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

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I was sitting in my dentist's office waiting for the dentist to come by after his assistant was done when I pulled up my e-mail on my phone. I proceeded to scream like Cam (from Modern Family) and a few of the nurses came in to find out that I'd been accepted into med school 🙂.
 
therunner12 said:
Got in at midnight on February 1st (match day for Texas applicants). There was uncertainty to when the match was actually going to come out, it had come out at midnight last year but usually gets posted at 8AM. I had told myself I wasn't going to check until 8AM. I was on Skype with my SO and at 12:05am I decided to check SDN to see if anyone had said anything. Nothing of any significance was posted on the match thread so I checked the UTMB thread and saw that someone had received an acceptance email at midnight. Well, my phone didn't buzz so I figured I wasn't getting an email. Hear the buzz 10 seconds later, didn't believe it. The best part was my best friend (who I've been in school with for 17 years) called me right after I got my email saying he got into UTMB as well. Told my SO, called my parents and woke them up, didn't sleep at all that night because I still couldn't believe it, quit my job the next day, and bought Skyrim. I haven't been this relaxed since before I started studying for the MCAT. I had aunts/uncles texting me throughout the day to congratulate me/telling me to get drunk. Funniest conversations ever.

Finally!
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lmao! got accepted...quit my job.. video games for the rest of the year. That's funny. Yea I'd freakin slack like no other.
 
reading these - i feel like im in their shoes, i keep getting goosebumps ;p
 
torshi said:
reading these - i feel like im in their shoes, i keep getting goosebumps ;p
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Haha. Glad I'm not the only one. Maybe our stories will give a future pre-med goosebumps when they (hopefully) read our posts.
 
Congrats to everyone, these stories are awesome! I finally have one too...

This was my second application cycle and I just got back from an interview at one of my state schools. The interview didn't go particularly well, so I was kinda bumming. I changed out of my suit and was putting it back into the suit bag when my dad knocked on the door. He asked if I was ready to head to dinner to celebrate being done with the interview. I grabbed my phone, keys, etc to head out the door. This is when I checked my phone to see a subject line from another school, my first choice and a school that rejected me last year. My heart sank and it totally caught me off guard -- this school usually sends emails on Fridays and it was a Monday. I opened the email and the first line of text was a huge "You're In!". I immediately burst into tears (can't remember the last time I cried) and read maybe two more lines before falling onto my bed in an effort to comprehend everything, ha. The feeling of relief was greater than I ever expected.

Still chokes me up when I recount the story. Best. Day. Ever.
 
SJD24 said:
Congrats to everyone, these stories are awesome! I finally have one too...

This was my second application cycle and I just got back from an interview at one of my state schools. The interview didn't go particularly well, so I was kinda bumming. I changed out of my suit and was putting it back into the suit bag when my dad knocked on the door. He asked if I was ready to head to dinner to celebrate being done with the interview. I grabbed my phone, keys, etc to head out the door. This is when I checked my phone to see a subject line from another school, my first choice and a school that rejected me last year. My heart sank and it totally caught me off guard -- this school usually sends emails on Fridays and it was a Monday. I opened the email and the first line of text was a huge "You're In!". I immediately burst into tears (can't remember the last time I cried) and read maybe two more lines before falling onto my bed in an effort to comprehend everything, ha. The feeling of relief was greater than I ever expected.

Still chokes me up when I recount the story. Best. Day. Ever.
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🙂 incredible story mate!
 
This one girl that I know received her acceptance letter and made a video of her showing the closed letter to the camera, commenting on how "heavy it is" and opening it and reading it while squealing and jumping up and down. She then posted it on facebook, posted a closeup picture of the letter with her name on it, and then another of her holding it and made that one her facebook profile picture... oh and she also posted the video of her opening it into the news feed about four times.
 
Ashley1989 said:
This one girl that I know received her acceptance letter and made a video of her showing the closed letter to the camera, commenting on how "heavy it is" and opening it and reading it while squealing and jumping up and down. She then posted it on facebook, posted a closeup picture of the letter with her name on it, and then another of her holding it and made that one her facebook profile picture... oh and she also posted the video of her opening it into the news feed about four times.
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Is her name Ashley, by any chance?
 
Ashley1989 said:
This one girl that I know received her acceptance letter and made a video of her showing the closed letter to the camera, commenting on how "heavy it is" and opening it and reading it while squealing and jumping up and down. She then posted it on facebook, posted a closeup picture of the letter with her name on it, and then another of her holding it and made that one her facebook profile picture... oh and she also posted the video of her opening it into the news feed about four times.
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that's just annoying...
 
Hahahaha yeahhhh... Honestly I was just trying to be nice earlier. It was annoying.
 
I was with my girlfriend when I found out at midnight. I woke up my parents and then went and celebrated with a few of my friends who are pre-meds 🙂 I'm still ecstatic about it!!! 🙂
 
My heart stopped beating when I saw the an unknown number calling. And then when the Dean introduced himself, I just started crying out of nowhere. And he was like, "it's okay. Everyone cries when I call them." Best day ever!
 
I called the school to check on my status, and the lady said I was accepted and the letter was in the mail. I asked her, "are you joking?" She said she wasn't joking. "Like, can I tell all my friends and family? Like this is real?" She laughed and said, "yes this is real, congratulations!" I was about to leave my car to go to work anyways, so I hung up and while in a daze, proceeded to walk into a hospital to meet an elderly patient who had just had surgery the day before (I had to take some post-op measurements for a research study).

I entered the man's room and he had just gone to the bathroom in his portable toilet so the entire room smelled like s**t, like really really nauseating. I proceeded to take measurements for 10 minutes while trying not to gag and make sense of the world-changing information that I was just told 5 minute ago. I told the man, "please forgive me if I seem a little scatter-brained right now, I just found out five minutes ago that I got accepted to medical school. You're the first person I've told." The man, who was already mentally not "all there" (and which was made worse by all the medication he was on), looked at me and said "congratulations," while then offering his hand to shake. With a good idea where his hand must've been just a few minutes ago (I doubt he washed it), I proceeded to smile and shake his hand. This was a very awkward moment, as I was trying not to barf, and I wasn't sure whether it was because of the smell or because of all the emotions I was feeling. I finished up with the patient and walked briskly out of the hospital (of course I washed my hand thoroughly first).

I was still in shock and then drove downtown (can't believe I made it there safely, I was not in any state of mind to be driving) to tell the great news to my father in person in his office. Parking is expensive downtown so I told a bellman at a hotel about how I just found out I got into med school and I wanted to run up and tell my dad the news in person. He smiled and said I could leave the car there for 10 minutes. I told my dad and then drove to tell my mom and grandparents (my grandmother made me a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, that was my celebratory drink! Was sooo good...). I then called my good friends followed by texts sent to my other friends. I sent emails to people who wrote me LORs and certain professors, and of course posted on SDN!

I know it's TMI, but this was my story. 😀😀😀😀😀
 
I was just doing laundry and saw my phone ring. Picked it up and heard I was accepted which made me want to yell and scream for joy, but I was just so shocked I could barely speak properly. After I hung up I did finally process what just happened and I let out a big "YESSS" with a cheesy jump in the air. I'm pretty sure the people walking by the laundry room thought I was crazy. Then I called my parents and sisters, told my room mates, and my fellow lab mates when I went into lab. But the best thing is that I've had this grin on my face ever since I got that call and it just won't go away 🙂 people must think I'm weird looking all happy while studying for exams haha. Oh and later that night some friends and I went to the bars to celebrate.
 
I got accepted to my top choice on October 15th. I knew that it was the first possible day to receive an acceptance from my top choice, so I kept my phone on all day, even during classes and meetings. And I did get phone calls from numbers I didn't recognize, lots of them. Unfortunately, most of them were from telemarketers and my little sister, who's phone wasn't charged and kept borrowing various friends' phones to contact me.

By 5pm, there was no call from any medical school, and I was pretty down. Not so much because I hadn't heard anything (I mean, not everyone hears back on the 15th, and I'd had my interview just two weeks ago), but because I'd been on a roller coaster of emotions all day, getting at least TEN calls from unknown numbers.

I went to an evening Debate Team Meeting, kinda pissy, and turned my phone on silent. It was after business hours, so I didn't expect any calls from my top choice. But an hour and a half later, I saw my phone glowing (I'd left it atop a desk, thank god), and the name of my top choice was on the screen. I'd forgotten that'd I'd program the Admissions Office number into my phone. Without a word, I left the room, in the middle of a teammate's presentation. Five minutes later, I came back in to declare, "I just got into my top choice, bitches!"

The whole team clapped, and I was rewarded with some dark chocolate our coach keeps in his office. Then I screamed as I drove all the way home.
 
I was at an interview for my top choice. Heard my phone buzz in the middle of the Dean's orientation (and promptly proceeded to panic internally, because I knew admissions decisions for my second choice were being released that day). Walked calmly (in retrospect, I don't know how calm I appeared) to the restroom after the orientation was over to check my phone. Email in the inbox, no "Congratulations" in the subject line, so I assumed I'd been rejected. A little heartbroken, I opened the email to confirm, and to my surprise, it was an acceptance! Had to keep it quiet, but I was dancing on the inside. Texted friends and family, and didn't really get to scream and cry about it until the drive home. Hell of a day though, and a great boost of confidence before my actual interview.
 
Napoletana1007 said:
I was in Las Vegas for an interview at a DO back up school which was at 12:30pm, I got the acceptance email from my top choice at 7:30 am. I woke my boyfriend up and said let's go rock climbing today and he thought I was crazy and wanted to get a couple hours in at red rocks before my interview. Then he realized that I wasn't going to my interview. We started drinking at the casino at 8:00 am and then went shopping for a univ of Florida t-shirt in Vegas ( a 4 hour ordeal) and texted a pic of me in the tee with the words "it's official" to everyone back home.... Then of course we went rock climbing and proceeded to party like rock stars in Vegas . Best day ever!
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I'm glad you got in, but did you at least do the school the courtesy of telling them you couldn't make it to the interview? Seems really lame to just blow them off like that.
 
I was inbetween games of my jai alai tournament when i noticed that my mom called. I immediately became so nervous i began to sweat beez, or maybe that was because i was really going at it (being a novice to the dangerous game, i was just learning the ropes, but still, it is tough!) but i digest. Anyway, I knew the news was coming about my acceptance, so i starting shaking vigorously. Frankly, I have never shook so violently before, talk about intense! My dudes around me I anxiously called back my mom... to NO ANSWER!!! cursing out her under my breadth, but loud enough that my dudes knew I was being upset, I had to make one of the most difficult decisions in my life, do I drive to my parents house or continue my jai alai tournament (for those of you who know the most dangerous game, this is a very tough choice). I eventually decided to drop my xistera, and hopped in my car. speeding through green lights I arrived home in record time, which is saying something, because it is quite the drive, but once again I digress. Ok, wow, back to the good stuff. I get home and no one is there! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? I call my mom, my dad, my dog... no answer! Buster is not home either! Ok.. calmly turning around, I see that there is no letter around. Did my mom take it? hopefully no, but wait? what's this? I see an open envelope and what do you know??? Holy heck there is something folded inside!!! as i begin to sweat down to my toes, I unfold the pages....

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ACCEPTEDDDDDDDD BONERs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
typicalindian said:
I'm glad you got in, but did you at least do the school the courtesy of telling them you couldn't make it to the interview? Seems really lame to just blow them off like that.
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I called them, seems even lamer to waste their time if you ask me.
 
the dean called. I repeated over and over again how happy I was and I didn't know what to say.

after the call, I put the phone down and danced around the house.


yes, it feels that good.
 
Got a call - the first thing I did was let out a huge sigh of relief. It felt like all the weight I had been carrying these 4+ years just evaporated. Then I launched into some small talk, some chitchat and some well wishes and pleasantries. Then I had to walk into a meeting - but after, started calling everybody/sending e-mails. Felt good man. I think some of my friends + my roommates acted more excited than I was though..

For probably the next few days, I couldn't help but spontaneously smile. 😍
 
bump, time to get some reactions from the newest wave of acceptees.
 
So do/did you guys drop everything you're doing and pick up every phone call from numbers not saved in your phone book?
 
I heard about mine through e-mail, I first called by SO and then my family members. They were all very excited but I currently live across the country so no big celebration with them... I think that I did have a Delirium Nocturnum and ordered some Thai. One of the best parts of it was that I had already scheduled a flight for a different interview, I canceled the interview and switched fligth destinations. I visited my SO in California instead (go Southwest 🙂 !) I think that for the whole week I was super excited (smiling for no reason) and also felt like it was a lot of responsibility... I am getting more used to the feeling now... but that first night I was too anxious to sleep... I feel that I am so lucky to get to live my dream while others don't have as many options so I better continue to work hard and be kind to others.
 
I was talking with my dad on the phone about rescheduling an upcoming interview because I was feeling sick. He asked if I had heard back from the school I interviewed at around 2 weeks ago.

Me: "I don't think I'm getting in my interview was so crappy"
Dad: "blah, blah"
Me: I logged onto the portal and I see the accepted checklist "Uh I think I'm accepted"
Dad: "WAT??!???!?"

I fall backwards in my chair and kick a gallon of water over onto my computer because I am so shocked/excited!

Totally forgot to post when this happened. I am fortunate that I live alone so nobody saw the mess that I caused in my state of shock.
 
I got a phone call. I knew the area code and was waiting all day. I kept having a heart attack every time I got a call or text. Then at 8pm my phone rang, I looked down and screamed OMG 708! and just stared at it. My room mate had to prompt me to answer it because I was in shock!
 
I had a feeling that I was going to hear back from my top school on a certain day (from past years' trends), but when I left work at 5:30 and still hadn't gotten an email I was really disappointed. But I went right from work to a birthday celebration at a Tapas restaurant and then drinking and painting at one of those step by step painting classes.

I'm in the middle of painting and drinking when my dad texts me asking if I heard back. I text back no but decide to check my email anyway just to check. And there was the email timed at 5:41 pm....an acceptance! I screamed, told my friends, and then popped a bottle of champagne before calling my parents and best friends and finishing my painting.
 
I was waiting impatiently for the mailman to come deliver what I knew was a decision letter on his truck. The only problem was that I had to go to work, so I waited until the absolute last minute that I could. No mail, so I proceeded to go to my car when I hear the USPS truck rolling around my street. I sort through the letters and sure enough a decision envelope was in my hand. It was beat up because it was so thick, filled with... acceptance papers!!!!! All I could do was breath a huge sigh of relief, knowing I don't have to live in pre-med limbo any longer. Still got to work on time too!
 
Got the acceptance via email.

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sums it up.
 
I got my acceptance call in mid October, but I might as well add my story.

I remember that the first MD school I interviewed at would start calling on October 16, but I wasn't sure if my application would be reviewed in time for the first wave of acceptances. I had interviewed in late September, so I was hopeful, but wasn't expecting to hear anything in October. On the 16th of October, I was literally checking my phone and twitter (the admissions office have a twitter account) every 5 minutes, even though I had given the office my home phone number. I was kind of bummed out that day since I didn't hear anything and tried to keep thinking about when they would get to my application. The next day when I woke up, I checked Twitter and saw that they had reviewed most applications from my interview date. I just laid in bed a while since I didn't have work that day, and when I got up to get breakfast, I noticed that there was a message on my answering machine. It was the dean of admissions asking me to call her back! I knew that it was an acceptance, and I was so excited! I started screaming and jumping up and down, and then called my brother and texted my SO about it. I was just ecstatic that entire day, and I'm still really happy about it. 🙂
 
virtuoso735 said:
I got my acceptance call in mid October, but I might as well add my story.

I remember that the first MD school I interviewed at would start calling on October 16, but I wasn't sure if my application would be reviewed in time for the first wave of acceptances. I had interviewed in late September, so I was hopeful, but wasn't expecting to hear anything in October. On the 16th of October, I was literally checking my phone and twitter (the admissions office have a twitter account) every 5 minutes, even though I had given the office my home phone number. I was kind of bummed out that day since I didn't hear anything and tried to keep thinking about when they would get to my application. The next day when I woke up, I checked Twitter and saw that they had reviewed most applications from my interview date. I just laid in bed a while since I didn't have work that day, and when I got up to get breakfast, I noticed that there was a message on my answering machine. It was the dean of admissions asking me to call her back! I knew that it was an acceptance, and I was so excited! I started screaming and jumping up and down, and then called my brother and texted my SO about it. I was just ecstatic that entire day, and I'm still really happy about it. 🙂
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soo happy for you!
 
LittleDandelion said:
My heart stopped beating when I saw the an unknown number calling. And then when the Dean introduced himself, I just started crying out of nowhere. And he was like, "it's okay. Everyone cries when I call them." Best day ever!
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This makes ME want to cry and I havent even applied yet! (Maybe its my pregnancy hormones LOL). Congratulations!!!
 
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