Seem to pass so quickly? I am so terrible at my posting frequency! I’m letting down the 2 people who read this blog….:)
Well, since my last update (which was rather profane…sorry about that!), we have seen the carnage of the sub-prime mortgage crisis take it’s large toll on Wall Street. From inhabiting the personal finance community for awhile, I sort of knew what was going on…but I found a really EXCELLENT, simple, and clear description of the root causes here: What happened to AIG (NYMag). There is also a great description of what happened to Lehman Brothers here: What happened to Lehman Brothers (NYMag).
Anyway, so what have I been up to? Hemorrhaging money, that’s what! Well, that’s what I am calling the process of applying to medical school, anyway. Every secondary application is from $75-100 dollars, and I am applying to about 20 medical schools, which brings the total cost to…well, I don’t even want to think about it!. Anyone that is curious about my progress so far…can go to: My MDApplicants.com Profile. Hopefully that won’t completely destroy my anonymity!
I am just chugging along, hopefully I will finish them all in the next week. I am obsessively checking my email (As always!). Here’s to hoping I will get an interview somewhere…
