Brrrrrrrr..........It's cold in New York

So today I got an interview at the University of Rochester, and it appears that I'll be going in late January. Since my interview at New York Med isn't until March, it looks like Rochester will be my first. I'm excited, and kinda freaked out at the same time. Rochester is a pretty good school (#30 in research, #17 in primary care), and unlike New York Med, was not one of my "back-up" schools. And suddenly January seems very very close........
But the fact that both of my actual interviews are in New York is a little disturbing. That means that so far my chances of going to New York are decent. I've never even been to New York, except for flying through JFK once. So it's definitely scary to think of moving that far away from home, and especially to a place with...um...... less than ideal weather.

Oh yeah, I also got put on hold for an interview at Virgina Commonwealth (what's with all these holds???). And UC Irvine rejected me pre-secondary over three weeks ago, and didn't even bother to let me know. What jerks!

So let's see, to date I have had three pre-secondary rejections, one post-secondary rejection, three withdrawals on my part, three holds for interviews, and two actual interviews. It's definitely getting interesting......but every day keeps getting more and more tense for me. After work I do this little ritual where I come home, check my e-mail, and then go check the mailbox. It's actually really sad :)

Well I wanted to tell you the story about my Johns Hopkins secondary, so here it is:
Against my better judgement, I decided to turn in the secondary (basically an eighty dollar donation). A little voice in my head was telling me that I would be kicking myself in the ass for the rest of my life if I didn't do it. They have an online secondary, but for reasons unbeknownst to me, you also have to print out a PDF copy and mail it. However, I decided to do this on the day it was due, or actually the day it had to be postmarked by. So I worked on it all day, at least during my breaks and my lunch, and when I got home, until I had it ready to go twenty minutes before the post office was going to close. I frantically put it in an envelope, rushed out the door, and made it to the post office just in time. So there I was, patting myself on the back for a job well done, when I got home and saw the payment voucher lying on the floor (basically a slip of paper to prove I had paid the online fee) that was supposed to be in that envelope. At first, I thought it would be fine to mail it the next day, being that it was only the payment voucher, but eventually I decided that they were more than likely to be total jerks about it. So at approximately nine'o'clock that night, my friend and I went on an adventure to the main post office down in the Rosecrans area. To my utter relief, we found that they will postmark things until 11 at night. So, yeah, that's something I never want to go through again. There are several lessons to be learned from this incident:

1) APPLY EARLY
2) Do not try to do anything on the day of the deadline, because everything
can and will go wrong

and......

3) If you do decide to be that stupid (like me), the address is 2535 Midway
Drive. Let me know if you need help with directions.

Good News!

Well, I just wanted to make a quick note: Wednesday I got put on hold for an interview at UCSF, and Thursday I got an interview at New York Med. Thank goodness for that!

So I'll give you all the details next week, and I have a great story about my Johns Hopkins secondary to tell you. I know you're all studying for finals, but stop by if you need a break, something to laugh at, or if your brain is just liquidating itself out your ears.

Happy Finals! (and good luck studying)