As some of you may already know, my first quarter (trimester) of school is coming to a close. It was a time defined by transition- from living at home to sharing a room in a dorm, from eating home cooked meals to eating meals that may or may not be cooked, from a 'frats are not for me' person to a 'rush-er', from a non-sports medicine person to an sports medicine person. Some of these transitions required a bit of adjustment; some may define a good deal of my entire career here at Northwestern.
Looking back at my classes, I realize that I really don't have any complaints. I can honestly say I enjoyed the small class discussions in my 'Values of Biodiversity' seminar, and cutting down blackthorn one Saturday afternoon wasn't bad either. My psychology class was more of a standard college class, and although we went through the material pretty quickly, the lectures weren't too bad and I think I learned a lot (I'm actually considering minoring in psychology, but I don't have to decide for some time). The meat of my time spent here, though, has been given to the study of Organic Chemistry, which I knew going in was going to be a challenge (and a requirement for Med School). Fortunately, I have been pretty successful (i.e. ahead of the curve) in the class up to this point, which gives me some confidence going into the next two quarters.
Looking to the next few weeks, I'm excited to end the quarter and enjoy the holidays at home for a while (speaking of transitions, our home itself is one big work-in-progress). Now, about the holidays- I guess just Chanukah for this blog- I was thinking about maybe incorporating some part of the cousin exchange into the blog. Of course, everything would be done anonymously, but I think it might be nice for each cousin to post something relating to their person- be it in writing or a picture or whatever. If anyone has any ideas, I would like to hear about them (hint...comments).
Anyways, I hope everyone is doing well and I am looking forward to seeing and/or hearing from everyone in the coming weeks.
Matt
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
my interviews
Due to popular demand I am back to tell you all about my interviewing experiences!
On Tuesday night I drove to Augusta, GA for my interview at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG). I stayed with a med student that I was set up with by the admissions department, however, it turned out that her roommate is a girl that I knew in high school, so it worked out really well! We went to dinner and I got to ask a bunch of first years LOTS of questions!
The interview day started at 8:30 the next morning. First we spent some time meeting each other (there were 11 people in the group) and making sure our files were complete. I had my first interview at 11:00 with a pediatrician. We had a nice conversation and I think she liked me. I told her lots of good stuff and it didn't feel like an interview at all.
Then we had lunch (chicken parmesan!) and got to relax for a little longer. At 2:00 I had my second interview, this time with an Anatomy Lecture and Lab professor. She was slightly more intimidating than the pediatrician, but still very nice. Honestly, I don't feel that my second interview was very strong, but you never know, she may have liked my answers!
Immediately afterwards I changed out of my suit and heels and drove back to Athens.
Thursday night I drove to Atlanta/home. It was really nice to get to hang out with my mom, Jamie, and Paige for a little bit. I don't remember the last time we got to watch a new episode of Grey's Anatomy together!
Friday morning I woke up at 5:30 and was in the Emory admissions office by 7:30. Ouch. It was slightly annoying that we were there so early because we sat around, waiting anxiously, until about 8. Then we spent at least an hour meeting each other and watching a powerpoint presentation about Emory. However, the admissions staff were incredible and I had a great time during all of that! There were students from the most impressive colleges and backgrounds (Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Wash U, MIT, you name it). We split into two groups of about 9 each. My group went on our tour in the morning. A third year student showed us the Emory campus, Grady Hospital (the largest hospital in Atlanta and an affiliate with Emory), and Emory University Hospital. The tour lasted almost 3 hours (I brought along walking shoes!) and then we had lunch.
I had a lot of waiting around, so I had ample opportunity to meet and chat with current students, which was great. My first interview was at 2:30. It was a group interview, so there were 3 of us, two doctors/professors, and the third year from our tour. The other students I was with seemed nervous and didn't speak very well, but I thought I did great! haha...let's hope they thought so too! Then around 4 I had my individual interview and by that point the professor was just ready to leave, so it was short and painless and he actually did more talking than I did.
There is no way for me to tell when I will be hearing from either school, but I really hope it isn't too long! Emory will be at least mid-December and I could potentially not hear anything until the end of March. Yikes.
And I have not heard from other schools yet, so I have nothing to do now except wait.
If you really read this, thanks! I would love it if more of you would write about the actual goings-on in your lives. I hope that you all have a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! I wish we could be there with you, but I will for sure be seeing you in December! YAY!
Love you sooooo much!
~Kim
On Tuesday night I drove to Augusta, GA for my interview at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG). I stayed with a med student that I was set up with by the admissions department, however, it turned out that her roommate is a girl that I knew in high school, so it worked out really well! We went to dinner and I got to ask a bunch of first years LOTS of questions!
The interview day started at 8:30 the next morning. First we spent some time meeting each other (there were 11 people in the group) and making sure our files were complete. I had my first interview at 11:00 with a pediatrician. We had a nice conversation and I think she liked me. I told her lots of good stuff and it didn't feel like an interview at all.
Then we had lunch (chicken parmesan!) and got to relax for a little longer. At 2:00 I had my second interview, this time with an Anatomy Lecture and Lab professor. She was slightly more intimidating than the pediatrician, but still very nice. Honestly, I don't feel that my second interview was very strong, but you never know, she may have liked my answers!
Immediately afterwards I changed out of my suit and heels and drove back to Athens.
Thursday night I drove to Atlanta/home. It was really nice to get to hang out with my mom, Jamie, and Paige for a little bit. I don't remember the last time we got to watch a new episode of Grey's Anatomy together!
Friday morning I woke up at 5:30 and was in the Emory admissions office by 7:30. Ouch. It was slightly annoying that we were there so early because we sat around, waiting anxiously, until about 8. Then we spent at least an hour meeting each other and watching a powerpoint presentation about Emory. However, the admissions staff were incredible and I had a great time during all of that! There were students from the most impressive colleges and backgrounds (Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Wash U, MIT, you name it). We split into two groups of about 9 each. My group went on our tour in the morning. A third year student showed us the Emory campus, Grady Hospital (the largest hospital in Atlanta and an affiliate with Emory), and Emory University Hospital. The tour lasted almost 3 hours (I brought along walking shoes!) and then we had lunch.
I had a lot of waiting around, so I had ample opportunity to meet and chat with current students, which was great. My first interview was at 2:30. It was a group interview, so there were 3 of us, two doctors/professors, and the third year from our tour. The other students I was with seemed nervous and didn't speak very well, but I thought I did great! haha...let's hope they thought so too! Then around 4 I had my individual interview and by that point the professor was just ready to leave, so it was short and painless and he actually did more talking than I did.
There is no way for me to tell when I will be hearing from either school, but I really hope it isn't too long! Emory will be at least mid-December and I could potentially not hear anything until the end of March. Yikes.
And I have not heard from other schools yet, so I have nothing to do now except wait.
If you really read this, thanks! I would love it if more of you would write about the actual goings-on in your lives. I hope that you all have a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! I wish we could be there with you, but I will for sure be seeing you in December! YAY!
Love you sooooo much!
~Kim
Friday, November 09, 2007
interviews!
hello all!
i would just like to let everyone know that i was just offered an interview at Emory School of Medicine!!!!
i have my Medical College of Georgia interview on Wednesday and then my Emory interview on Friday... I am very nervous, but SO EXCITED!
i will update with how they go and hopefully i'll have some more interviews to announce in the near future!
LOVE,
kim
i would just like to let everyone know that i was just offered an interview at Emory School of Medicine!!!!
i have my Medical College of Georgia interview on Wednesday and then my Emory interview on Friday... I am very nervous, but SO EXCITED!
i will update with how they go and hopefully i'll have some more interviews to announce in the near future!
LOVE,
kim
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Lizzy's Bat Mitzvah & Jeni and Robs' visit to ATL!
We had so much fun at Lizzy's Bat MItzvah and wanted to share some of our pictures. Also, Jeni and Rob came to visit us in Atlanta this past weekend. We went to Athens for a UGA game! We won! yay! (So did Michigan, wahoo Devin) [PICTURES BY JULIE, POSTED BY PAIGE]
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