I GOT INTO VET SCHOOL!!!!

WOOHOOO!!!!  So I obviously got into Vet school in Virginia otherwise this blog wouldn't exist.  After completing the grueling task of applying to Vet school, which I will not bore you with the details of, I had to wait 6 months before I heard back from schools.  I applied to Virginia and NC State, and I was asked to come in for an interview at Virginia before I heard anything from NC State.  My interview was scheduled for the Friday before my spring break.  Rachel and I decided to make it a long weekend and go backpacking/camping in the mountains while we were up there.  On a tip from an administrator from the Vet school we went to a trail called Dragon's Tooth.  The 1100 ft increase in elevation over the course of 2.5 miles combined with the fact that we overpacked AND had our 100 lb Great Dane and 3.5 lb Yorkie with us made for a not so fun camping trip.  Oh yeah and it snowed.  So we camped one night to try to make the most of it, but spent the next night in a hotel.  The interview itself went very well.  It was an interesting process called MMI, or Muliple Mini Interviews.  There were 8 rooms with a single interviewer in each room and we were allowed about 6 minutes in each room.  Due to confidentiality I can't go into further details, but I thought it was a great way to conduct the interviews and I really enjoyed the experience.  I probably feel that way b/c I got in :).  We were then told that we would hear from them by email in exactly one week.  After heading home I had planned to spend the rest of my spring break in Miami with my boss/mentor, Dr. Dean, working on his newly purchased fishing boat.  Right before I left for Miami I got a letter from NC State that began with "We regret to inform you...".  So now everything was riding on my interview at Virginia. Exactly one week after the interview I was in Miami and I checked my email on my phone probably 500 times throughout the day, I just couldn't think about anything else.  After a long day working on the water Dr. Dean and I took a ride to South Beach to see the sights and sure enough they held to their word.  At 11:39 pm on Friday exactly on week from the interview I received an email with the subject heading "Offer Letter". If you haven't figured it out by now, I got in.  I was so excited I called my wife and parents and woke them up to tell them the good news.  I thought it was very strange that the school would wait so late in the day to email out acceptance letters.  Dr. Dean said it was to "let you know where you stand from the get go".  I sure hope he was kidding.  Not a lot has happened since then, I've registered for classes and submitted some info online.  The rest of the stuff I have to do is mostly administrative.  I also have to get rabies vaccinated some time this summer.  Rachel and I have already found a place to live in Blacksburg only about 4 miles from campus and very close to a hospital, for Rachel to hopefully work at.  We will be moving there the first week of August.  We leave for the Czech in less than 2 weeks, which you can read about here, and I will be spending most of this summer in Chicago driving the Seadog to earn a little extra money to help with all the costs associated with Vet school.  CAN'T WAIT!!!