Application Update - Two More Interviews

It's all about finding your fit.

          In the last month, I had two more interviews.  These were an interesting set, because they closely followed each other, and my feelings toward them were so different.

          Part of what has been interesting about this whole process is going to different schools and seeing what does and doesn't work for me.  Honestly, my way of thinking about schools has undergone a massive evolution over the course of this application cycle.  Now, I usually don't even bother asking about the things that were important to me at the first school or two I interviewed at, while I have discovered that a couple other key questions - that I originally never put much thought into - are extremely important.

Bora Wear

          My friend is starting a clothing company centered around African apparel.  Check out his website here.

          I think it's pretty ballsy for him to go straight from graduation to starting up his own company.  The shirts look pretty cool, so check it out!  I'll definitely be picking one out.

The Artist

          Last week, I saw The Artist with my girlfriend.  My mom and sister both raved about it to me and told me we absolutely had to see it.  I didn't know much about it, but I vaguely thought it might be the silent film.  On the way in we found out that not only was it a silent film, but it was also filmed in black and white.  I immediately assumed that anyone who liked it was being pretentious (now you know that neither my mom nor sister read my blog) and that it would be bad.

          And I was wrong.  This movie was very good.  My girlfriend and I both loved it, and we both went in there thinking that the silent film thing would be dumb.  We joked that we both wanted to dislike and came out as complete converts.   The story is great, and the silent film aspect adds a nice layer.  I felt like it caused the audience to be more engaged, as you had to make a little bit more of an effort to understand what was going on.  It was also just a nice change of pace, and some of the more dramatic moments came out really well with the actors "mugging" their emotions to us.

Rejection Season

WE HAVE MOVED TO: A Theory of Living  

 
       It would seem it's about that time of year for us pre-meds in our application cycles.  What time?  Yes.  Rejection season.  That time of the year when those 10 schools you haven't heard a peep from since they charged you 100+ dollars for their secondary (scam!), let you know that they aren't interested.

          I have been remarkably rejection free up until the last several weeks, having only received three until February (Georgetown, BU, and Cornell).  Yes.  Cornell was one of the first schools to reject me.  I have to make two admissions here.  First, I was never deeply interested in Cornell.  Second, it definitely still stung when they shot me down, since I went to undergrad there.

Conratz Giants!

          Congratz the to 2012 Super Bowl Champions, the New York Giants!

I have a big grudge against the Pats, but this is sad.

Week's Reflections - 2/4/2012

          As I recently posted, I have been getting killed with work lately.  Hopefully that will be changing soon, and I am planning to post a couple of interesting articles in the near future.  I also have a few interviews coming up, and I'll be sure to post about them.

1.) The Grey

          I thought this was a very disappointing movie.  I saw it with my girlfriend and a friend, and halfway through the movie we were bored and joking about how bad some parts of it were.  The cruddy wolf sound effects, the BS philosophy, the way so many "situations" were obvious plot devices....  It just wasn't a good movie.  I was pretty surprised to find that the greater public seems to have received it pretty well.  Who knows?  Maybe I'm wrong on this one.  Let me know what you think?

          I will say that I liked the ending.  From what I understand, people found it to be very disappointing, but I actually thought  it fit the movie and succeeded in making partial redemption for some of the more boring parts.

Accidental Hiatus

          I just wanted to take a moment to apologize to my readers for the hiatus from posting.  For whatever reason, work has been tough for the last week or two.  I promise I have not forgotten you all, or the blog!  I will post Reflections tomorrow and hopefully resume regular posting next week.