Justine Lazatin

Justine Lazatin 鈥20

Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)

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I was so nervous! I was refreshing my inbox every few seconds waiting for my Match email to arrive!

My reactions were: disbelief, relief, and the most happiness I鈥檝e ever felt in my life (in that order). My dad was standing next to me as I opened my results, so we read the email together silently. I remember just staring at him (once we both had mentally processed my results) for what felt like forever. He shouted, 鈥淪he鈥檚 going to Harvard!鈥 and we all toasted with champagne to celebrate the news.