piccgeek

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So, as it turns out, being on a waitlist REALLY sucks. I thought I knew how much it would suck before it happened. But I had no idea. It sucks a LOT. Part of me is actually thrilled...holy crap I made it onto the MIT waitlist with practically no experience! Good for me! ,...but mostly it is just more torturous waiting, without any end in sight. Who else is in this waitlist boat? What do you think sucks about it the MOST? Any rays of sunshine or hope or optimism you want to share? For me, the worst part is telling people I've been waitlisted, because they're not sure how to react. There's this kind of surprised "oh!" Then either "Good for you! That means you were pretty good!" or "omg I'm so SORRY, that's horrible!" or, from the more diplomatic crowd, "Hey, at least you're not outright rejected, right?" I feel like I have to supply them with my thoughts on the matter because they feel uncomfortable until they're supposed to say next. It's very frustrating.

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Well, maybe, except for the fact that we're all ANONYMOUS. I can't imagine any adcom going to the trouble to piece together the tidbits of info we reveal to figure out which of their applicants piccgeek might be.

It doesn't mean anything about the status of your application. The program coordinators are super busy and I think many of them ignore emails from apps at this time of year unless they're marked URGENT or something. It's easier to just not respond than it is to actually tell every single person who asks that there's nothing more to hear...and unfortunately for us, they're in a position to just ignore us if they want to.