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It's just a hiccup. That's life.

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Yesterday I had my committee letter interview for medical school. A committee letter is something CU does to prepare you for applying to medical school. They interview you, give you feedback, tell you where your weak spots are, and then write a letter to send out to all the medical schools you're applying to about your preparedness. I went in feeling like this is my year to apply, I'm awesome, go Danielle, etc, etc. I walked out a hot crying mess. Yep, I know. Sad. They told me my clinical experience is weak and my personal statement should be scrapped because it's too brutally honest. That's not that bad, but my eyes welled up and out came the streaming tears. After I called everyone in my phone who I needed to cry to, I took a deep breath and laughed about it... and maybe drank some wine. I also talked to my Dad who essentially told me that I'm still awesome (that's his job), and just because I have one thing that is average (maybe a little below - my clinic