deebee,
here is how my journey towards touro has gone so far...
May 30, 2002 : Clicked send on my AACOMAS application, which I sent to Western and Touro. Touro is my first choice because my wife is a first year law student in Sacramento, and although she has offered to quit and move to wherever I get in, I really knew even back then that Touro would be an excellenct fit for me.
June 21, 2002: Secondary/application file application completed at Touro
So now that my application was complete at my top choice school, I went and found a new job and sat on my Western secondary...
December 2, 2002: Secondary/application file completed at Western
Since Summer turned to Fall turned to Winter, and I heard nothing from Touro, I assumed nothing would come of my application this cycle then
December 10, 2002: Invited via telephone to interview at Westerm. Interview scheduled for January 21, 2003.
So now i was running around like a chicken with my head cut off, so excited that a school thinks i have what it takes to be a physician some day... After collapsing from exhaustion a new thought came into my head... If Western thinks i am good enough to interview, then should Touro want to interview me to?? I then began a quest to earn an interview at Touro... After some research and emails and such...
December 19, 2002: Via email I was informed that I had been awarded an interview, and that my official invitation would be sent either that day or the next, and to follow the enclosed intructions.
Looking back, this is probably one of the "George McFly does or doesn't kiss Lorraine" moments... I should have called the next morning and scheduled my interview, but instead, I waited for my mail.... waited, and waited, and waited... Christmas then New years passed... Finally on January 6, 2003, my patience expired and I emailed Touro to find out the status of my official invitation... Found out that is had not been sent yet, that it would be sent out that day.. Got it in the mail the next day...
January 7, 2003: Called Touro, scheduled for the next earliest open spot, March 4th, 2003.
I asked if it would be ok to call on a weekly basis to see if any cancellations opened an earlier interview day, and I was told it was ok to do so, and that if anything opened up, that they would call me... As the weeks passed, I recuited the help of SDN and several people offered me their interview spots at Touro because they had gotten into their first choice school, but I was never granted an earlier day.
Between January and March, I took several tours of the school, talked to first, second, and third years as well as graduates... I helped other people prepared for their Touro interviews... Then finally my day came.
March 4th, 2003: Interviewed at Touro... just did ok
March 7th, 2003: Notified via email that I was low waitlisted
Everyday since then, doing everything I can to get picked up off the waitlist or secure a seat in next years class.
I don't want to move back to LA, but if Western says yes, how can I so no? I have met so may cool people from that institution as well, and I know I would excell and contribute there as well, but i just hate to think what will happen to my family life as I know it...
I am at a huge crossroad right now... I want medicine so bad, I really wanted it to happen at Touro, so to preserve my family unit as much as possible... I have so many responsibilities, first and foremost to my family, to my community, to my friends and family... who knows how this is all going to turns out.. I know I will be an osteopath someday, it just seems that there is very little i can do to make it happen this year... ugh
That's my story... All comments, questions, and concerns are welcome!
Brian Enriquez
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