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Bond-HydrogenBond said:
Man, everyone has such good stories. Meanwhile, I get in and still feel dead inside. I think this is mainly because I didn't get a call or email about it and just stumbled upon it while neurotically checking my portals. I think I'm just waiting for someone to say it was a mistake and take it away. Ahhh.
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Lardy Boy said:
Process has made us emotionally dead even before starting.


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Every premed by the end of the cycle:
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So, I was in a lab for class and I was performing my very first attempt at loading something onto my agarose gel for this experiment. I was so nervous, and exhausted as I had already taken 3 exams that week, but my phone started buzzing. I actually exclaim to my group “bruh, why the heck is someone calling me rn??? Can’t they see I’m busy lol.” I finished loading the gel, and step into the hallway to grab some water. As I pull out my phone, I see a number with the same area code as the school. They had left me a voicemail..

I start hyperventilating, and listen. Hearing those words “on behalf of the Admissions Committee, I am excited to offer you acceptance into the Class of 2024” was enough to make me collapse mid-voicemail. I’ve worked SO hard to get to where I am today, and it all finally paid off. I still get goosebumps to this day. I asked my professor to call my parents, and she was so nice about it. My parents had been battling losing our home, as I had to cut back on hours due to school picking up, and they just started crying. I also got to do the iconic fist pump mid-hallway in front of these freshmen. It was great 🙂

I’m now proud to say that I’m joining the class of 2024, and I hope to be an inspiration to all severely low SES students that apply.

Fun fact: all 4 of my other acceptances have come during this lab!! 😵
 
I love this thread so much! It is so incredible to see that all our hard work is finally paying off! 🙂

I got my first acceptance while on my lunch break through email. I don't think I got past the header before I was calling my mom to tell her I was accepted!! Truly one of the greatest feelings of relief I have ever experienced. I had to cut the happy tears short to end my lunch break, but they were definitely flowing freely on the car ride home!
 
I received my first acceptance today. I had just left work early, excited to start my vacation week, and had started driving. I was looking at the GPS on my phone and saw a notification that I had gotten an email with acceptance in the subject line. I quickly opened the email while in heavy traffic, read it, and started crying. I then immediately called my mom 🙂
 
tessellations said:
I received my first acceptance today. I had just left work early, excited to start my vacation week, and had started driving. I was looking at the GPS on my phone and saw a notification that I had gotten an email with acceptance in the subject line. I quickly opened the email while in heavy traffic, read it, and started crying. I then immediately called my mom 🙂
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Yay so happy! Great time to get it too!
 
I was 2 hours into a 6 hour workshop at work when I got the email. First I just sat in the workshop and stared into space for 15 minutes. It didn’t hit me until I excused myself and called my mom because it hit her two minutes into the call and she started crying and then I started crying and then we were crying and that was a whole thing.

And then my friends Uber eats-ed a bottle of champagne to my office because they’re so nice and I don’t deserve them.
 
A came after getting spam called by telemarketers all day. Phone rings with an unlisted number, I answer with a curt “what!?” Only to hear “uh hi ak09 this is Dr,x from x school of medicine. I would Just like to congratulate you on your acceptance to x class of 2024. Is this a bad time?” I then started to cry and laugh simultaneously so yeah, the admissions dean now likely thinks I’m psychotic
 
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I was walking out of an interview. Went out to call an uber, then got an acceptance email notification from one of my top choices. Immediately called my mom and got hype, went back to my hotel and ordered an obscene amount of Chinese food (enough for 5 ppl). Ate most of it, then passed out for a 4 hour nap. Woke up, went to the hotel bar and got absolutely blasted.
 
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batpuac said:
I was walking out of an interview. Went out to call an uber, then got an acceptance email notification from one of my top choices. Immediately called my mom and got hype, went back to my hotel and ordered an obscene amount of Chinese food (enough for 5 ppl). Ate most of it, then passed out for a 4 hour nap. Woke up, went to the hotel bar and got absolutely blasted.
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wow, my kind of person. Let’s be friends!
 
tessellations said:
I received my first acceptance today. I had just left work early, excited to start my vacation week, and had started driving. I was looking at the GPS on my phone and saw a notification that I had gotten an email with acceptance in the subject line. I quickly opened the email while in heavy traffic, read it, and started crying. I then immediately called my mom 🙂
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A little dangerous, but a good story 🙂 ( Im always afraid of heavy emotions while drivinf)
 
Was at lunch with my fiancee a few days ago. It was an early lunch, so no one was in the break area. I felt my phone buzzing and saw it was the medical schools number (distinct with the area code and first 3 digits after.) My stomach dropped and my voice was shaky. My interviewer called me specifically to tell me they accepted me.

My fiancee knew what was happening since I never get nervous like that. And told him "thank you so much" 20 times throughout the phone call. When I hung up, she started crying and just kept telling me "you made it! You're gonna become a physician!"

Called my family individually for the remainder of the lunch break. My mom cried as soon as she picked up. My cousin also cried. I'm still in shock today. I always wanted this but never imagined I'd be good enough
 
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Was depressed the whole day before cause people were getting acceptance calls to my local state school and the paranoia was setting in, spiralled really hard like any second I wasn't distracted I was on the verge of stress crying bad. Next day, feeling calmer but still a bit bummed and lowkey hoping for a call still....

Had a spontaneous work meeting and just as we were getting the projector set up I see a call coming. Thinking it's a telemarketer cause I don't recognize the area code, I pick up with no real hopes and they ask for me, which cues me to leave the meeting room ASAP smiling super hard cause I'm like omg its happening...! It was my top choice (not even the state school, which waitlisted me a couple hours later but I no longer cared by then ^_^ )

Then I had to go back into that meeting like nothing happened cause my work doesn't know anything about my plans (corporate job, not super supportive of the concept of going back to school LMFAO) but like sharing and texting my GF under the table with the news....then as soon as the meeting was over I went and called my mom and GF and that's when I started getting misty....
 
I got the call on Halloween at work when we were between patients. I was absolutely shocked and went on a rant about how my mcat score was too low for the school hahaha. The dean laughed and said they had enough evidence that I would succeed there... I might be the only person to almost talk myself out of an acceptance.

The rest of the day flew by and later that night, my two student hosts at the school called to congratulate me.
 
bioboy23 said:
I got the call on Halloween at work when we were between patients. I was absolutely shocked and went on a rant about how my mcat score was too low for the school hahaha. The dean laughed and said they had enough evidence that I would succeed there... I might be the only person to almost talk myself out of an acceptance.

The rest of the day flew by and later that night, my two student hosts at the school called to congratulate me.
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Imagine making the dean override the committee's decision based on a rant from a premed about his/her own application
 
marathonermedicinegal said:
I was in the waiting room for a routine GYN appointment. Just happened to check my email and there was the acceptance! They then called me back and I was shaking. My BP was like 155/90 and they asked me if I had a history of Htn and/or if I was really nervous. I said no, I just got into Med school!
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What'd the OBGYN team say back? Did they whisper to you to not let your BP go up even more?
 
Ah I got the email after a really rough rejection from my alma mater (ouch). I was so excited I told all my co-workers and called my PI immediately to say thank-you. I then called my parents and they are usually not good with feelings or emotions, but my father was the most excited I've ever seen him.

My very lovely co-workers then bought me cake :biglove: I don't think I did anything productive for the rest of the day, honestly!
 
mickmouse301! said:
Ah I got the email after a really rough rejection from my alma mater (ouch). I was so excited I told all my co-workers and called my PI immediately to say thank-you. I then called my parents and they are usually not good with feelings or emotions, but my father was the most excited I've ever seen him.

My very lovely co-workers then bought me cake :biglove: I don't think I did anything productive for the rest of the day, honestly!
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guys but I am literally so terrified someone is going to call me from the school screaming "SYKE". cant shake the fear ...
 
I found out during the lunch break of another interview. Everyone else was taking a bathroom break before we all headed to the interview portion of the day and I mindlessly checked my phone and saw the subject line "Admissions Decision." I had really bad service in the room we were in and the PDF attachment took forever to open up lol, but when it did I had to contain all of my excitement. Needless to say, I definitely walked into that interview a lot more confident lol.
 
TSHJB302 said:
I found out during the lunch break of another interview. Everyone else was taking a bathroom break before we all headed to the interview portion of the day and I mindlessly checked my phone and saw the subject line "Admissions Decision." I had really bad service in the room we were in and the PDF attachment took forever to open up lol, but when it did I had to contain all of my excitement. Needless to say, I definitely walked into that interview a lot more confident lol.
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Oh nice, I had an experience almost exactly like this! Except mine was a rejection : )))))))))
 
I had spent the entire long weekend anxious and fidgety since I knew the school I interviewed at was going to release first decisions on Tuesday, October 15th. I came to work and saw an interview invitation from another school! I called the school to confirm my interview and talk about the logistical details. While I was on the phone I received the decision email! Of course, I had to open it while I was on the phone with the interview coordinator. She was keeping me on hold. I started crying. The interview coordinator was the first person I told about my acceptance to another school. She asked if I still wanted to come to the interview. Of course, I did. After getting off the phone I told my colleagues and received hugs. People thought I was upset because I was crying and my colleague told them that they were happy tears.

Fast forward to December, I got accepted into the other school as well. I did not cry this time, but my heart rate skyrocketed and my voice was shaky when I was telling my colleagues.
 
I was actually at another interview when I got my first A , so I had to contain myself for the time being, but then later on I cried tears of joy. Got a drink, called my family, watched videos of different medical students and their experiences. Because I was finally going to be one


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Got my first acceptance to a MD school two days ago. Honestly, I didn't show much emotion given that it's my lowest choice among the schools I am interviewing for, but yet again, I'm relieved that I'm still going somewhere and that I'll be a doctor. Thankfully, I still have 4 more interviews left.
 
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This was several years ago now but I got a single acceptance that I found about in March. I was at home on spring break and me, not expecting a phone call or anything, noticed a missed call from the area code of a nearby city. I honestly assumed it was a spam call. That number called again but I didn't answer. Googled the number, it was the outgoing number for the one school I had interviewed at. I was like holy****holy****holy****. And THEN, I checked my email absentmindedly. I saw an email from the faculty member who interviewed me saying I had been accepted and that he had been trying to reach me.

I just about lost it. I ran around my house SCREAMING. I then called, in order: my mom, my dad, my grandmother, my girlfriend, and my best friend. My dad actually had to call me back because he was at work and had to compose himself to keep from crying in front of people lol.
 
I was actually getting ready to go study 12+ hours at the library for my final in my SMP course. I just remember it caught me off guard as I had been focused on my final for the past week and a half. I immediately called my parents, sisters, GF, and mentors that have helped me. Then I dropped my bag and went to the dean's office to drop out of the SMP program. All my friends hated me as I watched movies in the library while they were studying their asses off.
 
DHoang3 said:
I was actually getting ready to go study 12+ hours at the library for my final in my SMP course. I just remember it caught me off guard as I had been focused on my final for the past week and a half. I immediately called my parents, sisters, GF, and mentors that have helped me. Then I dropped my bag and went to the dean's office to drop out of the SMP program. All my friends hated me as I watched movies in the library while they were studying their asses off.
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That's a BDE move if I have ever seen one
 
I was in a meeting at the hospital when I got my first acceptance call in December. I simply hung up the phone, was numb for a while and actually didnt tell anyone for almost 2 weeks... guess I couldn't believe it.

My second acceptance I received beginning of January. I just tucked the letter away in my desk and only mentioned it in passing to my son when I returned from another interview last week .

Last night, I finally broke down and sobbed like a baby while booking my flight for another interview. My husband was so confused and insisted that I cancel the interview if I'm so against the idea of living in Philly lol.

Guys... I have finally made it to the end of my 20year pre med journey!!! I dont even know how to feel, how to act, what to do.

I am beyond grateful but somehow I dont feel I deserve this...

Congratulations and much Aloha to all you future docs ❤
 
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batpuac said:
I was walking out of an interview. Went out to call an uber, then got an acceptance email notification from one of my top choices. Immediately called my mom and got hype, went back to my hotel and ordered an obscene amount of Chinese food (enough for 5 ppl). Ate most of it, then passed out for a 4 hour nap. Woke up, went to the hotel bar and got absolutely blasted.
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This. :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:🤣
 
Just want to put this positive energy here. Today at 1:30PM, my gf received a phone call from the veterinary school that is part of the university system in which I got admitted to medical school. Having to go through a cycle with a SO is one of the hardest things I have had to do, and I am happy that it is finally over. Can't begin to describe how proud I am of her and her accomplishments. If anyone needs any advice on how to navigate a cycle (let alone two cycles) with a SO, I am more than happy to help.
 
Updating this - I was alone skiing in Vermont and it was frigid but I had my apple watch on to track everything and it also gets my emails from my ACMAS email forwarded via text to it... I'm sitting on the chairlift with 3 middle school boys because it was their spring break when I get a notification on my phone that said something like "A decision has been posted. Please log onto the portal" and I knew that meant I got accepted or rejected because they email you if you get waitlisted. I hastily whipped out my phone, pulled up chrome, logged into the portal, and finally hit "View your decision letter" and read the first sentence that said they were pleased to offer me a spot and starting crying.

The middle school boys were like "are you ok??" and I told them that I had just gotten into my top choice for med school and they hyped me up haha. I got off of the chairlift and immediately tried to call my parents but both of their phones sent me to voicemail. I called my dad's secretary and said it was an emergency and she pulled him out of a meeting. I was still crying so he immediately panicked (esp cuz I had said it was an emergency) thinking I was injured or something bad had happened skiing. I told him I was going to X school and was so relieved. I then called my mom and left a voicemail as I skied down the mountain and she couldn't hear what I was saying so she panicked too.

Anyways, that was the happiest day of my life this cycle and I learned don't tell your parents it's an emergency if you're alone skiing in another state 😳
 
I was at my SO's apartment doing some tiling in her bathroom when I found out, and my whole body got the shakes. Needless to say, I had to stop for a while haha. I graduated from undergrad in 2014 and all my time since then has literally just been working as much as I can as well as improving my application for med school. The feeling of that payoff was just... releasing.

Fun fact my parents or anyone in my family still don't know, they have no idea I was even applying to med schools haha. Maybe I'll let them know when I get the MD initials after my name 😛
 
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I was working in a tissue culture hood, basically constantly panicking internally that I was going to not get into any schools because it was already the end of January and I had no As. I finished my work, took off my gloves to check my email to see if just maybe I received some news, as I had basically been doing every hour for the past month lol.

Then I saw an email titled “acceptance notification.” My mind literally just shut off. I couldn’t even process it at all. I had already applied once with 0 interviews, retook the mcat, took more classes, saw all my friends go off to med school, etc. It honestly felt totally unreal. I immediately left my lab even tho it was only like 3pm. Called a bunch of my friends and family.

In retrospect, I always thought that once I got accepted, I would suddenly “change” and become a really confident person. Tbh that didn’t really happen - still the same person. I do feel much more settled given that my professional and financial future is (essentially) set in stone (aka I don’t have to worry about not having a high salary, don’t have to worry much about buying a house, car, children’s education, don’t really have to worry about job security). I feel as if there is a long, straight concrete path in front of me and I just have to walk it.
 
AnonymousDoctorGuyPerson said:
Fun fact my parents or anyone in my family still don't know, they have no idea I was even applying to med schools haha. Maybe I'll let them know when I get the MD initials after my name 😛
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That sounds like something I would do. A tip of the hat to you Sir/Ma'am.
 
IsleyOfTheNorth said:
That sounds like something I would do. A tip of the hat to you Sir/Ma'am.
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Family night at the anonymousdoctorpersons home

Hey let's play a game. Tell meb3 thing I don't know about you

Oh easy there's ummm I can juggle I can whistle through my nose and oh I'm a board certified orthopaedic surgeon
 
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was a school that only notified via mail and I had a heads up due to USPS delivery. I had already gotten rejected by a different school early in the cycle (by mail) and remember how light the envelope felt. I took a breath, opened the mailbox and lo and behold, the letter wasn't light. I said "oh ****", ran back to my apartment and told my wife before opening, "I think I got in!". And I did!
 
I was on the toilet at work when the dean called me at the school I'll be attending. I thought I was doing a good job at hiding where I was until someone started using the hand dryer... It got a little awkward because I think she knew but I just said I was at work and there were other people in the room. 🤣

After that though I ran back to the lab and started shouting at everyone that I got in before calling my family/SO.
 
I literally love this thread so much!!!!!

This was my first application cycle and I had 0 interviews until very late in the game (I was basically getting ready for a reapp) when I got an II. 2 weeks later I interviewed, fell in love with the school, and 2 weeks later after the interview, the second I opened my eyes I saw an email from the school with “Congratulations” in the subject line. I didn’t even read the rest before I started crying in my bed for like 10 min, then I got it together to actually read the email and make sure it was real lmao. Then I went and woke up my parents by just yelling “IM GOING TO BE A DOCTOR” they both started crying and we just ended up calling family and friends the whole rest of the day. At this point in my life I can truly say it was the happiest day of my life, seeing all my hard work and dedication come to fruition.

I’m a first generation college student and immigrant so this was such a surreal moment, it added meaning and reward to the all the sacrifices my parents have made. Also, getting accepted straight off with only ONE interview LATE in the cycle was something I didn’t imagine but it had taught me a lot of patience and that you really do end up where you’re supposed to be. So so beyond grateful
 
notthrowingawaymyshot said:
I literally love this thread so much!!!!!

This was my first application cycle and I had 0 interviews until very late in the game (I was basically getting ready for a reapp) when I got an II. 2 weeks later I interviewed, fell in love with the school, and 2 weeks later after the interview, the second I opened my eyes I saw an email from the school with “Congratulations” in the subject line. I didn’t even read the rest before I started crying in my bed for like 10 min, then I got it together to actually read the email and make sure it was real lmao. Then I went and woke up my parents by just yelling “IM GOING TO BE A DOCTOR” they both started crying and we just ended up calling family and friends the whole rest of the day. At this point in my life I can truly say it was the happiest day of my life, seeing all my hard work and dedication come to fruition.

I’m a first generation college student and immigrant so this was such a surreal moment, it added meaning and reward to the all the sacrifices my parents have made. Also, getting accepted straight off with only ONE interview LATE in the cycle was something I didn’t imagine but it had taught me a lot of patience and that you really do end up where you’re supposed to be. So so beyond grateful
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So you did get in! Amazing! Congrats! I was wondering what happened after your interview.
 
PreMedStudent55555 said:
I was on the plane that was legit about to depart. Was bored so decided to check my email one last time. Got the email and was so happy and told my mom who was right next to me. Flight attendant saw me on my phone and told me to turn off my phone which I did.

I couldn’t hold in my excitement so I text my best friend who calls me back within seconds. We were so excited and then the flight attendant came back and yelled at me for being on my phone for a second time and said that she would stop the entire flight lol...

Dampened the moment but I was still so relieved during the whole flight knowing that I would get to go to medical school and be a doctor at the very least 😀
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So I wanted to give an update to this previous post because the moment I got my first acceptance was pretty anti-climatic. However, the moment I got into one of my top choices was a much better feeling. I was literally stalking the SDN thread of my school to find out when they were going to release decisions. My school doesn't have an exact date they release their decisions and historically released their decisions just during the last week of January.

So for about the first few days of the last week of January, I was glued this thread from 10AM-5PM every day just waiting for this decision. This happened for Monday and Tuesday and then in the middle of Wednesday I started getting tired of all this constant refreshing of the SDN thread. So I think around 1:30 PM I decided to call it a day and told myself I would not check that thread anymore. The school decided to release decisions at 1:45 PM that day smh. Literally, the one time frame I am not glued to this thread, the school decides to release decisions.

Anyways, I held out for a good hour before curiosity got the better of me and decided to go check out the thread to see what memes or jokes people were making. Saw people posting decisions and I could feel my blood pressure rising. I quickly went out to my school's portal on my phone and was just frantically trying to get the decisions tab and then moment I got to the decisions tab, I saw the message "A financial aid package will be emailed to you." And I literally just jumped! I was in a JCPenney's at the time and so the security guard stared at me like I was some weirdo. I always get weird reactions from people when I get good news it seems 🤔

After the decision, I called my parents and they were relieved when they found out I got in. My parents were happy about the medical schools I had gotten into at that point but they really liked this medical school and were secretly waiting for this decision to come out.

So yeah this moment definitely made up for the first moment when I found out I got into medical school and was yelled at for having my phone out on a Delta flight lol.
 
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I got the good news Friday afternoon and was and still am in shock. It was so late in the cycle. I was even writing my PS again before my interview invite in preparation to re-apply.

I had just transported a patient (I'm an EMT) and was doffing my PPE off. Dripping wet with sweat and really smelly as it was a gorgeous New England May day. I took my phone out and saw an email with the first words "Congratulations!" I felt relieved and was just in a daze.

I applied two years ago, received one interview, and did not get in anywhere. One thing I want to say was that getting rejected 2 years ago was one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I encourage all of you who are discouraged after a bad cycle to do what I did. I went for a long walk at a large state park on May 5th 2018 and just took a long hard look at my application and my life in general. I was going to change my life, to be Bodysurfer 2.0.

EMS has been life-changing. It made me open my eyes that clinical care is something I need to do. I can't picture myself doing anything else. Furthermore, being an EMT showed me that even if I can't get into medical school ever - it's going to be OK because I'll just be a clinician in a different role (paramedic or PA) and have a blast while paying the bills. Although, I love the difference a physician can make such as through research and still held out hope I would have that good day come with the big fat A.

Two pieces of advice, I'd like to share:

1. Become a clinician. EMT, ER tech, CNA, for example. It really made me see that this is something I want to do.
2. Always try to self-improve - stop, think, and have a plan to chase your goals and dream
 
I was out camping in the middle of the forest with no cell reception. I started walking away from the campsite hoping to find a spot where I could send a text message and just happened to find a small area with a bit of reception. After sending the text, I got the call from my dream school. I came running back to the campsite screaming and I'm pretty sure my girlfriend thought I was being chased by a bear. I still think it's cool that the call came in at the one time I happened to have cell reception.
 
I already posted my story, but it’s still weird being on the other side. It used to keep me up at night.

I remember the spring after I first applied and got no interviews. I got so depressed and confused about my future and started smoking weed. All my friends had gotten in and I felt terrible, but tried to hide it, as if I didn’t care. I was in denial.

I eventually got back up on my feet and improved my app, and finally got into multiple MD schools.

I was in total shock when I got in. My brain just switched off in a good way. But, life feels the same and I didn’t change as a person, but it does feel nice knowing my life path has been paved in concrete and I don’t have to worry about job security or money (unless M4A tanks physician salaries lol).

if you’re reading this in the future, don’t give up! Feel free to PM me with questions or comments
 
At the end of the cycle, I had 4 acceptances (2 MD, 2 DO), but my first and last acceptances were the most memorable. My interviews were concentrated in January and February, with five interviews in January. Three of them were in the same week and all over the place (WV, DC, and WA). I’d gotten WLed at my first school. January 21st, I remember sitting at home, tuckered out from all the travel but having to prepare for my fourth interview, when an email notification arrived on my phone, the title in all caps: “FROM _____ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE- RE: YOUR COMMITTEE DECISION.” And I just stopped what I was doing and sat down, my nerves running wild. To add to the suspense, the decision wasn’t mentioned in the email; it was in the letter attached to the email (small detail, but in that moment, you can’t put up with even one extra second of suspense). Opened it, and as soon as I saw the word “Congratulations!” I couldn’t help but break out into a huge grin. I read the letter-my very first acceptance!-and then called up my dad at work. Apparently he was even more excited about it than I was; he later came home and told me he couldn’t eat lunch because he was too excited to even eat lol. We got Taco Bell and celebrated. I told my mom about it over Facetime, who was happy about it too.

The fourth acceptance was to my top choice, off the WL. I was feeling pretty stressed because my top choice is in my home state and the only open acceptance I had at the time was in DC. Which meant that if I didn’t get into my top choice, I would have to pick up everything and move to the other side of the country, away from my support system and friends, all within two months. I had been on my top choice’s WL for 2 months, but as April 30th approached, I was getting more and more nervous. I followed the school’s thread religiously and over those two months, was spiraling into doubt (and a little despair, tbh). I didn’t want to move, but with every passing day, that would eventually become reality. April 15th, I was pretty much a mess, hoping for some movement since it was an AAMC traffic day. I was trying to get my mind off waiting and decided to turn on my dinosaur Wii and start playing. 10 minutes into Just Dance, I get a call and I’m like ??? (I rarely get phone calls). Picked up the phone, and it was one of the committee members telling me I got accepted. I did my best to not sound ecstatic over the phone. As soon as the call ended, I almost screamed my head off and called my dad and while jumping around, told him the good news. Promptly celebrated with Wendy’s afterwards. My mom was still overseas, so again, FaceTimed her. The poor woman burst into tears and cried for a good while (I think she was looking forward to the news the most out of the three of us). We still tease her about it.

Me and my family’s antics aside, serious talk for a moment: I don’t know how to describe that feeling when you get accepted. The best way to describe it...it’s like you climbed a mountain and you’re finally at the top. All the years, sleepless nights, tears, stress...in that moment, all of the pain you endured is worth it for that feeling. Funnily enough, I thought the months of WL agony would melt away that day, but it took me a few weeks to process the fact that I was no longer waiting. I was actually in.

To everyone out there...please don’t give up. Please hang in there. There are plenty of times you’ll want to quit, but the first A (and/or the A to your dream school) makes up for the struggle in spades. Keep going and fighting. You’ll make it.

EDIT: Forgot to mention something about that last acceptance. I was talking to my mom 20 minutes prior to getting the phone call and she mentioned that I’d get the call by 5 pm the same day. And it happened. Insane.
 
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