Internship Adventures: Pennsylvania

I realized today that I should probably finish up with pictures from our recent trip for my internship interviews because Match Day is in a week. I may or may not feel like talking about internship interviews on the 24th, depending on how it goes, so I should share this now!

My third and final in-person interview was at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. 

I have wanted to live in Pennsylvania since Josh and I took that trip to Hershey and Philadelphia in 2009, and Bethlehem is a super cute town. 

However, there is a big hill in town, and the founders of Lehigh University decided to build their campus right onto the side of it. Josh had booked us in a hotel that was close enough to campus so we wouldn't have to rent a car (we could just walk on over), which meant that I had to walk through campus to the counseling center, uphill, in heels and a dress. 

It doesn't look steep in this picture, but, trust me, it was unpleasant.

 By the time I got to the counseling center for my interview, I was pretty sweaty and gross. It was cold outside, which actually makes it worse because being outside wasn't so bad, but going inside with the heater going, I just got flushed and yucksy.

Here I am, looking unhappily sweaty, right before my interview:

The counseling center is in the attic of an older building, which makes it a bit dark and oddly spaced, but it also gives it tons of character. 

I loved Bethlehem, and I really liked the Lehigh counseling center. And even though I would have to not wear heels ever in order to get around campus, I think the Lehigh University campus is gorgeous. All of the buildings look like they were once cathedrals. 

The other thing that is nice about Bethlehem is that it is approximately 80 miles away from NYC. After my interview was over, Josh and I said goodbye to PA and took a bus to NYC for the weekend. More on that later!

I had such a hard time with my interviews because, with the exception of one that I will not name, each time I met with people or talked to them on the phone (which was the case with a few of my interviews-- they didn't do in-person interviewing), I became really excited about going there. So Josh had to endure an entire weekend of "When we live in Bethlehem, we can do blah blah blah." (Mostly the "blah"s = shopping). I would be thrilled to match at Lehigh, but mostly I would be thrilled just to match at all!