The Application Process

I never realized the long process of applying to medical schools until I was married to a medical school applicant.
First, prerequisite classes take a year or more to complete. We were engaged at the time, maybe that made it a slower process.
Second, the MCAT takes hours of studying away from life.
Once that hurdle is overcome there is the initial application which includes: letters of recommendation, essays, a resume and class grades from every college course ever taken.

We sent off the application for M.D. and D.O. schools a few months ago.
Being a list maker, I had made this paper to keep me sane (my dear husband used it to humor me).

Journalism Meets Medicine...

....and the rest is our story.

My husband of 18 months was a family friend to me, and I was his good friend's little sister. But when we had our first heart-to-heart talk, little did I know that the aspiring medical student would fall for this dreamy journalist.

The conversation at Starbucks in Fall of 2009 went something like this:

Med Student: So, what do you want to be when you're a journalist?
Journalist: I want to do international reporting.
Med Student: What specifically would you do?
Journalist: (a slight smile) Well...parachute into third world countries, meet the people, talk to them, get a story and tell it to the world. (wondering if this guy would think I was a completely crazy person)
Med Student: (laughed and thought this is one crazy girl...I think I like her.)

So that is how journalism met medicine. It was a simple start to a fantastic future together.
The rest will be a crazy journey.