I'm about to cry.
Stanford University sent me this beautiful letter stating I was accepted into a pre-med program for students studying Anaesthesiology, Oncology (me), and Internal Medicine that only 10 of our 30 students were accepted into. They based it on 'GPA, academic performance, related extra-curricular activities, interest level, and recommendations', and apparently my Biology of Cancer professor from 2 semesters ago recommended me...so anyways, it's a program with UC San Francisco's medical school, and if I were able to do it I'd have the chance to go study at UCSF for the first 2 years of med school, then back to Stanford to spend the next 2 years studying more related to my field (Oncology), as well as for the remaining 3-4 years of med school (it's a 7 year program). They offer residency positions at UCSF and Stanford, which means I could be a med student intern by the time I'm 23 or 24. I could have hands on experience with cancer patients as well as do research.
I have a letter giving me the opportunity to graduate from an elite medical school as well as study Oncology AND have the opportunity to do residency at Stanford Hospital, my dream, where I want to work in the future, the place I sometimes walk around the campus just to stare at in hopes that I'll be the attending physician one day.
The downfall is I still need one more semester of Chemistry, and two more semesters of Biology. The program starts in Spring of 2010 and there's absolutely no way I can finish by then. I'd have to change my entire schedule, which is impossible because all the classes are filled by now, and I absolutely cannot handle Anatomy, Chem, AND Physiology together.
I could kill a child right now.
The better news is they said I can still spend 3 hours a week at Stanford Hospital when the summer sesh is over, either in the Cancer Center, ER, or ICU (they haven't finished placement). The three places I'd rather spend my time in than anywhere else....so that's some good news. But still. God damnit. Why did they even send me this letter without looking at my transcripts?! But hey atleast now I know there's someone else I can ask for a letter of rec from....and I know they're thinking of me.
I have a letter giving me the opportunity to graduate from an elite medical school as well as study Oncology AND have the opportunity to do residency at Stanford Hospital, my dream, where I want to work in the future, the place I sometimes walk around the campus just to stare at in hopes that I'll be the attending physician one day.
The downfall is I still need one more semester of Chemistry, and two more semesters of Biology. The program starts in Spring of 2010 and there's absolutely no way I can finish by then. I'd have to change my entire schedule, which is impossible because all the classes are filled by now, and I absolutely cannot handle Anatomy, Chem, AND Physiology together.
I could kill a child right now.
The better news is they said I can still spend 3 hours a week at Stanford Hospital when the summer sesh is over, either in the Cancer Center, ER, or ICU (they haven't finished placement). The three places I'd rather spend my time in than anywhere else....so that's some good news. But still. God damnit. Why did they even send me this letter without looking at my transcripts?! But hey atleast now I know there's someone else I can ask for a letter of rec from....and I know they're thinking of me.