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Great, thanks guys! That was what I was hoping to hear, honestly...

I hedged my bets a little when I applied to a certain graduate school, and made contact with two professors there. The research is similar in that they are both studying similar topics but with different methodologies. I mentioned both in my personal statement, and ranked them first and second in my application. I emailed one of them this week to ask about the status of my application, and he regretfully informed me that it looked as if he wouldn't be accepting graduate students this semester after all. First, how do I respond to that? Second, should I contact the second professor and ask the same question? Or just let sleeping dogs lie, so to speak? Thanks!

I baked cookies for my LOR writers. They seemed to really appreciate them and I was glad I could do something nice for them after they did such an important thing for me by writing my LsOR.

Okay, thanks guys!!

Is "Having more time to run participants for my honors study" a good reason to underload?

I applied to grad schools last semester, I am still a full time undergraduate student. I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to hear back from the programs. My questions are these: 1) Does applying to grad school right out of undergrad hurt (or help?) my chances of getting in? 2) If I choose to underload (take fewer than 12 credit hours) this semester, will that look bad to the schools I have applied to? 3) When should I expect to hear back from the programs I have applied to? Thanks!!