It's been forever, but only one update needed for those who haven't seen my incessant facebook status updates. After having Johns Hopkins, Yale, Wash. U. St. Louis and Mayo Clinic as options, I chose the Mayo. It was my favorite by far, and had the nicest people. I just got my financial aid from them, and it looks like I will be paying $5000 in ( Read more... )

I got accepted to Mayo Medical School, and it's the first time I've ever been really excited about a specific place. Mayo is the most humble place I visited, with the most reasons not to be humble. They are a world-famous model of healthcare, putting the patients first and being extremely efficient with money/resources. It also feels nice to ( Read more... )

...so, I have interviews at Johns Hopkins and Harvard Medical Schools coming up...

You know the only thing better than turning 21 in Europe? Turning 21 in Europe and having your wonderful boyfriend fly over to stay up with you all night in Madrid on your birthday. I think this weekend will be amazing.

There was a rose and a note on my door this morning, and it wasn't from my boyfriend. Oh boy.

I've been volunteering at UConn's Migrant Farm Worker Clinic for the past couple of weeks. Normally I am a Spanish translator, because most of the farms we visit have predominantly Hispanic workers. However, tonight we visited a very small farm with mostly Jamaican workers. Because of the holiday this weekend, we were short on volunteers ( ( Read more... )

These two weeks are the most activity-free I've been in over two years. I'm doing my best to do absolutely nothing that is not enjoyable, which has reduced me to eating, sleeping, and singing with ECGC ( Read more... )

The formal was so much fun. The oh-so-spoken-about random date turned out to be great. Faces were made, jokes were cracked, and beer smoothed things out. In addition, he looked great in that black get-up and pink tie.

I went to Carriage for the first time after the a cappella concert tonight. It was underwhelming - a sea of drunk people, girls wearing not enough clothes, and broken glass. I lost Rubyfruit so I just walked home alone - not advisable, but the best choice at the time ( Read more... )

Kerry's engagement party was yesterday. I met some of Gian's family (27 first cousins alone), and lots of his friends from residency at Yale. They all spent the afternoon giving me advice and listening to my views on medicine. Conclusions ( Read more... )