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I think most people are better able to give advice than to receive it. Which is why we position ourselves to be told nice things by people willing to tell us those things when we are most in need of hearing them. Hence the forum. Catharsis is all well and good, but when you're venting sadness or rage I don't think it's very beneficial for other people to spew more sadness or rage at you. I don't really get what you're trying to say, honestly. Of course this is an emotional process -- which is why listening to other people rationally explain why you aren't actually going to die if you don't get in is a good thing to do.

It sounds like Tim's advice about grappling with impending mortality is to try and kill yourself in as many different ways as you can think of. Not sure if I'm totally on board. You can get an adrenaline rush much more safely, playing board games for example. FUCKING LOVE BOARD GAMES

Here's my philosophy: if you're gonna be pessimistic, and believe that your total rejection is inevitable, then start planning next year as if you've already been rejected but still want to do something productive and interesting. Live like you've already been rejected, and it will help you realize that getting rejected isn't the end of the world.

My plan B is to go to Brazil.

interview has been scheduled. It's a full-day thing, sitting in on classes and dinner with students included. Eep!

My interview has been scheduled. Now it's time to get nervous

b...fat...

How about this one: admissions are a completely subjective and largely random process, and maybe the decision-makers reading your dossier had indigestion and you happened to be at the bottom of a very big pile, with several very good applications on top of yours, and by the time the cranky flatulent adcomms got to you, they just wanted to go home and poop. So they read your materials too quickly, visions of toilets dancing in their heads, and they missed out on your genuine worth.

t1racyjacks, I would be careful about jumping so quickly onto a conclusion that you are being victimized by unfair discrimination. There are a million reasons why you may have not been accepted to the program, and you are choosing to believe the one that makes you feel the angriest and most helpless.

I'm doing an MA right now and I'm finding the experience really valuable, mostly for 2 reasons: 1. my field requires a lot of foreign language training, and I've managed to learn a new language and improve in all my other languages during my time here, and 2. I've made amazing connections to faculty here. The relationship between a grad student and his or her professors is completely different from the one between undergrad and profs, in my experience. Being an MA student in a small program has allowed me to forge real friendships with very encouraging, supportive and intelligent professor/mentor/advisors who have helped me IMMENSELY in applying for a PhD this year. I also got to enter the world of academia in a way I would not have been able to without being in school. I've been out of undergrad for 2 years, and without access to a university library it's difficult to do any outside scholarship. So I guess what I'm saying about my MA is that it's not so much about what classes I took, or what I "learned" per se, but who I met that has made the experience so worthwhile.

listening to bossa nova is super relaxing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNR65osospQ

The forum gets randomly angry at people sometimes -- it's a strange mob mentality, and it's best to just ignore them.

Fuck whoever posted the Berkeley admits! I'm jealous of them But seriously, congrats everyone. You did good.

Kind of Blue is wonderful

that puppy is awesome.

Everyone gets rejected by somewhere at some point in their careers. Don't let it get to you. It really isn't an evaluation of your objective merits, it's more like a bunch of dice rolls.

FREE WHAT??!!? Seriously I would even apply to a school I didn't want to attend if I knew their app was free.

Oh hellz yeah, I'm excited about that

Why is that?

I'm currently applying for a government grant through a PhD program that I'm interviewing at. The school invited me to apply to this program, though I have yet to be officially accepted by them. Does my success in securing extra funding help my chances of being accepted? Will the outside grant's decision timeline be made in accordance with the well-known timeline of PhD acceptances (as in, before April 15th)? Anyone with info about this, I would greatly appreciate some answers. Thanks!

Whenever people ask this kind of thing I just want to.... Always assume and prepare for the worst. Then if something else happens it'll be a pleasant surprise.

Here's the big question: how do you feel about living in Nebraska? For $16k/year, that's probably the best area in the country to live like a king I would think. But, Nebraska. I'm tired. I'm going to stop posting.