dry heaving.

i just got an email from the central residency application website detailing the events of "the scramble." *excuse me while i try not to throw up.* the email begins with a blanket "calm down" message about how this email is sent to everyone who uses this application website and is in no way indicative of your match status. yeah, because that helps.

the scramble is the dreaded beast that occurs between monday of match week and thursday - match day... so monday (as in 5 days from now... ) we find out whether or not we match. *vomitting a little in my mouth.* and then starting tuesday at noon, if you did not match, you are allowed to access a list of programs that have vacant spots and you contact one another and say something like "sorry i didn't think you were good enough for me before. i'm willing to reconsider." *wretch.* this goes on until thursday at noon when those fortunate enough to have matched are given access to their match information.

i'm going to excuse myself now... i don't feel so good.