Wow do dreams come true!

[UCSBMed1]

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Well guys, if you know me, you know how I've been struggling to stay in Northern California to go to med school to stay close to my friends and family.

I was on two waitlists, and at two darn good schools: UCSF and UC Davis. Time was running out, and at both schools, things looked dim.

So in desperation, I called UC Davis last week, about two weeks before UCLA would start (an AWESOME school, but not for me) so I had to hear something soon.

Terri Hall, the admissions coordinator (GOD bless her) told me the waitlist was unlikely to move before the two weeks were up. I told her I was from Stockton, and how I wanted to be close to home. She said she would she what she could do, but things looked grim.

One week later, Monday, June 7, 2003 at 10:30am, Terri Hall calls and says that I'm in at Davis!!!

Everything happened for me, I'm going to stay close to home, go to an awesome UC school, and be able to follow the best team in the NBA's road to the NBA championship, the Sacramento Kings.

I want to say thanks to all the people who provided words of encouragement: Moskeeto, cbpremed (thank you SO much, it helped...🙂), Nefertari, and all my friends from UCLA that I met at the Drew interview. Thanks guys for being the guys I'd hang with at UCLA.

Thanks guys, and for all those waitlisted, KEEP WAITING! IT CAN, AND *WILL* HAPPEN!

 

[Ramoray]

What a baby you are!! you cant go to ucla cause you have to be near your family and freinds, then you call and whine to the ucdavis admissions! man you have to get out a little more! grow up, i cant believe you are goign to med!

 

[uniqueseraph]

Wanting to be near family and friends doesn't necessarily mean you're not grown up.🙄

Anyways, congrats to you UCSBPre-Med1! Nothing better than being able to stay and follow your b-ball team.

 

[Rapid Decomposition]

Originally posted by Ramoray
What a baby you are!! you cant go to ucla cause you have to be near your family and freinds, then you call and whine to the ucdavis admissions! man you have to get out a little more! grow up, i cant believe you are goign to med!

Aren't you one of those "cool" people who's going to a "laidback" school? 🙄 Stop being such a tool.

Congratulations, UCSB! Your persistence has paid off, and now you are truly going to your first choice!!

 

[Street Philosopher]

Good thing you got into Davis. I'd imagine you'd want to be as far away from the parade as possible when Shaq Kobe Payton and Malone bring home another title. 😎

 

[kito]

good for you UCSBPre-Med1, its always nice to see something actually work out the way its supposed too. now if only the knicks would trade for Shaq or Webber to complement Sweetney and Lampe.

 

[deltamed]

Originally posted by Ramoray
What a baby you are!! you cant go to ucla cause you have to be near your family and freinds, then you call and whine to the ucdavis admissions! man you have to get out a little more! grow up, i cant believe you are goign to med!

Ramoray you are an idiot.
Good job UCSBPre-Med1!

 

[SonGoku]

Congrats!!

 

[lilywhites]

Congrats UCSBPre-med1 and best wishes at Davis!!

 

[Nefertari]

Damn! Cheers to you, UCSB! That is the most exciting news on SDN lately! Glad it's finally over for you! Just crazy that Drew orientation was going to start next week & it was just a matter of days before your fate was decided!

 

[steve007]

Originally posted by ankitovich
good for you UCSBPre-Med1, its always nice to see something actually work out the way its supposed too. now if only the knicks would trade for Shaq or Webber to complement Sweetney and Lampe.

I may be the only one here, but i actually think the knicks may be pretty good next year. figure a starting five of McD, Thomas, Spree, Houston and Speedy maybe with sweetney and lampe coming off the bench. that's really not bad at all.

 

[hunhyung]

yes.. stay near the QUEENS ...

they'll need the moral support from the fans when they
lose in the playoffs yet AGAIN.


GP.. MALONE.. KOBE... SHAQ..



CAN...

YOU...

DIG...

IT!!!

 

[Violinrose]

Congrats! Davis is a great school!

 

[LoneCoyote]

Congrats UCSB!

I was hoping on of the NorCal schools would come thru for you and it did. Enjoy Davis!

 

[UCSBMed1]

Hey thanks everyone for the kind words!

Ramoray, if you knew my family situation, you'd probably think twice about what you said...🙄 Also, if you're from Cali, you know about the NorCal/SoCal beef. And I'm a big Kings fan, and got into a lot of trouble at UCSB. Don't want anymore of that at UCLA.

Good luck to everyone still waiting!

The Kings have the best team in the league. Its sad that the Lakers have to rebuild using a squad of almost-over-the-hill veterans like Malone and Payton.

Kings were the best team last year, and will prove it this year. Mark my words.

P.S

In all seriousness, I hope Kobe shakes that felony charge. He's a good guy.

 

[JM.]

Great Job! Congrats!

 

[kito]

Originally posted by steve007
figure a starting five of McD, Thomas, Spree, Houston and Speedy maybe with sweetney and lampe coming off the bench.

Boy I hope you're right. I don't think McDyess is expected back until January at the earliest. If I were Layden, I would do whatever I can to trade Sprewell, Ward, Houston, Thomas, Harrington and Weatherspoon, and maybe even Thomas as bait, to alleviate some of the cap pressure. I would love to see a STARTING lineup of Thomas, Sweetney, Lampe, Houston/Sprewell and Claxton, but I doubt we'll able to work that out. I am down with losing 60 games for the next couple of years, so long as the team is somewhat entertaining and young.

 

[Steinway]

too bad the kings lost webb this year or they would have won it all...

but if they don't win it all next year, they'll be the biggest bust in a long time

 

[goredsox]

At first I thought this post said "WET dreams come true!"


Congrats!

 

[trauma_junky]

Forget the LA Puddles! Two words for you, Tim Duncun. Might want to add another name to the roster, Jason Kidd.

Fugetaboutit!

 

[dees2007]

That is AWESOME. Good deal! I was REALLY hoping everything would work out for you. Congrats, my friend, you deserved this. And Good luck at Davis.

oh yeah...and go Gauchos (or something)

 

[14457]

congrats!

 

[ashkan33]

Originally posted by hunhyung
yes.. stay near the QUEENS ...

they'll need the moral support from the fans when they
lose in the playoffs yet AGAIN.


GP.. MALONE.. KOBE... SHAQ..



CAN...

YOU...

DIG...

IT!!!

i think you mean: GB..MALONE..SHAQ

all the while kobe will be covering his a$$ from T-bone when he goes to sleep at night....