Neither Fish nor Fowl

Summer 1975

"Based on your cumulative average (we didn't say GPA in those days) and your MCAT scores, you're neither fish nor fowl when it comes to getting into medical school."

-----from a letter received from my college adviser, an Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University July 1975

Her words were anything but comforting. She stuck to a non-committal stance. I wasn't out and I wasn't in but somewhere in between.

And her advice?

"Send out your applications yesterday, get back to school and have a strong fall semester."