Match Day

Yesterday was match day, the culmination of residency applications for fourth year medical students. The whole ritual is a bizarre process which I will probably describe next year as I go through it. But match day is the exciting time when graduating students find out where they're going to be (stuck) for the next 3+ years. In a strange coincidence, this past week has also been the kindergarten match. I'm on pediatrics now (blogs to come) and all the parents are very excited (or dismayed) to report the kindergarten their kids got into; apparently, you can list up to 7 and it's very competitive. Good preparation for college, I suppose.