{Video opens with peppy sounding music and the following text fading in one sentence at a time over blurry time lapse video of hundreds of medical school students and their families filing the Bryan Williams Student Center gymnasium:

237 UT Southwestern Medical School students are about to embark on the next chapter of their careers.  They’re learning where they’ll be practicing as physicians. For many, it’s a day they have dreamed about for years.

An animation of a spinning envelope appears. Out pops text that reads Match Day 2018 over the voice of Class President Paul Rizk.}

Paul Rizk: Match Day represents a lot. It’s the culmination of our educational careers thus far.

{Several medical students in the gym are shown looking anxious.}

Philip Oladeji: I’m feeling nervous, but excited at the same time. I’m ready to see where I’m going to be for the next five years.

{A tight-shot of a scoreboard clock ticking down is shown before more video of students nervously awaiting the results of Match Day.}

Kingsley Oladeji: Going to find out where I’m going to be the next five years in about three minutes. We’ll see what the future holds.

{Students are shown shedding happy tears, hugging each other and celebrating.}

Philip: Woo! I got Emory.

Kingsley: Ho ho! Standford! Yay!

Audrie Chavez: I just matched to UT Southwestern. My first choice.

{There’s a flash of white. The music changes and Audrie Chavez appears on-camera sitting in her white coat and in a clinical setting.}

Audrie: I had an absolutely amazing experience here as a medical student, and I know that I would have a really great experience as a resident, as well.

{Childhood photos of Audrie play as she speaks.}

Audrie: I once said it when I think I was 6 years old that I was going to be a doctor and my parents just went along with it like it.  Even though I was from a border town where there were limited resources, and it wasn’t the norm, they never made me feel like becoming a doctor was impossible. 

{Video fads to black and the music switches a more somber sounding song. Black and white video of a car swerving on the road appears.}

Audrie: My parents were hit head on by a drunk driver. I was 19 years old. I had to take on this caretaker role of the younger five children. Something that really sticks with me is the way the doctors who took care of my parents handled it, and I just wanted to be like the ones that were great.

{Video fads to black and a more upbeat song is heard behind Audrie’s voice. Present day video of her and her family is shown.}

Audrie: Physical Medicine and Rehab, PM&R, is a really special field to me because when my dad was involved in the car crash, the month when he was recovering in rehab, was really the first time where we started to gain hope. I’m the first physician in my family. It’s something that they’re really proud of.

Audrie’s Father: No words that can express our feelings right now, I guess.

{A flash of white appears before Fantine Gap and boyfriend Paul Rizk are shown and heard reading their Match Day letters.}

Fantine: Congratulations. You’ve matched! University of Florida!

Paul: Congratulations. You have matched into orthopedic surgery. University of Florida!

{The couple is first seen in the Match Day setting and then in a clinical setting talking.}

Fantine: We met in the first week of school when the campaign for class president occurred. We both ran for class president, and it’s the first time I’ve lost really to any presidential race, and I was a little bit bitter at first.

Paul: I think we both had a little bit of a common factor in deciding to go into the specialties that we want. My father is an orthopedic surgeon.

Fantine: My father is a radiation oncologist.

Paul: I think we both share the opinion that being able to treat patients is a huge privilege. More long-term goals, we both hope to teach. I think that’s a reflection of ourselves a little bit, but largely a reflection of UT Southwestern.

{Video of students and faculty celebrating at Match Day plays.}

Fantine: I think if I could say another thing about our faculty here is that they’re not only our mentors on the wards, in the clinics, but they’re really our life mentors. We’re really excited to have had the background of training that we’ve had here.

Paul: We both know that we’re going to be at excellent institutions for our training. A large part of that is due to UT Southwestern’s incredible dedication to teaching and preparing us.

{Video ends with students seen in a photo booth and then holding up their photo smiling proudly. A 75^th anniversary logo appears, and the video fads to black.}