medical school and the grueling process

Last week I got an email from the Medical College of Wisconsin offering me a seat in their class. This comes as a big relief and I am very grateful. I had always heard how grueling it can be to apply to a professional school, but it's hard to understand how emotionally taxing it really is until you do it.

The process goes something like this: study for the MCAT, pay a lot of money for the MCAT, wait for scores, fill out all the applications for a bunch of schools, spend lots of money, wait, write secondary essays, spend more money for secondary application fees, wait, get rejected from some schools, wait, go some interviews, spend a lot more money, wait, get waitlisted at a school and hear nothing from others (yes, more waiting), go to more interviews, spend more money, wait................ acceptance!! Overall, you can see it's a lot of waiting a lot of money (notice the emphasis added). I can't complain, however, because my applications have gone relatively smoothly. I empathize with everyone who doesn't get in at all or has to wait many many months before they hear back. I am sure you get to the point where it's hard to keep hoping because it only adds to the disappointment.

While Milwaukee isn't our first choice, I think we would be very happy there. I was impressed by the school and, despite the cold, it seems there's a lot of stuff to do there. Jokes were made at my interview about the large amounts of people from Utah at this school, so it seems I might fit in.


Other recent stuff is a short hike we did off the Yetman Trail on Friday

An interesting old house ruin on the Yetman Trail

Recently, Enoch likes to stick his tongue out. We argue about who taught him this trick

And here's his Halloween costume