What was the first thing you did when you were told you are accepted...

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1st MD acceptance, drank a rolling rock
MSTP acceptance, went out to lunch with my dad then went drinking that night with friends
 
Said "Awesome." scanned the papework, then went and played videogames.

I'm not a very excitable person.
 
I screamed and jumped, and it was the highlight of the week. I have never been that happy since then.
 
Grinned incessantly, jumped up and down and ran to tell my roommates. Then I called my parents. Then I did some homework, I think. And kept checking the website to make sure it was really true.
 
This is going to end up getting moved to pre-allo.

But when I got my first acceptance I cried and called everyone I knew. And then grinned for the rest of the day (I left that night for my second interview).

When I got accepted to my dream school I cried, completely failed to hear anything the dean of admissions was explaining to me, hugged everyone in my office who was watching me cry on the phone, and then called everyone I knew. I'm a very emotional person who is very dependent on family and friends...
 
shout "Yes!" before calming down so I could talk to whoever was on the other line coherently. He was a pretty important person.
 
let out a sigh of relief because if I didn't get in anywhere I didn't really have a plan for my life.

Then got drunk at the bar that night for no money cuz everyone thought they should say congrats with a shot.
 
Sat down on the floor and cried for about 10 minutes then called my family and fiance to tell them the news. After the excitement died down a bit, I then began to plan out how I would find an apartment and move across country in three weeks (I was a waitlister, and it was July 18th). I had officially given up on being part of the class of 2011 the day before, so when I got an email from the Dean of Admissions saying, "A spot just opened up. Are you still interested?" I read the email about 4 times before it really sank in.
 
I thanked God for the large miracle He had provided, and then I jumped up and down a little bit while screaming. Of course, then I had to call all my family and friends. It really didn't sink it for about a week though. I kept reading the e-mail, and later the acceptance letter, over and over. 🙂
 
LikeClockWork said:
Woke up. 🙁
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Why were you sad? I can't wait for that day to come!! I don't know what I plan on doing, but it will be special. I probably will tell my bf and then have everyone( friends/family) go out to dinner and anounce it to them. EEEEEEEH!!! I just get excited thinking about it!!
 
Well after I got off the phone with the dean, I sort of just stared out the window (that I had been staring out of while I was on the phone anyway) and smiled a bit.
 
Jenny83 said:
Why were you sad? I can't wait for that day to come!! I don't know what I plan on doing, but it will be special. I probably will tell my bf and then have everyone( friends/family) go out to dinner and anounce it to them. EEEEEEEH!!! I just get excited thinking about it!!
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It was a dream, that's why.
 
I cried, drank way too much wine with my friends, then tried to finish a lab report with no success. Oh and I emailed the professor to tell him I was celebrating rather than finishing my paper. (He's a really cool guy who definitely didn't care). Then went to the bars =) cost = $0
 
I was in a motel lobby right after having a med school interview when I read the good news. I jumped to my feet, yelled "Yes, I'm in" (or something similar to that) then ran to my rooom screaming variations of "I'm in medical school" over and over. When I got to my room I regained my compusure enough to call my parents and friends.

Now that I think about it there was 10-15 people in that lobby. I wonder what went through their mind when they heard this crazed guy yelling and running around...
 
Jumped up and down, did a few victory laps around my apartment, called my parents and friends, and spent the rest of the day having people call me Doctor
 
Said "Oh my gosh" about 50 times, started shaking, cried, ran downstairs and told my roommate, and then called my parents. It just happened this past Thursday and I've had a smile on my face since... until today when my hard drive fried... and I had an 18 page paper that's due in a week on there... ugh. Time to start writing.
 
nka1985 said:
Sat down on the floor and cried for about 10 minutes then called my family and fiance to tell them the news. After the excitement died down a bit, I then began to plan out how I would find an apartment and move across country...
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well said..
 
I was in lab, so I tried to maintain a minimum amount of composure. I gasped and said "oh my god" about 10 times and jumped up and down. I then just kinda acted deliriously happy until lab ended and I could call everyone who would care about my acceptance.
 
my wife and I both sat down and cried for a few minutes.
 
Shouted out to my roommate that i got accepted (suite-mate really, but you get the point), then ran (literally) to the library to tell my g/f (live on campus). Both my folks were at work, so they didn't find out until around 5:30 (got the call at 2:14...yeah, I know the exact time still). Told my premed advisor (and other prof's) after seeing g/f. Premed adviser got his PhD at the same school. Drank probably more than I ever have that night with friends of mine.

just curious, anyone who's been accepted: excitement wearing off quite a bit (like after 2 or 3 weeks+)?
 
I was at work so I just jumped up and down a little bit and told my co-workers.. who then started also jumping up an down. And then I ran out of the office to catch a flight (which I nearly missed because of the celebrating) to another interview. I called my family on the plane before I had to shut off my cell.. lol.
 
When I got into Stewart Med (the #1 school in the country, btw), it was like a dream come true. Just minutes before I had been notified I passed the credit check, then used my Visa to pay the $1000 non-refundable deposit. I was stoked! 😀
 
pedro4199 said:
When I got into Stewart Med (the #1 school in the country, btw), it was like a dream come true. Just minutes before I had been notified I passed the credit check, then used my Visa to pay the $1000 non-refundable deposit. I was stoked! 😀
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$10,000...
 
Glenasaurus said:
I have had that same dream buddy..... hang in there, its not over yet.
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Ick. Sorry guys - that sucks.

I frequently have "real life" dreams that I sometimes have a hard time remembering if they were real or not - but I was lucky enough to never have one about being accepted to med school.
 
I squealed a bit in lab, and walked around smiling for about two days. Forwarded the acceptance email to mom and close friend. Then emailed my recommenders to thank them.
 
Found out from a phone call from my parents, on the way to Vegas for a friend's birthday. Needless to say, it was a good trip. 🙂
 
NoUse4aName1286 said:
just curious, anyone who's been accepted: excitement wearing off quite a bit (like after 2 or 3 weeks+)?
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Yeah, it's kind of wearing off now as I'm hoping to hear from other schools and I'm gettin worried about that. But every now and then, I sit and think about it and then get really excited again
 
BearDoc8 said:
Yeah, it's kind of wearing off now as I'm hoping to hear from other schools and I'm gettin worried about that. But every now and then, I sit and think about it and then get really excited again
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All I have to say is that I want nothing more than a magical phone call or letter so that I don't have to start filling out SMP/post-bacc apps this week. They're so unorganized that I don't even know where to start.
 
Yelled a very masculine "YES" (complete with fistpump) then went out drinking.

Then again, I found out from my mom via text message when I was travelling in Europe and I was in Ireland, so of course drinking as inevitable.
 
Ice Nine

"<----------dropping 150 grand on a ****in' education he could have got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library"

Great movie quote, can't believe I forgot about it in, considering how accurate it is/will be.
 
defecated uncontrollably in my britches...

but really.. I haven't been accepted yet... but thats pretty much what I anticipate.
 
I was at the airport about to board a plane to another interview when I got the call from an unknown area code. I screamed in excitement as I heard those magic words "The Medical Selection Committee has accepted you into the upcoming class..." and I must've said "thank you, thank you, thank you!" like a million times! Everyone at the airport thought I had gone mental. I had to kind of announce that I had just been accepted to medical school (the security guy was giving me "crazy eye") and then some people started to applaud. It felt like a scene from Jerry McGuire or some cheesy movie. And then I had people coming up to me to tell me how many doctors are in their family...which kind of sucked because all I wanted to do was call my folks...plus it sucked I was going on an expensive interview to a school I didn't really want to go to...but that was the easiest flight ever.
 
This is great. I'll be applying next year but I've been dreaming about the day I get the acceptance letter...forever. I want to be a doctor so much, I'm willing to do anthing.
 
Auron said:
This is great. I'll be applying next year but I've been dreaming about the day I get the acceptance letter...forever. I want to be a doctor so much, I'm willing to do anthing.
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Anything?? well according to the NYMC class of 2011 video, if you strip you can atleast get on the waitlist!!! lol😀
 
After barely whispering "Thank you" to the Dean of Admissions on the phone, I screamed and ran to tell my parents. In my state of complete incoherence, I fell while trying to get down the stairs, and terrified everyone in the house by screaming "YES!" without an explanation. And then I spent about 10 minutes on the floor b/c my knees kept buckling and I couldn't get up. My dad calmed me down by asking if I realized how much debt I would have, after which I e-mailed everyone I know (I couldn't trust to tell anyone over the phone b/c I was afraid that I would start screaming again).
 
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