We did it! Hooray!!!

I'll start my day in reverse.

First, I GOT IN, to my #1 choice. YES!!!!!! The magnitude of what this means hasn't "sunk in yet" with me, I feel calm, happy.

It all happened as I was in traffic driving up to Swiss Cakes, to order my mom's surprise birthday party cake. I called her, just to see how she was and suddenly she alarmingly says, "You got a letter from the UPR-Medical Sciences Campus...Miss Cristina Alvarado....." I interrupt her,

Worried me: "Open it!!"
Mom: "Well, are you sure?"
Worried me: "YES, YES OPEN IT"
Mom: "You also got a letter from Ponce, it's probably the reciept and some information do you want me to open that one?"
Starting to get emotional me: "No, I don't care, open the other one!!!!"
Mom:"Well alright, it's a big yellow envelope"

As she describes the envelope, hope emits from inside, I've never heard of big letters being sent to people who didn't get in. I grow anxious, and she finds it a bit difficult to open the envelope, it's been tightly sealed.

"Miss Alavardo, we are PLEASED to inform you..."

Well, if you know me enough you know what happened then. All the years, work, dreams to get to this place, the exact moment that I've thought about for the past 4 years. The road that led to this place, seems all well worth it. I think about the huge student loans that I won't have with tuition being about $8,000, sure I'll need a loan but not as much as for other Med schools. This is the best Medical School in the country, around 900-1,000 of people apply every year and only about 100 get in. There is lots of lost sleep and hard work coming my way, but I'm going to do it.