As of my birthday, September 25, I filed my application for 3 Physician's Assistant programs. Mind you, I'm pretty focused on Cornell, but it would just be foolish to put all my eggs in one basket. Leaping without looking. That sort of cliche. :) So I applied to Touro Manhattan, Stony Brook, and Cornell/Weill. I know great PAs that have attended or worked with all of those programs, and I have the prereqs for them, so they seemed like my best choices. But seriously... I really want Cornell. My eggs are virtually if not literally in the one basket. Hm.
This semester has been a little nutty. I'm working full time, going to classes 4 nights a week (Chemistry and Anatomy & Physiology), and volunteering Friday nights in an Emergency Department. I keep saying all of this aloud, hoping it'll sound more normal the more I say it. So far... no dice!
Finals are going to happen soon... too soon... but not soon enough. January is going to feel like a vacation fit for a queen of sheba. (Referencing bad TNT movie seen last night...
The Librarian. Wow, was that bad. Wow. Wow. Wow.
...Wow.) I've gotten the email from Cornell that says "hey, you, we're processing you"... supposedly that means I have 3-6 weeks from that day to wait to hear about a secondary application. Supposedly. It's been 4 weeks if you count Thanksgiving week, and I'm not sure that I do. I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY anxious about this. REALLY. Really.
....really.
Sooooo.... why did I choose PA school instead of med school? There are a lot of variables, but mostly... I wanted to be working in my career as soon as possible, without the added stress and added restrictions that being a doctor would entail. As a PA, I can spend a few years in the ER, and then switch to Orthopedics if I want, or general surgery, or OB/GYN, or... I like that flexibility. I like that PAs get to spend so much more time with the patient on a day-to-day basis. And... I also like to go home and enjoy being with Jason and my kitties at the end of a long day. That's a lot easier to do when you're a PA than when you're an MD. As far as anyone can tell without actually
doing it... this is the best job for me. I definitely don't want to be at a desk forever. And I do want to be as useful as possible. Sooooo... PA school for me! I hope. If they want me. Ever. Yep... I'm a little nervous. Yep.
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