tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847325130656942149.post3791160388463752817..comments2023-09-04T06:48:20.379-07:00Comments on ’13 ILC at Vanderbilt: Admission Officers Are Super HumansDon Gosneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17110247579694408858noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847325130656942149.post-76673434312169933952013-07-19T22:12:18.446-07:002013-07-19T22:12:18.446-07:00Wait until some of those admissions officers start...Wait until some of those admissions officers start rejecting you or your friends and see if you still think of them as super human or sub human. ☺<br /><br />Like you, I don’t envy them their job. It’s especially difficult when you consider how little time they’re allotted to each application. How can your whole life and your whole being be summed up in just 15-20 minutes?<br /><br />As for the doctor who spoke of his failures, deep down inside we know that doctors are just as human as the rest of us which means that mistakes will be made. Old folks like us grew up with Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey and Marcus Welby—who never made a single mistake in their entire lives—but today we have House who damn near kills his patients a half dozen times before miraculously saving them at the last second.Don Gosneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110247579694408858noreply@blogger.com