How NOT to make friends with the admission staff

Here's a little story to bring a little laughter to everyone feeling the stress...

I was asked by my state school to submit my August MCAT via fax to their office. This morning I went to work and attempted to fax the scores over. The machine said "communication failure". I kept trying another couple of times then gave up. I then asked a secretary for help, figuring I was doing something wrong. She gave it a couple of shots and received an "unable to communicate" error message.

I called the school to make sure the fax was operational on their end. They said it was fine, just a little backed up. After trying sporadically, I gave up and went to my other job. When I checked my home answering machine there was a message from the admissions office staff:

Mr drdrtoledo,
We have received all seven copies of your MCAT score. Please do not send anymore.

I am so embarrassed.. But I realized this message was from the morning and that I had tried several times after that. As I expected, I found an email saying that they had received enough copies. I replied with an apology letter explaining that the machine was claiming an error. I faxed to other location this morning with no problem.

Anyway, I hope this made some of you laugh (either at me or with me ) I was ready to withdraw my app but decided that it wasn't worth it. I feel like those guys that mess with the waiter only to get snot in their food.... I hope my apology went well.

 

I'm glad my life can lift the spirits of others! It's getting to be close to show time for all of us... Good luck to us all!