How did you celebrate when you finally got in?

[Dying2beDDS]

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So what did you do the second you got accepted? Did you scream out loud, jump up and down, or do a victory dance? What'd you do that night? Was it the best feeling of your life? I just want to live vicariously.

 

[Toothinator]

I haven't stopped smiling since Jan 21st 😀 which was a Saturday so I bought 4 30-racks and got some of my buddies and myself hammmered. That's about all I remember from the night.

 

[duh?]

😀 I screamed and boy did I cry! I was on my knees on the floor crying and thanking God.

 

[dentalguy]

So what did you do the second you got accepted? Did you scream out loud, jump up and down, or do a victory dance? What'd you do that night? Was it the best feeling of your life? I just want to live vicariously.

When I first got accepted I stared at my email. I was like in a calm tone, I got accepted. Then I went to take a shower, and when I got in the shower, I was like, "I'm going to dental school, I'm going to be a dentist" and then I screamed and woke both my roommates up. It was great!

 

[jillmatic]

i was in london for my birthday, and my roommate called me from LA after searching for an hour to find the number of the hotel where my boyfriend and i were staying. i picked up the phone 3 am london time, and my roomate told me i got a big envelope in the mail and asked me if i wanted her to read it. i said yes. and then i screamed and couldnt' sleep all night. the next day we drank a lot.

 

[benson_dds]

So what did you do the second you got accepted? Did you scream out loud, jump up and down, or do a victory dance? What'd you do that night? Was it the best feeling of your life? I just want to live vicariously.

I called the school on Dec. 1st, the guy said you are in, I said are you serious he sadi YES. I screamed oh my god it finally happened. I immediately called home and told my family since they were as nervous as me. I had a class, I went to the class I was all red, like I had a fever or something, I told my friends they're shocked oh so you finally made it. And the night I went out with family and friends partying. It was definitely the best moment of my life!

 

[Sprgrover]

So what did you do the second you got accepted? Did you scream out loud, jump up and down, or do a victory dance? What'd you do that night? Was it the best feeling of your life? I just want to live vicariously.

I went out to dinner and then later that night I couldn't help but read the acceptance letter over and over. It was a nice feeling. Hang in there! 👍

 

[Toothdoc2b]

I checked Buffalo's website at 12:30AM Dec 1st when I got home and it already said "accept the applicant"... so I read it over a few times... woke up my parents because they were more anxious than I was... Then there was a lot of drinking for a week...

 

[KAP]

i got really trashed. it was great.

 

[082004]

I was to call December 1st. Both my husband and I ironically had that day off. I slept well the night before but instantly woke up at 8 A.M. that morning...not like me who gets to sleep in frequently. So, I snuck out of bed and went into the kitchen to call. They said, "In-state or out-of-state?...what's your name?...Congratulations, you're accepted." I said, "Oh, okay..." Then she said, "You're welcome!" I thought that was funny. I was so in disbelief I really had NO reaction or emotion. I got back into bed and fell asleep. My husband and I woke up around 10 A.M. and he says, "Are you ready to call?" I hugged him to hide my smurk on my face and whispered, "I already did..." He got really excited and yelled, "You're accepted!" He must have read my mind. That night we went out to a nice dinner and saw Polar Express in 3D at the IMAX. To my in-laws, my husband and I were both on the phone and my husband says, "Mom, we have something exciting to tell you..." You should have heard the nervousness in my MIL's voice...she thought we were going to announce a pregnancy. She busted out laughing when we told her the real news. ...Sorry for the long story...

 

[lovechild404]

I was to call December 1st. Both my husband and I ironically had that day off. I slept well the night before but instantly woke up at 8 A.M. that morning...not like me who gets to sleep in frequently. So, I snuck out of bed and went into the kitchen to call. They said, "In-state or out-of-state?...what's your name?...Congratulations, you're accepted." I said, "Oh, okay..." Then she said, "You're welcome!" I thought that was funny. I was so in disbelief I really had NO reaction or emotion. I got back into bed and fell asleep. My husband and I woke up around 10 A.M. and he says, "Are you ready to call?" I hugged him to hide my smurk on my face and whispered, "I already did..." He got really excited and yelled, "You're accepted!" He must have read my mind. That night we went out to a nice dinner and saw Polar Express in 3D at the IMAX. To my in-laws, my husband and I were both on the phone and my husband says, "Mom, we have something exciting to tell you..." You should have heard the nervousness in my MIL's voice...she thought we were going to announce a pregnancy. She busted out laughing when we told her the real news. ...Sorry for the long story...

i found it beautiful, in a nerdy/predent sort of way. thanks for sharing. hopefully the same will happen to me... but minus the husband and inlaws 🙂

 

[berryfremont]

I was accepted on "THE SPOT" in between the kitchen and living room...my knees buckled and i fell to the floor and kissed the ground and thanked the Lord that I didn't have to take the DAT again or try and search for a post bac school. More relieved than excited. I then started to feel nervous and questioned if I was good enough. I soon realized that I was and yelled...no one was around so i yelled alot.

 

[drengineer]

When i got my acceptance email my instant reaction was... "Ha! I fooled them!"

 

[ohcdc]

when i got my email, it was such a relief off my shoulders, smiled for bit, then.... hmm... opened a bottle of sparkling wine my roomate's bought for me, finally get to open it been saving it for a few months.

 

[DoopieVader]

Did lots of stuff I wish I wouln't have now cause my head is spinnin.

 

[MolarMamma]

I received the call and I was in a meeting. I called back and they didn't pick up so I left a message to call me back. I kept staring at my phone and no call. I called again and left another message asking to let me know of a good time to call them since I was at work and was afraid of missing the call again. Still no call. Finally, I couldn't concentrate at work and my boss let me go home early. I got home and I called again. They answered and told me I was accepted. I jumped an screamed and thanked her. I spent the next two hours on the phone receiving calls from relatives, after I told my mom. It was great!

I went dancing that night!

By the way, the time between the original call from the school and the time that I actually talked to them was only 1 hr., but it sure as heck seemed eternal.

 

[cgDDS]

I just found out a few hours ago....after spending over an hour on the phone, i had to get back to studying for a psio exam tomorrow....I know it's sad and is probably the worst celebration story, but i will make up for it tomorrow night...you can count on that...

 

[PDizzle]

I went straight to the liquor store and got a $7 bottle of scotch. I woke up on the kitchen floor in my underwear about 7 hours later.

 

[mochafreak]

I was at work as a dental assistant wetting down 2x2's and filling irrigation syringes for the next surgery when one of the front office people told me I had a phone call. My husband said I had an e-mail and read it to me over the phone. I got all teared up and got so happy I forgot to finish setting up the surgical tray... . Luckily that was the last surgery on the schedule and we got a half day. When I got home my husband walked in with a bottle of champagne (which didn't last long) and then we had sushi and watched a movie. I don't remember which movie though, cause I had one too many plum saketinis. 😀

 

[McGrupp]

So what did you do the second you got accepted? Did you scream out loud, jump up and down, or do a victory dance? What'd you do that night? Was it the best feeling of your life? I just want to live vicariously.

I was in a meeting at work and returned to my desk about 1:30 pm. I saw 2 missed calls on my cell phone and a voice mail on my work phone. The voice mail was from the Director of Admissions informing me of my acceptance. I was home celebrating with my wife and 3 month old daughter by 2:15 🙂 We just hung out and basked in the glow of the news, knowing that all the hard work paid off, that I got in and was going to become a dentist. We went to dinner that night at our favorite mexican restaurant and ordered a few margarita's.

 

[heshyn2000]

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[bigsilvo]

I immediatly dropped my macromolecular biophysics class and my molecular bio class, said "peace out mutha****a!" went snowboarding, charged some huge ass jumps and then tore a muscle in my groin. Im in a lot of pain, but I smile everyday about it but that may be due to me being doped up on Vicodin..........and beer!!!

 

[ItsAnotherOne]

Well, when I was accepted at Tufts, I found out through AADSAS. I saw the status was changed to "Offer Made." I got really excited and called my girlfriend. She got pissed that I didn't tell her in person, so I told her not to get mad because I was in too good of a mood. Then, I realized that I didn't really know what "offer made" meant. Maybe I interpreted it wrong and made an a$$ out of myself. So, I waited for the big packet before I announced it to my family and my fraternity. My fraternity sprayed beer on me during my chapter meeting when I announced it. But, my first thoughts were... thank God it is over. I can't believe it. I am going to be a dentist... but I am moving to Boston.

Then, I was invited to interview at UCLA ,which has the highest averages in the country. I didn't know if it was a mistake. I thought I would get chewed up and spit out during the interview since my stats are far below average. Needless to say, I did get reamed during my student interview. I wasn't confident about it walking out that day, but knowing that they accept most of the people they interview, I still had hope.

So, a couple days after interviewing, I mailed my $1,500 deposit to Tufts because the deadline was fast approaching. I figured Tufts was where I would be going. The next day, I logged onto SDN a little after noon and saw that MolarMamma got the call fromUCLA. I interviewed the same day she did, so I thought I might get the call that day. 4 o'clock rolled around, and I hadn't heard anything yet.

My GF and I decided to go to Nordstrom's and a movie around 4:15 to have a nice Friday evening out. As I was waiting for her to finish shopping, my phone rang. I yelled, "holy $h!t, an LA number I don't know." I answered the phone and Noemi gave me the speech that I was accepted. I began telling her how I was worried... blah blah blah... how I had my phone with me hoping she would call... blah blah blah... then I realized she probably didn't care and I needed to shut up... so I did. Anyways, my gf started crying after she realized what was going on. We hugged and made our way over to the seats by the women's dressing room where guys wait paciently. We sat there for a good half-hour to an hour calling everyone important to us and letting them know. Everyone's first reaction was, what about the $1500 you sent to Tufts. I told them to shut up because UCLA is $120,000 cheaper over four years. The workers stared at us like we were crazy because we were sitting there on our phones rather than shopping like normal people do. I eventually got tired of them asking if we needed help, so I started ignoring the workers and turning my head the other way.

Had I not been in a department store, I probably would have hit the ceiling with excitement.

 

[sunphish]

I didn't get the call until about 3 in the afternoon on Dec. 1st. My parents had been calling me all the live long day to see if I had heard yet, and I was starting to get really horribly worried. After I answered the phone call I didn't hear a word the guy said until the "you're accepted" part...then I started hysterically crying and saying "thank you thank you thank you!!" I called my parents and of course they both answered the phone at the same time...and as soon as I heard their voices I choked out "I got in, I am going, I got in!" and then started crying again so hard I couldn't talk. I called my boyfriend and my roommate, cried and screamed a little more, then went to physics lab where I was all smiles. For the first time I wasn't stressed in the class! It was WONDERFUL! I was finally able to relax after months of such painful waiting with AADSAS!

 

[Pzak]

I got the call as I was driving home.....not the best thing in the world. I accidently ran through two traffic lights, and three stop signs..... this was not realized until I ran the last stop sign before my house and almost had an accident. When the phone call ended, I called back to make sure they had the right person...shortly after I found myself at a bar.

 

[tinman831]

I got the call as I was driving home.....not the best thing in the world. I accidently ran through two traffic lights, and three stop signs..... this was not realized until I ran the last stop sign before my house and almost had an accident. When the phone call ended, I called back to make sure they had the right person...shortly after I found myself at a bar.

Are you sure you weren't at the bar BEFORE you drove home?

 

[Pzak]

Are you sure you weren't at the bar BEFORE you drove home?

hhmmmm........I'll have to get back to you on that. 🙂

 

[MolarMamma]

I love reading your posts, they make me so happy. We all went through the same hell together and now we're all going to be DENTISTS! Hooray!

 

[polarnut]

i remember waking up at 1 in the afternoon after a night out with the boys getting hammered drinking beer and soju....i went to the bathroom, spent about 30 minutes taking a **** wallowing in my not so pleasant body odor and that of my feces...i figured i'd take a shower but it was so cold i decided to put my robe on and go outside, get my newspaper, drink a cup of coffee and then head to the shower....

so i go outside, open my mailbox, and alas, there was a thin envelope from Case Western. the envelope wasn't even thick. figured, heck, my 3rd rejection. i really wasnt feeling anything.

i didnt open the letter. i sort of threw it on the dinner table, brewed up some nice Blue Mountain coffee i bought the other night for $30, read the morning's news about some miners getting trapped in Kansas again. Then i went to the shower, got myself cleaned up, sat on the sofa wondering what the hell im gonna do for another day.

then i saw the envelope on the table and i wondered should i open it? should i wait till tonight? maybe i should call up chrissy to go see a movie or something. then i suddenly felt lazy; i still had a terrible headache from hungover....

so what the heck, i opened the envelope. i started reading blah blah blah "our admission staff went over your application and we're regret to inform you...."

then i sort of read the sentence again cuz i thought thats what i read "our admission staff went over your application and we're glad to inform you that you have been offered a position in Class of 2010...."

my headache just suddenly went away; and i just stood there re-evaluating the next 60 years of my life in about 10 seconds.

i got a ice cold orange juice, sat down on my sofa, and calmly started calling everyone on my cellphone list "EY MOTHAF**KAS IMMA BE A MOTHAF**KING DENTIST HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

then i think i passed out

i was more cool when i received my 2nd and 3rd acceptance

 

[082004]

i found it beautiful, in a nerdy/predent sort of way. thanks for sharing. hopefully the same will happen to me... but minus the husband and inlaws 🙂

Wishing the best for you!! 🙂

 

[geckel]

I just got the letter this morning.......so far I have done nothing but call people to share the news. Even the people that don't really care 😀

 

[litlmisa]

I, when this whole process started, set up my email account to send a text message to my cell phone when ever I got emails from the schools...

So, driving home on the freeway I called my sister to say hi, but she was on the other line with my dad, and during this I heard a beep indicating a text message. I got off the phone with my sister and forgot about the text message. I kept driving for about five minutes when I remembered about the text msg. I check it and almost droved off the road. I called my sister back (on her cell) and she was still on her house phone with my dad. I told her the news she told my dad and all three of us were screaming and happy. Then I called the rest of my family and friends.

My boyfriend brought a bottle of champagne home and I was fairly drunk about 35 minutes later (I drink fast I guess). We went out to dinner (sushi track is fun when your wasted). I emailed the 'official' letter to everyone I know...

All I got to say is life is good....

Good luck to everyone else in all their future endeavors...

 

[tinman831]

i remember waking up at 1 in the afternoon after a night out with the boys getting hammered drinking beer and soju....i went to the bathroom, spent about 30 minutes taking a **** wallowing in my not so pleasant body odor and that of my feces...

thank you for THAT mental image

 

[IlliniSam]

Was coming home from work at the lab, checked the mail, and there was a big envelope in there. Didn't check AADSAS that day, so didn't see the "Offer Made" comment. As I walked to my apartment door, I read the letter, smile came across my face. Class of 2010. Sounded pretty nice. Called everyone, had a couple beers.

 

[samo]

I got my acceptance via e mail........i was at work......i ran to the bathroom.....I took a nice long piss thinking of the money i will be making in four years ...........that was my method of celebration

 

[sunnyside77]

it was when i came back from my Buffalo interview. i checked the AADSAS website and saw "offer made" under my status for Tufts. i was in such disbelief that i stared at it for a while. then i screamed and went out to the kitchen to tell my boyfriend and all my roommates. then i started to doubt if "offer made" really means acceptance, i was like " crap!! could it mean that i was waitlisted?!!" the next i got the actual acceptance in the mail. and i couldn't help smiling the whole way to class. 😀

 

[starbright]

i got hammered.