The Next Chapter!
Hey all you cool cats and kittens!
I am back with another blooooooooooooooooog (DK4L). So it has been a minute! Where have I been NOWHERE in my house! Rona got us all messed up! After being quarantined for a few weeks now, I am finally adjusting (this wind though makes me feel like I am on a beach). In the last blog, I talked about getting my first vet school interview with VMCVM. That was exciting and all but guess what!!! I have been accepted. Actually, I have been accepted to 3/5 schools that I applied for (VMCVM, OSU, and TU). Unfortunately, I was denied from Colorado State (didn't want to go there anyway, just wanted to apply to 5 schools that I meet the prerequisites for....BAMM) and NC State. It all happened so interestingly. Two of my mentors are actually on the admission committees at NC State, one of them called with the news that I wasn't accepted before the school released their announcements via email. Y'all I was devastated! I didn't cry though I sat with my emotions. Being that this was the first school that I heard back from after interviews (VA, TU, and OH), I thought this was how the other schools felt too! I was ready to give up. I sat there with a dark cloud over my head. Funny enough, this was the day that Ohio State said they were going to release their decisions. I had been checking my email all day, I was on edge, attitudish, nasty, nervous just wanted them to get the decision over with. Then I received the call from my mentor about not being accepted (NCSTATE); my day was ruined. While sitting in grief, thinking about how have I been rejected from NCState for the second time (undergrad), I am just not good enough. I received a call come from Ohio. It was the admission coordinator that I spoke with after the interview, he asked, "how was your interview" I explained to him how I thought it was terrible. He reassured me that I did okay (that's whats they are supposed to say). His voice resonated with me similar to the day of the interview, Hey is this Marquis Harper....... Yes....... I wanted to call you personally and say you have been accepted to The Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine! My world stopped, again. I screamed, soooooo loud! My grad student friends were also screamed as if it was their acceptance. I did laps around my university, E-fucking-LATED! In the following weeks, it was time to hear the decision from Virginia-Maryland. At the time I was calm, I knew that I was already going to vet school at one of my top choices, so either or I was in. Sidenote: My top choices were NC State, Virginia-Maryland, and Ohio State. This time they only sent an email. It read: Dear Marquis Harper, you have been accepted to Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine as an At-Large Student. Once again, my heart dropped, the laps started again, and I found my mentor, and she was so happy! Now I have heard back from 4/5 two accepted, two denied, a tie. I was waiting for one more school.
Thanks for reading guys!
Remember you can always send questions, suggestions, or comments to the message section on this blog I will reply as soon as possible! Stay safe and home as much as possible!
Love,
I am back with another blooooooooooooooooog (DK4L). So it has been a minute! Where have I been NOWHERE in my house! Rona got us all messed up! After being quarantined for a few weeks now, I am finally adjusting (this wind though makes me feel like I am on a beach). In the last blog, I talked about getting my first vet school interview with VMCVM. That was exciting and all but guess what!!! I have been accepted. Actually, I have been accepted to 3/5 schools that I applied for (VMCVM, OSU, and TU). Unfortunately, I was denied from Colorado State (didn't want to go there anyway, just wanted to apply to 5 schools that I meet the prerequisites for....BAMM) and NC State. It all happened so interestingly. Two of my mentors are actually on the admission committees at NC State, one of them called with the news that I wasn't accepted before the school released their announcements via email. Y'all I was devastated! I didn't cry though I sat with my emotions. Being that this was the first school that I heard back from after interviews (VA, TU, and OH), I thought this was how the other schools felt too! I was ready to give up. I sat there with a dark cloud over my head. Funny enough, this was the day that Ohio State said they were going to release their decisions. I had been checking my email all day, I was on edge, attitudish, nasty, nervous just wanted them to get the decision over with. Then I received the call from my mentor about not being accepted (NCSTATE); my day was ruined. While sitting in grief, thinking about how have I been rejected from NCState for the second time (undergrad), I am just not good enough. I received a call come from Ohio. It was the admission coordinator that I spoke with after the interview, he asked, "how was your interview" I explained to him how I thought it was terrible. He reassured me that I did okay (that's whats they are supposed to say). His voice resonated with me similar to the day of the interview, Hey is this Marquis Harper....... Yes....... I wanted to call you personally and say you have been accepted to The Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine! My world stopped, again. I screamed, soooooo loud! My grad student friends were also screamed as if it was their acceptance. I did laps around my university, E-fucking-LATED! In the following weeks, it was time to hear the decision from Virginia-Maryland. At the time I was calm, I knew that I was already going to vet school at one of my top choices, so either or I was in. Sidenote: My top choices were NC State, Virginia-Maryland, and Ohio State. This time they only sent an email. It read: Dear Marquis Harper, you have been accepted to Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine as an At-Large Student. Once again, my heart dropped, the laps started again, and I found my mentor, and she was so happy! Now I have heard back from 4/5 two accepted, two denied, a tie. I was waiting for one more school.
One MONTH later, I receive an email, Dear Marquis Harper, you have been accepted to Tuskegee College of Veterinary Medicine! SCREAMINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG! I never thought in 1,000 years that I would be accepted to 1 school, but I was accepted to 3. Babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I still am shocked talking about it now. I will be Marquis Harper, B.S., M.S., DVM. Dr. Harper yessssssssss! I also have submitted my thesis to the grad office for approval, soooo ya boy is graduating in May; to be exact, May 9th, 2020. Yesssssir! Life is moving, then RONA ass came. But, I am still happy and healthy, so yea.
Next, Life. I have moved into my BF apartment with the 3 frogs, cat, and dog, and we are doing great. It was most definitely an adjustment. Our lease together ended in December, and we have been together short distance (1 hr 40mins) since so we got adjusted to living separately. So moving back in together has been an interesting experience to get use too. I have my ways as does he, but just because I am here doesn't mean I have to change who I am. We have our moments, which is expected. Being locked in the house with someone for months is no walk in the park. At first, I thought of this as a vacation. But after still having to go to class (online) and turn in homework, all while being confined to these four walls is tough. My mental health was trash at first. I would sit on the floor in fetal positions, wondering what life was. My friends had panic attacks; it was hell! It had to ground me and make me understand that this is temporary. I know what I want in life. Since, I have gained so much strength, I am basically done with 4/5 classes I am taking this semester. This chapter has been a long one, but the next will be even longer, and I am so READY!!!!
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| Hair is getting long! Still LIVING through RONA. |
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| My future Vet School |
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| Because I miss my friends Margarita, Me, Sarilda and Christina in the trolley. |
Thanks for reading guys!
Remember you can always send questions, suggestions, or comments to the message section on this blog I will reply as soon as possible! Stay safe and home as much as possible!
Love,
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