Senior Year Memory Part TWENTY SIX: A Dream Come True

I had a REALLY hard time deciding what to do after graduation.  As a nutrition major, the logical thing for me to do was to complete a dietetic internship.  However, I had no desire to do one... I thought.  The internship application is quite complex and most people spend months working on the application.  I, however, decided the week before applications were due that, in fact, I did want to try and do an internship.  So I threw together an application.  Each internship has a different application process.  Because I had waited so late, I was only able to apply to two internships instead of four like I would have liked to do.

The two I applied for were Baylor and UAB.  

• Baylor: I applied to Baylor because it had been a dream of mine since high school to live in Dallas.  Don't ask me where that dream came from, but it was there.  The summer before my Senior year, my family and I went to Dallas to tour Baylor.  My mom went on the tour with me, and we both loved it.  The problem was though that Baylor was very competitive.  They get an average of 120 applications and only 8 people get in.
• UAB:  I applied to UAB part-time program as a back up because I knew I could get in.  I really didn't want to do my internship at UAB but figured if I did the part-time program I could get a fun job as well.

Applications were sent in at the beginning of February, and we didn't find out where we were placed until April! It was quite emotional not knowing what I was going to do when I graduated!  I really just had to put complete faith in God.

The way the internships work is when each applicant sumbits their applications, they also rank each program they are applying to.  Then, each program ranks their applicants and a match happens.  (Basically, it works just like rush).  Applicants are informed of their placement through a computer program which can be accessed at midnight.

On match night, JP came over and brought me banana bread.  We waited until midnight and then checked on the match, and I had gotten my first choice, Baylor!  I was SO excited that 1) I was going to move to Dallas and 2) I FINALLY knew what I was going to be doing.

 Dallas

After I found out, I was still sort of emotional because it was such a big  change.  Looking back I totally see God's hand at work in this situation.  Living in Dallas was one of the best times of my life and really helped me grow emotionally, spiritually, and helped shape me into who I am today through both experiences and people I met.