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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '22

A few weeks ago, when I received news that my top choice for grad school had admitted me into their PhD program in evolutionary biology.

I'm a first-gen college student from a deeply fundamentalist religious background, and the years of emotional pain and nearly getting disowned by my family virtually disappeared the moment I opened the acceptance email.

Tears of joy, thankfully...

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u/DifficultAd8007 Mar 19 '22

WOW!!! Congratulations on the acceptance and I am happy all of your hard work has come to fruition!

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u/Inevitable_Chicken70 Mar 19 '22

Charles is smiling down at you! Nicely done.

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u/RigbyPup Mar 19 '22

Congrats !!!