University of the Pacific

Yup, that’s right, this is another school blog. I can’t help it. I’ll admit that it feels right now like the last few weeks have consisted of little that doesn’t involve the big question of where we might be in six months. There has been researching, rehearsing (Matt’s done most of that) ironing of suits (well that’s been mostly my job).

This past Friday, Matt had another interview at UOP in Stockton. I was really excited to go with him to look at the campus and spend some time just the two of us.
We spent the drive down going over potential interview questions, everything from why he wants to be a Physical Therapist, to what his strengths and weaknesses are, to what his Gladiator name would be (strange I know, but it’s been asked before!) Matt can never be too prepared. :) Matt’s interview lasted about 2 hours, and he said this one was very different from Duke because he was interviewed by a panel of three interviewers: a current student, a professor, and a current PT. Afterwards, we toured to the campus, which is beautiful, and took out mom’s GPS (which was such a lifesaver, thanks mom!) to scope out the neighborhood and apartments. Here are a few pictures I managed to snag, I am sure students were so confused about why we would take pictures of the lecture halls and landscape, but it’s all in the name of blogging.

This would be Matt's building...

This coming Friday Matt has one final trip to visit University of Washington in Seattle to sit in on a class and get some information about the program and city. Fortunately there will not be an interview, so he will get to comfortably take in the campus and program without any stress at all. It will be just a quick day trip, which we were able to get for an amazing deal (again, how could you ever beat Southwest??)

Oh.. I think I forgot to mention earlier, but Matt got accepted to Duke!!