bariumanomaly

I know this feeling! I was wondering if I was overreacting so it is good to hear that someone else feels the same. I heard back from a school which accepted me into their M.S. program (I applied for Ph.D). While I am thrilled and totally grateful, the project/lab group just wasn't right for me. I feel terrible because this prof went through the trouble to email me, host me, etc but I know I wouldn't be happy there and there is no point in making myself unhappy to spare their feelings (they are in academia they should be used to rejection! haha). I mean I am just a potential graduate student, not taking me on isn't a career ender by any means. I have come this far and I don't believe I should have to settle for anything less than a schools that is the best fit for me. Now I am drafting this "it isn't you, it is me" type email and I just can't find the words

I think that is a bit early but still I am starting to freak out a tiny bit. I am at UMD College Park and from what I heard they just sent out acceptances to the top choices, which was a really small pool of people. The way that a lot of schools do this (well at least the PI's that I asked at schools I applied to) is they send out answers in waves. One of my potential PI's can take on 2 people but had ~11 people apply! What I assume they do is wait for their top choices to accept/decline the offer then go to the next in line. My chances are decent but I refuse to full of lose my mind until early March.

Nope, not yet. Another person in my department applied to the Dept of Geophysics heard rumors about people hearing back soon. I applied to the GES program and haven't heard anything I was going to call my potential advisor later this week.

.....and now I am upset. This was one of my top choices.