First response from a Med School.

Jason just heard back from his first Med School yesterday.

A letter came in the mail for him at my parents house. My sister Penny sent me a text telling me there was a letter for Jason from some med school but she couldn't remember which one. I didn't think much of it because he has been getting a few letters from schools asking him to apply to them.

I got Jason from school so he could come home and study for a test. When we got home I told him Penny said he got a letter. He asked which school, so I texted Penny asking which one. While I was texting my mom called me. Asked if I wanted to meet her at Costco for grocery shopping. I had to take Jason back to school to take the test so I most likely wouldn't be able to.

I asked her where the letter was from. Dartmouth. My jaw dropped a little. They told Jason he wouldn't hear from them until January. I told him it was from Dartmouth. Jason looked a little down, he said it was probably a rejection letter because it came so soon. We asked my mom to open it.

"Dear Jason: Congratulations... It's a pleasure to inform you... Dartmouth Medical School Admissions Committee has accepted your application for admission and approved a position for you in the 2010 entering class of the M.D. program... A deposit is not required... Call ______ if we can answer any questions for you"

I thought it was a hoax when my mom was reading it to me, or at least a tricky way of saying he wasn't accepted. Jason was studying while I was trying to relay the message from my mom to him. He didn't get it. After she read the letter to me (the important parts) I turned to Jason and said, "You were ACCEPTED! You made it!"

He looked shocked and then ecstatic! He called his parents, I texted my siblings. I asked if I could post it on my blog and he told me as soon as he saw the actual letter and made sure it wasn't a fake I could post it.

Needless to say I got in the car and met my parents at Costco to get some groceries, and the letter of course.

I brought it home, read it, took pictures of it, and then let Jason read it ;) It also came with a personal note telling Jason congratulations and to call if he had any questions, it was from the director of admissions.

WOW! I am so glad he is in! Now we can drop some of the other schools (ones we don't really care about, but applied because Jason knew he could get in)! He will still go to interviews to ones that are in the locations we want (if he gets interviews with them).