Beginning the journey
Today I received my first interview invitation. It is from a school I am not terribly excited about, but it is something of a milestone for me.
After a dozen rejection letters including one today, I am staring at my first opportunity to tell someone why I want to embark on this journey. My post title usually applies to people who begin medical school but I think it is appropriate for getting a interview (finally). I know I will start school this coming fall, at all costs.
Two months from now I am going to retake the MCAT examination for my own benefit. I want to do well on this because it is a personal goal to try to outdo the bleak score I obtained earlier in the year. I’ve got no reason to do this, as it won’t benefit my medical school admissions but I am already in free-fall.
This past few months, I jumped off the proverbial cliff and began the task of applying to schools. Today I am pretty far into the process and mostly just waiting. I’ve taken a research gig at a hospital near my home and have excellent mentors. I hope to be published in a few months and share this with admissions committees. I’m determined to at least give this my best shot. What will be, will be.
So I will attend this interview with all the enthusiasm in the world, with my head high because I am getting closer and closer to that moment when all the planets align and … POP! I’m beginning the journey.
