when you found out you got in, how did you react ?

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MD Odyssey said:
I have a very special bottle of Chateau la Nerthe stashed away in my wine cellar if I get accepted into medical school (two more years to go, I think).

And then a couple of bottles of very cheap tequila to finish things off.
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hopefully, I will also be celebrating in 2 years 🙂
 
I'm in Uganda on a medical mission right now, and I was hoping for a call on Monday. Starting from noon Uganda time I kept my phone with me, and at 10pm I gave up (3pm EST). I felt like crap, and had a hard time falling asleep.

At 10:40pm, my phone goes off, and I got super excited and answered it, turns out it was Comcast. I almost started crying, but I hung up, went back to bed.

At midnight Uganda time, the phone rings from the area code I was hoping for. The director of admissions said congratulations, and I just started crying. I kept saying thank you, thank you. Most incoherent phone conversation ever.

The doctors on the medical mission were really excited for me, and when I get home I'll celebrate with a nice bottle of wine. But I can't think of anywhere else I would rather be when I found out.
 
blasted some music. called family, texted friends. gf came over. she then broke up with me, before i even told her the news. kicked her out of my place and called it a night.
 
latrala2300 said:
blasted some music. called family, texted friends. gf came over. she then broke up with me, before i even told her the news. kicked her out of my place and called it a night.
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I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad for you.

But anyway, congrats on your acceptance, feels good ya?
 
Slowpoke said:
I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad for you.

But anyway, congrats on your acceptance, feels good ya?
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hell yeah, still feels good! i assume a MD can help acquire 50x better females along the way anyway 😉
 
Got the e-mail this morning! Since then, I have been like this at work all day: (too bad I don't have anyone here to tell!)

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Congrats you guys!! I know everyone has worked hard to get this far!

Hopefully, in a couple years, I will be able to post on this thread
 
Just got my first acceptance today! My mom got it in the mail and called me up. She opened it and read it to me. Was cool. 🙂 I then called the boyfriend, grandparents, and the dad. It was fun to hear everybody else get excited, too.
 
Received an e-mail in the middle of parent-teacher conferences night. I sneaked into my Tiny Tower game to restock my floors and then an iOS 5 notification popped up with just the words "We are pleased to offer..."

My hands started to shake and after I read the entire e-mail, I sprinted into another teacher's room (who I currently live with) and started to get really emotional.

I then enjoyed a bottle of champagne with some friends when I got home 🙂
 
Cinclus said:
Just got my first acceptance today! My mom got it in the mail and called me up. She opened it and read it to me. Was cool. 🙂 I then called the boyfriend, grandparents, and the dad. It was fun to hear everybody else get excited, too.
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Congrats! But were you even worried about acceptances with a 4.0/39 lol
 
To put this into context, I knew UM offers were going out on Wednesday, and so I waited for a phone call because I really loved the school. And nothing happened. I had an A&P exam the next day, and was completely distracted but realized I had been waitlisted when no phone call happened. I checked my e-mail after the exam, and saw an alternate list letter, which just broke my heart even though I had already surmised this the night prior (thinking you know, and knowing you know without a shadow of a doubt are two very different emotions I found out). So I spent my entire Thursday reading books which were so bad they should've never been published. But they were very successful at turning my mind into mush, which is what the doctor ordered :laugh:.

The next day, I was in a staff meeting, and had left my phone in my apartment. When I came back, I saw a missed call and called back to discover it was the admissions office at USF. I had a pretty good idea by this point what had happened, but there was no message, nobody was picking up the phone, and I honestly wasn't expecting I would hear back so soon (10 days is the earliest students hear back). I kept calling periodically over the next two hours, and finally called the secretary asking if I was missing anything in my file since I didn't want to sound arrogant. She said, "No, no, you're not missing anything, but we're going to give you a little white coat in August. Congratulations." So then I knew for sure, and though I didn't feel as dramatic or theatrical as I had imagined I would be, I was so relieved and grateful, and even right now it still feels like a trance.

Then I did a conference call with my mom, dad, and sister, and let them I got into medical school. My mom started crying, and I was sad I didn't get to see the reaction on her face. She said, "You made my dream come true." Best day ever!
 
I was out on the east coast for a few interviews and had been gone for 5 days and on my way home. My actual interviewer had called my home number and told my parents I had been accepted. Rather than leave me a voice mail, they decided to wait until I got home later that night. I had picked up my girlfriend on the way back from the airport and finally got to my house about 1:00 AM. The house was totally dark and I was dragging.

As we quietly made our way upstairs, at the top of the stairs was a child's toy "doctor kit". At first I thought it was just my mom's way of saying to me- keep trying. When I got to the top of the stairs and flipped on the lights, they had decorated the entire upstairs with ballons, banners, streamers in the school's colors, and printed off signs with the school's name and logo. My parents had pretended to be asleep and jumped out of bed to congratulate me! That was pretty cool! 👍👍👍
 
pdxjazz said:
I was out on the east coast for a few interviews and had been gone for 5 days and on my way home. My actual interviewer had called my home number and told my parents I had been accepted. Rather than leave me a voice mail, they decided to wait until I got home later that night. I had picked up my girlfriend on the way back from the airport and finally got to my house about 1:00 AM. The house was totally dark and I was dragging.

As we quietly made our way upstairs, at the top of the stairs was a child's toy "doctor kit". At first I thought it was just my mom's way of saying to me- keep trying. When I got to the top of the stairs and flipped on the lights, they had decorated the entire upstairs with ballons, banners, streamers in the school's colors, and printed off signs with the school's name and logo. My parents had pretended to be asleep and jumped out of bed to congratulate me! That was pretty cool! 👍👍👍
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Best parents, ever........ Congratulations.
 
When I got in, my roommate handed me a bottle of champagne. The price tag said 79.99. I was shocked, and said "you shouldn't have ...". He said "I didn't, it was 7.99, the tag was a typo." Gotta love Andre!

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PMPMD said:
When I got in, my roommate handed me a bottle of champagne. The price tag said 79.99. I was shocked, and said "you shouldn't have ...". He said "I didn't, it was 7.99, the tag was a typo." Gotta love Andre!

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gotta love the andre
 
i can't wait to post my story in this thread if/when i get in
 
I received a call on my cell from a number I didn't recognize so I let it go to voicemail. Seeing that a message was left, I listened to it and yelled with joy at realizing that I was accepted!!! I replayed the message on speaker for my mom and we were both screaming like we won the lottery. Best, surprise news ever. Wooo!
 
I was hanging outside with a friend of mine, just chillin when my mom came home and said she was going to get the mail. She came back holding a thin envelope from my state school and I was like 'oh crap, that's here already?' thinking I would be getting an email or a letter after I had already gone back to Africa to finish my Peace Corps service. So I informed my mom and my friend that most people get put on hold and that I'll probably have to wait until March to find out for sure and I ripped open the envelope very slowly, read the first line "we are delighted to offer you a position in the class of 2016..." and said sort of shocked/excited "I'm in. I'm accepted." They both cheered and I started jumping up and down and screaming "I'm gonna be a doctor!!!" I'm gonna be a doctor!!!" and proceeded to go inside and facebook status it up as well as update the school SDN forum. When I told my dad he said "well, you have to actually get through med school first." Gee, thanks Dad! I'm still reeling and sooo excited! Especially to know so early! I'm wicked lucky! 😀
 
Then my fiance took me out to a sushi dinner with my brother and we got drunk on sake. Woo!
 
Shed a couple man tears. 5 tears...total, not from each eye 😎
Considering my background and the obstacles growing up, it was a huge accomplishment.
 
When I got the email, I just felt relieved that I wouldn't have to apply again, come what may. I was about to take a shower, so I wrote a quick thank-you message to the program director, then went and took the shower, just sort of dazed. Then I came back and called or emailed most everyone I know. I never did have a "woohoo" sort of emotional reaction, though.

I don't know how conventionally excited I am, but I've certainly been really chipper for the last few days, and am settling in to the idea that there's like a 95% chance of me being a doctor... it's a strange, but good, feeling.
 
I freaked out and called everyone I knew, and didn't study at all for my French test later that day.
 
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so good to be out of the woods !!
 
SillyMonkey said:
I was sitting in a Pinkberry with my friend. I was working on my update letter for waitlisted schools and personal statement for reapplication; she was also working on her PS. We talked about medical school, and I cried a bit about my fear of never getting into medical school (I cried quite a bit throughout the cycle). I changed the subject, not wanting to make a scene at Pinkberry, and ruin everyone else's experience there 😳 .

After about 5 mins, we went back to working on our things, and I received a phone call from a recognizable area code, but not of the school. I picked up nonchalantly, some version of this conversation followed...

Dr. X: Hello, may I please speak to Sillymonkey?
Me: This is she.
Dr. X: My name is Dr. X, the dean of admission of med school X.
I signaled my friend that I must take this call outside, stepped out of Pinkberry, and listened intently.
Dr. X: *&^&(*(&*( accepted )(*#)(*)*()%$_@ would you like to join our incoming class?
Me: OMG, really? Thank you so much (I felt that I was so calm and collected).
signaled to my friend inside pinkberry that I had been accepted. Somehow she understood what i was trying to convey, came out and joined me. We hugged and jumped up and down while Dr. X was still on the phone.
Dr. X: Congratulations. You sound excited.
Me: (TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY LOST IT!) Yes YES YES! I'm SOOO EXCITED!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT? REALLY? YOU AREN'T TAKING THIS AWAY RIGHT? OMG OMG OMG REALLY? OMG! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU ()*()#&*(%&*(&#($(*#)_$*()*_)$*()_#$*%()*@_#$(
Dr. X: Yes! Congratulations! )#*$)($*()&*(^&#(*)&)%&*(&_&%_($&*)#$%*$ (I had no idea what was said the rest of the conversation)

Hung up the phone with Dr. X. Said my prayers. Followed by combo of Screamed. Laughed. Cried. (repeat 50 times). My friend bought me a cupcake, and took a pic of me with it in front of pinkberry. We decided to go home to tell my family.

On our way home, I told my bro over the phone, because he wasn't home. He was super happy for me. I got home, and only my 2 sisters were home. I told them, we high fived, screamed, hugged. They posted some version of “My sister is going to be a doctor” on FB.

My parents + grandma came home. I waited for everyone to sit down, and told them I had very important news to share with them. My dad fronted a silly grin. My grandma, my mom, and my sis cried. I cried. My grandma cried some more. For me, it was so awesome to share this news with my family (see my grandma's tears of joy), esp because we were having nothing but horrible news in awhile. I called all my friends, and emailed my professors and letter writers.

I woke up at a ridiculous hour the next morning with this intense fear. Not finding an email/online status update freaked me out even more. I was afraid it was all a dream/hoax/prank call. Too early to call the school, I sent a ridiculous email to the school. Some time later, I called the school to verify, they didn’t/couldn’t??… Eventually, I got a reply that I was indeed accepted to medical school!

Since then, I cried often. But that eventually stopped. I still can’t wipe this ridiculous grin off my face. I also have random urges to scream “I’M GOING TO BE A DOCTOR!!!” all too often.

The best day ever: June 24th, sooo worth the wait!
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So happy for him/her 🙂
 
BUMP!

because this threat makes me happy.

kinda like how this bunny makes me happy

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This thread is awesome! Somehow this makes me feel better when I'm stressing about not getting any interviews yet. Like, when/if I do get an interview invite and I rock said interview, I may be able to post my own response...someday.
 
I got into my top choice on the morning of November 15th. I hadn't been expecting to get an offer so soon, so I had tried not to get my hopes up in the days leading up to pre-match. But I couldn't help but think of how awesome it would be if I did.

So I went to sleep late the night before, and woke up about every hour. Like a kid before Christmas. Finally, I woke up at 7:40AM, and decided to stay awake (I usually get up ~8:30). I immediately started checking my email, reading news, facebooking, anything to pass the time. I knew from previous threads that the offers from this particular school were sent at 8:05AM the year before. At 8AM, I started refreshing my email page over and over again. 8:05 came and went, and I preparing myself to accept that I wasn't going to get an offer.

Five minutes later I was about to get in the shower when I refreshed one last time. There it was, at the top of my inbox. I'll never forget the sheer joy/relief/excitement/disbelief that I felt at that moment. I didn't even read the whole message. I just saw "delighted" and the name of the school and I started dancing around my room, fist pumping silently since my roommates were still asleep. I reread it several times and tried to convince myself that I wasn't dreaming.

I had a test that morning at 9:30. Talk about the lowest stress test I've ever taken :laugh:

I took my roommates out for a nice dinner that night and set the acceptance email as the background on my computer so that I could wake up to it for the next several days. Best feeling ever to know that all your hard work, all the bullsh** of the application process, all the studying for the MCAT, etc. finally paid off. I still haven't come down from the high.
 
Congrats Etorphine & Coffee Machine!

I received a status update by email on a Monday, but it said I would find out by snail mail. I left for an interview on the opposite coast two days later and told my sister to open it when it came. If it was an acceptance, tell me before my interview. If was a rejection...wait until after the interview.

Because I had heard nothing, I called her after my Thursday interview: no letter yet. I called her the next day: no letter yet. I texted her Saturday morning about 10 minutes before boarding my flight: no letter. Then as I was getting up to board the plane, I got a text from my brother-in-law with a picture of a letter addressed to me: "the XXX SOM is pleased to offer you a position..."

The first thought that ran through my head: "Oh sh%*!" My sister called me 20 seconds later and told me they hadn't seen the letter, which had been there for a day or two. I texted the rest of my family and then boarded the plane. That was seriously the best flight ever!
 
For me, I had just arrived in another city for an interview. I was just checking out the sights and sounds, trying to get to know the city. I actually didn't realize that I left my phone on slient and that my mailbox was full when I got a phone number from an area code that I had never seen. I actually went online that night only to check what area code that number was in and then the SDN thread where that school was at...got a PM from someone telling me that she had received an acceptance call from that exact same number.

Couldn't focus at all the next day during my interview even told a couple other fellow interviewees about it.....got another missed call and this time a voice mail (since I cleared out my voice mailbox) but couldn't listen to it because by the time I had gotten to enter my password the student tour guide said some snide remark about a bunch of us looking at our cell phones.

After the interview, I finally got to listen to that message with a number to call. Knew what was going to happen, but nothing felt as sweet as the real thing when the Admissions Dean gave me the good news. I didn't know what to say I sounded like an idiot and kept saying how speechless I was....was shocked that I got accepted on the first possible day after being a reapplicant last year (although honestly I haven't been able to let up academically in my SMP because I get paranoid that I'll get my acceptance rescinded if I completely slack off haha). But definitely the sweetest and most easy going plane ride home even though I was squashed in the window seat in economy class :laugh: I was on Cloud 9!

Even if I end up going elsewhere, there's no feeling like that first acceptance to med school and a special shout out to us reapplicants that have gotten in since it's been a painful and long journey for us!
 
My husband hugged me (we had been watching Raising Hope) and then I called my parents. Then I texted a few friends while my husband called his parents. Then we resumed Raising Hope. Love that show...haha.
 
First time: I was playing my Xbox, playing gears of war. I was busy killing two people, and decided to check my phone. Saw an email - opened it and I was accepted! So happy that I didn't see myself get killed in game....


The next two times were uneventful, but the fourth time, I was playing gears again. This time, I was sniping, and got a message.

"You have been recommended for admission" - left me a little confused, but then I read and jumped for joy. I was happy. Still am happy. Forever happy
 
I could use words to describe how it feels after hanging up an acceptance phone call, or...

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The first indication at the school that you got accepted was that your online portal changed. Around 2-3pm people on SDN started to report that their portals changed. Checked, mine hadn't yet. No problem yet, seemed like it was a rolling process. I felt like this school was my best chance, the interview had gone really well and I liked it a lot.

Mood: Optimistically excited

The next day I had a major physiology exam that I was really worried about as I had missed quite a bit of class on the interviews. Failing that class would not bode well for future application cycles.

4pm, can't study at all, pretty much every 30 seconds I'm refreshing the portal, still no change.

Mood: Worried, stressed

5pm, Okay, now I'm really getting worried, normal closing time is in an hour. I give up trying to study and put on "Bad Teacher" to kill time. If my portal hasn't changed by the time it's over that pretty much does it.

7pm, Yep no change yet, adcom has to be done meeting by now. SDN still has a few people posting acceptances but people who have just checked from an earlier acceptance or after celebrating for a few hours. Call my dad, tell him the bad news. This on top of a looming failure of a very important class.

Mood: Devasted, the worst I have ever felt in my life

7:05 pm, Writing some emo message on facebook to some friends. Something along the lines of "getting off the emotional rollercoaster" but decide against it. By habit press refresh...

The page changes.

Mood: No words. In fact even now two months later I am tearing up a little bit while trying to think of how to describe going instantaneously from the worst moment of your life to the very best.

P.S. Ended up with the second highest score on the exam.
 
I got accepted a week ago!

I live abroad so any emails from med school come overnight my time. I usually wake up restlessy 2-3 times a night and grab my phone to check my email.

This time I managed to sleep thru 8 AM. I grab my phone and check my email and I see "XX School of Medicine Applicant..." and my heart stops because it's only been 3 weeks since my interview and they said 4-6 weeks. After I wait an ETERNITY for it to load, I see "The Committee on Admissions is pleased to offer you a position in the incoming first year class at the XX SOM." and sit straight up, and then fall out of bed and start crying and saying OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG about a hundred times.

I open up my computer to see the whole email, still in disbelief, and then fb chat my mom to tell her. We video skyped, and I got to tell my dad for the first time, and I started crying as I said it and so did my mom.

I had the day off and I spent the whole day not believing it and freaking out.

Best day ever.
 
I didn't really do anything... depressing I know. I called my parents, but after that... I still have plenty of work so I just went back to it.
 
Woke up at 3am to the acceptance email from 1 of my top choices, let out a huge sigh of relief that the waiting game was finally over, ran through the house to wake my sister up and we did our happy dance :highfive: :banana: :highfive: Then we called our parents 🙂
 
I think I had a blank face for a few minutes. I took a look at my phone after partying the night before and waking up at 11am and saw a little email icon. After reading the words ACCEPTED it took a while to actually process. Then I ran around telling everyone nearby 🙂 .
 
I was driving to another interview when I decided to check my email on my phone. Sure enough, a "your decision letter has been signed" email. I flipped out, but realized it was 5 pm on a Friday, so told myself to just focus on the interview at hand and not be disappointed if I had to wait 'til Monday to find out. Called the admissions office anyway, just in case. The lady got my info and said the dean was just about to walk out the door, but she'd get her before she left... all of a sudden I could hear muffled laughter and whispering, and I could tell I'd been put on speakerphone. The dean came on and started to say, "I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted....." I immediately started screaming "OMG OMG!!!!! Thankyou thankyou!!!!!" Then everyone in the background burst out laughing and started calling out "congrats" and "happy Thanksgiving!" (this was right before.)

After I hung up, I called my parents and my husband, then posted on Facebook...I felt like I was so dazed when I got to the pre-interview reception... I thought it would be kind of jerky to start blabbing about an acceptance in front of people who only had 1-2 interviews, but I couldn't resist telling a couple of people that I got into conversations with. I don't think it hit me until I was touring the school that I was interviewing at the next day, and thought "wow, I WILL be doing all of this next year...." Second acceptance received a more appropriate reception, complete with yummy cupcakes, red wine... celebratory dinner plans pending 👍
 
It was 3AM my time, and the dean was speaking to me in German, because he remembered that I spoke/understood German(he took it in high school)--I was very confused for at least 20 seconds--briefly considered that I was dreaming, then just repeated "seriously, awesome, oh my god," in different orders/volumes for the next five minutes
 
I just yelped like an injured girl puppy.....I JUST GOT IN!!!!!!!
 
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