First Interview

What a great morning! The weather is that perfect, sunny but a little chilly, anything-is-possible weather. I got breakfast from my favorite local coffee shop. And I awoke to find an interview invite waiting for me in my email! Ohio State invited me to interview with them next month!
Since I updated last, I’ve received a [...]

AMCAS Submitted

I’ve been working on my AMCAS for a few months now, but even after all that time I got butterflies in my stomach as I went to submit the application today.  It really hits you that it’s final; you can’t modify your application once you hit “Submit” (at least, the personal statement or your work/activities). [...]

AMCAS Done

I finished filling out the AMCAS application. It’s done! My statement is completed, my activities all have descriptions, and I’ve had my transcript sent in. Now I just have to wait until June when I can actually submit it. Huzzah!

Here we go again

As of Tuesday, the 2010 AMCAS is now open. And I’ve already started filling it out. The long, long process begins…

Briefly: AMCAS, SDN, MDapps

First, I caved and finally joined SDN and MDapplicants.  I’m not sure how often, if ever, I’ll post there, but at least I now have the option.
Second, I met with one of the physicians in my department, and got some really great advice for working on my personal statement.  After that meeting, I spent time [...]

You can’t always get what you want

An appropriate song for my journey to med school:
You Can’t Always Get What You Want by the Rolling Stones.
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you might find
You get what you need
The song rushed into my head as I was walking to Physiology class yesterday, and I thought to myself, “this [...]

St. Louis out, Volunteering with patients in

I met with my pre-med advisor last week to go over my list of schools and to get any of his advice for going forward with the application process.  My list, at 20 schools, was fine if not too big.  I can afford to nix one or two schools, basically.
Sorry, St. Louis U, but of [...]

My list of schools

After a few months of working on a list of schools here and there, I’ve finished my list.  As it stands now, I will apply to 20 schools, a bit more than the 16 I did last time.  I’ve tried to be wiser when it comes to choosing schools than I was in 2007, by [...]

I went to the OR!

I did it!  I went to the OR to watch a surgery.  It’s something I’ve wanted to do ever since I interviewed for this job, but for some reason, once I started working, I kept putting it off.  Cold feet, I suppose.  But after the cocktail party, the plans were made for me to come [...]

In Which Alcohol Leads Me to the OR

Tonight, my division within the Children’s Hospital held a cocktail party, and I’m so glad that I went.  I finally met doctors and audiologists whose names I’ve seen for almost 6 months.  One of the physicians, I actually helped him with a project early in the fall, but we only worked over the phone and [...]