August 17, 2009

Residency Application Time

Yes, it's that time. Application time. The most dreaded of all times. Thus readeth the scriptures:

"And lo, the time soon cometh when he who is required to borrow and spend shall be yet again servitude to the Church of the Online Application, and yea, it doth verily cost much money. And yea, it doth require much time and effort. And yea, it doth even break the will of the soul to continue living, and it forceth he who is required to borrow and spend to declare himself quasi-suicidal, yea, even ready to terminate all his doings in the State of the Frozen Corn, and open the Temple of the Taco in the Land of Pineapples & Hula Skirts." 2nd Cheeler, 65: 190.

The worst part of any application, imo, is the "personal statement" portion. I HATED doing this for med school. It was the biggest piece of smoke-blowing garbage ever written by man. My residency statement may not be too much further from that. Here's what I've got so far:

"Internal medicine is awesome. Or, at least it doesn’t suck as much as other fields do. Especially surgery -- man, that was just plain horrible. Really, I just want to play World of Warcraft all day and night. But, I guess this will do. Vote for me, and all of your wildest dreams will come true."

Thoughts? I think it's a winner. UCSD, here I come.