235 Days Since Graduation

I suppose I wrote Amber off too soon. I received a phone call this morning offering me an interview with an Internal Medicine practice in Brookline. It's part time, temp-to-hire, and it pays 13-15 dollars an hour. The position is 18- 25 hours a week. This is actually fewer hours and less money than i was making as a part time nanny, but at least I can say I worked with patients. I'm certainly not turning down any interviews! Apparently Amber doesn't think I'm too under qualified to interview as an Administrative Assistant. This position would be ideal for me as it would still allow me to volunteer at the hospital, and maybe even get in some more time at the Blood Bank, and I have learned from speaking to medical students that I will need anything I can put on my resume.

This quarter I am taking two psych classes, Chemistry I & II and Biology I. I hope that come the fall or so I might be able to apply for a job working in a lab. This would be the best experience to get into a good medical school. Apparently medical schools, like most schools are more concerned about what you will bring to them as an Alumna than educating the best and brightest. While I wouldn't normally be concerned with getting into the very best school (my father went to an non-top 100 medical school and was able to get a residency at a top school and everyone in medicine knows that it's where you do your residency that matters), but part of my still has these hopes that I could land an Ortho residency. Orthopedics is, apparently, one of the most competitive surgical residencies - as if surgery wasn't competitive enough to begin with. The more realistic part of me is planning on going into Internal Medicine with a focus on Sports Medicine. Maybe a job in an Internal Medicine practice could be valuable experience even if I am the glorified receptionist. I say this like i've landed the job already. I still need to get a repeat PPD and take the software test. At least it's a step in the right direction!