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I'd set my alarm for very early today so that I could get some studying done, but of course I'd stayed up late worrying the night before, so I kept hitting snooze on my phone alarm this morning. I ended up awakening to my acceptance phone call, which made for a somewhat bewildering, yet pleasantly abrupt start to the day! My interviewer actually mentioned that they'd called me twice before but obviously I hadn't answered... thank goodness they tried again! Ah! Although I was sleepy, I gasped and just started profusely thanking my interviewer, and eventually they kindly let me go compose myself and told me to get started on calling other people to let them know, haha.
However, I don't think I could put it any better than @youmeandthesea -- shortly after the news had sunk in, I just started tearing up, and this has continued all day today. The realization that these past years have finally paid off, that I turned out to be capable enough for someone to want me at their school and that they believed in my potential to become a physician... I can hardly put it into coherent words right now. It's been a privilege to be able to dedicate myself to studying and working towards this goal, but it's also been difficult and it still feels (even at this moment) like only yesterday that I decided to firmly pursue medicine, and started on that long road to preparing myself for applying. Even now, just thinking about how tentative everything has felt over the past three years, the sacrifices my family has had to make, and how unsure I've been about my potential to make it to this moment is making me cry! I feel so grateful and lucky to have finally gotten here.
However, I don't think I could put it any better than @youmeandthesea -- shortly after the news had sunk in, I just started tearing up, and this has continued all day today. The realization that these past years have finally paid off, that I turned out to be capable enough for someone to want me at their school and that they believed in my potential to become a physician... I can hardly put it into coherent words right now. It's been a privilege to be able to dedicate myself to studying and working towards this goal, but it's also been difficult and it still feels (even at this moment) like only yesterday that I decided to firmly pursue medicine, and started on that long road to preparing myself for applying. Even now, just thinking about how tentative everything has felt over the past three years, the sacrifices my family has had to make, and how unsure I've been about my potential to make it to this moment is making me cry! I feel so grateful and lucky to have finally gotten here.