Home Again

I got home early this morning. The trip was good, I guess. I got a lot of reading done, which is always nice. I think I've enjoyed the Lovecraft. The writing style is a nice change from more modern novels. And hey, new vocabulary. None it fit for everyday conversation, but good for future reading. And I'd been wondering what Palimpsest meant for a while anyway.

Anyway, I got a bunch of financial aid stuff finished. Apparently, Jefferson had the most complex aid application of all, so the others have been fairly quick procedures. I think that the "entrance interview" is conducted during Orientation, which is nice. Anything that saves me a flight home is positive in my book.

Future plans include an imminent 5 mile run, finishing the last two short stories in the second Lovecraft book, calling home and starting my Q Phys lab report. Then I can go to the library tomorrow, get the references for the lab intro, photocopy my 1040s and mail off the last of my financial stuff all in one trip. Eventually cookies will be made and travel plans will be finalized.

One other interesting piece of info, as I was calling med schools to verify the completion/receival of my FAFSA and other forms, I called Pitt to check out this waitlist business. Information received includes:

(1) Not all interviewees were waitlisted or accepted. Some were rejected. Quite surprising.

(2) The waitlist is ranked and no, I cannot know my place on the list.

I'm not sure what to think of the last piece of information. If anything, it makes me less inclined to try and change my place on the list. It implies to me that thought was put into the list, and trivial update letters won't have a significant impact. Which is something of a relief as I'm very tired of writing optimisitic application-voice bullshit. I foresee final application outcome stats coming in the next two weeks.