Med School Update

The week after my trip to Virginia I interviewed at the University of Utah. Some things about their school are a little annoying, but overall it's a good school with good facilities. This past Monday, the 15th was the first day school's could start accepting people. On Tuesday I heard from Eastern Virginia and was told that I'd been accepted. It's nice to know that I'm actually in somewhere so no matter what I'm going to medical school somewhere. On Thursday I got a letter from the University of Virginia telling me that I've been put on the alternate list. There's still a chance I could get in, but the odds aren't good, and even if I do it won't be until spring. At first I was pretty disappointed because I really liked the school and wanted to have it as one of my options, but after I thought about it for a little bit I really felt ok with it. I know that whatever is supposed to happen will work out. It helped that earlier in the day on Thursday I had received an email inviting me to interview at the University of Colorado on November 26th. Colorado was actually one of my top school when I was originally applying, but I hadn't thought too much about them because I hadn't heard from them. They have a big focus on primary care, and they also have a Rural medicine track that I'm interested in. I emailed the student in charge of the Student Host program, so the first night I'm in Denver I will be staying with a former BYU student whose now in the Med school there. I also have an interview with the University of Maryland, but I'm not exactly sure when. Originally it was scheduled for Nov. 28th, the I can't do interviews on Mon. and Wed. of the same week since that's when most of my classes are. I haven't heard back from them on another date. As far as interviews go, the only schools I still haven't heard from are the school in Oregon, George Washington in DC, and Johns Hopkins. I'm still waiting to hear from Baylor and the University of Utah as far as acceptance. The U doesn't tell anyone until April so I have a while to wait. Baylor tells a few people each week, so it's hard to say when I'll hear anything from them.