TUSM Class of 2012
I think that the last 72 hours or so have been eventful enough to warrant a long overdue livejournal entry. I wrote frantically in my diary immediately but now I have composed myself enough to share my thoughts with the rest of the world and to write down everything before I forget.
Anyways, on Tuesday, at roughly 1:15 in the afternoon, I got into the Tufts University School of Medicine. My mom called a few minutes earlier and asked me why I hadn't checked the mail yet. I said I wanted to postpone the disappointment for as long as possible. And there it was, a little envelope at the top of the pile that looked exactly like a rejection letter should. And they hadn't called with an acceptance, as they had in years past. So currently all signs pointed to NO.
"I am happy to inform you that the Committee on Admissions has selected you to participate in the BA/MD Early Acceptance Program."
Or, as Jenny would have stated: "Put on your party pants!"
The next phone call my mom received was something bordering on an ecstatic, incoherant, blubbering exclamation of joy. It was as if the unbearable tension of the last six months had suddenly left my body in one swoop and all that was left was this EMOtion. It was the biggest high of my life. It instantly put the pain of the past two years into perspective. It made everything worth it. It reaffirmed the confidence I have in myself, that I will be able to do this.
So its not a formal acceptance. It is contingent upon the following: I must take the MCAT by next August (although my score doesn't matter), I must "maintain a level of academic performance comparable to my current level of academic achievement" (completely vague and completely on purpose, as they stated), I must finish my major (still neuroscience), and I must apply via a special application by fall of senior year. The benefits are amazing: no MCAT classes, no stress during the MCAT, no applying to 30 other medical schools, and the opportunity to study abroad. Its pretty shhhweet.
Other happy things include going to the Red Sox game tomorrow night with Tolya and Holly, leaving for a week on the cape on Sunday, and finally being able to enjoy the rest of my summer. Oh and my parents got me tickets to John Mayer! I'm still a teenage girl. Really.
Now I've moved on to my next set of problems, mainly: how the hell am I going to pay for medical school???
I'm out.
As I was christened by Jamie ---> Dr. Eve
P.S. Check out www.davebarnes.com and play all the music on the site. He is famazing.
Anyways, on Tuesday, at roughly 1:15 in the afternoon, I got into the Tufts University School of Medicine. My mom called a few minutes earlier and asked me why I hadn't checked the mail yet. I said I wanted to postpone the disappointment for as long as possible. And there it was, a little envelope at the top of the pile that looked exactly like a rejection letter should. And they hadn't called with an acceptance, as they had in years past. So currently all signs pointed to NO.
"I am happy to inform you that the Committee on Admissions has selected you to participate in the BA/MD Early Acceptance Program."
Or, as Jenny would have stated: "Put on your party pants!"
The next phone call my mom received was something bordering on an ecstatic, incoherant, blubbering exclamation of joy. It was as if the unbearable tension of the last six months had suddenly left my body in one swoop and all that was left was this EMOtion. It was the biggest high of my life. It instantly put the pain of the past two years into perspective. It made everything worth it. It reaffirmed the confidence I have in myself, that I will be able to do this.
So its not a formal acceptance. It is contingent upon the following: I must take the MCAT by next August (although my score doesn't matter), I must "maintain a level of academic performance comparable to my current level of academic achievement" (completely vague and completely on purpose, as they stated), I must finish my major (still neuroscience), and I must apply via a special application by fall of senior year. The benefits are amazing: no MCAT classes, no stress during the MCAT, no applying to 30 other medical schools, and the opportunity to study abroad. Its pretty shhhweet.
Other happy things include going to the Red Sox game tomorrow night with Tolya and Holly, leaving for a week on the cape on Sunday, and finally being able to enjoy the rest of my summer. Oh and my parents got me tickets to John Mayer! I'm still a teenage girl. Really.
Now I've moved on to my next set of problems, mainly: how the hell am I going to pay for medical school???
I'm out.
As I was christened by Jamie ---> Dr. Eve
P.S. Check out www.davebarnes.com and play all the music on the site. He is famazing.