For those who didn't know, Rob interviewed at University of Pennsylvania 2 weeks ago. He was told today he was not accepted to their program, which isn't a horrible thing. They have a Parasitology program specifically (none of the other schools he applied to do), but he's having second thoughts about going into that specifically and so keeping his options open to a broader program may be a plus.
He applied to several other schools, most of which he's heard back from:
* Washington University in St. Louis turned him down. Which is okay, too. That was the dream school we weren't sure he had much chance of getting into. And who wants to live in St. Louis, anyways.
* Medical College of Ohio in Toledo offered Rob an interview which he turned down. They offer substantially less money than the other schools do, and they're also a much smaller and less well known school.
* Ohio State University accepted him.
* University of Cincinnati accepted him.
* University of Washington - Seattle and University of Wisconsin both have yet to get back to Rob with a yes or a no. However, neither of these schools are his top choice.
Rob will soon be planning times to go out to Ohio to visit both UC and OSU. Hopefully he can get them to see him 2 days in a row so we only have to arrange one trip out there. UC has given Rob some specific dates in March, so we'll be planning from those. For those of you that this may involve (Cincinnati folk mostly), we'll be keeping in touch with plans.
That's our update. Thanks for all your love, support, and prayers. We'll definitely let you all know when we decide which school is best for our family and hopefully for some of you, we'll be moving a little closer! We love you all.
Tamra
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