Match Day!!!

I freakin' matched at my #1 choice - emergency medicine at Orlando Health!!!

"Congratulations, you matched EM at Orlando Health!" (AKA too excited to stay still for a good picture)

Me and my mom before the ceremony got started

Okay... so Match Day really has nothing to do with me going to Africa other than I strategically planned my 4th year schedule so that I matched and then got whisked off to Kenya soon after as a kind of reward to myself and fun way to end my last year of medical school. But I thought my blog deserved an update for the momentous occasion that happened yesterday.

For those of you that don't know, Match Day is the one day where they pair up 4th year medical students with the residency programs they will be at the next however many years. The students make a rank list of the programs they are interested in attending, and the residency programs make a rank list of the students they would like to have as a part of the program. Then through some computer algorithm that is well beyond my understanding matches the student with the highest program on their list that will take them. So, I feel like it is a pretty big deal that I will actually get to go to my #1 choice.
  

The students from the Pensacola campus after we announced our matches

Even though I only found out about matching yesterday, I have already gotten a brief introduction to the 13 other people who are going to be members my intern class through a powerpoint from Orlando Health's EM program. Its a little weird seeing a picture of these people and knowing that they are going to be some of my best friends without even knowing them. I can't wait to really get to know my class.

I don't know that I  still have the words to fully explain how I feel about this because I am so excited about what this will mean for my future. I feel like it has set the stage for not only a fantastic trip but a great upcoming 3 years of residency!