Tsk, tsk, Superdoc! We do not permit negative self-talk here!!! I'm kind of familiar with Hanover. Let's make a date for breakfast at Lou's, an awesome bakery always crowded with the appreciative. We can do this at the interview or later, when WE BOTH GET IN!! Seriously, you have to keep knocking at those opportunity doors. And stop putting yourself down! Who you were. . .okay, that's who taught you to be who you are. (And by the way, although I call myself (justifiably) "Bengali Brat," my mom likes to "brag" that she is "a fifth-generation redneck" (and joke that her "kin" are upset because she married my father when so many of her cousins were ready to court her!) America is great, and you can be part of the proof.
Just teasing about Keggy. I can never believe that he serves as a mascot and emblem! (But many at Dartmouth are very fond of Dartmouth and all he embodies! Sorry, Big Green, but you know that it is so!)
I am wishing you your choice of schools and a chance to give all that you have to give. Physicians should not (I believe) be all born into privilege. Hardship really does build compassion, don't you think?
