Happy Halloween
Every year I think the same thought: Halloween is such a weird holiday. It's cute when the lil kids dress up and go trick-o-treating, but it's just weird to see adults getting really into this whole costume thing.
I'm on the admissions committee here and I had a few thoughts about the Ideal Medical School Candidate. Obviously we want diverse students and there is not one "perfect" candidate but here's what I want to point out. It doesn't matter how good your grades are if you took easy courses and took the minimum requirements only. It doesn't matter what you major in, though I am particularly impressed with those who major in non-science because it demonstrates discipline in order to finish the premed reqs as well as genuine intellectual curiosity and interest. Extracurricular activities do matter a lot; they need to include significant commitment to volunteer activities and at least some research. Otherwise, you can't tell me that you want to be a doctor so that you can help people if you haven't done any service in your community and you can't tell me that you have the "life-long learner" quality if you've never had a research project. Finally, don't say weird things at your interview like "I want to come to your school because Chicago is a great city. Oh and you have a good name." Another tip is don't talk too much about (or at all) about your significant other, unless you're married.
Enough of that.
Tonight, we went to Wildfire and it was such a treat!! We started out with crab stuffed mushrooms that were amazing. Crispy crab and juicy mushrooms. YUM. I had the filet trio that came with three small filets with different crusts. I got the mushroom, bernaise, and horseradish crusts. The mushroom one was the best, followed by the bernaise and then the horseradish. But they were all good. I felt like maybe it was too flavorful and distracted from the steak because Wildfire ages their meat for 3 weeks but in the end, I'm glad I tried it. We ended with a slice of pumpkin pie to put us into the Halloween holiday spirit.
Life is sweet.
I'm on the admissions committee here and I had a few thoughts about the Ideal Medical School Candidate. Obviously we want diverse students and there is not one "perfect" candidate but here's what I want to point out. It doesn't matter how good your grades are if you took easy courses and took the minimum requirements only. It doesn't matter what you major in, though I am particularly impressed with those who major in non-science because it demonstrates discipline in order to finish the premed reqs as well as genuine intellectual curiosity and interest. Extracurricular activities do matter a lot; they need to include significant commitment to volunteer activities and at least some research. Otherwise, you can't tell me that you want to be a doctor so that you can help people if you haven't done any service in your community and you can't tell me that you have the "life-long learner" quality if you've never had a research project. Finally, don't say weird things at your interview like "I want to come to your school because Chicago is a great city. Oh and you have a good name." Another tip is don't talk too much about (or at all) about your significant other, unless you're married.
Enough of that.
Tonight, we went to Wildfire and it was such a treat!! We started out with crab stuffed mushrooms that were amazing. Crispy crab and juicy mushrooms. YUM. I had the filet trio that came with three small filets with different crusts. I got the mushroom, bernaise, and horseradish crusts. The mushroom one was the best, followed by the bernaise and then the horseradish. But they were all good. I felt like maybe it was too flavorful and distracted from the steak because Wildfire ages their meat for 3 weeks but in the end, I'm glad I tried it. We ended with a slice of pumpkin pie to put us into the Halloween holiday spirit.
Life is sweet.
posted by Vivian | 9:55 PM
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