SURPRISE Medical School 1st ACCEPTANCE REACTION | UNC School of Medicine

0:00 Teaser
0:09 Intro
1:14 Where I Was At In My Application Cycle
2:02 Timeline of UNC Application
2:37 I Was Sure It Was a Rejection
3:32 Email Status Update
4:37 Reaction
5:00 Reading Acceptance Letter
7:25 My First Acceptance Thoughts
13:14 Subscribe, Like, Comment
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I feel so lucky that I was able to record my live reaction to my first acceptance to medical school (UNC School of Medicine). I was so close to not recording it because I was certain it would be a rejection. I expected to receive a phone call with good news and an email with bad news, so an email at 6:17 am did not give me a good gut feeling.
This was a moment I was waiting for and would think about every night as I lost sleep. I cannot express the true gratitude I feel for this moment that completed changed my life.
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[@angelinashrum3508]

This was incredible to watch and that you captured such a moment, if anyone deserved this kind of surprise it was you! I am applying now and trying to hold out hope that I'll experience a moment like this this year. Congratulations again on your whole admissions cycle!!

[@samiatassi4526]

I am on the exact same boat as you right now and this was very comforting. Though I'm still anxious, It was nice to see this and things will workout for me too :) Thanks for the video!

[@ryanisber2353]

I got shivers. Somehow this is insanely happy and sad at the same time.

[@kamranfarouq7779]

I’ve been keeping up with your channel for quite a while now and wanna thank you for all of the wonderful insight and overall content you provide. I look forward to your journey and your channel blowing up. Good luck man.

[@DoctorRex]

Thanks so much for saying so. I really appreciate that. I'm glad you've gotten something out of it.

[@user-bro0921]

I’ve subscribed since you started your channel, and this video was particularly emotional for me so I cannot even imagine how you must have felt. I saw pure joy & gratitude radiate from you! I’m so happy for you, and know you will be an amazing physician 💙 Thank you for sharing!

[@DoctorRex]

Thanks for sticking with me, and thanks for the kind words. That was a feeling I will remember and cherish for the rest of my life.

[@LeveledUpPrize]

Wow! Congrats. I love how raw and authentic this was. I cant wait for my special moment

[@DoctorRex]

I appreciate the comment. I wish you the best. Keep looking forward to that special moment of your own!

[@zachsanchez8487]

Props to you Rex! You're going to make a great doctor, looking forward to following your journey. That first acceptance must be amazing. I'll be applying this upcoming semester and I could only dream about getting an acceptance from UNC.

[@DoctorRex]

Thanks Zach, I appreciate that. It still feels like a dream to me. Keep believing in your future .

[@drg_BagusAF]

When I accepted in Dentistry is very emotional too, my parents crying about it. Congrats and success to You. Tobe a doctor someday. Studying hard and many pressure in Medicine, so keep calm and You can do it.

[@DoctorRex]

Thanks so much, I really appreciate you taking the time to comment.

[@isaiahperez1115]

Hey, you still got so much work and boards ahead of you, don't celebrate too early! Jk, good job man!

[@DoctorRex]

Thanks, I appreciate that. Yeah, the exams have barely just begun, but at least Step 1 is pass/fail so I get a few years "break."

[@JenCheng1]

Probably there's 20,000 residents x 4 years of residency years right now and each physician is making x $50,000 during residency. Seems like the US government has $4,000,000,000 (trillion) to give away every year to physicians who are in residency. Imagine these residents graduate, and how much money they will make per year. AT LEAST 3 times that much! $150,000 a year! Is that true?

[@DoctorRex]

Here is a link to some information about how the US Government gives out money to schools for both Direct and Indirect graduate medical education expenses. The total cost of these together is about $10,000,000,000 per year. There are actually about 140,000 medical residents. So $10 Billion/ 140,000 is about $70,000 per resident per year. Medicare only covers part of the total direct and indirect costs of medical education. fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/IF10960.pdf I'm not sure what you are asking "Is that true?" to. It's not true that the government has trillions of dollars to give away to residents. It is about $10 billion. It is true that physicians can make $150,000 in the U.S. In some specialties, the average can be >$500,000.