perfectionist

0. And I really hope I don't end up accumulating any in grad school.

I got my first two rejections on the same day and I made the mistake of texting my mom. Mom: University X is stupid. University Y is a loser. Me: No, they are actually really good schools... Mom: Not without you. They are dumb. Their loss. sigh. I eventually told my roommates as well. They all responded with things like "Wow, if you didn't get in, how does anyone get in?" Well, other people have higher GPAs and more publications...

Seriously? Socks are pretty cheap at Costco and probably Walmart. Buy more pairs. I do wear my jeans 3 or 4 times before washing them, and sweatshirts I'll wear until they look or smell bad. Everything else is washed after wearing.

I second iAnnotate. It was on sale for $1 a while ago and I bought it. It's great for marking up PDFs and taking notes on slides. I wish I had bought it a while ago.

I keep both items in the bathroom because (1) I'm not really worried about it, and (2) I don't have a lot of space otherwise. The bathroom has more storage space than my bedroom.

I applied but I haven't heard anything. Applications weren't due until January, right?

People all the time assume I mean masters when I say grad school. I just don't say anything.

I got rejection emails from Sloan-Kettering and U Penn pharmacology today.

Is is safe to assume that all GSK invites went out in december? And between Duke, UT Houston, BCM, and UPenn, who is still sending out invites? I haven't been keeping up with this thread very well.

I looked online and my status says Submitted. Is this the only place they would post it, or is there a status page somewhere?

I just found out that a friend of a friend works with one of my POIs (the friend is on the clinical side, not part of the research program) and offered to introduce me. I kinda feel like it's late in the season to be contacting PIs. Any opinions?

Nope. But then again, I haven't heard from any schools so I'm probably not at the top of the list.

Famous city =! good city to live in Detroit is a famous city.

Has anyone heard from UC Denver cancer bio?