Second Interview

12 January 2010
On Sunday, I received another interview at Baylor for February 19th. I'm very excited about this one because I would like to go to Baylor more so than The Ohio State (the interview is on March 17th). I don't know if I will get in so I've started cementing my back up plans.

Currently, I am working on my primary medical school application again. This includes writing another personal statement and boosting my resume with more activities, research, service, leadership, shadowing, etc. This will hopefully make me stand out as a candidate. I am also working on an application to do a post-baccalaureate at the NIH (National Institute of Health) in Bethesda, MD (near Washington D.C.) this upcoming year. My research professor believes that I have a good chance of getting into their post-baccalaureate program since I have a lot of research experience and good grades. We will see what happens. If I do get into this program and by some miracle get into medical school too, I will postpone my matriculation to medical school and do my post-baccalaureate at the NIH. This might give me the chance to for sure decide if I want to only be a M.D. or a M.D./Ph.D. I've seriously been considering doing a M.D./Ph.D again and if I receive the post-baccalaureate, I will probably head the M.D./Ph.D route.

Anyways, there is a quick update on my life. It's good! :)

5 comments:

BB said...

Nice to hear what's going on. NIH would be really cool, but why don't you want to go to The Ohio State?

Ben said...

Wow! Everything's looking good for you! It makes me so happy for you since you were so down before. :)

Good luck on the upcoming interviews! And be sure to update!

Bravone said...

Good luck! I'm rooting for you!

Chase said...

You have your life more together then I have my tomorrow.

Lane said...

Don't give up Sean. I can relate wholeheartedly to what you are going through. BYU pre-med. I was an MCAT x3 and applied to med school x2...but it happened. It will happen for you as well. You will be a better doctor for all your hard work. If you are getting interviewed by Baylor, you must have a strong resume!