# A nice surprise in my e-mail in-box (Spiders involved! Big Hairy Ones!!)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 16, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-surprise-in-my-e-mail-in-box-spiders-involved-big-hairy-ones/168996 "2003-04-16T02:03:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-surprise-in-my-e-mail-in-box-spiders-involved-big-hairy-ones/168996/1 "2003-04-16T02:03:58Z")

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_ **Gotcha!!** _ 😛

Hey, quit throwing stuff!!!  
Sheesh.

As some of you may know, I’m applying to several radiology programs. I did the same thing last year, but I was rejected by all of them.

Well, not exactly true.

Last year (2002)I applied to Holy Cross Hospital’s program in Silver Spring, MD, and went down and took a test and did an interview and took a tour of the facilities. At the time (and currently) I was living in Maine. Holy Cross’s policy was to accept applicants who lived in Maryland first, then look at out of state applicants, which meant that I got a letter stating that I was an alternate, which meant that if someone who had been accepted at Holy Cross chose not to go there I was next in line. Apparently I asked the woman in charge if she could carry my application over to the next year (2003). She said that she would. (I have to stress that I remember **none** of this.)

So, last Friday I open my e-mail and there is an e-mail from the head of the radiology program at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring Maryland, asking if I would be interested in setting up an interview.

My immediate and instantaneous reaction: _ **WHA???** _ and I fell off my chair.

OK, I did the Wha??? bit, but the falling out of the chair bit was just bullshit.

So, after showing **Servant’s dad** the e-mail, I sent her one, in which I asked “ **What the hell is going on??!!!** ”

But I said it in a very nice and polite way, trust me.😉

Honest and true I was polite as can be.

She e-mailed back, explaing the situation and asked if I’d like her to mail me a schedule of dates and times for the interviews.

To which I replied, “OH MY, YES.”

So now I just have to wait for the sacred letter to arrive.

Now, while we’re waiting, who wants pie?

With or without ice cream?

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**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-surprise-in-my-e-mail-in-box-spiders-involved-big-hairy-ones/168996/2 "2003-04-16T05:49:51Z")

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Hey, congratulations!

And, of course, good luck. 😉

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**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-surprise-in-my-e-mail-in-box-spiders-involved-big-hairy-ones/168996/3 "2003-04-16T07:14:14Z")

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No spiders? What a let-down.