For those of you who aren't acquainted with the medical residency match process (and how could you be, if you've hung out with us for any length of time?), all medical students learn where they'll be living for the next 3-4 years on March 15 at a midday envelope-opening ceremony.
We and the Axners tried to recreate a similarly formal atmosphere by wearing clean(er) clothes and underwear. AS we were twelve hours ahead, this meant recreating the event around midnight.
Our official match evening commenced with a late dinner, a trip to the Haagen-Dazs cafe, and hopping three Thai pubs.
On our way to the third pub (around 11 PM) we received the call from Minnesota - one whole hour before we expected it!
Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois!
Throw the confetti - the future has been spoken, and it is good! We spent the next two hours celebrating and, well, breathing.
If you're looking for us this Summer, we'll be in Chicago (Sara: medical residency program at Northwestern / Scott: computer science PhD and research at Northwestern). Anybody on the North Side want two clean houseguests for the next four years?
After completing our international "Midnight Match," we believe our system to be superior than that put on by American medical schools. Our system may be more perfect - informal, colorful, celebratory, and with the optional assistance of dirt-cheap alcohol. (Of course, we have no basis for comparison.)
We have some gentle planning and sighs of relief ahead of us - we'll have plenty of time for the former (probably not the latter) on our next endeavor... A six-day climb to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro! (dum, dum, dum!)
We leave for Nairobi today - we'll try to be in touch before we start our ascent.
To all of our Minnesota med-friends: congratulations on your excellent matches. We wish we could be there with you, as long as we could return here without any time elapsing. Due to the physical implausibility of this, we send you an electronic high-five.
Hot damn.
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Happiness to you both! Welcome to Chi Town with gusto and much fun and success!!!!
Congratulations Sara! Glad your evril pran (spoken with appropriate asian-english accent) is coming to fruition! It'll be nice to have you guys just 4 hours away...
And the drunken weirdness will ensue.
Once more, people will pee through the computer.
And it will be good.
I was the "Official Assistant" at Match Day at the U of Minnesota. Sara's mother was the "Official Representative". She made me the "Official Assistant" by signing a document (actually a half-used napkin) in case she fainted on the way from our table to the pickup station. Apart from D'Amico providing a very nice breakfast, I think your Match Evening Event was more exciting. We had two very short speeches, then 10 minutes of waiting for 11 AM to arrive. Then the envelopes were handed out. That took about 30 seconds. They had a very efficient system. Finally nearly everyone hugged every one else. While the hugging was going on we called Sara with the great news!Your mother and I hugged Anne, but that was it.
Congratulations and have fun in Africa!
congrats to both of you! what a relief to know where you are off to this summer. just be sure to keep visiting nyc - i love having you! safe travels.
love
marin
Okay, your match day celebration does sound fun. Also, you got to hear your match news from a beloved parent rather than being handed an envelope by the evil Dean Horowitz. But, I would like to point out, that while cheap alcohol is good, free alcohol is better. We definitely took advantage of the free alcohol provided at our two parties (Sally's and Calhoun Beach Club)- just ask Kristin if you don't believe me.
Congratulations, Sara and Scott! I'll really, really miss you guys, but I'm so excited for you. You'll both make Northwestern proud!
I agree with lisa about the free alcohol! However, it would have been better if you guys had been there. I definitely missed sara jumping up and down with her arms in the air on the dance floor!
Hey...
Robin said he hugged me as if THAT wasn't a big deal! (I disagree.) SEF One and Two, I am so excited that we will all be in Chicago together. It makes and keeps me so happy. I may now stop rocking myself in the corner, repeating "Family together, Family Tuh-GETHUR." I will also add that it seemed to be a bigger deal to people matching than to your parents, but that is only an assumption! (Just teasing you, Robin). And, Kristin had a pretty wild night, but we'll let her tell you about that. Did I mention that I am SO happy for all of us? It's going to be great.
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