PhDhopeful2013

agreed. i thought this week would be the busiest one yet, but instead it's been one of the more quiet weeks in the cycle... these adcomms sure know how to keep us guessing.... i'm ready for closure!

I'm sorry to hear about round 1 for you... but it sounds as though you are already looking ahead to round 2 with concrete ways to improve your app. I'm sure you will succeed next time Good luck!

I hope so!! if not, next week will surely be crazy...

this week seems soooo quiiiieet....

Good to hear!

my condolences to all the Stanford people...

Yes ETS is a true scam... $25 per score report is nuts.

i was half (only half!) joking about the XXX email address getting rejected from someone's email account. and yes, depending on the timeframe of a rejection or group of rejections you may be able to discern how far you may have made it in the process, but even then, you never know. I was specifically thinking this wouldn't be the case for MIT because the turnaround time between acceptances (slightly over a week ago) and committed matriculants would be too short... of course i can't pretend to know the ins and outs of this torturous process!

congrats to the newest admits today!!

(I was also dinged in the first round) But I wouldn't read too much into it, in my opinion. One of the rejections posted today says he/she received the email on the 13th, same as everyone else. As for the possibility of a blind waitlist, the department probably wouldn't have enough info yet to reject the second round. i doubt enough people who were admitted have already committed to going there, so the dept may not know yet if it has to admit or reject people from the wait list. plus the original email may have gotten kicked back from some people's emails.. it was from XXX@mit afterall!

don't despair! from your list of schools... no one has heard from Brown, Harvard, or Princeton. I think it's safe to assume that Duke is done with acceptances, but I wouldn't completely rule out UNC just yet. I can't speak to LSE or Oxford. Still a ways to go!

good luck this week, everyone! should be a busy one. are most schools open today, despite the holiday?

Same to you, Wemayet! You may still hear some good news! And even if you don't you've already identified areas to improve for next cycle, so you're already ahead of the game

If this is what you love, then don't give up! You may still hear good news before the end of this cycle! Even if you don't, just remember how much you have learned about the process this time - it will be invaluable next time. And take comfort in the fact that many many applicants go through at least two cycles before having success. This is my second time and i remember how horrible i felt striking out during the first time. But looking back, it was the best thing.... And i remember some advice I got that is very true - "you have more time than you think." Waiting two years to do an MA may seem like forever now, but it will go by in a flash and you'll be better for it. Two or three years in the grand scheme of life is really minimal... So there are my two cents! Good luck

add me to the Cornell pile of red...

thanks, 3221. this is helpful.

Wow - Congrats!!

but it says it was for an email received Feb 11th... must have ben part of the first (hopefully not only) batch...

haha ok.. that's what i thought too... and it was comical. yes I'm guessing she didn't answer the phone... makes much more sense i can't wait to regain my sanity... this process is too much!!

OK let me overanalyze this... how exactly did she not answer? what did she say? or did the phone line go dead when you asked?

haha i didn't know about that either!! Grad Cafe is full of surprises!

totally agree with this...

Congratulations to the newest round of acceptances yesterday!! I agree with MarketMan that today could be a busy one... Good luck, everyone!

Great thread! I also would like some advice about what to ask, and what not to ask in case any certain questions would give a negative impression. I was so excited to get the acceptance phone call that all of my semi-planned questions were nowhere to be found. I'm hoping my excitement didn't make me sound foolish... But anyway, i'm also working on putting together a list of questions and info that I would need to make an informed decision. Any advice would be much appreciated... Especially from the current grad students on here maybe? Anything you wish you had asked during the decision process? Thanks, all!

wow, that's awesome! congratulations!!