The Interview- from my mom's perspective

Hey- i was gonna write about the intervew stuff when i had time, but i dont have time... and it just so happens that my mom wrote a letter to send to our extended family all about what happened and i got a copy too. I'm gonna copy in down here, and feel free to not count this in any word counts because its not my material (her letter is 627 words)! Hope you enjoy-

"Dear Family,
Just an update on how things went this past week:
Scott and I went to Memphis for his interview with UT Medical School, Pharmacy division. We arrived at our hotel about 11:30 p.m. Wed. night, got to sleep by midnight, and left the next morning by 7:15 a.m. We had left the directions to the place at home, talked to David, couldn't understand, and then asked the man at the hotel desk. He wrote out directions which we used through rain and traffic, and we got safely to the campus. Then, we had NO idea which building to go to. We looked for signs or people entering. There was not one sign that said "Pharmacy School". There were 40 people interviewing and each of them had one or two guests with them. However, in the pouring rain, we could see nothing that looked like "it" except a big Administration building. I let Scott out at 2 minutes to 8 a.m. (when we were supposed to be there!), found a parking place and hurried in. That was not the building, but someone guided me to the next one and then a nice lady in the Dean's office took me to the auditorium where about 100 people (and Scott) sat silently. The students were all filling out a lengthy form that they had to take into the interview.
The assistant dean talked to us for a while, and he was very nice. He told about his two sons who have graduated from college. He always wanted someone to graduate "cum laude", but they had managed to graduate "thank-the-Lordy".
Then, some people were interviewed while some of us went for a tour. Students from the Pharmacy School led us through a tunnel system so we didn't have to get out in the rain. We saw the Dental, Medical, and Nursing parts, too. There are 2,000 students total on that campus.
About 10:35 a.m. Scott went into the interview with two people from the Admissions Committee. He was finished by 11:10 a.m. He said they were very nice and the time just flew by. The man asked him what he likes to do in his spare time, and Scott told him "play frisbee and go to movies". He asked what his all-time favorite movie is. Scott said, "It may sound funny, but I really like 'Groundhog Day' with Bill Murray". The guy said that is HIS favorite movie, too, and discussed some details about it. The woman knew Susan Staggs, a girl from our church who is there now. Overall, it was a very good interview and thanks to the preview he'd had with a friend of a friend, he knew exactly what to say.
We all ate lunch in a nice dining room. Scott chose a seat at a table full of girls. (75% of the applicants are girls.) He entertained everyone with clever conversation. The assistant dean wrapped things up with some impressive statistics about their near 100% graduation rate, the 100% board certification of graduates, etc., etc. He mentioned that one thing that helps applicants is letters from pharmacists with whom they have worked. Scott has three of those, and all of them are graduates of the program. Scott was the only person there from Knoxville, as far as we could tell.
He should hear something within the next week. They accept a few, reject a few, and put the rest in a "pool" of maybe's which will be decided by mid-March.
There are 400 applicants for 125 places. There will be 6 total interview days like this one.
We drove home Thursday afternoon, and he drove on to Knoxville that night.
It was a whirlwind trip, but very interesting!
Keep him in your prayers!
Melissa "