JENNIE:
TODAY IS A HUGE DAY FOR
MEDICAL STUDENTS
AROUND THE COUNTRY: IT'S MATCH
DAY...WHEN
BRAND NEW DOCTORS FIND OUT WHERE
THEY'LL
COMPLETE THEIR RESIDENCIES.
IT'S ALWAYS A ROWDY
CELEBRATION FOR 4TH-YEAR
STUDENTS AT THE MEDICAL COLLEGE
OF GEORGIA...AND
THIS YEAR, THE PARTY HAPPENED AT
THE MAXWELL
THEATER ON THE SUMMERVILLE
CAMPUS. NEWSCHANNEL SIX'S
ASHLEY OSBORNE WAS THERE.
ASHLEY OSBORNE/ REPORTER: WE'RE
HERE AT
THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA'S
MATCH DAY. THIS
IS AN EXTREMELY EXCITING DAY OF
THE YEAR FOR
THESE STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES
AND THE IT'S
SUPER HERO AND VILLAN THEMED
WHICH IS WHY I'M IN MY
MINON COSTUME. THIS IS WHERE
STUDENTS FIND
OUT WHERE THEY MATCHED. HERE'S A
LOOK.
ASHLEY OSBORNE/ REPORTER: AFTER
FOUR
YEARS OF HARD WORK IN MED
SCHOOL-- FRIDAY--
FACTULTY PASSED OUT
TWO-HUNDRED-AND-
FORTY-ONE ENVELOPES TO STUDENTS
WHO-- UNTIL
THEY OPENED THE LETTERS-- DID
NOT KNOW WHERE THEY
WOULD COMPLETE THEIR RESIDENCY.
QUANTE SINGLETON/ MCG STUDENT: I
WAS AN ATLANTA FIREMAN AND
PARAMEDIC FOR NINE YEARS BEFORE
MED SCHOOL.
ASHLEY OSBORNE/ REPORTER: QUANTE
SINGLETON IS A MEDAL OF VALOR
RECIPIENT. IN 2013, HE PULLED AN
UNCONSCIOUS PERSON FROM A
BURNING HOUSE FIRE AND SAVED
THEIR LIFE.
QUANTE SINGLETON/ MCG STUDENT:
ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO MED
SCHOOL, JUST WHERE I GREW UP AND
HOW I GREW UP, IT WASN'T A THING
THAT I THOUGHT WAS
ATTAINABLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
IS WHAT GAVE ME THE COURAGE TO
MAKE
THAT JUMP AND DO IT.
ASHLEY OSBORNE/ REPORTER: NOT
ONLY IS HE THE FIRST DOCTOR IN
THE FAMILY-- HE'S THE FIRST ONE
IN HIS
IMMEDIATE FAMILY TO GO TO
COLLEGE.
QUANTE SINGLETON/ MCG STUDENT: I
THINK ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AS
LONG AS
YOU PUT IN THE WORK AND YOU HAVE
THE DESIRE. YOU CAN MAKE IT
HAPPEN, NO
MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM.
ASHLEY OSBORNE/ REPORTER: HE
PLANS TO COME
BACK AND CONTINUE SERVING HIS
HOMETOWN
COMMUNITY-- THIS TIME-- AS AN
OTHOPEDIC SURGEON.
QUANTE SINGLETON/ MCG STUDENT: I
GOT HURT AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
I TORE
MY ACL. I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE
HOW IMPORTANT FUNCTION WAS UNTIL
I DIDN'T
HAVE FUNCTION AND I COULDN'T DO
WHAT I WANTED TO DO. I COULDN'T
BE A
FIREMAN.
ASHLEY OSBORNE/ REPORTER: HE
MATCHED WITH
HIS FIRST CHOICE RESIDENCY
PROGRAM.
ASHLEY OSBORNE/ REPORTER:
WASHINTON
UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS.
SOUNDBITE
ASHLEY OSBORNE/ REPORTER:
DRESSED AS
THOR FROM THE MARVEL COMMICS-- A
FITTING
COSTUME FOR THIS REAL LIFE,
EVERYDAY HERO. IN AUGUSTA, AT
THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA,
ASHLEY OSBORNE WJBF, NEWSCHANNEL
SIX.
DEE:
AN AUGUSTA SCHOOL SETTING ITS
