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My UT was Texas, not Toronto. Sorry!

Well, I got my final result today. UT doesn't want me, but that's okay, because I've got two lovely offers, and it wasn't at the top of my list. It's weird, though, isn't it? Clearly I was a first choice for the two schools that do want me, since I got emails almost immediately after their committees met. The other three, though? "Thanks for trying, but we don't care." In a form letter. Just goes to show you that we don't know at all, what a good fit might me. All a crap shoot, after all, and doesn't seem to have ANYTHING to do with our qualifications.

I have. I got a formal offer in the mail about a week and a half after my email acceptance.

Not to worry, I just sent a note out to the one school still pending, and asked them to remove my name from consideration. I'm going to wait to refuse the other school, until I have that hard copy acceptance in my hand, but then I'll say no. Good luck to everyone else!

Anyone else here going to the Big Easy?

Yep, I visited both, before even applying. The school I'm accepting was incredibly welcoming, letting me meet with 4 professors, setting up lunch with grad students, giving me a tour. While I was still a junior. Plus, it's almost 5 thousand bucks more. I visited the other school this past october, and was only able to meet with one professor, nor was anyone available to show me around. She was perfectly nice, but the school seemed much less invested in me as a prospect. I'm gonna go ahead and take it. It feels like the right move. Much more welcoming + more money = happy grad student.

Email. I'm supposed to get the official offer in the postal mail in 10 days or so.

I got accepted this afternoon into my first choice (School X), with a lovely fellowship, health insurance and tuition. Although I have another offer outstanding (School Y), this one is MUCH better, plus it's in a place where I have tons of community, so I'm taking it. So here's my question: should I wait for the official notice to come in the mail, before accepting and turning down school Y? And I still haven't heard from school Z, so should I write them and remove my name from consideration? What's the protocol here?

It's raining results today, over here. I'm in a Tulane: 3 year fellowship, health insurance, tuition. It's my first choice, and I'm BY GOD TAKING THIS ONE. It's a freaking miracle.

No Florida for me. Oh, well. I still have a lovely offer and two outstanding. And frankly, I didn't really want to live in Gainesville anyway.

What?!? I just want to know, for god's sake! Why can't MY stupid letter come? Why? Mmnmpphh. Stupid Florida. I'm sure some other, more fabulous school is coming your way, keepcalm.

Hooray! That's great news.

Keepcalm, Still no Florida in my mailbox, so if we're not in different countries, chances are yours didn't come either. If that helps.

No Florida in my mailbox, damn them. I HATE waiting!

I really think we're going to know about Florida today. Fingers crossed.

Hmmn. There's no change on the website for UT, for me. I wonder what that means? Maybe they're doing multiple cuts? This is the 'check status' page, right?

Yeah, I've been stalking the mailbox for Florida. Hopefully today is the day...if not, then probably Monday. Perhaps we can cross fingers for each other?

Okay, in retrospect, perhaps it sucks even more when you DO know what's going on. I'm 100% certain that my top choice is meeting about the apps today. I'm so anxious I may vomit. Eck. Stupid grad school.

I don't think that's necessarily bad news. One of my schools specifically says that they notify international students by email, while domestic get postal mail. So maybe you're just still waiting?

Blakkbug, Yep, Friday's the day. I had a slew of emails back and forth with the department secretary, because ETS didn't send my stupid GRE scores to them. Of course, who knows when they'll notify. Seems like there's two schools of thought...either put them out of their misery right away with an unofficial email, or the folks that submit candidates to the grad school and wait for all the paperwork to clear before notifying. I've sure got my fingers crossed, though. My partner is a Katrina evacuee and we were living between Kentucky and Louisiana for the first year after the storm, but eventually had to give up our apartment in New Orleans. She desperately wants to go home. Plus, 3 years of decent funding is nothing to sneeze at.

Thunder, Yep, sure was.

Those %#^%$@! So I took my GREs in October and did fine. Then I got my report the first week of November, and it said "incorrect institution code" instead of Institution X (my first choice, of course). So I called 3 TIMES, and finally got them to send off my scores to X. We emailed back and forth for a week, until I got a confirmation email from them. Institution X's due date was 2/2. Today, I got an email with the header "your X application". After I picked my heart back up, I opened it up to see that they'd never received my scores. They must arrive by Friday in order for my app to be completed, or it won't be considered. I spent the entire afternoon on the phone with ETS... Only thing they will do is send it out today. Takes 5 days to arrive. They won't call or email the school. They say it's my fault, even though I got the code from their own drop down menu, and even though the person in November admitted they had the wrong code in the system. Even though it was supposed to be fixed. And even though they DON'T ACTUALLY LET YOU take the slip of paper into the test, onto which you've painstakingly copied the codes that you need. I hates them.

Oh, CONGRATULATIONS, wisconsin folks. I grew up in those parts...it's beautiful country.

I'm trying hard to stay in the 'it's not over until it's over' mindset. I got totally fraught about Florida (because I thought I had a really good chance there) after someone posted, and I'm going to try not to do that again. My poor partner...gets to experience the rollercoaster of me being SURE I'll hear from X school TODAY, and then the crash when I don't. And my first choice school had an application date of February 2nd, so I'm in for the long haul. Wouldn't it be nice if we could all meet in some physical place for coffee? So we could micro analyze possible outcomes without boring or freaking out all the people in our lives that don't understand?

Anthropolitan (fabulous username!), I received an email from the professor that wants to work with me. I'll get a formal acceptance letter in the mail, at some point. Okay. I'm gonna quit stressing about Florida. Letters next week. It's nice to actually have an idea of when to expect news.