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Entries from June 26th, 2008

The looming specter of financial aid

June 26th, 2008 3 Comments

So, I finally got my financial aid package all sorted out the other day.  I’ve officially signed away my life.
It makes me want to cry.
This is what makes med school real.  Not the acceptance and the accompanying promise of a (potentially) rewarding career.  No.  What makes it real to me is the fact that now [...]

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The Mailman Cometh (Redux)

June 16th, 2008 1 Comment

I got another huge envelope the other day. Still no financial aid package. No super-slick magazine this time, either. Nope, this time, it was all business. Dozens of pages instructing me to fill out this form or that form, get this or that signed by a doctor, etc.
I understand that the [...]

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