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I knew the adcoms were going to meet on Monday and we were told after our interview on Friday to expect a call that afternoon if we got it. When I didn't hear anything that afternoon I was crushed. However, first thing Tuesday morning I awoke to the congratulatory email welcoming me to their medical school! I was so excited I actually CALLED the adcom dept to make sure this wasn't a mistake. I jumped around, hollered, and shed a few tears.

I called everyone I've ever known in my life. My parents were a TOTAL buzz-kill because they weren't really excited at all. Very nonchalant about it. They acted like it was just another A on a test or something. Oh well!

The Med School Wait is OVER!
 
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I had stayed home sick that day and sort of dragged myself downstairs to get the mail. I got a really skinny envelope with 1 piece of paper in it from Tulane. I said out loud to myself, "****, this soon? I must have made a fool out of myself joking around at the interview!!!" (I must have sounded rather lunatic talking to myself in the hallway...)

Anyway, I opened it, rather, I tore it open almost tearing the letter in two... but then it said..." I am pleased to announce your appointment to the entering class of 2004... yabba yabba...."

I screamed!!! I was like "Holy cow!"(That's my version of OMG)
It was one of the greatest moments ever in my life! I felt like everything I had been doing and all the sacrifices I've had to make finally paid off.

I called everybody and their mother including my own mother. I talked so much on the phone last month telling people about Tulane that I went over my prime time cell phone minutes and ended up paying 100 bucks extra for overtime usage. But hey, it was worth it! 🙂

My Dad was so happy that his blood pressure dropped - he has severe hypertension usually.
 
I said "Cool" and promptly turned off my computer (it was 2am when I read it) and went to sleep...........back to normal the next day. Just another day...........
 
It was today!!

I went with my best friend to watch The Missing

I had told me father to immediately phone me after checking the mail because I knew NU letter was coming in today..having been disappointed a few days earlier....


So, after the movie finished I was in the bathroom...standing at the stall doing you know what🙂....

My phone, in jacket, rings. Mind you, I wash my hands, and frantically receive the call in the main lobby of the theatre---

Me: "Hullo"

Father: "There's an envelope from Nothwestern for you."

Me: in typical nor. cal lingo "Oh hell no...oh hello no.....shiz...plz..dad what does it say, what does it say"

Father: **in a monotonous tone** "You got in..."

Me: *wildly swinging arms while jumping up and down* I am going to be a DOCTOR...woooheeew yeeehhawwww...

By now people are looking at me a bit strangely.
Apparently doing jumping jacks in a lobby isn't normal behavior.....

My friend comes out of the bathroom and before I even have a chance to tell him that I got in...


Friend: "Dude, you fly's open"

Me:

😱 But by then complete euphoria had taken over

I proudly zipped-up my zipper and walked out of the theatre with my head high feeling like a KING...










Many sleepless nights I've thought of my fate...do I have it to become a doctor...but those doubts are gone, for now. I feel so free...so away from the burdens...

:clap: :clap: :clap:


Harps
 
was extremely happy and shook like a naked baby in the snow. Oh my, this is really happening. all this hard work.... I am still in awe...
 
WARNING: very cheesey!!!

My acceptance came in the mail. I was taking a break from preparing this huge Thanksgiving dinner when my husband walks in with a funny look on his face and an envelope in his outstretched hand. "From Baylor," he says. "oh ****," I think 'cus everyone I know who got accepted got phone calls. Not a rejection the day before Thanksgiving!!!

But the envelope wasn't that thin. So, hands shaking, I opened it. tore it up, actually! It starts "On behalf of the faculty of..." I'm already jumping up and down and hollering !!! :clap: My husband starts yelling and jumping around too. The kids come hurdling down the stairs to find out what's going on. I start yelling "Mommy got into medical school!!" Pretty soon our whole house is full of gleeful screams. 😀

My hands were shaking so bad I could barely dial my parents phone number and then I had to repeat myself 3 times before my dad understood me. :laugh:

Hubby presented me with a stethescope he had bought with my name engraved on it, just waiting for that special day. 😍

Lucky me!
Theresa
 
My acceptance letter came while we were away for Thanksgiving. My boyfriend and I had driven seperate cars home from the airport, and he got there first, checked the mail, and left it in the box for me. I came home, checked the mail, and just sort of stared at the envelope. When I got upstairs and into our apartment, he pounced on me right away, wanting to know if i had opened it. I had not... too scared. So he just picked it up and tore it open and read it to me. I did the laugh-cry thing for a few minutes and then jumped up and down a little bit and was SO happy. I called my parents and one friend, and then we went out to celebrate - much champagne and sushi. It was great. 😀

In my drunken sleep, I had a dream that he and I were engaged and I had this beautiful ring. When I woke up and had no ring, I panicked - if the ring was just a dream, what about the letter?!?!?! I ran into the other room and checked. It was still there. This is for real!!:clap: :clap:
 
CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!!!!

I am so happy for you guys. I was practically in tears of happiness reading this thread. God, I want that sooooo bad. I guess I will just have to wait and see.
 
I learned that I had gotten into UMDNJ via a phone call on Thanksgiving evening. I thought that was awfully nice of them. I guess I might've been more outwardly excited if I wasn't stuffed with turkey.
 
Originally posted by Squat n Squeeze
I took a walk around campus and asked three random people what osteopathy is. After getting three responses of "bone doctors," I went back to my room and began to cry.
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That is just so wrong. (but so, so funny).
 
I got my acceptance today! I was working at the doctor's office all day (I take patients into the rooms). One of the lady's that works at the front of the office told me that one of the patients in a room had a question for me. I went into one of the patient rooms, and my mom was sitting there with my acceptance letter! I was so excited! I don't think I got anything done the rest of the day.
 
YAY!!! Congratulations! Where did ya get in?!!!
 
This was my first acceptance--University of Oklahoma!
 
yesterday i was accepted to my first choice, u of washington. i was at work and my girlfriend called me from home saying there was a big, brown envelope from UW admissions. i played down the hype saying that it may just be fin aid info. i asked her to read it outloud but instead she just started screaming.

after finally calming down she read the whole cover letter. with many of my coworkers surrounding me i calmly listened, stuck my face into my computer hiding my eyes, which watered like thick dark clouds ready for rain. eventually the drops started to roll so i had to transfer to the empty part of the lab. even by myself i just remained calm and silent, soaking in the reality of it all, while my girlfriend continued to scream and jump up and down.

i think i'm still in disbelief. but i think it will kick in when we go out to dinner with about 20 of my closest friends. yup, my girlfriend started organizing the dinner as soon as we hung up. she is the greatest thing going on in my life, even with this UW acceptance.
 
I got accepted to U Chicago last week. I found out on my way out the door at about 6 a.m., in a rush to get to work. And I had worked like fourteen hours on my feet the day before. So, I looked at it and was like, "Oh, good! One less thing to worry about!" and ran out the door, didn't think about until the next morning.

The next day, I was on the phone with everyone I knew going, "Holy ****! I'm gonna be a doctor!!!" and my aunt cried on the phone, one of my mentors just gave me this huge hug, and it was real wonderful. Talk about a delayed reaction, though!

Anka :clap: :clap: :clap:
 
Originally posted by potuhusky
yesterday...she is the greatest thing going on in my life, even with this UW acceptance.
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Wow. What a great story! 🙂 Your girlfriend sounds awesome! Congratulations!!
 
I fell to the ground and sobbed - I thanked the universe for this gift, and I thought to myself "Now I can have the life I always wanted for myself" - then I went out and got smashed - I missed work the next day due to a hangover - I gotta lay off the sauce!
 
Originally posted by entropy
i screamed off the top of my lungs : )
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I said "YesSSS!" out loud and grinned ear to ear. I may have even thrown my arms up like Rocky at the top of the stairs. I can't remember. Then I read over the stuff in the package and sent my deposit/papers in the next morning.
 
As of now, no reaction yet. I don't really feel anything. I think I'm still in a state of shock that I got in- a huge part of me still thinks that this all just one big hoax. As a result, I haven't told a single soul that I got in. I don't think the real implication of the acceptance has hit me, and it probably won't hit until the day of orientation, or the very first day of class.🙂
 
I came home on Saturday, anticipating the countdown (11 more hours) like everyone here in Texas, then came and casually opened my mailbox....

COULDN"T BELIEVE MY EYES!! It was a big envelope with UTSW logo...

my first though... oh no, oh no.... I'm not supposed to hear from them... it's bad news....

a split second later, I tore opened the bag, and read.... On behalf of the Admissions office...... I ran home, trying to scream, but don't want to scare the neighbors.

Called mom.... she's not there

Called Husband.... turned off his cell phone

Called best friend..... not there

I was going in sane and overwhelmed with joy at the same time, but there's just nobody to share it with ....


Eventually I got a hold of them, and everyone's happy.

whew... what a trip.
 
story bout my friend.

he got shocked. couldnt believe it. almost got depressed cause he was so shocked. was acting weird. emotional cause of all the implications. but then he recovered and got drunk. 🙂
 
i got off the acceptance over the phone, and started laughing hysterically. I hung up, and composed myself. My little brother heard me laughing, and overheard me asking incredulously on the phone, "So i'm going to be a doctor?" and told my sister and mom. They were really happy/couldn't stop hugging/kissing me. Then i called my dad who was coming back from work, and said completely disaffectedly, "so dad...i got my acceptance today." He was like "WHA?" with total surprise. So lucky to have a family like that😍
 
It was a thin envelope, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but when I opened it and read, "Congratulations, we're pleased to....".
Holy terror, I started screaming (and no, it wasn't a graceful, scream with delicate tears. it was very hoarse, very undignified "aaaaaargh!").
All the girls on my floor and I went out for Ice cream at Tosci's and the next day, I flunked an Orgo III exam. (oops)

chocolate ice cream will never be the same again. 🙂)))))))))

Ann
 
I got a phone call. They made it all drawn out. They said blahh, blahh, blahh. I really thought there was something wrong with my application, because this school does not do phone calls. But then I heard her say, "We met last night and voted you in......you will be recieving a certified letter in a couple days." I absolutely lost it! I asked her if she was joking and then I started crying. I just could not control myself, it just all came out. Then I went on saying "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you" over and over, while I kept on crying and rocking back and forth. When I finally realized that I needed to get off the phone, I just said that I would see her in August. After that I just kept on rocking and crying. Then my boyfriend came out of his room and started hugging me. The best part was all the people I got to tell. I called and e-mailed people for two days straight. It feels so great to have so much support. And the best part is that my birthday was the day before. They decided on my birthday! What a great present from my top choice school!
 
The acceptance letter was the best new year present I ever had 😍. On New year day (Lunar new year), I got dressed up and was about to go to the admission's office to talk to the dean about writing a letter of intent. Thankfully I decided to check my email before I left and found out that I was accepted, less than a week after the interview!!!! I screamed so loud I probably scared everyone in the office. I'm beginning to think that there maybe a God after all.
 
I was in a zero star hotel in St. Louis waiting for an interview at WashU., my wife called me and told me I had a letter from UVa. She asked me if I wanted to know what it said, ofcourse I did, and so she told me over the phone. I sat there for hours just thinking about all the things I have gone through to make it this far. I couldn't sleep, I had no interest in books or TV, I just sat there and contemplated until I was too exausted to do it anymore and fell asleep.
 
I thought there'd be fireworks....there wasnt. Bummer.




Not to say I wasn't very very happy though.
 
I had my interview at WashU on December 5th. The commitee had just met the day before so I had to wait for 13 more painful days to find out if I got in. Anywyas, the day the committee met, I was in a spa getting cleaned up after exams, and couldn't think of anything but THE CALL. It didn't come, so I lost the emotional energy to stay anxious. 5 days later, I got an e-mail saying that an Olin fellowship application had been sent to me. i didn't quite realize what it meant, until my bro who goes to WashU told me it was a scholarship appl that you get after you've been accepted. I was kinda wondering if the e-mail was a mistake. So I called Washu the next day, and the lady on the phone told me i had been accepted, and the acceptance packaged was mailed the day the committee met. Right after she said that, I asked again just to make sure I wasn't hallucinating, and she confirmed that I got in. She must have been wondering what kind of stupid person they gave an acceptance to.
Anyways, I went straight home and told my mom & bro very cooly " By the way I called WashU and they said my acceptance package was on the way"
They were mad. I guess they needed more excitement than that.
Oh well, that's my story.
 
Originally posted by ify
I had to wait for 13 more painful days to find out if I got in.
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I wish I would hear back from some schools in that amount of time!!! 13 days is really fast, and although it's painful, try 2 months!
 
I had just woken up and went to take a shower. As I finished the shower and am about to towel myself off, I hear the phone ring in the next room. At this point I was expecting a phone call for the whole week so therefore each call could have been "the one". So, I didn't put anything on and went into the next room to answer the phone. I can't remember who was it that introduced themselves to me on the other line and what they really said, all I remember is "Congradulations" and "we'll see you in August". So, there I am smiling like crazy, trying to contain my excitement while I am on the phone with this person while being completely dripping with water from my shower and not to mention bare-ass naked. After I hung up the phone, I put some clothes on, jumped up and down and walked around the room for about a minute and then of couse called my friends and family.
 
bump......................
 
i found out tuesday morning may 18th!

i called Yvonne from UCSD, and she put me on hold , my heart was pounding!

shes like, well congratulations, you've been accepted

i replied "Are you kidding?"

she said no, of course not

then, i screamed like a banshee, told my mom, then she screamed like a banshee, then we both started to scream!

i told yvonne that i kiss the ground her and the entire admissions committee walk on, and i was so thankful to everyone there and that they had made my dream come true!

then i called every single friend, they screamed with me

i called my grandma, she started to cry, then called uncle n aunt, my uncle cried.....gosh it was like screaming and crying.....we were hysterical!


😍
 
BjOrKnRaDiOhEaD said:
i found out tuesday morning may 18th!

i called Yvonne from UCSD, and she put me on hold , my heart was pounding!

shes like, well congratulations, you've been accepted

i replied "Are you kidding?"

she said no, of course not

then, i screamed like a banshee, told my mom, then she screamed like a banshee, then we both started to scream!

i told yvonne that i kiss the ground her and the entire admissions committee walk on, and i was so thankful to everyone there and that they had made my dream come true!

then i called every single friend, they screamed with me

i called my grandma, she started to cry, then called uncle n aunt, my uncle cried.....gosh it was like screaming and crying.....we were hysterical!


😍
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Crazy day for you! No one cared when I got in! They hardly looked up from the newspaper/computer/coffee/or whatever they were looking at at the time. 🙂
 
i was up reading till about 3-330 in the morning when i decided its time to hit the sack. i said, ah, what the hell, might as well check my email b4 i go to bed, who knows, maybe ill get something. i check my email and lo and behold i get one new message, the automated one from vcu saying your application status has changed in the last 24 hrs.

i was in shock, i just starred at my comp screen for bout two minutes, then realized that since i was on the waitlist, this can't be a rejection, or atleast not likely, because what school would reject someone off a waitlist in may? i logged in and checked the status page and read the best words of my life, "congratulations, on behalf blah blah blah." i went back in shock for bout a minute or two then started screaming out loud. i went in my sisters room, woke her up, woke up my parents, my bro, everyone was excited. this was my first MD acceptance! i stormed outside, got in my car, rolled the windows down, lighted a cig, opened the sunroof and just drove off, blasting good ol sinatra. i ended up driving bout 20 miles on the freeway until i came to my senses to go back, it was 4am! went back home, didn't fall asleep till 7am, woke up at noon, and have been on cloud nine ever since.
 
To be honest, I wasn't really all that thrilled. Neither school is even close to my top choice but it was a relief of sorts. At least I had a choice between schools and I did get waitlisted at my top choice (come on UCSD give me an A!!!!)
 
The first school I got accepted to called me at 9pm in the evening during finals week in the fall. I had a presentation due the next day that I had just started 5 minutes prior to the phone call. In addition to that I had a paper due and a test the following evening. The dean called me and congratulated me and I was so stressed out from the other stuff I had to do that I think I came off as a little curt, perhaps as you would speak to a soliciter. My gratitude and full emotional reaction did not occur until the following nite as I came back to reality, only to leave again upon realizing I got into medical school. What a rollercoaster of a few days that was! Alls well that ends well. Can't wait till August! 😀
 
When I got accepted by UCSD, it was sort of anti-climactic because I received the e-mail that told me to call the admissions office and I knew from reading posts on here that it meant I was in. By the time I called, I already knew I was in and it was a formality for me to hear the dean tell me congrats.

I think the exciting part was opening my mailbox and seeing "1 unread message" when I knew UCSD might be contacting me soon (I hadn't received an e-mail in that account for a few weeks.) The satisfaction came when I opened the e-mail and it told me to call and I realized I had been accepted at one of my top choices.
 
bumping this awesome thread!! there must be more people that can add their stories.

It gives me extra motivation to work on my app's
 
I got a phone call from the school and I kinda knew what was gonna happen but I wasn't sure. Then she said the sweetest words I've ever heard, "We would like to offer you a seat in the entering class of 2004!!!!!!" I tried not to sound to excited, but my voice cracked like a 15 yr old. I didn't hear what she was saying for about the next 10 seconds then I tuned back in right around the time when she told me when oreintation started.

Next I ran out in to the lab with my co-workers and jumped up and down while I tried to get the news out in a audible manner. After that I called my folks and we shed a few tears cause they new how hard it had been for me to get to this point. This was my second year applying and up to that point I had recieved about 32 rejections over the past 2 years. Finally I called or e-mailed the rest of my family and friends and I partied like a rap star for the rest of the weekend. I'm still in a little bit of disbelief.
 
I was at the airport waiting for my flight so that I could go home from another school's interview...pretty tired...got a call on my cell phone while I was sitting in this food court sort of place right near the terminal gates - I didn't recognize the number and almost didn't pick up because it was a call waiting call - I had been speaking to my mom. I gave in and picked up after they called back a second time.

It was the dean of admissions from the 1st school I had interviewed at. He spoke with me about my interviewer and how much she liked me...then said they were offering me a spot in their class of 2008.

I jumped up and started yelling...said 'thank you thank you thank you!". Called my mom back and yelled, 'I'M GOING TO BE A DOCTOR!" and people at the other tables started clapping. I took a bow and sat down. 🙄
 
I interviewed in early sept. and the school told us they would be notifiying us of their decision right around oct 15. I hadn't heard anything ten days later and as I was walking into work I silently convinced myself I wasn't going to med school and started planning my approach to grad school.
I went to a lab meeting and when I got back to my computer I had an IM from my sister saying I needed to call home right away . . . I thought someone had died! I call home, in the middle of a panic attack and my mom tells me that Dr. Callahan from Jefferson called and that I had gotten in. I went all Spanish Inquisition on her . . . how did she know I got in? they can't tell parents. she said Dr. C asked how she could get in touch with me (I have no phone at work) and my mom begged her to tell her and though she never actually told my mom I got in she said "Do you think I would be calling with bad news? Everyone just loved her."
Throughout the entire conversation my co-workers were silently gathered around waiting with baited breath. Got off the phone, told them I was in, there was so much screaming the head of the department came out of his office to see what was going on!
 
this was a good one I think I'll bump it up
 
I remember it was a weekday, around noon time, right around the time when the mailman usually comes around. So I was checking my mailbox and there was a thin letter from a medical school I had interviewed at a couple weeks ago. I thought it was a rejection letter. But I still opened it in front of my mom. When I started opening the letter with a letter opener, my heart pounded like crazy. When I read the letter saying, "congratulations....", I screamed like a little kid watching a scary movie..."I'm going to be a doctor!!!!" My mom was so happy! She knew all the struggles that I had gone through. It was the happiest day of my life. After reading the letter, maybe 10-15 times to make sure it was an acceptance letter, I called my dad at work to give him the good news. He was so happy that he told me he could barely focused at work!

Even to this day, I look at myself in the mirror and ask, "Am I really going to be a doctor?" Even after over half a year, I am still shocked, ecstatic, and excited that I am going to have an opportunity to attend med school, which few people have.
 
Late January, I got an email from one of my best friends saying she finally got an interview to our state medical school. We had been talking earlier that week about how an out of state student from our undergrad institution had had his interview. I was in genetics lab as I read her email. So I had to drive home extremely nervous dreading what I may or may not find in my mailbox. What if she gets an interview and I get a rejection? So I go home to find the UTHSC letter in my mailbox. I was shaking and they had used about 5 layers of scotch tape to close it. I couldn't for the life of me open the letter. I finally ripped the darn thing open with my keys and read that they were gonna interview me. So I jump back in my car after jumping up and down and screaming and drive down the street where my family was. I jump out screaming that I got an interview to medical school. My mom thought someone had died. I lost my voice.

On June 7th, I got a call at 10:10 AM and very few people call me that early in the morning. June 6th was my birthday. I looked on my cell phone and recognized the number immediately as UTHSC. My boyfriend, who came to visit me from out of town, was asleep in another room. So I go into the room and start pointing at my phone and mouthing "it's them" over and over and over again. He couldn't see me because he was not wearing his glasses. So the admissions assistant asks if I would like to accept their offer into the class of 2008 and I say "I would be more than happy to accept the position in the class" while jumping up and down and trying to keep my calm. It was so hard for me to repress my excitement that she began to laugh at me. Then I got off the phone, and was really jumping up and down saying "I got in, I got in. I am going to med school." I then ran to my brother's room and said the same thing. I triend to wait for my mom to get home to tell her, but she took too long. When I called her she told me she was happy for me and she had calls to make. My mom is so funny. My boyfriend realized it was medical school when I answered my cell, "this is she."
 
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