The Die is Cast ...

Rank list submission deadline was last night. Now begin the longest three weeks of my life.

Residency Update

Julian's done with all his interviews! Yay!

We are going to visit a few of the programs so that I can see the towns and to show those programs that we are very interested in going there. So, that will be this weekend and next.

Here's what happens next (the way I understand it):

In February, we make our rank list, a list of the programs that we liked starting with our number 1. (By the way, I shouldn't have made that comment about Wisconsin. Turns out that the program looks amazing and they seem to have a great community there.) The residency programs also turn in their list with the residents they would like to have.

So all these lists, from all the med. students in the country trying to get into residency and all the residency programs, are fed into a computer somewhere and an algorithm matches students to the programs.

On Monday, March 14th, we find out if we matched, or in other words, if Jules was hired somewhere. But we won't know where. Some people don't match for whatever reason, so they go into something called the scramble. Basically, you call up residency programs that have holes they need to fill and beg for a job. You work there for a year and then start your residency. It could be anywhere and from what I gather probably not somewhere you want to be. So that Monday will be stressful!

Then Thursday, March 17 at 11:00 am at Invesco Field with Julian's entire class we find out where we will be spending the next 5 years of our lives, assuming we matched. Since it just so happens to be St. Patrick's Day, I'm sure we'll be grabbing a few beers with friends after we open envelopes.

Cold Day!

I'm living it up at home today.  School was canceled because of our frigid -2 degree high in Denver today.  It wouldn't be safe for the kiddos that have to walk or wait for school buses.

So... I get to be a bum.  It's fantastic!  After a little house work, I think I'm going to build a fire, knit and listen to a book on tape.  Life is good.

I'm so thankful I have a warm place to be and enjoy this day off.  I know not everyone is so lucky.