UMD Says Yes!

It’s been a long time since my last post. I’m blaming Christmas. But now that I’m back at work and seem to have reentered the “real world,” it’s back to blogging.

The most important development since my last post is that I got in to med school at the University of Maryland. This is pretty much huge. The acceptance letter was delivered to my parents’ house and I got a text, while standing on the platform waiting for the 1 train, which said, “Maryland says yes, call your mother.” I started jumping up and down and squealing excitedly on the platform. I’m sure a few hundred New Yorkers now think I’m crazy. But whatever. I’m going to medical school.

This all seems slightly surreal. I’ve been working on applying to medical school since I took the MCATs back in April of 2007 and I feel like I’ve been filling out applications ever since. I’m still waiting to hear from a bunch of places but getting into Maryland takes a lot of the pressure off and even if I don’t get in anywhere else, I’m going to be in medical school this time next year.

I’m not sure the reality of this has exactly set in. In applying to medical school, you are constantly writing essays about and explaining to people why you definitely want to be a doctor. There isn’t really much time for thinking about how insanely difficult it’s going to be. Now that I’ve been accepted I’m sure there are going to be a few moments when I wonder if I’m really going to be able to do this. If I’m really cut out for medical school. If I really have what it takes to be a doctor. That is so something I would do, I tend to have zero faith in myself. But they accepted me, and at the moment I’m still totally loving this high of having gotten exactly what I wanted after such a long and insanely difficult process. I’m honestly proud of myself and so happy that I’ve gotten this far. Medical school will undoubtedly be the most difficult thing I’ve done so far, but I’m really looking forward to it.