3rd time's the charm, right? I have officialy applied to medical school for the 3rd time, hoping that I can actually gain admission. These are the schools I have applied to:

Albany
Albert Einstein
Boston U
Case Western
Drexel
Eastern Virginia Medical School
George Washington
Georgetown
Jefferson
New York Medical College
Penn State
St. Louis
Temple
Tufts
Tulane
Cincinatti
Maryland
VCU
Wake Forest

Yep. That's a ton, but this is it so I am going balls to the wall. As for my number one? It is the school that lets me in. I submitted my initial application - AMCAS - yesterday, and recieved confirmation today that they have both of my transcripts. So now all I need is to get certified and the secondaries will start pouring in so I will have my hands full. Cincinnatti (I am going to have to learn how to spell that at some point) has already said their secondary will be available on August 1st, and there are a few schools that have their secondary as .pdf online, so I can get cracking on those this weekend and next week. I WILL be on top of it this time around (not that I wasn't before, but this year will be super anal).

In the meantime, I just finished painting my bathroom a bright shade of green. It is something between THIS and THIS (not that that gives you any idea whatsoever, nor do they look any different - they are, I promise). So I have been kept real busy all things considered.

I have also been looking for jobs - the top two right now seem to be a radiology tech student where you get on the job training, and a patient care tech where I clean dialysis machines. The latter says one year experience needed but only 2 years of college, so hopefully my master's will outweigh the experience. Both jobs are in Richmond - so there is a chance that I will be moving to Richmond. Who knows.

Well Panera is getting ready to close, so I should leave. Until next time...

-waiter

And then there were 3. Well, in actuality, it is probably 2. I got back from California/Vegas yesterday morning (took the red-eye) and recieved a letter from Fern at NYMC saying they have had less than expected movement on their waitlist, and that no position would become available for me. Sweet.

I have also essentially given up hope on Maryland as well, as I have talked to someone who was in the 1/3 above me that has not received a phone call to come off the waitlist. So that leaves EVMS and Temple. I don't think there is anything else I can do for EVMS, and I could probably afford to send an email (or 10) to Temple.

On another note, I did make it out to California without throwing Darci or Erin out of the car. We drove straight from DC to Flagstaff Arizona with a stop for dinner in Louisville Kentucky. We left at 11AM EDT, and arrived in Flagstaff at 9PM (not sure what time zone that is, because they don't do daylight savings time... so they were on Pacific Time, but in the Mountain Time Zone, I digress). We saw the Grand Canyon the next morning, and made it to Darci's house in Bakersfield, after stopping at an In-n-Out in Barstow (coincidentally, our first stop in California after getting gas for $3.06 - and yes, that is the cheap stuff). After 2 nights in Bakersfield, where through emails we learned Dr. Sherman has a partner, we headed off to L.A. and spent 2 nights at Mark's house and then a night at Alex's house. We did all the touristy things - Malibu, Santa Monica Promenade (3rd St.), saw the walk of stars, the Kodak Theater, Beverly Hills, drove down Sunset Blvd, eventually made it down to Orange County and Saw Huntington Beach, Newport and of course, Laguna Beach. (The new season starts Monday at 10PM; MTV is running marathons pretty much all this weekend to get you caught up).

We then headed off to Vegas. (What happened in Vegas, stayed in Vegas, sorry.)





Just kidding. We stayed at New York New York, saw a show - Zumaniti - highly recomended if you are ever in Vegas, we walked the strip, saw the Venitian, Paris, Bellagio (outside) MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay among others. Everything was so nice, but it was freaking hot. They have been setting records over there - it was 116 on Monday; at least it was a dry heat, I guess. But its still hot.

I flew home Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, and am now back in Baltimore, commencing the job search, and pondering what I want to do with my life. Right now, it is be a bum. But that will be old by, let's see... tomorrow.

Expect more updates as my boredom level increases.

-waiter

Since this is a blog of sorts, perhaps I should add more than once every couple weeks. I just got back from Richmond and then the tidewater region of Virginia... This weeked I went to Sarah Bender and Ryan Hall's wedding. Very cool and I got to see lots of people. That night, Sam Keyes (yes, he is in town) used his cooking skills learned in Hungary to make Hungarian Goulash. It was a riot to see him in a grocery store in the states as he hadn't seen that much fresh fruit and vegetables in a long time. Sunday I helped out Angeline and Joe move to their new house. My legs still hurt.

Spent the 4th in Virginia Beach with neighbors from Baltimore and their 4 kids. They are real cool kids (I am NOT a pediphile)! When I get to Panera this week to get hi-speed internet, I will try to upload the pictures.

The reason I was in Virginia Beach is because I met with the Dean of Admissions of EVMS today to see about my chances on the waitlist for this year and if there was any hope. He basically said "keep your fingers crossed" as you are pretty high on the waitlist; if you don't get in, apply for a job in healthcare. In terms of what was said in the meeting was pretty pointless, but I got what I wanted and that was just to put a face to a name, and show that I really am interested in them. I am really hoping that is what pushes me over the top and gets me into med school within the next month. It lasted no more than 15 minutes, and Dean McCombs was wearing his typical white polo shirt and plaid pants. Classic. (He's an older gentleman and the Dean of Admissions at a Medical School... he can essentially do whatever he wants.)

I then spent about 8 million hours in the car today driving back to Baltimore. (By 8 million, I mean about 6... though I did stop for lunch in D.C., where I found out that a water main busted by my old apartment, and there is no water there. So I am glad that I moved out last week and not this week.)

Whenever I do get to Panera this week, I will hit up the hispeed, and attempt to finish filling out the beast that is AMCAS and upload pictures.