Your FIRST acceptance....

[202781]

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It was a tuesday
I was laying on my bed
I got a phone call
This is what she said

I have some great news
your really gonna love it
Because you are accepted
tell your enemies to suck it.

I was overwhelmed
s*** was off the hook
and "you are accepted"
was all that it took

I started freaking out
and smoking lots of drugs
giving my mom kisses
and random people hugs

The best part of being accepted
Was rubbing it in ppls face
making them tear up
like they were sprayed with mace.

I am just kidding
The best part of the deal
was going to dinner with my mom
and having her pay for my meal

I ordered the salmon
and mom some chadronnay
she made a toast to me
cuz I'm going FAR away

 

[qmcat]

It was a tuesday
I was laying on my bed
I got a phone call
This is what she said

I have some great news
your really gonna love it
Because you are accepted
tell your enemies to suck it.

I was overwhelmed
s*** was off the hook
and "you are accepted"
was all that it took

I started freaking out
and smoking lots of drugs
giving my mom kisses
and random people hugs

The best part of being accepted
Was rubbing it in ppls face
making them tear up
like they were sprayed with mace.

I am just kidding
The best part of the deal
was going to dinner with my mom
and having her pay for my meal

I ordered the salmon
and mom some chadronnay
she made a toast to me
cuz I'm going FAR away

damn dude, how much free time do you have? rofl.

 

[Bandu]

I was in my dorm room, trying to summon the motivation to study for an upcoming exam. Of course, I could never quite concentrate because every half an hour, I would begin thinking about the 'what ifs.' What if I don't get in and have to apply again? What I never get in? What if I end up a total failure and my family is disappointed in me?!

Right then my dad calls. He sounds completely dejected. "You got a letter from --- med school." Oh God. I didn't get in. On the verge of tears, I ask, "So...what does it say?" Long pause. A sigh. "YOU'RE ACCEPTED!!!" AHHHHHHHHHH! Screaming ensues. Jumping up and down. Crying. Laughing. More jumping up and down. Running out of room and hugging suitemates who, at this point, are utterly confused until I scream, "I GOT INTO MED SCHOOOOOOOL!" One of my suitemates conjures up cupcakes out of thin air, it seems. The largest weight imaginable lifted off of my shoulders! My parents then surprised me again by driving to my university that night and bringing me flowers and the letter (because I was still unsure about it all until I actually saw the letter!)

Amazing amazing amazinggggg day!

 

[202781]

damn dude, how much free time do you have? rofl.

Saying I have lots of free time would be an understatement.

 

[han14tra]

I was just walking out of my BU interview when I saw I had a new voice mail. I checked it, and it was the Dean of Admissions from Jefferson saying she had "good news for me," and that "a letter was in the mail." I probably played it back 4 or 5 times, over-analyzing every word, wondering if it could mean anything other than the best possible news... It didn't, it meant I was accepted. The rest of the day was kind of surreal. Not because I didn't think I'd get in anywhere, but because of how far I had come from where I had been just a few years ago.

You'll get a chance to have your own feeling, too. Don't worry.

Dr. Callahan did the same exact thing to me. I was meeting with my pre-med advisor talking about how badly I wanted to go to Jeff, and when I left I checked my phone. It said 1 new voicemail. She said she had some good news for me and that a letter was in the mail. I called back immediately to see if "good news" = acceptance. She was out of the office and I spent the next 2 hours wondering if anyone would consider high priority waitlisted=good news. . I wish she would have just said I was accepted on my voicemail.
Anyway, my hands immediately started shaking and I felt this warm feeling all over. I called everyone I knew, but no one was as happy as I was. I was accepted in November, and everyday I still get up and think how wonderful it is to be accepted to med school. The feeling has yet to wear off.

 

[Druzie]

Great thread. 😀

After the holidays, my boss called me into his office to tell me he was "optimistically concerned" and suggested I immediately apply to DO and foreign schools. For various reasons, I decided not to and started gearing up (mentally) for next cycle. Meanwhile, as a last ditch effort, I sent letters/emails to all three schools I'd interviewed at.

A few days later, I happened to put my cell phone in my pocket while I was at work. (I never carry my cell phone with me.) Around 2pm, I felt it buzz, but just ignored it. After I clocked out for the day, I checked voicemail.

It was one of my interviewers saying he "had a couple questions" for me. I thought "what the hell does that mean?" My coworker was optimistic and told me it wasn't too late to call back. So I went to the break room and, with trembling hands, called. He said he'd wanted to tell me the news himself, since he'd interviewed me, and that my letter had been icing on the cake. I think I just kept repeating, "This is awesome. Thank you so much," over and over.

After we hung up, I *RAN* back to my office and tried to control my voice as I told my coworkers. I immediately texted my s.o. and my friend (who happened to be visiting from out of the country), who came out to meet me for a drink. Four vodka martinis and a drunken tour of a hotel lobby aquarium later, my s.o.'s parents called me, congratulated me, berated me for not telling my parents first, and hung up. I then called my parents.

 

[RySerr21]

Lol I agree...although personally, I kind of enjoyed physics. Lots of real world applications.

I guess physics is just another way to weed out the 100s of thousands of premeds. It may not have as much application to what you will do in medical school as biology, but it sure tests if you can think critically and wrap your head around some fairly difficult concepts.

yea thats basically the reasoning I settled on as well. I got tired of wondering why I was taking the course and just got it over as quickly as possible.

 

[pathophys17]

yea thats basically the reasoning I settled on as well. I got tired of wondering why I was taking the course and just got it over as quickly as possible.

That's what I've tried to settle on, too. As someone said earlier, at least the minimal amount of physics in medical school has to do with the physiology of nerve conductions, muscle contractions, etc, and will have to do with something that really interests us.

 

[yangxx2]

Please keep this coming you guys!
It gives encouragement for people like me who have yet to apply..
👍

 

[majahops]

Dude that is essentially EXACTLY what happened to me, man! Awesome. Yeah, she could have just said "accepted," but the suspense in enjoyable in hindsight. Jeff rules.

Dr. Callahan did the same exact thing to me. I was meeting with my pre-med advisor talking about how badly I wanted to go to Jeff, and when I left I checked my phone. It said 1 new voicemail. She said she had some good news for me and that a letter was in the mail. I called back immediately to see if "good news" = acceptance. She was out of the office and I spent the next 2 hours wondering if anyone would consider high priority waitlisted=good news. . I wish she would have just said I was accepted on my voicemail.
Anyway, my hands immediately started shaking and I felt this warm feeling all over. I called everyone I knew, but no one was as happy as I was. I was accepted in November, and everyday I still get up and think how wonderful it is to be accepted to med school. The feeling has yet to wear off.

 

[majahops]

Anyway, even talking about it makes me want to go there even though it is my second choice. I am having a hard time letting it go and who knows maybe I wont!! First is always the best.

You're so right about first being the best. I can't shake Jeff.

 

[AbRKnight]

I just want to say thanks to everyone who has posted. These are great to hear about, especially in wake of all of the gloomy things that are sometimes discussed on this site. Keep em' coming!👍

 

[supergirl87]

I was in my dorm room, trying to summon the motivation to study for an upcoming exam. Of course, I could never quite concentrate because every half an hour, I would begin thinking about the 'what ifs.' What if I don't get in and have to apply again? What I never get in? What if I end up a total failure and my family is disappointed in me?!

Right then my dad calls. He sounds completely dejected. "You got a letter from --- med school." Oh God. I didn't get in. On the verge of tears, I ask, "So...what does it say?" Long pause. A sigh. "YOU'RE ACCEPTED!!!" AHHHHHHHHHH! Screaming ensues. Jumping up and down. Crying. Laughing. More jumping up and down. Running out of room and hugging suitemates who, at this point, are utterly confused until I scream, "I GOT INTO MED SCHOOOOOOOL!" One of my suitemates conjures up cupcakes out of thin air, it seems. The largest weight imaginable lifted off of my shoulders! My parents then surprised me again by driving to my university that night and bringing me flowers and the letter (because I was still unsure about it all until I actually saw the letter!)

Amazing amazing amazinggggg day!

That part played out almost exactly like mine also. On my way to class, I noticed that I got 3 missed calls from 'home' on my cell, but I didn't pick it up bc my phone is always on silent (bad habit). I knew the only person at my house at the time was my dad, and he NEVER calls my cell unless there is a) an emergency or b) something BIG happened. So I called back and he makes chit-chat and then finally gets around to tell me that I got a letter. And the way he was saying it, he sounded as if he was gently breaking the news that I was rejected. I'm wondering, WHY couldn't he wait until my classes were over to tell me this?? Then he tells me the good news, and I could not stop jumping up and down in the stairwell. I had the biggest smile on my face going into class. I really don't think I paid attention to a single word said during that lecture bc I was too busy daydreaming about how everything had changed. Afterward, I ran into a couple of my good friends and they were so excited for me bc they've seen me go through this wretched process. That week was the best week EVER! Just two days prior my getting the letter, Obama was elected president. 🙂 Needless to say, I won't forget my first acceptance. And I think it was phospho who said that you tend to forget all the pain you went through over the years when you see that first letter... kind of like child birth, lol

PS- This is one of the most uplifting threads I've read on SDN 😍

 

[honker]

I suspect that the best stories will be those applicants who will get their first acceptance late in the cycle (after May 1st).

 

[supergirl87]

I suspect that the best stories will be those applicants who will get their first acceptance late in the cycle (after May 1st).

QFT. i'm looking forward to reading those stories later on =)

 

[jmillski]

yea thats basically the reasoning I settled on as well. I got tired of wondering why I was taking the course and just got it over as quickly as possible.

no way, what about optics which is crucial to anatomy and physiology of the eye. bernoulli's principle is used in some vascular physiology. torque, tension, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc

 

[neil100]

Research lab checking my email. I reacted with a smile....This might sound arrogant but I was pretty confident I would get in here considering the comments I received from the dean and the interviewers.

tell me something chubbychaser....what are ur stats? I am just curious.

You sound very sarcastic much of the time. maybe a bit arrogant but we are all guilty of that to a certain degree.

 

[alanine1985]

I was working at my ER job and it was just another busy afternoon in October. I had been to about 7-8 interviews already this cycle and had been really stressed out about the whole process for about a year at this point. Last year I got a few waitlists which didn't pan out but the stress of being on the bubble for so long was horrible. Anyway so the secretary in the ER paged me overhead saying I had a phone call.. yay that usually meant I didn't fill something out right or whatever so I go pick up the phone expecting nothing special. Anyway so then I hear a voice I recognize from one of the interviews I just had been to and after a 60 second story about the adcom meeting last week I was about to burst to know the final decision. I actually was getting frustrated by the meandering story. The whole time I was wondering how they knew to call me at work but apparently the school called my house and my mom told them how they could reach me at work. So after hanging me on the edge waiting she finally says your accepted! Wow I felt like 50 pounds fell off my back right then and its stayed that way since. The whole problem of what if I don't get in what is plan B and what am I going to do with the rest of my life was suddenly ended that was by far the best part. I thought I would jump around and stuff and scream if I ever did get in instead I just hung up the phone after thanking the school and stared off into space for about 10 minutes. I didn't have really any emotional reactions I was just so relieved that finally it was all over.

 

[sushichopstickz]

I suppose it's my turn to contribute...

I received my first acceptance in early December. I was volunteering at a lab, the same lab that I have been working at for the past 3 summers full time. I didn't really have to be there, but I figured it was better to start working on my plan b, as oppose to waiting out the entire cycle only to find that I didn't get accepted anywhere. Anyhow, bored and in between western blot washes, I reverted to my old habit: I checked SDN. Apparently, the school I really like was handing out acceptances that day via e-mail. Not to my surprise, my email box was empty--just great! My luck stinks! Even though I had received an interview invite from another school that same day, I still felt pretty bummed out. So I decided to leave work early. I was contemplating about going on a hike to clear my mind, but I was lazy and hungry. My stomach led me home (haha) and I ate a late lunch. Afterwards, I decided to check Facebook and noticed that the "Gmail - inbox (1)" tab. At first, I didn't think much of it. It was probably a spam or a new discount from Delta Airline. So I casually clicked the tab, half expecting nothing, and there in caps, "CONGRATULATIONS, you been accepted to blah blah blah. You should receive a package in the main shortly!" WHAT?!?! (In lil'John's voice) At this point, I was freaking out and screaming. My sister, who was downstairs, got scared and asked if I was going crazy or having a seizure. I ran downstairs and told my sister. I screamed, then she screamed, then I screamed louder! Haha, I live in a quiet neighborhood, so my neighbors probably heard us both screaming. That night, my dad took sister and I to dinner at McCormicks. We had a fancy seafood dinner with red wine and delicious desserts. I slept with a clear conscience and a gleeful smile that night.

BEST FEELING EVER. Unfortunately, my second acceptance didn't carry the same ring to it. Then again, I was super tired because I had just gotten home from a 500 mile trip to see a girl I thought was cute. Oh December, what a great month it was :]

 

[JackInTheBox]

My second acceptance didn't have the same ring to it. :/

That's true. The second acceptance was kind of anti-climactic. The one after that was pretty awesome though because it was my first choice school. I remember jumping out of my chair when Thunderbird flashed the new message notification with the subject line of the email.

 

[CantFigure1Out]

That's true. The second acceptance was kind of anti-climactic.

Agree. There's something special about that first acceptance.

 

[Forbes]

So I'm struggling to stay motivated this semester...I often feel like I'm drowning in Physics and MCAT work (I can't describe my absolute abhorrence of physics and am currently in Physics2). I keep wondering whether I'm wasting my time with all these activities (volunteering, research, shadowing, tutoring, blah, blah, blah) if I don't get into schools next year, and I know it's going to get worse throughout the process. It's spring break right now. Most people are away having fun on some beach, and I am trying to catch up on Kaplan work, submit research applications, work on my PS. I can't understand for the life of me why we must know Physics for the MCAT anyway....sorry, you can't calculate the charge of x with y Volts flowing through and z resistance, or how far a canon ball will land if fired at a 30 degree angle from Mars, you have no aptitude for medicine..?? BUT I keep trying to ignore that and just learn it because I have to. And becoming a doctor is something I really want. My BS & VR scores are high, but I'm sitting here overwhelmed with physics....(/rant)

And consequently, here's the point of my post. I was looking for some motivation & thought it might be cool to hear stories from this year's applicants, current med students, etc, about your first acceptance. Where were you? Was it a phone call? Who did you call first? How did you react? I'm just trying to keep the overall goal in mind & would love to hear stories of when people first heard they're going to be a doctor! And that it was all worth it🙂

Oh my god I cannot empathize with you more. I am in the same situation as you. The light at the end of the tunnel is what keeps me going - it just seems dimmer lately. I hope it picks up soon!

 

[funkydrmonkey]

That's true. The second acceptance was kind of anti-climactic. The one after that was pretty awesome though because it was my first choice school. I remember jumping out of my chair when Thunderbird flashed the new message notification with the subject line of the email.

Are you kidding me, I was so excited about my second acceptance. Well, it was to one of my top choices, so I heard the buzzing of my blackberry, I checked it, and it said congratulations. I was in the arts library researching for my paper about the anti-feminism in the paintings of Joseph Wright of Derby... I saw it, and I started jumping up and down... I would have started screaming, but I like the Arts library, and I did not wanna get kicked out. I ran outside and tried to call everyone, but apparently it was the Lets not talk to funkydrmonkey day, because everyone was busy.... But I was jumping up and down and doing my happy dance and I did not care who was watching because I was absolutely in love with this school. As is the case for all of these stories, I had no more productivity for the rest of the day, or for the rest of the weekend, for that matter, since I was looking up stuff about the school instead of doing my paper and studying for my genetics final... And this was also two days before my birthday... Such happiness, such an amazing 21st birthday gift. 😎 *sigh*

oh well, I am going to this school this fall, so all the time spent researching this school was fruitful rather than a frivolous waste of time😀

 

[pathophys17]

Oh my god I cannot empathize with you more. I am in the same situation as you. The light at the end of the tunnel is what keeps me going - it just seems dimmer lately. I hope it picks up soon!

Glad to hear I'm not the only one going crazy! I hope so, too. I'm about to bookmark this thread....

 

[halekulani]

in lab by myself, everyone just left for xmas break and i just dropped my boss off at the airport

i check my phone's voicemail

i yell as loud as i can because nobody can hear me :]

 

[dani042]

I was getting ready to leave for my second interview and my mom brought down a letter for me. I had just interviewed a week before so I was anxious to read it. I opened it up and just got a big grin on my face. I let my mom read it and she kept smiling too. I then got the car loaded up but had to run back inside and let my roommate read the letter and bear hugged her. Then for the next six hours of the drive I couldn't stop smiling/thinking about it and just couldn't sit still. I just wanted to get out and do a little happy dance. It was such RELIEF like everyone else has said. Even though I won't be attending my first acceptance it was still such an awesome feeling.

 

[AbRKnight]

Alright I was really enjoying this thread but it's been dead for a couple of weeks...anyone else have a story to tell?

 

[megan143]

So I was at work thinking about what I would do if I didn't get in. Started planning actually- knowing that I COULD NOT stay at this job. Sooo I applied to a different job within the company and started planning. I also applied to SGU just in case and decided to call them and follow up. Turns out the woman was just getting ready to send an email, I was accepted at SGU. Very bittersweet- on one hand ok... I'll be a doctor... not exactly the way I planned. I called my dad who was happier than I was and telling me I should be crying and screaming for joy... ehhh. So I wanted to go to the library on the way home, for whatever reason I decided to stop home and check the mail first. The envelope was sitting in the mailbox. I was SO nervous, my car was running in the driveway, I opened the envelope and started jumping up and down, screaming I got into medical school and balling my eyes out (ps the neighbors hardly know me, poor guy raking his leaves). I proceeded to run up and down the sidewalk until I got my dad on the phone. After a few minutes he said, now THAT was the reaction I was expecting.

Don't give up!!!!

 

[09medstudent13]

I can't believe it took me this long to read this thread. It is awesome and has made the first hour of work rather enjoyable.

Like some that have previously posted, I am a reapplicant. I spent what seemed like forever on a few waitlists last year only to not get in. This year I didn't start getting interviews until late, so I was gung-ho about trying to be perfect at each of them; as if I wasn't stressed enough already. Then the day finally came.

I was at work and had just gotten out of a meeting with the division leads of Rheumatology; which wasn't so much of a meeting as a "let me tell you why you're ruining my practice" type of panel. I should preface that I'm part of a hospital implementation team. I saw that I had a message from an out of state number. It was from one of the doctors who had interviewed me saying, "Please call me back, I have some questions for you" She said this in a very tactful way; definitely did not give away the surprise in the message. I think I listened to the message four time to get the call back number right as I was far too nervous/excited to think straight. Any I called her and she very casually started saying something to the extent of, "I just wanted to tell you that I really enjoyed our conversation, so I convinced our dean to let me tell you this...I would like to offer you a spot in our 2009 entering class" I was at work so I tried to remain professional; but I couldn't so I just let myself go. Multiple fist pumps and shouts later, I realized that this doctor was still on the other end of the line. I came back on and she jokingly said, "Well it looks like this was good news for you" I thanked her, hung up and continued celebrating. I had always wanted to play with my parents if I ever got an acceptace, so I had planned to wait until I received a letter and had gone home, then seem distraut and ask if they can make sense of this letter. Hand them the acceptance letter and freak out together. When the moment actually came, I could hold in my excitement. My parents have been so supportive through this hellish process that I wanted to tell them right away. I called each of them and they couldn't have been happier.

That day will without question go down as one of the all time best days of my life. So, for those who are still in the process, keep it going the reward of that first acceptance will make it all worth it. It's has been several months and I have yet to stop smiling. Anytime something trys to bring me down, I just remember this is the year I start becoming a doctor and I immediately am happy again.

 

[danny317]

i was going through a really tough time when i got the email. my dad had been diagnosed w/ cancer and hospitalized for several months when i recevied the good news. working full time and visiting the hospital every evening was beginning to take its toll. plus the added grind of the application cycle was driving me crazy.

i checked sdn and saw that people were getting acceptance emails. so i checked my email and saw a message from the admission office. i opened it and was very pleased. i had a big smile on my face as i told my coworkers. they congratulated me. unfortunately, i had an experiment that ran late so i got off work later than usual. as soon as i got out, i called my mother and brother to let them know. later that evening, when i got to the hospital, i told my father.

i wish i would have found out under better circumstances but it was still welcome news none the less.

 

[dljunkbox]

I took the MCAT for the first time last August and scored a 21, but rather than sitting out the application cycle, I went ahead and applied at my state school. After hearing nothing for nearly half the year, I was finally granted an interview on the school's final interview date in February.

At the interview, we were told that everyone will receive a letter in the middle of March with the school's final decision. When March came around, I frequented the SDN thread for my school and was notified that letters were sent. Several days later, there was still no mail but a friend called to tell me that our online statuses (which we use to submit secondary applications to the school) were updated. She was unfortunately denied admissions.

Now I'm nervous... This woman has a higher MCAT, nearly perfect GPA, in-state, URM, with stellar ECs. If she wasn't admitted...what chance do I have? So I take a deep breath and log into the account.

Actual Copy-Paste: Accepted under regular decision. Congratulations on your selection for admission into the 2009 entering class of the University of Kansas School of Medicine! An acceptance letter will be mailed to you.

Many of you have already described "the smile". It really is something that's difficult to describe...just a simple, quiet smile...heart racing of course, followed by a deep sigh of relief. All the hard work has finally paid off and I can now rest easy and never have to worry about that MCAT or dreadful application process ever again.

3.75 GPA, 21 MCAT...I never thought I'd ever be proud to tell another soul but stay hopeful for those of you seeking motivation. SDNers can sure make us feel unadequate at times when they speak numbers...but don't let it get to you. Sometimes, even the lowlys get a shot.

 

[kevenka]

I was sitting in an airport after finishing an interview trip that involved a lot of eating fast food, sleeping on couches and floors, spending ridiculous amounts of money on cabs, shuttles, etc. Prior to that I was getting stuck on waitlists, despite very very explicitly positive feedback from interviewers. Basically I was an irritated and disgruntled applicant at that point. I had applied to a TON of schools, spent insane money on secondaries, and I was sick of traveling since nothing had panned out. In my frustration I began thinking about what would happen if I didn't get in and I had to do the application process all over again. What if all the work I had put in over the last couple of years (i'm a non-trad) was totally ineffective? I hadn't slept well in a couple months because of thoughts like that. I had actually spent the night before venting to my significant other about how ridiculous this process is, how angry it was making me, and how futile my efforts seemed to be.

So anyway, I remember sitting there frustratedly updating some application files on my laptop and talking on the phone while I waited for the boarding call. Then a number I didn't recognize beeped in and my heart kinda skipped a beat. Anytime my phone rang and it was a new number I always wondered who it was going to be. Until then it was always a friend on a different phone or something. Well not this time. It was a dean who proceeded to give me the good news that I had been accepted. I don't remember anything I said after that although I imagine it wasn't very coherent. After I hung up I fairly calmly called my parents and S.O. to tell them the good news. Then I sat there and let it sink in. The relief was so great I actually cried. I slept the whole way home.

Long post, but it was one of those awesome moments that one never forgets.

I have a feeling I will be in your shoes 😳

 

[scrambizle]

So I had no clue what I was doing when started the application process. I was from a western state with one med school, and for some reason thought that I would have a good shot applying to all the other western states (you know, since they're out west). I went to undergrad in Ohio, and my premed advisor suggested that I apply to all the Ohio schools (even though I was OOS) since they would be familiar with my college. And I didn't do many of my secondaries until september and october.

Fast forward to January- I had one (horrible) interview at my state school, and no other interview invites. After sending out an update letter to all of the schools, I received two interview invites for late March. It was around that time that I discovered SDN, realized that I would be most likely interviewing for a wait-list, and decided to start planning for the next cycle. By that point all the other pre-meds at my small school had gotten in somewhere, so I was feeling pretty lousy. Went to my first March interview, loved the school, but got rejected from my state school the next week. I had a great interview at the last school (took three tries to figure out how to present myself). So I had a question for this school's dean, called him, and got a very vague message asking what my question was and that he had "some good news." TWO DAYS of phone-tag later I finally got in touch with him and he told me that I had gotten in (on April 1st). The phone-message thing took some of the surprise out of it, but it was awesome, especially because I didn't think they had any slots open. I was bummed out when I got waitlisted from the other school, but I planned on barraging them with updates.

Fast forward to May 16th - my computer was broken so I had to run to a computer lab to check my final semester's grades. B in Quantum... I walked back trying to figure out how to spin that to my wait-list school. I walked through my door just as the phone started ringing - I didn't have a cell phone so I was always worried about missing "the call." I don't remember what I said, but I'm sure I was pretty inarticulate. Called the gf and my mom. It made senior week especially awesome (free beer everywhere plus acceptance to my first choice school).

I would rather have gotten in somewhere earlier and not been as stressed second semester, but getting in at the last minute is awesome.

Now I gotta get back to studying for the OB shelf. Oh the memories...

 

[amph119]

My first acceptance is most likely where I will be attending, but it was on the eve of a huge pChem test, so it really took away from it 🙁

 

[RedState]

It was a tuesday
I was laying on my bed
I got a phone call
This is what she said

I have some great news
your really gonna love it
Because you are accepted
tell your enemies to suck it.

I was overwhelmed
s*** was off the hook
and "you are accepted"
was all that it took

I started freaking out
and smoking lots of drugs
giving my mom kisses
and random people hugs

The best part of being accepted
Was rubbing it in ppls face
making them tear up
like they were sprayed with mace.

I am just kidding
The best part of the deal
was going to dinner with my mom
and having her pay for my meal

I ordered the salmon
and mom some chadronnay
she made a toast to me
cuz I'm going FAR away

👍👍 Here's mine:

Got home from Iraq
With a story to tell
All my limbs in tact
And a depreciating home to sell

Filled out my app
at the end of August
Took my MCAT in July
The wait was the longest

My score was great
My grades were better
Thought I'd be enjoying
Some California weather

But to my surprise
The coast schools all snubbed me
So for 4 years or more
It's BFE U in Bubbany

 

[tdittyx2x3]

Strangely enough, I was actually more "excited" when I got my MCAT score back. Not that it was that great or anything, I just knew that I wouldn't have to take that exam ever again. I was at work. I jumped up out of my chair and screamed as loud as I could - in a full hotel lobby mind you.

First acceptance was more "awe" than excitement. Nov. 18th. Phone call. I just sorta rolled over onto my bed and laid there thinking about what it meant for my future.

 

[drmonti]

my first acceptance; my dad called me because he received a letter in the mail and I was at the library at school (an hour away) working on a lab report. It made the lab report that much easier to get through

but my dream school acceptance? I was on spring break in sunny gorgeous california visiting my family friends and it was my last day. I woke up and checked my phone, which has my email on it. It was a email saying that there was a change in my status, so I ran downstairs, checked my email, then typed in my user name and password to the status check site, then couldn't hit log in for about 5 min. I had to call my best friend and freak out on the phone saying "omg if i don't get in i'm going to cry" and I was shaking and sweating and ahh it was so nerve wracking. Then I finally logged in and saw I had been accepted and I just jumped out of my seat and screamed into the phone for about 3 minutes. It was the best day of my life.
I flew home that day, my flight got cancelled due to weather, I was stuck in minneapolis, and my luggage got lost.... but it was still not a big deal because I got in!! Oh, and I got my luggage a couple days later 🙂
Really, all the nights of studying when all my friends were out partying... so worth it for that one moment when you realize that hard work really does pay off. You don't have to be a genius to get into medical school, you just need to work hard and realize that you really do want it, because once you get it, nothing can describe that feeling.

 

[Pedsbro]

So I was told at Cincy that a decision would be released on a Wednesday, 2-3 weeks from my interview date. We were supposed to get an email telling us our status page has changed, and then login to see the decision. On the 2nd week, Wednesday night came around, no email. I vaguely remembered the admissions officer saying that it could possibly come out on a Thursday morning, but I figured it was just going to be another full week of waiting and stressing.

I had told myself I would not check it at work if I ever got the email...too afraid of being rejected and frankly being too devastated to do my job. That Thursday was a very slow day...and on a whim, not expecting anything and having not received any email, I logged into my status page around 10am. I noticed on the homepage there were some extra links..hmmmm. Clicked "Status"...and boom! "Congratulations..." All I saw was the congrats...didn't even bother reading the part after "You have been accepted!" Jumped out of the chair and yelled so loud that my co-worker in the other part of the lab ran over thinking something was wrong. I hugged the closest one and just kept yelling "yes yes yes! and jumped up and down like a little kid. Couldn't care less who was around and how I must've looked haha.

I had a list of who I wanted to tell in what order...first my brother, then my parents, then close friends, and then everyone else. Everything went just as planned. Best day of my life so far...

(the email finally came an hour after I had happened to check my status page...)

 

[SDN2013]

So I'm struggling to stay motivated this semester...I often feel like I'm drowning in Physics and MCAT work (I can't describe my absolute abhorrence of physics and am currently in Physics2). I keep wondering whether I'm wasting my time with all these activities (volunteering, research, shadowing, tutoring, blah, blah, blah) if I don't get into schools next year, and I know it's going to get worse throughout the process. It's spring break right now. Most people are away having fun on some beach, and I am trying to catch up on Kaplan work, submit research applications, work on my PS. I can't understand for the life of me why we must know Physics for the MCAT anyway....sorry, you can't calculate the charge of x with y Volts flowing through and z resistance, or how far a canon ball will land if fired at a 30 degree angle from Mars, you have no aptitude for medicine..?? BUT I keep trying to ignore that and just learn it because I have to. And becoming a doctor is something I really want. My BS & VR scores are high, but I'm sitting here overwhelmed with physics....(/rant)

And consequently, here's the point of my post. I was looking for some motivation & thought it might be cool to hear stories from this year's applicants, current med students, etc, about your first acceptance. Where were you? Was it a phone call? Who did you call first? How did you react? I'm just trying to keep the overall goal in mind & would love to hear stories of when people first heard they're going to be a doctor! And that it was all worth it🙂

I reacted by jizzing in my pants, followed by listening to the song on youtube, and jizzing in my pants every time the guy said "jizz in my pants"

 

[whoisthedrizzle]

god i hope i get to post on this thread in the next couple months...

 

[Doc Henry]

I had just gotten off the phone with my cousin, we had been talking about what if I do or dont get in this year. I had gotten all anxious about retaking the MCAT and spending money to reapply.

The second I hung up the phone with him I started getting another call from a number with a 206 area code...my heart started pounding and I was thinking "No way, this can't be the school" because it was 9pm and I didn't even know for sure there was a meeting reviewing apps that day.

As soon as I heard the voice on the other end of the phone I knew. Everything went a little fuzzy, I started hyperventilating, kept saying thank you thank you a million times, sounded like a complete idiot. In fact, I think I hung up the phone prematurely because he just kept talking and all I could think of was telling my husband and my mom. So I hung up and started screaming and crying (a tiny bit).

This was my top chioce, only school I applied to, and I have honestly never been so happy in my life.

 

[time2go]

These stories are the best!! Haha.

I was charging my phone on Christmas Eve and looked over to see I had a voicemail from a weird number. It was from a student I met while I was interviewing, sounding stressed saying "Something has happened to your application, we need information from you so please hurry and call us right away ok its very important." I was like greaat because I had been feeling so down that whole break and hadn't heard a word from anyone. I called her back and just heard her say the words... "Well... I just wanted to tell you that you're going to be a doctor!!"

So yeah I about dropped my phone and ran outside so I could talk while my whole family looked at me like what the heck?? And I called my friend standing barefoot in the snow and then ran back inside and told my mom and dad - it was about the best Christmas present ever because the world looked brighter and I could enjoy being home and stuff 😀.

Anyway, even talking about it makes me want to go there even though it is my second choice. I am having a hard time letting it go and who knows maybe I wont!! First is always the best.

Haha first does seem like the best

 

[mmagnett]

I was at work busy getting rejected by some programs that I really wanted to go to via emails --

Then I got another email -- I think I got like 3 that day -- saying my "status had been updated" and to log in and check it. I was thinking, great another rejection. Who would ever accept someone that way, right?

When I logged in, I scrolled down and in very non-descript, plane-Jane font, I saw, "You have been accepted to the Case School of Medicine."

... that was a good day; especially since Case was probably one of my top 2 choices. 🙂

 

[AbRKnight]

Figured I would give this thread a bump since there are likely more happy stories to tell.