#interview 1

[md-admissions]

Fellowship interview #1

Okay, started with the home team. I thought I had an idea of what my home program could offer. I wasn’t super off, but I did find it fascinating nonetheless.

Pros: strong clinical training, good transplant exposure

Cons: minimal research support, not very academic

The interview were all over the place, too. My first interviewer didn’t even want to talk about medicine, we just talked about donuts and her adorable dog. My second interviewer asked me about what I like to bake and tested my knowledge of tea, then asked me about my research project and invited me to present at their research conference. The last interviewer was actually my prior attending, he flat out told me he just wanted me to go somewhere that supported the career I wanted to build, and he wasn’t sure if it was here. But if I stayed, he would try to help teach me how to build an academic career. 

So one down, 10 to go.

[group-3-posts-blog]

“...I think nature is the trees and the sky, the birds and the animals, the ocean, water, I think of fire, the natural elements of the world...”

[catearsandchaos]

It’s 6:30 and I’m done for the day. It’s been a rollercoaster. I had my interview scheduled for 2:15, but the minute I got into the exam room I just froze up and broke down. Just cried on them for about 5 minutes, really. They were so incredibly lovely to me, they really were. I explained to them about everything that’s going on at the moment concerning my mental health, which I had expected the college to know from my UCAS application but hey, we live and learn, and they made sure they found a couple of the student helpers to look after me and rearranged my interview till 6 o'clock so I could have another go at it. It’s not unusual for them to have to do this, apparently, which makes me feel better.

I’m really not sure how the second interview went. It feels like it went awfully. There were answers I knew but didn’t say, because I just froze again, but I actually made it through. And they were so nice, I really can’t emphasise that enough. They just kinda spent a couple of minutes at the end of the interview telling me ‘well done’ and that they were pleased that I’d managed to do it and it’s just what I needed to hear after today. 

Now I’m back in my room and I think I’m here to stay. I’m going to finish watching Star Trek and do a bit of prep for tomorrow’s interview. And just celebrate the fact that I survived the day. 

[catearsandchaos]

One hour to go...

[catearsandchaos]

Good morning! Day Two in Oxford commences. I have my first interview today at 2:45, but I’ll need to drag myself away from my bedroom window in order to do that. It’s far too gorgeous to be allowed around here.

[ant225g52017]

There were many different ways I could've approached the task of asking a person on campus about their views on nature and the environment. I figured that asking someone who didn't have much time to think about their answer, would give a fairly honest response on their first thoughts that came to mind when they think of nature and environment; hence the reason I chose the woman at the 90. She was an elderly woman, who's views are obviously going to differ from those of young students, especially ones that aren't as familiar with the campus and the different sites on campus. She answered "the sky" is what she imagines when she thinks of nature, and on campus next to Bowman's Den, between the new students center, there is an open field where people can relax and view the sky there. She does, in fact, believe that humans are apart of nature, as well as nature and environment are different. I couldn't agree with her more, and the fact there is no right or wrong answer is eye opening, because it allows people to see how others view one of the only things we (people, plants, and animals) have in common, which is the Earth and nature.-Jada Banks  

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