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I've made this point in years past, but I saw someone express this kind of anxiety recently, so it bears repeating: it's perfectly natural and quite common to not feel happy or excited after you decide what school to choose.
 
When I heard back from the program I'm attending, I knew I should feel ecstatic. It was my top choice, by a wide margin. I had worked to get into grad for ages. I also had the daily experience of reading people here who hadn't gotten in to the schools they wanted or anywhere, sometimes. I expected to feel fantastic. And then I just... didn't. I felt guilty for not feeling anything. Why didn't I feel happier? But when I shared that feeling here and with other people I knew, I found it was quite common. I think there's a variety of reasons for that. First, there's just the mental and emotional drain of the process. You spend all this time working, and then all this time stressing, whether it's about getting in or choosing your school, and then it just... stops. Which might make you feel really happy, or might just make you feel a little numb or exhausted. Second, no program can ever be as exciting as the promise and potential of any program. It felt good to know where I was going. But before you choose, there's limitless potential. You could end up anywhere, which is exciting and invigorating. No matter how happy you are with your choice, it can't contain all the potential of all the schools you applied to. Finally, I find that unless they get into all or almost all of the departments to which they apply, many people can feel somehow unsatisfied or rejected even if they get into their #1 choice or a school that they are very happy to attend. I know I've talked to different people who have said, "I would have chosen the program I'm in even if I got into those other schools... so why does the rejection hurt so bad? Why do I wish I had gotten in so much?"
 
If you don't feel this way, all the better. But if you aren't feeling as good as you thought you would, don't sweat it, and don't feel guilty. It's natural and happens to a lot of people.

Zabius already gave a ton of very good reasons why what you are suggesting is unwise and unethical. I'm shocked that you think "academic honesty doesn't require full disclosure". I want to explain to you why this is not the case, using different examples! 
 
1. I think "full disclosure" is one of the foundations of academic honesty. When I read a paper, I am trusting that the authors have disclosed everything relevant to the situation. When I see that they reported, say, 30 trials with X outcome and 10 trials with Y outcome, I'm trusting that they had fully disclosed all of their results. It would be academic dishonesty if the authors actually performed 100 trials, but then threw out the results from 60 trials with Y outcome in order to present their result that X outcome is more likely than Y outcome. You can obviously generalize this to other important parts of a paper. I would expect the authors to have fully disclosed all of their methods -- it would be dishonest to tell the reader that they followed protocol A, but they had actually modified it to include some step not mentioned in the paper. I'm not saying these things don't actually happen in the real world. Academics have fabricated data and/or manipulated data in order to reach a desired conclusion. In many cases, this results in retraction of the paper and even resignations. Sometimes, these are malicious and intentional, but sometimes it also happens because of poor scientific practice or ignorance of proper statistical analysis.
 
2. Another case where "full disclosure" is core component of academic honesty is that I would expect authors of a paper to disclose any relevant competing interests. In some journals, the authors are required to make a statement at the end to disclose any conflicts of interests (maybe they are funded by an agency that has a financial interest in their result). 
 
Of course, absolute full disclosure is not necessary -- only those that are relevant. When I applied to grad school, I didn't fully disclose every detail of my life. I would recommend others to not disclose any irrelevant details that might cause them to be discriminated against. However, what you are proposing here is definitely relevant information that must be disclosed if you want to keep your integrity as an academic. 

A haiku to summarize the thread:

Don't don't don't don't don't,

Don't don't don't don't don't don't don't,

You might get sued, don't

It's a masters, so I'm assuming it's only ~2 years?  I'd say for that short of a time, weather and location should not be significant variables.  I would choose the program that will be the best for you professionally.  Weather and location should really only come into play when we're talking 5-6 years for a PhD and all else between programs is relatively equal.  However, this is only an opinion. 

Sorry mate, but I think you've misinterpreted the purpose of this website. I would recommend asking peers in your graduate program for help getting ideas for your website, as well as your professor or anyone at your university who can help you. 
 
If this isn't even a project for grad school, then i think you have gravely misinterpreted the purpose of this website .
 
Best of luck.

hello frndz  u knw i really need u'r help i'm hopless  i dn't knw what to do  ,well i hav a project this year the title is "design and construction of a gaming site education in the computer science field" and i hav no idea abt it  , so plz i need a project in the same topic to take a look in it  ; and hav an idea in order to start my project  , and i havn't much time plz frndz help me plz

Depending on the school, they might take your highest Q score from one test date and your highest V score from another test date, in which case your little "trick" might work.  Other schools take your best overall test date, in which case your trick wouldn't work.
 
I personally think a NS looks VERY bad, like you're trying to work the system (I debated doing something similar by skipping the AW section to leave more energy for the other sections, but decided against it).  Just take the test and do your best on all sections...

Don't do it.  It's dishonest and you will make a lot of enemies in your field.

the four horsemen, of course: jack, jim, jameson, and johnny. equal parts, all together, because apocalyptic levels of bummed-out-itude call for apocalyptic measures.

I think focusing on your fit and future with a program may be a better tack than underlining the fact that pre-med didn't work out for you.
 
You can briefly discuss pre-med and how it led to your current focus, but I think that overall it's best to talk about all the great things you've learned and done in your current field, the research you've participated in and are interested in pursuing in the future, particular professors and specifics of the program that show you've done your homework, etc.
 
I think that it's most important for an SOP to be cogent and well written, but it doesn't have to include an elaborate back story so much as it has to highlight your talents and assets.

say what

April 10th isn't a Sunday... March 10th was.

1. To go from X to Y, you either go forward 4 units, or go backward 4 units. To go from Y to Z, you either go forward 9 units, or go backward 9 units. So, to go from X to Y to Z, we have to either:
go backward 4 units and backward 9 units (total: backward 13)
go backward 4 units and forward 9 units (total: forward 5)
go forward 4 units and backward 9 units (total: backward 5)
go forward 4 units and forward 9 units (total: forward 13)
So, the distance from X to Z is either 5 or 13. Since 13 is not an answer choice, pick 5.
 
2. Use proportions: train speed = (s miles)/(t hours) = (y miles)/(x hours). Solve to get x = ty/s.

3. Since the experiment has only 3 disjoint outcomes, the probabilities must sum to 1. Thus, p + p/2 + p/4 = 7p/4 = 1, so p = 4/7.

For the past three years, the hours have been different on the GRFP night. It's been 11pm to 5am. The midnight to 8am has been for other stuff.
"GRFP will be unavailable from 11:00 PM ET Monday April 5th - 5:00 AM ET Tuesday, April 6th for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience." ( )

and

"04/04/11 - GRFP/FastLane will be unavailable from 11:00PM ET Monday, April 4th - 5:00AM ET Tuesday, April 5th for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience." ( )

and

"FastLane will be unavailable from 11:00 PM ET Thursday March 29th - 5:00 AM ET Friday, March 30th for scheduled maintenance." ( )

...but to support guttata's enjoyment, you never know...

I'd argue it's easier to stay warm in the cold than it is to stay cool when it's 102 degrees F outside

I think you raise a good point, but at the same time, it depends on your particular brand of "outdoorsy". There's plenty of outdoor activities to do, even in winter: skiing, snowboarding, sledding, snowshoeing, ice skating, hockey, dog sledding, ice fishing... Obviously these might not be particularly appealing to someone who isn't used to snow and cold, but they're definitely still options.

Isn't it a little off to have 18-21 still grouped together? I knew a lot of people who graduated undergrad at 21 without skipping any years. 
Not to give your second poll a hard time. 

Some schools actually are still making decisions. In my program, they select their top admits right away, then take a couple weeks of horse trading to decide who (which advisor) gets their favored grad student applicant. Only when that is done do rejections go out. It can take a lot of time to separate the "just made it" applicants from the "barely didn't." Other admissions systems can be used as well. For example, when my partner was applying to a biology related field, at least half of the final admits at the places she applied to were not accepted until April or early May. This is because the same pool of top applicants was accepted everywhere, and the schools had to wait until that group made decisions (and thus opened up slots at the places they decided not to go) before filling up the class. The decision deadline is April 15, hence some folks on the waitlist didn't know until late April. Further down on the waitlist means waiting for higher choice applicants to decline, hence the early May final decisions--the timing is something somewhat outside the school's control, hence the vague deadlines and lack of transparency. In this case the schools aren't being malicious--rather your fellow applicants are holding you hostage by not making speedy decisions.

"You are going to be so overqualified for all the jobs"

When I first mentioned applying for PhD programs, my boss and coworker insisted on explaining to me, over and over, that my company will pay for me to get a PhD part-time while working here full-time.  Why would I want to take a huge pay cut and go back to school full-time?
 
I said that I want to go into academia, which means I need teaching and research experience, which I would get during grad school through assistantships, which I can't get if I'm a part-time student.  Also, many programs don't take part-time students, and I have no interest in working on my PhD in the evenings for 8-10 years.  I like to leave at least a little bit of time free in the evenings to preserve the illusion that I have a social life.
 
Then they said, "But doesn't [not-very-good local school] have a program you want?  I'm sure they'd let you go part-time!  You could keep working here!  Do your dissertation on one of your work projects!"
 
I had to bite my tongue to keep from saying, "You don't understand.  I want to go back to school to get away from this job.  Being stuck here for 8-10 years while working on a PhD part-time in the evenings would be hell.  It's entirely possible I'm going to lose it and hurl my computer out the window like a discus before this fall, and that's only another six months!"
 
Then they said, "Well, I'm sure you'll get in everywhere," to which I did NOT reply (showing much restraint), "Even if I don't get in anywhere, I'm still getting the hell out of here!"
 
To clarify: I have other, much more noble reasons why I applied to grad school.  The fact that my job sucks was just an added motivator.

Maybe its the opposite. They are monitoring how often you check your application status and using that to gauge whether you REALLY want to attend the program. Better get to refreshing  

Yeah, I agree, totally unnecessary. I'm pretty sure 'ability of applicant to adjust to the location' would be somewhere between the kind of car they drive and their astrological sign on the list of things they look for. (Obviously, it's more important to the applicant).

Politely tell them you're waiting to hear from other schools and ask if you can have an extension.

I guess it depends on where you are and the formality of the program. At a California school, only one interviewee was in a suit while the rest were 'business casual,' probably like the outfit you ended up wearing. I certainly wouldn't email now! There's a chance the grad students you spoke to passed along the story, anyway, especially if they thought it was funny and liked you. Let's just hope your demeanor and application and personality won them over.  

First, in my opinion, whenever a school asks you "if you are really interested in going there," it is kind of an obnoxious thing to do.  They know that we are all in hard situations where we are weighing a lot of variables and often don't have all the information when we are asked this question.  In that sense, I think you were perfectly justified in answering "yes, I am considering your school," and are also perfectly justified in declining a spot later.  There is also a reason to visit at the open house for any school if there is a chance that you may want to go, since this gives you an opportunity to meet your potential classmates, other students in the program, and get the information to make a decision either way.  As for the idea that you would be "stealing" a spot from someone else, if you believe there is a chance that you may go to that school, it is your right to visit.  There is no way to even be sure that you dropping out will free up another spot.  That being said, if there is no way that you are ever going to go to the school and you still choose to go to be wined and dined, then you have entered into an amoral regime.