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Match Day +1, or How I Learned to Embrace the Ripples of Life-Changing Moments

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Kristina Kelvy

Yesterday, just shy of noon, I interrupted one of my medical school deans over the virtual Match Day portal my school had set up to announce I’d received an email from the Match:  the National Residency Matching Program, our nationwide singular system that places graduates into residency positions. I interrupted as I scrolled through the…

One Week

Posted on March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 by Kristina Kelvy

One week ago Tuesday, with the rationale of an abundance of caution, our Match Day ceremony was cancelled. This past Tuesday, the day after we were notified whether we Matched, I picked up celebratory cookies from my grandmother. She waved to me through the glass of her back door, I shouted my thanks and love…

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