Wow. Things could not be much more different from the last time I posted than they are right now. Next time I get all depress-y, remind me that my life is not that bad. I don't even know where to start to update because I feel like my life has done a 180 since then. Well I'll start with the hovering question that was posed at the end of the last post. Yes, I decided to retake the MCAT because I wasn't about to let one little test get in the way of following my dream. Although I decided to forgo the early assurnace program that required me to retake the test within the month, I wanted to take my time to be able to increase my chances of getting a score that would be overall a better representation of my ability. I got a 28Q the second time, which still isn't spectacular (and I still believe I could have done better) but it was good enough to get me an interview at three different schools and get ACCEPTED into two of them! I got accepted to Central Michigan University and Michigan State University which I both loved when I went and interviewed. The other which I won't name, I interviewed at and did not get accepted to, which is okay because I was not impressed when I went there for an interview anyway and I definitely think the other two suit my personality much better.
So I've been accepted and then ensued the months-long decision process of which school I would thrive most at and which would give me the best opportunities to take my career where I want it. This was a very very hard decision because I really loved both schools and their mission statements both sets of faculty were welcoming and friendly. I won't expand too much on this decision process because I could go on for hours about how back-and-forth I felt during this time and I truly believe that I would have succeeded and loved attending both schools. However, I ultimately decided that I would attend Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in the Fall of 2013 :) Even though I made this decision months ago, I still get so excited when I say that and have had nothing but support for my decision from my family and friends (even the Wolverine fans in the family).
More exciting news since the last time, I will be attending MSU CHM at their Grand Rapids campus which is absolutely gorgeous. Seriously, if you know nothing about it, google Secchia Center and you will see how incredible this building is. This decision was also quite a roller coaster for me. I talked it over with family and with my boyfriend since we were planning on living together wherever I ended up while he finishes up his Doctorate of Physical Therapy program with an internship for two semesters. This posed quite the issue because he had to choose this before I found out definitively where I would be located. We ended up deciding GR because there were more options for him there and did I mention the MSU CHM GR campus is gorgeous? Well it turned out that MSU wanted to put me in East Lansing. Mind you this is already after my boyfriend was set in GR. We were devastated. Well I was, he was fairly calm and said we would wait a year and live together when fate said we would. But then, just a couple weeks ago I got a call that I could switch to the GR campus if I wanted to. Uh, duh! So now my boyfriend and I just secured our first apartments together so I'm once again on cloud nine. This time though, I will tread lightly with my excitement because the last couple times life has gone this well, something has come to sit me down.
So that's what's happening for me lately. Much less depressing than the last post, right? I told you I wasn't all gloomy and stuff normally. So here's to the next step in my education, career and love life starting this fall. I could not be more excited. So it could be quite a while from now until I write again, since I imagine the rigors of medical school won't allow me much spare time to do things like this. So until then, stay positive and stay awesome :)
