8/22/09

I have not posted in ages because I don’t think it’s the best idea to publish all of my thoughts about my application and the schools I am applying to while I’m in the middle of the application process.

BUT. I just discovered this “publish on…” feature. Now I can write these posts as I want, and publish them later. Nice.

So, what has happened thus far? It’s been going really great. I already have eight interviews, which is awesome. In the order I will be interviewing, here they are:

1. SUNY Buffalo
2. University of Rochester
3. Georgetown (I really want to go here)
4. SUNY Downstate (in Brooklyn)
5. University of Connecticut
6. Temple (in Philly)
7. George Washington
8. SUNY Upstate (not yet scheduled…)

I leave for my first interview this coming Tuesday, and then I will be on a crazy sprint of interviews for the following three weeks. I’m really excited.

Anyways, my clear first choice is Georgetown University School of Medicine. It just seems like an amazing fit for me. The school’s mission is based on the jesuit tradition of cura personalis, which means “care of the whole person.” It’s a more holistic approach. I am not a very religions person. But this philosphy totally resonates with me and the approach I want to take to medicine. Plus, I have talked with a few students and they all say that religion is not a big deal. Apparently, most people are pretty progressive and I think I would feel comfortable living and learning there. And how awesome would it be to spend my medical school years in DC?

The main complaint I have heard about G’town is its cost. Yes, it is a private school. But it is not the most expensive school in the country (a claim some like to toss around). I have crunched the numbers, and it looks like G’town is “only” ~15K more per year than UCONN (where I would get in-state tuition). In medical school dollars debt, that is really not that much. And it is surely worth it. If I am able to attend, I will be thinking about that money as an investment.

Will I be a Hoya? Who knows. But I sure do have my fingers crossed.

I really want to go here.

via web.archive.org

I have been absent for some time because of the application process…I am keeping everything that I can confidential until I get a thick packet.

Anyways…it has been great thus far. I have 3 interview invites already, which is fantastic. Very exciting.

More details…when I get into a school. Check back in a few months (fingers crossed).

Dan Savage on Progressing Public Thought on Gay Marriage (via dansavage)

love it. thanks mom & dad!

Georgetown? ;-)

awesome resource.