negative mindset is toxic to both your physical and mental health.

這段時間要非常小心，因為這種負面心態對你的身心健康都有毒害。

Yes, being rejected is a serious setback, but

沒錯，被拒絕確實是個重大的打擊，但是

if you allow negative thoughts to consume you, you'll create a self fulfilling prophecy that will permeate through every goal you set for yourself.

如果你讓負面想法吞噬你，你就會創造一個自我實現的預言，這個預言會滲透到你設定的每一個目標裡。

While far from ideal, this setback is only that, a setback.

雖然這遠非理想狀況，但這個挫折就只是個挫折。

What matters most is how you perceive it.

Is it evidence you'll never be a doctor and are doomed to a life of failure?

它是你永遠無法成為醫生、註定一生失敗的證據嗎？

Or is it a chance to pick yourself up, get that dirt off your shoulder and prove to yourself and the world how resilient you are in the face of adversity?

還是這是一個讓你重新站起來、拍掉身上的塵土，並向自己和世界證明你在逆境中的韌性有多強的機會？

What you learn from this rejection will prevent you from making the same mistakes during the next admission cycle.

你從這次拒絕中學到的東西，將能幫助你在下一個申請週期避免犯同樣的錯誤。

每一次失敗都是一個學習的機會。

Take time to process your feelings, breathe, journal and speak to people you trust.

花點時間處理你的情緒，深呼吸、寫日記，並和你信任的人聊聊。

Don't make any hasty decisions as your next steps will depend on what went wrong and what you want for your future.

不要做出任何倉促的決定，因為你接下來的步驟將取決於哪裡出了問題以及你對未來的期望。

Next, avoid comparing yourself to others and don't play the blame game.

再來，別跟別人比較，也不要互相責怪。

Your Peers Being accepted to medical school has nothing to do with you.

你的同學錄取醫學院跟你一點關係都沒有。

When applying to medical school, your only true competition is with yourself.

申請醫學院時，你真正的競爭對象只有你自己。

When you compare yourself to others, you lose focus.

當你跟別人比較時，你就會失去焦點。

Soon you're consumed by envy, bitterness and resentment.

很快你就被嫉妒、苦澀和怨恨淹沒。

Your peers may have been accepted with a lower GPA or lower MCAT score than you, but

你的同學錄取醫學院時，GPA或MCAT分數可能比你低，但

but they could have had stronger soft components or may have absolutely nailed their interview, or they may have a family member on the faculty at that one prestigious medical school which made them a shoo in which I recall an instance of from my application cycle There are many factors that determine acceptance, including your clinical and research experience, personal statement, letters of recommendation, interview, soft skills, and

但他們可能有更強的軟實力，或是面試表現完美，又或者他們在某間頂尖醫學院有親戚，讓他們內定，我記得我申請週期時就有這樣一個例子。決定錄取與否的因素有很多，包括你的臨床經驗、研究經驗、個人陳述、推薦信、面試、軟技能，以及

One major problem with comparing ourselves to others, especially in stressful situations, is that we often fall victim to what's known as the fundamental attribution error.

拿自己跟別人比較時，尤其是在壓力大的情況下，一個大問題是我們常常會落入所謂的「基本歸因謬誤」。

This error is the tendency for people to put more focus on personal characteristics and less on external factors when it comes to interpreting someone else's behavior.

這個謬誤是指，當我們解釋別人的行為時，傾向於更關注對方的個人特質，而忽略了外在因素。

However, when it's our own behavior, we put more focus on external factors and don't consider our personal characteristics.

但輪到我們自己的行為時，我們卻更關注外在因素，而不去考慮自己的個人特質。

For example, if someone cuts you off while driving, you might blame their character and call them names and instead of considering the external factors that cause them to do this, such as being late for a meeting or needing to expediently drop the kids off at the pool.

舉例來說，如果有人開車超車，你可能會歸咎於他們的品格，罵他們，而不是考慮到造成他們這樣做的外在因素，像是他們要遲到了，或是急著送小孩去學校。

Whereas if you cut someone off, you'll attribute it to external factors as opposed to your own personal flaws.

然而，如果你超車，你會歸因於外在因素，而不是你自己的個人缺陷。

We often see the same biases in medicine, especially if you're not accepted into medical school.

我們在醫學領域也常常看到相同的偏見，特別是如果你沒有被醫學院錄取。

You might look at your peers and wonder how they made it in when you're a much better candidate than they are.

你可能會看著你的同學，想著他們是怎麼進去的，而你明明是個好得多的候選人。

However, this ignores the many aspects that contribute to an acceptance, such as an attainable school list, an intriguing application narrative, or glowing letters of recommendation.

然而，這忽略了許多促成錄取的因素，像是可行的學校名單、引人入勝的申請故事，或是出色的推薦信。

In order to protect your ego, you may be tempted to shift the blame to external factors, such as an unfair or biased admissions committee, rather than reflecting on your own application's shortcomings.

為了保護你的自尊心，你可能會傾向於將責任推給外在因素，像是個不公平或有偏見的面試委員會，而不是反思你自己的申請有哪些不足。

This mindset will be your downfall as you prepare to reapply.

當你準備重新申請時，這種心態將會是你的致命傷。

Automatically blaming the system rather than looking inward will prevent you from improving the aspects of your application that need improvement.

自動地歸咎於系統而不是反思自身，會阻礙你改進申請中需要加強的部分。

Improving which brings us to the next step pinpointing your weaknesses.

改進，這就帶我們進入下一步，找出你的弱點。

Third, in order to improve your application, you must first understand what went wrong.

第三，為了改進你的申請，你必須先了解哪裡出了問題。

There are many reasons why someone may be rejected, and many of these issues can be rectified.

許多人被拒絕的原因有很多，其中很多問題都可以被修正。

Identify your shortcomings by working backward.

從反向思考來找出你的不足之處。

If you received interviews at multiple medical schools, this means you're strong enough on paper, but

如果你在多家醫學院都獲得了面試機會，這表示你在書面上已經夠強了，但

something likely went wrong during interview season.

You might have been unprepared or fumbled because of nerves.

你可能準備不足，或是因為緊張而搞砸了。

If you delayed scheduling your interviews, you may have missed out on acceptances simply because other equally qualified candidates interviewed before you.

如果你延遲安排面試時間，你可能會錯失錄取機會，僅僅因為其他同樣優秀的候選人比你早面試。

If you didn't receive many or any interviews, you need to look back at your primary and secondary applications.

如果你沒有獲得太多面試機會，甚至完全沒有，你需要回頭檢視你的初級和次級申請。

Start with your hard metrics, which are your GPA and MCAT score.

先從你的硬實力開始，也就是你的 GPA 和 MCAT 成績。

What are the average MCAT and GPA for successful matriculants for each of the schools you applied to?

你申請的每間醫學院，錄取學生的平均 MCAT 和 GPA 是多少？

Are they near average or above average compared to other matriculants?

你的分數是接近平均還是高於平均？

If your hard metrics don't stack up, this is at least one of the areas holding you back.

如果你的硬實力分數不夠突出，這至少是其中一個讓你受阻的環節。

If your scores are on par with former matriculants, turn to your soft components such as your personal statement, work and activities, and

如果你的分數跟過去的錄取生差不多，那就要看看你的軟實力了，像是你的個人陳述、工作和活動，以及

For example, your personal statement may have been a rehash of your CV as opposed to a compelling narrative driven story.

舉例來說，你的個人陳述可能只是你履歷的重複，而不是一個引人入勝、有故事性的內容。

Or your letters of recommendation may have been written by people you didn't have strong relationships with.

或者你的推薦信可能是由你沒有深厚關係的人寫的。

This can easily result in surface level and lackluster letters that provide adcoms with little insight into who you are.

這很容易導致表面化、缺乏亮點的推薦信，讓招生委員會對你瞭解不多。

You may not have had a varied work and activities section that showed longitudinal commitment as well as notable clinical experience to prove you understand what you're getting yourself into.

你可能沒有一個多元的工作和活動部分，來展現長期的投入以及顯著的臨床經驗，以證明你瞭解自己將會面對什麼。

Lastly, your secondaries may have been the problem if you didn't take the time to adapt them to each school or submitted them late as more than two weeks after receiving them.

最後，你的第二階段申請文件也可能是問題所在，如果你沒有花時間為每間學校客製化，或是收到後超過兩週才繳交。

Take time to thoroughly review every component of your application to figure out anywhere you may have gone wrong, but

花點時間仔細審閱你申請文件的每一個部分，找出你可能出錯的地方，但是

It is essential to have experts review it as well.

Ask the admissions committees from the medical schools you applied to if they can give you feedback on your application.

詢問你申請的醫學院的招生委員會，他們是否能給你申請文件的回饋。

While some won't respond, it's very possible that others will if you have a friend, family member or mentor who served on admissions committees in the past, or share your application with them so they can provide honest feedback.

雖然有些不會回應，但如果你的朋友、家人或導師過去曾擔任招生委員，或者你和他們分享你的申請文件，讓他們提供誠實的回饋，那麼其他人很有可能會回應。

If you don't know anyone who has served on admissions committees before our team at Med School Insiders has, we can provide objective feedback as well as a game plan for maximizing the odds you're accepted the second time around.

如果你不認識任何曾經擔任招生委員的人，我們 Med School Insiders 的團隊也可以提供客觀的回饋，以及一個最佳策略，來提高你下次申請被錄取的機會。

And lastly, after identifying your weaknesses, it's time to make decisions.

最後，在找出你的弱點後，就是時候做決定了。

You can now create a roadmap for how to optimally position yourself for the med school acceptances you want.

你現在可以制定一個藍圖，說明如何最佳地定位自己，以獲得你想要的醫學院錄取。

Are these weaknesses easy fixes you can make in time to reapply during the next admission cycle?

這些弱點是你可以立即改善的嗎？這樣你就可以趕在下一個申請週期重新申請？

Or will you need to take a gap year or two to improve your application?

還是你需要花一兩年時間來加強你的申請？

Each applicant has different strengths and weaknesses, and

每位申請者都有不同的優勢和劣勢，

it's up to you to address these weaknesses if you choose to reapply.

而如果你選擇再次申請，就必須由你來解決這些劣勢。

If your MCAT isn't high enough, you may need to retake it or apply to schools that have accepted students with similar scores to your own.

如果你的 MCAT 成績不夠高，你可能需要重考，或者申請那些接受過分數與你相近的學生的學校。

If your extracurriculars were weak, it's a imperative that you take the time to gain the relevant experience you need to be a better applicant.

如果你的課外活動表現不佳，那麼你務必花時間累積相關經驗，讓自己成為更優秀的申請者。

Whether you decide to shadow physicians, work as a scribe do research in a lab or become an emt.

無論你是決定跟隨醫師的腳步、擔任病歷書記員、在實驗室進行研究，或是成為緊急醫療技術員。

If you're not confident in your letters of recommendation, you may need to take the time to build stronger relationships by getting involved in research, clinical work, or volunteering.

如果你對你的推薦信沒有信心，你可能需要花時間透過參與研究、臨床工作或志工服務來建立更緊密的關係。

If you need to beef up your experiences or build stronger relationships for letters, it's unlikely you'll be ready for the following cycle, which begins at the end of May.

如果你需要充實你的經驗或建立更強的推薦信關係，你可能無法趕上五月底開始的下一個申請週期。

Reapplying late in the application cycle sets you up for another set of rejections.

在申請週期後期才重新申請，只會讓你面臨另一波的拒絕。

Since medical schools give out acceptances on a rolling basis, the harsh reality is that by the time you find out whether or not you were accepted, application season will be on your doorstep.

由於醫學院是採滾動式錄取，殘酷的現實是，等你發現自己是否被錄取時，申請季就已經近在眼前了。

You need to determine whether or not you can make the necessary changes within a few short months or or if you'll have to take a full year before you reapply.

你需要判斷自己是否能在短短幾個月內做出必要的改變，或者是否需要花一整年時間才能重新申請。

Not getting into medical school is something you may be able to begin preparing for sooner.

未能進入醫學院，這件事你或許可以提早開始準備。

If you haven't received any interviews by December, start assessing your application and working on a backup plan.

如果在十二月前都還沒收到任何面試通知，就該開始評估你的申請資料並著手準備備案。

Above all, don't go into your reapplication thinking it will be easier the second time.

最重要的是，別抱持著重申請會比較容易的心態。

The last thing you want is a second year of rejections, which you'll get if you don't make targeted changes to your application.

你最不想遇到的就是第二年又被拒絕，如果你沒有針對性地修改你的申請資料，就會發生這種情況。

On the other hand, if your interviews didn't go as planned, you won't have as much to improve on your primary application.

另一方面，如果你的面試不如預期，那麼你的主要申請資料就沒有太多需要改進的地方。

This likely means you can reapply right away after making changes to your school list and tweaking your soft components.

這可能意味著，在修改學校名單並微調你的軟實力後，你可以立即重新申請。

And of course, make sure to dedicate ample time to preparing answers to common interview questions and participating in mock interviews prior to interview season.

當然，別忘了在面試季開始前，花足夠的時間準備常見面試問題的答案，並進行模擬面試。

Remember, even if interviews are the major thing holding you back, admissions committees still expect to see improvement from applicants across their entire application as more time has passed.

請記住，即使面試是阻礙你的主要因素，招生委員會仍然期望看到申請者在更多時間過去後，能全面提升他們的申請資料。

While this is certainly a major setback right now, it's a minor one in the grand scheme of your medical education.

雖然現在這確實是個很大的挫折，但在你整個醫學教育的長遠來看，這只是個小挫折。

Five to ten years from now, when you're in residency or running your own clinic, you'll look back on this as a small bump in the road, a bump that made you a more mature and resilient medical student and human being.

五到十年後，當你正在實習或經營自己的診所時，你會回頭看這段經歷，覺得它只是人生路上的一點小顛簸，而這點顛簸讓你成為一個更成熟、更有韌性的醫學院學生和一個人。

Don't let this experience deter you from pursuing your passion.

千萬別讓這次經驗打消你追求熱情的念頭。

Countless people have been in your shoes before and have come out the other side a successful doctor.

無數人都曾經歷過跟你一樣的處境，最後都成功成為一名醫生。

Leave nothing up to chance for your reapplication.

重新申請時，別讓任何事情聽天由命。

The doctors at Med School Insiders have served on admissions committees, and

Med School Insiders 的醫生們都曾擔任過招生委員，

we know exactly what medical schools are looking for.

我們非常清楚醫學院在尋找什麼樣的學生。

We can pinpoint the application weaknesses that held you back, and

我們能精準找出阻礙你的申請弱點，

we'll develop a customized plan to help you get accepted the second time around.

並為你量身打造計畫，幫助你第二次申請就成功錄取。

Learn more@medschoolinsiders.com and check out 6 Steps to Reapplying and 8 Reasons Reapplicants Fail to Get In.

更多資訊請上 medschoolinsiders.com，並看看「重新申請的 6 個步驟」和「申請者再次申請失敗的 8 個原因」。