Remember the Alamo!

I had another interview on October 29th at UTHSC - San Antonio. It was a great experience also. I drove to San Antonio the night before my interview and arrived just at dusk, in time to see where I would need to park the next day. The hotel that I stayed at was almost directly across the street, so I just had to worry about getting up in time. Monday morning, looking sharp, I headed outside to the most picture perfect weather. Cool, not a cloud in the sky with bright sunshine. Once I parked and finally found my way to the reception area, I was able to check in. It is amazing how goofy a group of interviewees looks. Everyone in suits and ties with uncomfortable shoes. It is so obvious that none of these folks ever wear this attire. We trooped down to the auditorium and listened to Dr. Jones present about the school and then some 4th year med students answer questions. Again, I was impressed. After the tour and interviews I cut out to head home to work the next day. This is such a tough position to be in. I would love to go to that school also. Of course, if no one offers me a spot it won't matter. But, I think that I did well on the interviews, again more conversational that grilling. I finally did get a dreaded canned interview question in which I was asked to basically solve the healthcare crisis in about 3 minutes of time. HA!

After returning to work I was again pleasantly surprised to receive an invitation from UT - Southwestern. I will head to Dallas with Steven on Friday for the Saturday interview. Of course the big day falls in between that. NOVEMBER 15th. The first day that offers of acceptance can be given to Texas residents. I would love to hear from either Houston or San Antonio and then cancel Dallas. But we are going to go to a hockey game on Friday night as our anniversary outing, so I might as well go and see what all of the fuss is about at Southwestern. While I am not really research oriented, academic medicine might have a draw. We'll see. . .