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Anastasis said:
I was screaming and doing cartwheels in the parking lot. I'm pretty sure most of the people at my university now think I'm utterly insane.

Calling my family was kind of a let down because they all just replied, "We knew you'd get it but it's nice that it's official" - basically very little enthusiasm. They think I can do whatever I put my mind to, which is amazing support that I wouldn't trade for anything but it would be nice if I felt they actually comprehended just how hard it all was.

On the drive home I called my best friend and she said, "I'm not going to say 'I knew you'd get in' because that sells short all the work you've put in so I'll just say I'm proud." And I hadn't cried yet, but I broke down like a baby right then and there. When I made the decision to apply to med school (in feb of 05) I gave myself a 1 in 3 shot of getting in and to actually get in after busting my ass has got to be one of the most amazing feelings of my life. 😀
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My husband and family reacted the same way. It is nice to know they have faith in you but it kind of steals your thunder.
 
I screamed in the ear of the dean at GWU. After I appologized she told me it was ok - it was the best part of her job. She said getting her ear screamed in was what they liked, having people say 'eh' sucked.

So then I started crying and I called my mom to tell her I was gonna be a doctor she was just like "i knew that...why are you crying?" I wish she'd been a little more excited for me. I went to my roommates room and woke them up and screamed "I'm gonna be a doctor!!!" Then I called my dad, my second parents, by best friend, my boyfriend, and a couple of friends from high school.

This was all on my way to a doctor's appointment I had to burn off a wart. So I was sitting in the waiting room alternating between laughing and crying. An old lady kept looking at me and giggling. I guess she figured whatever had gotten into me was pretty good.

It was a good day.
 
Anastasis said:
I was screaming and doing cartwheels in the parking lot. I'm pretty sure most of the people at my university now think I'm utterly insane.

Calling my family was kind of a let down because they all just replied, "We knew you'd get it but it's nice that it's official" - basically very little enthusiasm. They think I can do whatever I put my mind to, which is amazing support that I wouldn't trade for anything but it would be nice if I felt they actually comprehended just how hard it all was.

On the drive home I called my best friend and she said, "I'm not going to say 'I knew you'd get in' because that sells short all the work you've put in so I'll just say I'm proud." And I hadn't cried yet, but I broke down like a baby right then and there. When I made the decision to apply to med school (in feb of 05) I gave myself a 1 in 3 shot of getting in and to actually get in after busting my ass has got to be one of the most amazing feelings of my life. 😀
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awesome post 😀 😀 😀

here was post in this thread back in june of 04: http://donors.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=1563043&postcount=153
 
first i called my mom to tell her the awesome news. then i made a sign that said "I'm going to medical school!!! AHAHAHAHA" and posted it over my desk. that way, i don't feel so bad about procrastinating the rest of this schoolyear.
 
I crapped my pants
 
I was at work when I got the call. A coworker answered my phone, and her eyes were all wide when she said, "Dr. ____ is on the phone from LOYOLA!!!" I knew right then that I was in, because they wouldn't call with bad news on the day that the admissions committee met, would they?

I sprinted back to my desk, and everyone in the office congregated in my cubicle and watched as I got the news. All the docs and admins in my department were giving me hugs and high-fives... it was nice to be able to share that moment with my co-workers. I called my parents right away, and they had a "We knew you'd get in" response that was underwhelming, but supportive. That night, I went out for sushi and drinks with my boyfriend and a few close friends. I opened a $100 bottle of champagne I bought two years ago and had saved for this moment.

It surprised me that I wasn't more emotional when it happened... mostly, I've just had a warm feeling that everything I've been working on for the past five years has finally come to fruition. Life is sweet, and I still have a smile on my face.
 
LOL. OU College of Medicine acceptances come in a big red envelope. I was getting really depressed before Christmas in 2005, because I'd thought I had a great interview, but other people who interviewed with me were getting acceptances the week after - and mine didn't come. The next week, I went to the mailbox (I took time off work for Christmas and was sleeping all day and going out to the mailbox in my bathrobe) and saw some red and decided it was a Christmas card and a cruel joke. It wasn't. People who got scholarships had their acceptance letters delayed by a week.

I'd never laughed and bawled at the same time before. It was kinda gross, 'cause I'd cry and then laugh and blow snot everywhere. I called my mom and could barely stop crying long enough to tell her it was good news.

Not really attractive behavior for a 44-year-old guy - but it was a good day. Good luck, applicants! 🙂
 
hateroftheyear said:
I got off the waitlist for one of my top MSTP choices on May 15th. i had sent an update letter to the four MSTPs at which I was waitlisted and made periodic calls to check in on my status. I woke up to the ringing of the telephone, and answered it groggily. To my surprise, Richard Silverman greeted me on the other end. I listened to him give his you-are-accepted speech in a peculiar state of trance-like calm and wonder, asked for a day to take care of some things and make a decision (I had intended on going to Columbia, my top choice, as a MD-only with strong indication from the dean that I would be accepted MSTP second-cycle).

for a moment, i waited to wake up from what was obviously a twisted hoax of a dream.

didn't happen. i started flipping out.

20 minutes later, I called the yale administrator back and screamed into her ear for about 15 minutes. then i played video games for the rest of the day (i had just graduated two days prior and was lounging about my apartment until the lease expired). i went online and cancelled my FAFSA and the 20,000+ in loans I was expecting to take out. i cancelled my living arrangement in new york and sent in a long withdrawal e-mail to dean frantz, who is still my personal hero throughout the ordeal. i ate so much chinese take-out that I could hardly move.

mostly, i was just grateful to be so lucky.
and now, i just hope i don't screw it up.

to all of you who are cursing this process while you write your 20th secondary / take your billionth MCAT practice exam / generally freak out about the amount of planning and sacrifice involved:

don't give up. ever.[/quote]

okay so i'm really lame, but that brought tears to my eyes! it's so nice to hear inspiring stories during these "hard times" (i know you all agree, so don't get on my back for being mushy😎). thanks for sharing your story!!
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Bumpity bump so that people can read this thread as well as the new one 🙂
 
One afternoon I'm about to leave for some errands, but before leaving I check my email "just one more time." Lo and behold, there's an invite! So I pick up the phone to schedule the interview. While talking to the kind woman on the line I get my first acceptance email... Without a peep out of my mouth I go :soexcited::soexcited::soexcited:
It took superhuman discipline to resist screaming "&(%$%#$%%@$%&#%^*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" at the top of my lungs...
 
i was sleeping. the admissions office called and left a voice mail telling me that i got in. i thought it was my work boss so i listened to it, then i went back to sleep. i'm not that emotional lol.
 
Well, it's been over a year but why not?

I didn't know whether the committee had met to discuss my file, but it was Oct. 15th and I knew the earliest interviewees (of whom I was one) would be finding out the good news. I'd been super on-edge all day at work, and now I was home on SDN waiting for someone on the Vandy thread to announce his/her acceptance. So there I am, sitting in front of the computer, with my phone on loud right next to me just in case, convincing myself that it would be ok, that I was also waiting on other schools so it wouldn't kill me not to get in.

At one point, I look up and lo and behold, someone on SDN has gotten in. I look down at my phone and nothing. I start feeling really depressed, so I send a text to one of my good friends being like "nothing, I didn't get in, I guess I'll wait for the waitlist letter...". I start crying. A couple of minutes later I hear my phone go off with the text message ringer, so I figure it's just my friend answering. I look down and it says I have a voicemail. I think "well, that's weird, the phone didn't even ring!" so I check my voicemail. I got about as far as "I'd like to welcome you to the class of 2013" when I started crying hysterically, threw my phone across the room, and then had to go looking for it on my pile of clothes so I could call my family.

Enjoy that feeling guys. It was probably one of the happiest moments of my life, and I assure you that there's no better time than after you've gotten in and before you've started anatomy.
 
I bought hundreds of dollars worth of apparel for my school. Also, it was the best facebook status update EVER (Nice and subtle, just a simple "I'm in" got all my friends buzzing with liking it and commenting
 
organdonor said:
Also, it was the best facebook status update EVER (Nice and subtle, just a simple "I'm in" got all my friends buzzing with liking it and commenting
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LOL so true!!! I had like 50 comments on and people who never even talk to me were saying congrats lol.

When the dean called I started screaming in the phone and he got scared lol
 
UAAWolf said:
LOL so true!!! I had like 50 comments on and people who never even talk to me were saying congrats lol.

When the dean called I started screaming in the phone and he got scared lol
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I just joined a facebook group for my entering class. I can always tell when they were accepted by following their wall until I see the status update with a bajillion comments
 
I love these positive SDN threads!

I've always been the guy to celebrate really boisterously when something unexpected and awesome happens... The day I got my MCAT back 5 points higher than expected was one.. I ran around screaming and jumping and everything for like 10 minutes. I figure med school acceptance would garner a similar reaction =)
 
I was studying for the MCAT AGAIN!!!! because I didnt think I got in to the one school I intervied at 6 wks post interview.... I took a lunch break with my bf then went back to study while he was working on the computer... right before I opened the biology MCAT review book again.. I looked at my phone at a recieved email...I read the first 2 sentences and freaked out!!! i had to throw the phone to my bf to finish reading it and realize it wasnt a dream.. I hugged him so hard I think I almost choked him...and started crying like crazy!!!!!!! makeup smeared all over my face!! Then he made me do a touch down dance as I screamed!!!!

Closed my MCAT books and we went for happy hour!!!!!

Yay c/o 2014!!!!!!
 
I put on shades and walked away in slow motion, while simultaneously dropping a burning cigarette into a gasoline trail ... leading to my printed AMCAS App and PS/secondary essay drafts in the background.
 
I drank heineken..😀😀😀... a lot of it...
 
Well this is a pretty positive thread for once!!! I was accepted for 2013 but if you guys read the "scariest doc" thread youll see where I posted that in early dec 08 I had a retinal detachment and emergency surgery. Found out both my retinas were in bad shape bc of a congenital issue and needed surgery on BOTH eyes to keep my vision.

My vision was absolute crap for about 5 months and I pulled my acceptance in Feb 09. I never thought I would be able to go to medical school. I dont really want to talk about last year but it was HORRIBLE for me. Finally around July things started to turn around vision wise and I decided to apply again.

I remember opening the letter in the foyer to my building and just starting to cry hysterically...and ran away to hide it bc there were a few random people there!! Yes I am a guy..but after the last year I just lost it.

Eyes 20/20 again...although with contacts...livin the dream 🙂
 
i just kept it moving. searched for some higher paying jobs and opportunities to make a bit more money. went to sleep
 
koko_eats said:
Excellent! My sister is at high risk for retinal detachment so it's good to hear that even if her situation worsens, that things do eventually get better.
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Lemme guess...higher than -6.00D in both eyes?? I had a situation going on called "lattice degeneration." The surgery sucks big time as scleral buckling changes the shape of your eyeball and subsequently changes the focal length of your lens...but as long as the macula stays attached youre in good shape. She just needs to be extra vigilant for flashing lights, floaters, and weird vision changes!

It was a life changing experience. Nothing shakes you like someone one saying "hey you may go blind if we dont operate tomorrow." I felt my whole life and career going down the drain.
 
Even though I still have a few years before I will even be applying, reading this thread makes me so happy. Congratulations everyone!
 
Aw man, this thread is SO inspiring 😀
 
My first acceptance:
A DO school. I pretty much knew I was gonna get in based on my GPA, MCAT, & Interview so I was like cool, I'm gonna be a doctor!

My first MD acceptance:
My dad called and said I had been accepted and I couldn't believe it. Ran down to my friends room, hugged her and all her friends, jumped around, and shared the joy.

My acceptance to my top choice school:
On the bus in to a med school interview. My dad called to say that a decision letter arrived. I told him to open it and he said at first that I was rejected...he was kidding! He told me the good news and I stood up, pumped my fist, kicked my feet around, and the entire bus looked at me funny. Also told my girlfriend too! When I got off, the med students from that school asked me why I was so excited. I told them I got into my top choice and that I wouldn't be attending their school :laugh:!
 
Some deans like to hear you scream in joy.
 
it was four days after acceptance letters were sent out at the school, and i had yet to receive one so I didnt even bother checking the mail. at like 10pm one of my roommates went to check the mail and came back with a letter. my hands were shaking as i opened it, read it aloud, and i called up my buddy who just got his dream job 2 days before to tell him the news. he ran over from across the street, and one epic high five later a bunch of us went to the bars to celebrate.

amazing feeling realizing that after years and years of working to become a doctor it all payed off. still hasnt sunk in completely and i found out in november
 
For me, I think my bigger reaction was when I got my MCAT score (3rd try) and it was 5 points higher than my previous attempt, and exactly the average of my top choice. The school had basically told me if I could raise my MCAT they'd accept me.

I was on the first day of a new job at the ER, and I had apologized in advance to my preceptor for being so distracted, explaining to him that it was MCAT day. After hitting refresh incessantly all day, at 9pm scores STILL had not posted, so I took a dinner break. My preceptor came to the break room and asked me, "Didn't you say if you got a 30 you'd buy us all drinks tonight?" And I replied, "yes, but you'd better bring your wallet." He said "oh no no..." and held up the sheet he had printed with my score on it which was a 30 🙂 I literally jumped into this guys arms and gave him a koala bear/off-the-ground hug. Funny thing is I'd only known him 11 hrs, too. :laugh:
 
My first MD acceptance came via phonecall. I was just leaving the library and a number called on my phone that I didn't recognize but I answered, hoping for an acceptance. When the lady told me, I couldn't stop saying thank you and being all breathless. I then proceeded to call my dad and try not to cry in the middle of school. Called my mom and my twin and text my best friends too. Later, I met one of my friends for Sprinkles to celebrate and the next day my sister took me out for drinks and shopping 🙂

The whole time I was like gasping for air and trying not to cry and grinning like an idiot. It's literally THE best feeling in the world.

I felt like the only person though who truly got the magnitude of it all was my best friend who was applying to vet schools at the same time. She alone was able to really comprehend how awesome it was and went appropriately beserk. Everyone else was like...well we knew that you'd get in.

All the people I volunteer with who are applying for med school also appreciated it and kept smiling hugely and congratulating me.
 
Got call from the dean while I was driving home from my college on the weekend. Didn't pick up since driving 😉 but figured it was my mom or something. Came home and saw area code for voice mail and started freaking out. Listened to message from dean and I started smiling like a goofball and my mom screamed. HAHA. That was the BEST day of my life ever! Then decorated the christmas tree with her afterwards!
 
As a Texas resident, I had to wait until Feb 1st to find out where exactly I would be going. Initially when I logged into the system at 8am sharp to find out the results, it said "sorry you did not match, blah blah blah." I was completely devasted. I was thinking "crap, I have to apply again." Anyways, about 10 minutes later, I went onto SDN to just to see about those who had been accepted, etc. To my surprise, a bunch of people said their status had changed after about 5 minutes.

When I looked again, my status had changed to "congratulations..." I was soo excited that I ran into my roommate's room, jumped on her bed and started laughing/screaming/crying all at the same time. I think I went from the lowest possible feeling to the highest high I have ever felt.

That must have been a really good day because 20 minutes I found out I got into a med school, I got a interview from a school I thought had completely forgotten about me.
 
I was listening to Oldies and cooking Breakfeast for dinner.... I had to work from 6-10pm that night so I guess my reaction was muted to a point... lol. I did call my mom and she did a lot of crying and screaming!

Haha...
 
My first acceptance was a DO school, and I was happy because I knew I would be quiting my teaching job becuase it was official I was going to be a Dr.

My first choice acceptance was UCF by phone I screamed, and i was shaking. I could not sleep so I went rollerblading with my daughter. Then got drunk by myself the next day. When i got into Howard I got really drunk because that was a dream come true.
 
dokein said:
I put on shades and walked away in slow motion, while simultaneously dropping a burning cigarette into a gasoline trail ... leading to my printed AMCAS App and PS/secondary essay drafts in the background.
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Yes! I had a ceremonial burning of my MCAT prep book
 
I almost died. Literally. On the morning of Oct. 15, I found out I was accepted to med school of my dreams! After the typical calling/texting everybody I know, I showered and headed for the bus stop to go to campus. We had had a freak snowstorm the night before, but since it was October, the leaves were still on the trees and the heavy snow was sitting on these leaves causing a lot of trees and limbs to fall under the weight. As I was walking to the bus, I heard a cracking above me and ran out of the way as a massive tree limb came crashing down right where I had been standing. It took down a power line which hit the street just a few feet away from me. My ghost would have been so pissed off if, after working for so many years and spending a small fortune to get into medical school, I was killed by a rogue tree branch just minutes after getting accepted.
 
You know, my "acceptance feeling" came after I got my MCAT score, much more than when I was actually accepted. But when I did get accepted, did the usual calling/texting etc., everyone else was more excited than me for some reason, especially my mom!
 
I was so happy I shed a few tears, then called the family and spent the rest of the day in bliss. Went out and celebrated that night. 🙂
 
my wife got the mail that day and came in to the house and said, "you got something from the medical school". I replied with "does it feel like a single piece of paper, or is it multiple papers"...She said "its multiple"...I replied with - "About damn time".

After 4 years of applying, you learn that it only takes one piece of paper to reject you.
 
I said OMG a lot. 😳 And asked the person calling (admissions secretary?) if it was a prank. Took a pic of my fat envelope. Uhmmm other than that nothing too crazy I never really got a chance to party since I was working the whole week.
 
i had just gotten to work and my morning ritual is checking the email first. when i saw the 'letter of acceptance' as subject, my heart started beating so fast! i didn't even read the whole letter before i called my mom and started crying REALLY hard (and my mom too). my PI and boss thought someone died, so they approached me and i told them i got into med school. the whole place turned into a festival. truly was the best day ever - all the hard work and worrying i had done thus far totally washed away in that instant!! makes me teary eyed just thinking about it. 😍
 
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