Today was commencement. I am now a college graduate. I am now an Alumnus of Walla Walla College. As I sat on my chair during the program, I told myself to look around and remember everything I could. After all, you only graduate college once.

The whole wekend culminated in the commencement that started at 8:30 AM on Centennial Green by the side of Peterson Memorial Library and in front of Sittner Hall.

The speaker for the ceremony was Jose Rojas. He has spent five years as an advisor to the President of the United States. He reminded us that although this marks the end of our college journey, the word “commencement” means a beginning. And this is a beginning. And since I am now a college graduate, I’m sure the Alumni Association will be calling me and asking for money soon.

So as I wrote in the last post, there is a huge gap where I posted nothing. Basically I got caught up in school work — at least that’s the good answer to give.

But there wasn’t much going on as far as medical school was involved. But in the next couple weeks I’ll post about what did happen.

Well I notice that I have not written in here since December 15, 2005. Well ay back then, during fall quarter I got really lazy. So I only completed one application. It ended up being the one for Loma Linda University.

Anways, I received a letter dated December 17 that I had been accepted the Loma Linda University School of Medicine.

So, there you have it. I am officially accepted into medical school.

Oh the joy.

Second thoughts?

Today is the first day of finals for fall quarter. Most of the deadlines for supplementary applications have come and gone. At this point I have only completed one application — the one for Loma Linda University. Conventional wisdom says to apply to more than one school, and not to put all your eggs in one basket. Am I nervous? Definitely. I only have one application in for medical school. It’s a hit or miss thing. Maybe I should have sent in more.

Anwyas, I should get back to studying for these final exams… Spanish final in about 40 minutes….