Exasperation

Right about now, I want to put my head through a brick wall. I recently mentioned how I was getting rejected from a number of programs. Well, I recently found out that some of the material for my package had not been uploaded by my school. It would appear that one reason for all these rejections is that my application is considered incomplete. I had thought that everything was taken care of weeks ago. I thought that all that was necessary was for me to just sit and wait. Well, upon finding out that my package was incomplete, I went and rectified the situation. Just yesterday I was told by my school that the transcripts I had released from one department to another would be uploaded onto the electronic application.

Today, after coming home from work, I found that this still had not happened, and there were another five rejections waiting for me in my eMail. I tried calling people, but everyone had left for the weekend. I am absolutely beside myself with exasperation. I am watching helpless as my chances of getting into a program continue to drop away, and there is nothing I can do. In the end, I may not get into Emergency medicine not because I had a bad show on my step 2, or anything like that, but because of a goddamned glitch. Mind you I am being told that there is just too much competition, but I cannot help but wonder that when 750 people are applying for 8 slots, they decide to just throw out any applications that have any sort of hiccup, which would include mine.

I am not going to go to work on monday. On monday, I am going to go to the office responsible for this, and I am going to stand in front of their desk and glare at them until they finally take care of this and make the big, scary man go away.

Respectfully Submitted,
-doc Russia