WE'RE IN!!

Here is the letter I sent to a few people today.

DISCLAIMER: I am about to brag extensively about my husband.

Dear close friends and family,


I just wanted to inform you that during his interview at Westminster College in Salt Lake City today Matthew was accepted into their Nurse Anesthesia program on the spot! This is a suprise as they are still conducting interviews for 2 more weeks, and the information they have says to expect to be notified of acceptance decisions by early December! They accept 15 students a year, so it is VERY exciting that they were confident enough in him to grant Matt admission immediately, it was a unannimous decision by the panel.

I am so proud of him, this is a huge accomplishment and we have worked very hard to get here!

He still has interviews at 3 other schools over the next 2 weeks, so I cannot say for certain that we will accept the spot he has been offered at Westminster (which starts in Aug '12), but it is SO nice to have a school in our pockets and will make the next month or 2 of interviews/waiting to hear back from other schools a LOT less stressful!
 Anyway, to say the LEAST we are so happy that we will DEFINETLY be starting school next year.

Thank you all for your love and support!

Matt thus far has been requested to interview at EVERY school (of the schools that have made interview requests, that is 6 of the 9 schools we applied to--3 just had their deadlines this week and have not yet made interview decisions).  This is a huge accomplishment.  Most schools eliminate 50-80% of qualified applicants befor selecting interview candidates, so just getting an interview is encouraging.

There are a few schools we applied to that we would accept an offer from over Westminster, but those schools are also extremely high ranked and SUPER competetive to get into, but since we would be happy to attend Westminster, the pressure is off!