<p>Thank you all for the encouraging words (it wasnt the goal of my post but a nice side effect) and i cannot begin to tell you how much i apperciate them because really i do.</p>
<p>Every single one of them.</p>
<p>andyj - best of luck with what you are doing. Persistance has been the biggest helper for me and staying active. Keep calling people, ask as many questions as you can, take notes of who, what where, phone numbers ANYTHING. i haev a pile of day-to-day calander pages (which i use a paper for notes) with notes i take.</p>
<p>If they say they’ll call you…call them anyways. </p>
<p>Again thank you all for your helpful advice. I hope that it does no go in vein. I have a feelign that even if i dont get accepted, ive learned alot through this ordeal.</p>