CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I knew you''d do it! As Ginger said, welcome to the craziness that is medical school. I''m SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy for you, I couldn''t wait to hear the good news (because I knew it would be good!!)!!!
WOW! I am overwhelmed by everyone''s generosity. I feel so grateful that people acutaully thought of me enough to read my post and write something. Thank you for all of your congratulations and well wishes, needless to say pricescope rocks. I have been walking around in a daze, I haven''t gone to sleep because I am so afraid that when I wake up it will be a dream. I''m just so thankful to everyone for their support, and for my family and friends that deserve all the credit because they helped me and pulled me through this. It''s probably more their victory then mine.
I really have to say that before I found out, (before midnight) my boyfriend and I were walking around outside, and my boyfriend was so depressed. He started going through the stats, and he said that is was impossible, 1000 applicants for 70 spots. They actually inteviewed 300 for 70 spots. In any case, in terms of grades, I rank about number 200 (I know, I know I''m not that good) Since 50% is based on grades, my chances were very slim. And last year, in my interview, I was 100 points away from being the LAST person on the waitlist. Needless to say, my boyfriend was totally discouraged. This is nothing short of a miracle. So miracles REALLY do happen.
But when we found out, my boyfriend cried. He cried for 1/2 an hour because he was so happy. Incidentally my whole family cried for joy. My poor sister nearly had a heart attack, she was so happy. She''s told everyone. As for me, I haven''t told anyone (except for my pricescope friends) because I''m still a little afraid they made a mistake and they are going to take it away from me. I think everyone around me realizes that this has been my biggest dream since I was 5 years old, and it has been a very long road for me.
Incidentally, I''m carrying the admissions letter around with me all the time. It''s real, it''s tangible, and it is way to authentic looking to be a dream right? I check it every few hours.