Interviews, over!

The process is finally wrapping up. I have done all of my PA school interviews, 5 total, over the last several months. It's nice to finally take a breather and take a break. This is the first weekend besides Thanksgiving that I haven't been traveling. So here's where it stands:

Quinnipiac University, Connecticut - accepted
Pacific University, Oregon - #11 on the waitlist
George Washington, DC - still waiting to hear...
University of Washington - on the hold list
University of Utah - rejected

I'm thinking I want to go into either surgery or emergency medicine, but won't know for sure until I start doing rotations. My top three choices are the top three listed above. This is a difficult decision as there are different things I like about each university. I guess the only option I have right now is Quinnipiac. I'll worry about the others if they become an option.

Quinnipiac University
Like: ranked #14, brand new facility, other focuses besides primary care, almost 100% PANCE pass rate, over 90% of graduates got the job they wanted, service component, highly structured curriculum
Dislike: geographic location (rural area), longer in-class hours, local rotations
Pacific University
Like: brand new facility, international rotations, country-wide rotations, modular curriculum, mentor program, current students, geographic location (love Portland!)
Dislike: ranked #53, lower PANCE pass rate, desks
George Washington
Like: ranked #4, 100% PANCE pass rate, shorter in-class hours, service component, current students, geographic location (love DC!)
Dislike: curriculum setup, no windows, not enough time in class
University of Washington
Like: ranked #7, current students, geographic location (love Seattle!)
Dislike: too much focus on primary care, military focused, was not shown campus

Thoughts??

Are you serious??!!

Check it out!! My Varsity girls' basketball team FINALLY WON!! (please click). How the heck did they even score that many points? I missed it too unfortunately.......I was in Connecticut for an interview.

Work Update

We are finally in our new building, hooray! It was well worth the wait and despite the excitement to be in a new location, I will still always hold a dear spot in my heart for the bowling alley. Not many people can say they taught high school in a bowling alley! The new building is beautiful though! I lucked out and got the BIGGEST room in the school AND the best view of Timp. Pretty much they like me the best so they treated me well. That's the reward for Teacher of the Year :)

No, probably the BEST part is having a gym, our very own gym! We had our first home games, boys and girls, this week and it was absolutely DIVINE. We actually had fans watching and cheering and no bus ride! After 6 hrs. to Parowan and back, this was heaven. No more crazy practices either. We can be much more effective and really grow as a team I think. I stepped down as head coach and just do JV now. That's also been the best decision - I'm highly involved and overcommitted so it's nice to take a step back.

Saaaanta! I know him!!!

Don't be jealous. I requested a longboard from Santa. Do you think he'll bring me one if I wink at him enough times? I'm really glad Santa showed up because I saw him twice in the airport over the weekend, but was too chicken to go sit on his lap. That's what happens when I travel alone - I lose my gutsy-ness. No one is there to dare me, you see.