OK, so it seems like I'm creating a pattern here. Every post I do these days seems to be a longer overdue update ending with a soon to be unfulfilled promise of staying up to date in the future. So in keeping with tradition this post is no different. Hopefully though this time I will keep my promise to post on a more regular basis.
So, a lot has happened since I last posted in August. In fact so much I don't think I should disclose all of it in one post. So I'll start with filling in the gaps of what happened during the application process.
After receiving my MCAT score of 25M I continued with my plan to apply to both allopathic and osteopathic schools. I knew that getting into an allo with that was a long shot but my main goal in applying to both was to see where we fit in the best. Since a 25 would grant me an interview at UAB I would have the opportunity and if I decided it was the right that then I would take it even if that meant reapplying. I applied to UAB, and USA on the allopathic side and Pikeville, Edward Via-CC, LMU-DCOM, and Ga-PCOM on the osteopathic side. I completed secondaries to LMU-DCOM and Ga-PCOM first and received interview offers to both places within a month. As the application process progressed, Brooke and I both began to feel an overwhelming feeling that osteopathic medicine was really the path I should take. So I withdrew my applications to the allopathic school without sending in the secondary applications.
I was offered an interview at Ga-PCOM on Nov 2 and one at LMU-DCOM on Dec 7. HOWEVER, I was told by the coordinator at LMU-DCOM that if I wanted to interview earlier I should call back every few days to check for cancellations. Sure enough a call just three days later landed me an interview on November 15 a full three weeks earlier and on a Monday so we missed one less day of work.
That's a good update for now. Next Time... The interviews!
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