I am... Rocky "The Italian Stallion" Balboa

Applying to med school is a little like getting in the ring with Ivan Drago. "I will break you." And after taking one too many blows to the head you can hear the crowd chanting "Rocky, Rocky... Shetal, Shetal..." (I really hope there are some Rocky IV fans reading this because otherwise I've lost all two of you who read my blog.) And after fourteen brutal rounds (okay two for me) you come at it swinging harder than ever and you annihilate the beast. And I feel just the way Rocky did when he knocked that huge Soviet right out of the ring. "It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight...!"

This is my "If I can change... and you can change... everybody can change!" victory speech. (Am I done with the Rocky analogy now?) What a great story about a nobody who became a somebody. Okay...okay... I know, this is turning into a cheese-fest.

If you haven't figured it out by now, I was accepted to medical school! After years of feeling that I just wasn't good enough and that I would never be able to even convince a med school to consider my application, I'm in. That's right.... you're looking at the future Dr. Shetal Patel M.D.. Pretty sexy right?

I worked hard. I busted my ass. I wanted it so bad that I could taste it. I'm more confident in myself than ever before and now that I have it, I can't wait to be elbow deep in it. Literally.

I proved that a little confidence, determination and passion can really take you places. I was far from being the whiz-kid in college... I lacked goals and ambition. It just goes to show that people can change. We just have to make the best of those second chances life so gratuitously offers us. Thanks Life! And THANKS CREIGHTON!

But I didn't get here alone. I'm not sure how things would have worked out if I didn't have the endless support of my friends and family... If I didn't have Ty to kick my ass and catch me too. He's been my rock. I've also been incredibly lucky to have parents who've been there for me every step of the way, confident that I'd make it.

Okay...I'm going to end this post before I get too teary and short-circuit the keyboard. (I know, I'm lame.) But needless to say, I'm incredibly happy and incredibly excited to embark on this new chapter in my life. I can't wait to find out what lies ahead.

ADRIAN!!! Errr... TYLER! (teehee)