erratic evolution

NYU Med interview

My blog was broken for a couple of days, when I most felt like posting. Took me until now to get things fixed. I still have no idea why things broke all of a sudden, but it apparently required a server move to solve problems, which screwed with the configuration of this blog, but just now I got things to work, so yay.

I had my NYU interview on Friday, and on Thursday night I felt like this. Just insert a text bubble saying, "AAAAAAAAAAHHH!" like when Jerry drops an iron on Tom's foot. I was frantically reviewing my transcripts, practicing my schpeal about my research, etc.

As for the interview itself, I was really nervous. I think it went okay, just not fabulous. It was kinda weird for my interviewer, Dr. Thomas Riles, to start out with, "I want to congratulate you on your excellent academic record and MCAT score. Your letters of recommendation say some very good things about you. There's no doubt in my mind that you'll make a great doctor - the question is just where you'll do your training." It was definitely an "Uhhhh.... thanks" moment, but I didn't quite say it like that. We had a really interesting talk about medical ethics, NYU-style. Apparently his previous institution was not so great. Hehe. >___>;

He also ended the interview with a recap of that "everything is great" statement. I'm not sure if he was trying to say, "I'll put in a good word for you with the committee," or "You'll get into med school, just not here." I really hope it was the former and NOT the latter.

I guess I'm just feeling okay about it because it didn't go the way I expected. It was very topical - he'd only seen my file in the 10-15 minutes before he came out of the interview room to get me, so it was... just not what I expected. Maybe I feel down because I expected the angel Gabriel to come and blow his trumpet or something.

:/

Well, I liked the tour a lot. While the dorms were a bit small and run-down, they only cost $600/month, which is dirt-cheap for Manhattan, so no complaints there. You also don't have to wash your own scrubs - there's a machine where you put your dirty ones in and get clean ones out. After smelling the Anatomy lab... I really don't want to have to wash them myself.

I also really like Bellevue's public mission. During lunch, Dr. Lewis Goldfrank came to speak at us, and he was just as compelling as the first time I saw him (that was a year ago). He makes me want to go into ER medicine.

I spent HOURS obsessing over the thank you letter(s) - HOURS. God bless Ben's dad for helping me all through this. It was absolutely horrible. In the end, I wrote one to Dr. Riles and one to the admissions committee.

In short, I really hope I get a letter come mid-December.

Posted by amoeboid at November 18, 2006 9:21 PM