HOORAY!

I found out Monday morning at around 9 that I've been accepted to NAU!!!! I'm going to go there. It was my favorite of the programs because they focus more on clinical education than research. I'm so excited! Now we just have to find a place to live which is proving to be more difficult than I expected. I sent them my deposit (the only one I ended up having to send by the way, yay!). As of August I will be a physical therapy student and a LUMBERJACK!!!

NAU

I got up at 3:30 on Friday morning to leave for my interview at NAU. I was so excited! This was going to be my last interview and I was also going to see my sister and have a mini vacation. We landed in Phoenix at 10:30 their time and drove straight to Flagstaff. I was so overwhelmed with excitement at the whole thing. As we got closer to Flagstaff I was more and more reminded of driving to Tahoe or to Truckee based on the surrounding pine trees. We got into Flagstaff and our hotel was amazing. I've never seen a Comfort Inn like that! It reminded me of a lodge.
Morgan had a meeting with two different advisors about his program so we drove around campus a bit while he was in his meetings. The campus is huge! I can't imagine being an undergraduate there! It's so spread out. I don't know how they get to all their classes on time! All the building were brick and it was really pretty. Morgan really liked the sound of his program and his advisor and he was keeping his fingers crossed that I would be accepted.
Saturday morning was my interview. At the beginning we had a presentation from the director of the program and a video by the first year students. I loved the director! He was my favorite director so far because he seemed so down to earth. I then had my two one-on-one interviews. They were so intense and intimidating! Nothing at all like the interviews at UNLV or Eastern. When I left I didn't feel at all confident. The rest of the trip was okay. We mostly looked at apartments for Brit because it was raining in Phoenix. I was so nervous to find out if I was accepted or not.

Eastern

So I'm a little behind in my blogging, so a lot of these posts will have the same day. I heard that I was accepted to Eastern a couple weeks before my NAU interview and two days after sending my deposit to UNLV. I decided that I didn't want to live in Vegas and I really didn't want to start school in June, so I put a stop payment on my deposit to UNLV. I was excited about that because it saved me $450. YAY! The day before I left for NAU I found out that Eastern wanted me to get a B in an upper division biology class before I could truly be accepted. Problem is, I'm not taking an upper division biology class. This caused a whole lot of stress on my part before my big weekend in Arizona. I emailed EWU and told them about a nutrition class I'm taking that is actually a lot of biochemistry class, and on Friday they told me that it would count. Phew...

Acceptance Number 2!

I got accepted to UNLV! I'm so excited! I am going to accept and send them a deposit until I hear from NAU and EWU and then make my decision!!!

Eastern Washington

My interview at Eastern Washington in Spokane was Saturday (long day Friday getting there I might add). They informed us that they invited 250 people to interview! We had group interviews of eight interviewees to three interviewers. The atmosphere was relaxed and conversational, but we each were only asked three pretty generic questions. I have no idea if they really know who I am now. They are supposed to begin letting us know of their decisions in March. Hopefully I will hear about Eastern and NAU at the same time so I can decide between them. Eastern had a little bit of a colder feel that UNLV, but they had amazing facilities. The building was clean and new and they had great technology. Their cadaver lab was probably the most impressive. It was super clean and didn't smell at all! All of these schools have strong points; hopefully I will be accepted to enough of them to be able to make the decision for myself where I go. NAU is in a couple of weeks and then I think I will be done with interviews. I can't believe I've finally made it to this point! I WILL be going to physical therapy school this summer!!!

UNLV

My UNLV interview was Friday morning. When I got there I learned that I was in the first group to interview, which I was very excited about. I also learned from a few of the students that I had the nicest person to interview me. They were right! Going first allowed me to get it over with and not allow my nerves to build. I felt that overall the interview went well. They mostly asked me questions about myself and my past experiences. There were a few scenario type questions, but I felt that I answered them well. We got tours of both the department and the school. The gym was amazing! It blew Lombardi out of the water and students get to use it for free! I met some first year students who went to UNR and felt like I got along really well with them. The best part about UNLV was the feel and the atmosphere. It felt really homey and I really liked all of the faculty and staff. It made me realize that I might have to consider UNLV a little more. We are supposed to know by Tuesday and that will make my decision about ISU a little easier. If I am accepted to UNLV I will put down the deposit to hold my spot there, otherwise I will hold my spot at ISU until I hear from Eastern and NAU.

Acceptance!

I received my first acceptance letter from Idaho State while in the airport before leaving for Las Vegas for my interview at UNLV. I feel like it really took some of the pressure off in UNLV and made me that much more relaxed and confident. They need a deposit by February 15th. I need to decide in the next few days!