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

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Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
I got into my top choice a few days ago. In classic fashion, I was actually on the toilet. My stepdad called to ask if I had gotten a call yet (the school told us to expect a call that day if we had been accepted). I told him no, but right as I did I had another incoming call from the same city as my top choice.

So I told him I thought that might be it and to hold on. I answered, and it was the dean calling to congratulate me. Right as he did, my wife walked in with my girls. After I got off the phone, I jumped around a little with my kiddos, hugged my wife, and then called my stepdad back.

And then I got a pizza to celebrate.
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Congrats, man. Well deserved 🙂
 
Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
I got into my top choice a few days ago. In classic fashion, I was actually on the toilet. My stepdad called to ask if I had gotten a call yet (the school told us to expect a call that day if we had been accepted). I told him no, but right as I did I had another incoming call from the same city as my top choice.

So I told him I thought that might be it and to hold on. I answered, and it was the dean calling to congratulate me. Right as he did, my wife walked in with my girls. After I got off the phone, I jumped around a little with my kiddos, hugged my wife, and then called my stepdad back.

And then I got a pizza to celebrate.
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Congrats!!! But I can't be the only one wondering... at what point in this story did you get off the toilet??
 
Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
I was looking before I even got accepted. 😀
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I had briefly looked into each area of the schools I interviewed at prior to acceptance as well, but once I had a hard acceptance I started adding houses to my favorites 😀 The housing component of the equation is what is making the decision of how to rank the schools tough at this point.
 
esob said:
I had briefly looked into each area of the schools I interviewed at prior to acceptance as well, but once I had a hard acceptance I started adding houses to my favorites 😀 The housing component of the equation is what is making the decision of how to rank the schools tough at this point.
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Yeah I went by fit and the area. But it was pretty clear for me which one was above the rest. After I interviewed there I started looking because it just felt right. One of my favorite houses is already gone. 🙁 But there’s a house that’s completely pink on the outside that my 3 year old loves. For some reason I think that one might stay available lol. And the inside is really nice.
 
Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
Yeah I went by fit and the area. But it was pretty clear for me which one was above the rest. After I interviewed there I started looking because it just felt right. One of my favorite houses is already gone. 🙁 But there’s a house that’s completely pink on the outside that my 3 year old loves. For some reason I think that one might stay available lol. And the inside is really nice.
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Yeah, it's still early so a lot of the houses will be gone by the time we matriculate, but an all pink house might actually still be on the market, lol.
 
I was at my local school district's office fighting with their security over video camera footage of some old lady rear ending me in a parking lot the day before. I just got done talking to 4 different people about the same event when i went outside to the lobby and saw the email on my phone. I proceeded to smile super big and call all my friends and family as the front desk lady had to come over and ask me what was i going on. I told her that i just got accepted to medical school and she said thats nice take it outside please...
 
When I found out, I honestly just smiled. I keep thinking I'm going to cry but I haven't just yet. It's been such a long road, so I feel like I'm just in awe. I'm even more amazed that I won't have to pay a dime for medical school (accepted MD/PhD). I have no loans from undergrad either, so I just feel so blessed to be here.

As a first generation student, this has meant a lot to me. I'm from Mississippi, so statistically I should not have achieved much as an African-American woman from a single parent household who lived in poverty for >75% of my life. I think it will hit me when I'm actually in a classroom, learning biochem or histology lol.

Congrats everyone! I'm going to read this thread from top to bottom eventually, as I slowly wait for medical school to start.
 
PursuingHappy said:
When I found out, I honestly just smiled. I keep thinking I'm going to cry but I haven't just yet. It's been such a long road, so I feel like I'm just in awe. I'm even more amazed that I won't have to pay a dime for medical school (accepted MD/PhD). I have no loans from undergrad either, so I just feel so blessed to be here.

As a first generation student, this has meant a lot to me. I'm from Mississippi, so statistically I should not have achieved much as an African-American woman from a single parent household who lived in poverty for >75% of my life. I think it will hit me when I'm actually in a classroom, learning biochem or histology lol.

Congrats everyone! I'm going to read this thread from top to bottom eventually, as I slowly wait for medical school to start.
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I don’t know why everyone thinks they have to cry. I didn’t cry. I did a little dance with my kids and ate a pizza. Some people just don’t process happiness that way. Congrats. 🙂
 
I was talking to my mom in her office (she works from home) when I got a phone call from my schools area code. She was right there to hear me get accepted which was great because she’s been my biggest supporter throughout this entire process. After a moment of shock I jumped for joy and hugged her and danced around. Then I called my dad, my grandparents, my boyfriend, and my siblings. I’m a reapplicant who has taken the MCAT three times and was waitlisted then ultimately rejected last cycle so it was a moment of relief, joy, and validation all rolled into one. Best moment of my life so far ☺️☺️☺️
 
On the 15th of October I was on the bus ride back from the DMV after a paperwork issue lol. Was pissed off and listening to Subdivisions by Rush.

Then I got the call from Western Michigan, was elated and blabbered like an idiot to the admissions director haha. Phoned my parents, friends and went by my Alma maters campus where I work and told random aquaintances on the street. Too much but I loved that day. It was a really great day.
 
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I was at home chilling with my brother and my grandmother, who is visiting from Ohio for the holidays, when I got the call. I excused myself to my room and remained surprisingly calm during the phone conversation. I think I was kind of shell-shocked. I emerged from my room, disbelieving grin in place, looked at the two of them, and said "I got into medical school. That was XYZ SOM calling. I got in!"

My mom and stepdad screamed and jumped up and down when I told them, and that's when the tears started. But after that, I largely went about business as usual.

I have been so pleasantly surprised by the outpouring of love, support, and pride from family, friends, mentors, neighbors...everyone.

I think it still hasn't completely sunk in that I'm going to be a doctor. I still feel like it isn't real, it can't be real, I don't deserve it. But everytime I remember that call I get a smile and a swooping feeling in my stomach.

Many, many congratulations to all of those who have been accepted this cycle!
 
boundlesscorpuscle said:
I was at home chilling with my brother and my grandmother, who is visiting from Ohio for the holidays, when I got the call. I excused myself to my room and remained surprisingly calm during the phone conversation. I think I was kind of shell-shocked. I emerged from my room, disbelieving grin in place, looked at the two of them, and said "I got into medical school. That was XYZ SOM calling. I got in!"

My mom and stepdad screamed and jumped up and down when I told them, and that's when the tears started. But after that, I largely went about business as usual.

I have been so pleasantly surprised by the outpouring of love, support, and pride from family, friends, mentors, neighbors...everyone.

I think it still hasn't completely sunk in that I'm going to be a doctor. I still feel like it isn't real, it can't be real, I don't deserve it. But everytime I remember that call I get a smile and a swooping feeling in my stomach.

Many, many congratulations to all of those who have been accepted this cycle!
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Congrats!!

XYZ SOM... sounds like a very intriguing program
 
I was accepted to a Top 20 (some argue Top 10) school yesterday!

I was sitting at my desk getting ready to see my 1:15 pm patient and I received a call from a number I did not recognize. I do not normally answer these calls but I was hoping! My Executive Committee member said the committee had just met and she was super excited to call me and she wanted to do so before the email came through. I know I was grinning like a fool! I called my husband and he was in disbelief, then started telling his coworkers, haha! :hardy: I called my mom and she started crying. I am one of six children and the first to earn a bachelors on my father's side and only the second on my mother's side (she is one of 8 and my dad is one of 13). I am also the first to go to graduate school on either side. My mother only completed three grades. This is huge for her and both sides. Paving the way!

I then went to go see my patient and stopped to tell my receptionist (my clinic has been rooting for me) and she started getting teary-eyed which made me start bawling. :laugh:
 
Was in a meeting for my masters program when I got the email. Tried to keep my cool as most of my peers applied this cycle and a lot of them haven't gotten in but I guess I let out this little gasp when I saw the notification and the preview of the email pop up. I guess it was pretty obvious what I had gotten since I started smiling (and semi-crying) like a crazy person!
Afterwards I went out with some friends for a few drinks was just doing some weird happy full body shake/wiggle because I was so excited (think like an Australian Shepard when it's waiting for someone to throw a ball). Honestly I didn't even notice I was doing it until one of my friends commented but it just felt so surreal!
The school conveniently sent the acceptance out on a Friday so I was very thankful I had the weekend to celebrate!
 
I was in the car with my girlfriend, and I had been feeling dejected about the process that week. I received a phone call from a number with the area code of the school, and when I answered the phone and heard the dean introduce himself, I pulled over immediately. I then called my parents on the verge of tears, and bought a bottle of champagne later that afternoon!
 
So looking forward to that moment. I'm an RD who didn't match to an internship - eventually did get an acceptance but logging in to see a screen that told me "sorry no match for you" will always be burned into my memory. Hoping for better vibes with this career change.
 
I applied in the Dark Ages before there was email, or cell phones, or laptops, for that matter. I went to an out-of-state college, and all the correspondence went to my home. I remember my parents calling me up with that acceptance, and just screaming with them. Come to think about it, they never told me about the rejections. They were always so in my corner. Dammm, I miss them so much.
 
My reaction was confused.

I checked VCU's portal and some random tabs were added. Apparently those tabs mean you got accepted, but it was really unclear. After 2 hours of trying to understand if that meant I got accepted, I was over it. So yea, not how I envisioned my reaction to be like. Still was extremely happy though!
 
My first acceptance came on a day off from work during my gap year. I was having some McDonald's breakfast, watching Moana and getting through 3/4 of Coco when I got the call. My mom was right outside, so I went out and held up my phone and kept on shaking it (like, "I got the call!"). She started screaming. Then I called my dad, and he was pretty chill about it.

My third acceptance (to my current top choice school) came while I was on vacation in California for a live figure skating competition (I'm a huge fan). The adcom told us what day they would call us, so it was always in the back of my mind, but because I was in a new place/sightseeing/eating good food, I didn't think about it too much. I walked around Disneyland and had IHOP for breakfast. I got the call while I was unpacking in my hotel room. An hour later, I walked over to the ice rink for the first time and got to see some of my FAVORITE skaters up close. It was too unreal. Perfect timing. I was totally stress free; best week of my life.

This process has been crazy!
 
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So I applied three years in a row , but this is the first year I actually had interviews . It was this Monday . I got to work after 6 hours of classes , started talking to a client (work in addiction treatment facility ), and then I see an email from Drexel , open it up , start reading it - anf CANT. I tried reading it three times before I could actually finish it 🙂))) It seemed too unbelievable. My clients was asking if I was ok , and I told me “I am gonna make a phone call , just listen to it , you’ll understand “. I called my ex boyfriend who to this day remains one of my best friends, because I have always wanted him to be the first to know . Back in October he said he will get me something as a present when I get accepted (I wanted a simple watch to remind me of all time I put into it ). So when I called him I started off “well, I have bad news . You are about to loose money “🙂)) I think he was crying on the phone , because his voice was shaking . He was so invested into this himself , that for him it meant EVERYTHING.
My clients texted EVERYONE he knew that I got accepted 🙂)) so for the rest of the day random ppl were congratulating me .

I screenshot the email and texted it to everyone . When I got home that night I sat down to have dinner in front of my computer , put on my show , and just started crying . It hit me .🙂)

My second acceptance was even better - the very next day (this Tuesday). I was in a food court in school having lunch , and suddenly I get a call- recognize area code , pick up the phone . I was standing , getting ready to leave for class, so I just took the call standing (froze🙂)). So as I am talking to the admissions person I see this guy walking by right next to me . My old classmate... 20 years old (I am 32), who also wants to go to medical school (both parents doctors , never had to work- very different background from mine). So this guy told me s year ago what I was too old to go to medical school ..... so it was such a movie moment when he was EXACTLY the person to walk right by me when i got that call ! Crazy !!!! Somehow it made it somehow more valid .
 
This is my third time applying. The first time I applied to all the wrong schools. I hadn’t discovered MSAR and didn’t have a great advisor to guide me. My application was also sub-par at best. Fast forward 3 years, a week ago I got my first acceptance into an MD school (and a school I have dreamed of going to). Thanks to SDN, I knew if I got accepted, I would get a call sometime between 2pm & 4pm from one of my interviewers on that day. I was at work and had been anxious all day. At 3:30 when I got off work, I still hadn’t gotten a call. I walked to the parking garage, got in my car, started it, and my phone started ringing from a number I didn’t know. My heart stopped for a second as I answered the phone and heard the familiar voice of my interviewer asking “Is this ...?” The rest is kind of a blur. I’m sure I babbled and then the call eventually ended. Still sitting in my car in the parking deck, I was frozen and couldn’t even navigate to my Favorites to call my family. This was the feeling I had been waiting for and dreaming of for 3 years.

If any pre-meds are reading this, the one thing I hope you take away from this is: don’t give up hope. If you are passionate about medicine and becoming a physician, put in the hard work and keep trying. You will end up exactly where you’re meant to be. My gap years ended up being the best thing to happen to me and I’m so glad I had that time to further explore myself and the field of medicine.
 
i was sitting in bed watching the bachelor and i knew one of my schools i interviewed at was calling that night about acceptances. all of a sudden, i got a call from the area code at around 7:45ish and i instantly knew who it was. i sobbed uncontrollably when the dean of admissions told me they had accepted me. i could not speak back to him at all since i was hysterically crying, and he goes "well it seems like you have a lot of people to call! i will email you the details". ultimate definition of catharsis after going through this horrific process LOL
 
I got my first acceptance this week!!

I'm a high school teacher and I told my class that I *might* be getting a call during their class from the admissions committee. My phone started ringing and all of my students froze while I looked at the number (it wasn't from the same area code of the school). They kept shouting to still pick it up and sure enough it was an acceptance call! He asked me how I was doing and I meant to say "better now that you've called" but I could only spit out "better" which was so vague and seemed like a weird unemotional response. Then he started saying "blah blah we just finished our adcom meeting and you've been accepted to our school and we would love to have you" and all I could do was whisper "omg" as he was talking which was super creepy now that I think back. I honestly was in so much shock that I had a massive brain fart and didn't know how to respond or form a sentence. Afterwards I walked in and told my students and they started cheering and clapping which made me tear up so bad. Then I had them start a chem problem 😏 while I stepped out and called my mom and fiancee and cried on the phone with them. After school I quickly ran to my car in the parking lot and called my best friend and said "are you ready to come visit *insert city name*" and she was like "huh?" and then it clicked to her and we screamed and cried.


Background: My family and I are refugees and I moved here when I was in elementary school, not knowing how to read or write. I was absent most of high school for a medical condition that has been (thankfully) corrected. I went to community college and had to literally learn everything from the ground up which led to some struggles academically. Graduated college, nailed the MCAT, and then became a teacher to help other kids like me.

I applied to 40 schools, rejected by 37 of them, only interviewed in October (turned to WL) and then got two last-minute II's for March at end of February. By January/February I was feeling pretty down that I was not getting in so I was incredibly relieved that I got that A (and now I don't have to do a post bacc)!!!! WOOO
 
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wb100 said:
I got my first acceptance this week!!

I'm a high school teacher and I told my class that I *might* be getting a call during their class from the admissions committee. My phone started ringing and all of my students froze while I looked at the number (it wasn't from the same area code of the school). They kept shouting to still pick it up and sure enough it was an acceptance call! He asked me how I was doing and I meant to say "better now that you've called" but I could only spit out "better" which was so vague and seemed like a weird unemotional response. Then he started saying "blah blah we just finished our adcom meeting and you've been accepted to our school and we would love to have you" and all I could do was whisper "omg" as he was talking which was super creepy now that I think back. I honestly was in so much shock that I had a massive brain fart and didn't know how to respond or form a sentence. Afterwards I walked in and told my students and they started cheering and clapping which made me tear up so bad. Then I had them start a chem problem 😏 while I stepped out and called my mom and fiancee and cried on the phone with them. After school I quickly ran to my car in the parking lot and called my best friend and said "are you ready to come visit *insert city name*" and she was like "huh?" and then it clicked to her and we screamed and cried.


Background: My family and I are refugees and I moved here when I was in elementary school, not knowing how to read or write. I was absent most of high school for a medical condition that has been (thankfully) corrected. I went to community college and had to literally learn everything from the ground up which led to some struggles academically. Graduated college, nailed the MCAT, and then became a teacher to help other kids like me.

I applied to 40 schools, rejected by 37 of them, only interviewed in October (turned to WL) and then got two last-minute II's for March at end of February. By January/February I was feeling pretty down that I was not getting in so I was incredibly relieved that I got that A (and now I don't have to do a post bacc)!!!! WOOO
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You know , I am actually tearing up from reading your post . As an immigrant I have also been through a lot , and it really warms my heart to know that you succeeded !!!! Great job !!!!
 
mmaslyanko said:
You know , I am actually tearing up from reading your post . As an immigrant I have also been through a lot , and it really warms my heart to know that you succeeded !!!! Great job !!!!
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Thank you! That means so much to me. I'm sure your parents are over the moon with your acceptance!
 
wb100 said:
Thank you! That means so much to me. I'm sure your parents are over the moon with your acceptance!
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actually, they were happy, but i think it was a little different - they were RELIEVED. my mom said that she knew how hard it was to get into medical school (they are still back in my home country, i am here alone), and she was afraid that i wont get in, and fail, and be heartbroken. I just really want to do anything i can to make their life as comfortable as I can, you know? They have done so much for me, you know?

Then, when i told them that drexel had 14000 applicants this year, and accepted only 260, - including me, - THAT impressed them... hahaha. I dont think they realized how competitive it was up to this point.
 
I got the acceptance email and proceeded to call my family and called my girlfriend who was working:

me: knock knock
her: who's there?
me: an accepted medical student

She proceeded to scream so loud I thought my ears were going to bleed. All jokes aside, the moment I truly felt it was when I facetimed my parents about it. My dad (who never cries) started crying and told me how proud he was of me. That was when it truly sunk in that I just achieved a pretty awesome thing.
 
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