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I'm sorry to hear that, Nike. This week I finally got rejected from Michigan, but I knew it was coming, so it wasn't too much of a blow to my self esteem. Going by this and other grad sites, it seems like a lot of programs sent out a round of rejections this or last week (Princeton, Bryn Mawr, Texas, UNC, etc.), so maybe not hearing is a good thing? I did get some distressing news this morning, however. My application must have been much worse than I thought! I have just heard that I won't be offered any funding from CU. Major bummer. I'm glad to be in and all, but now I'm not even sure if I can realistically go! Not sure what I'm going to do about that. It's funny, I went into this so hopeful...now I feel like I must have been kidding myself. But I'm trying to stay optimistic - after all, I did get accepted into a program, so there must have been something worthwhile/done right in my application. Generally, though, this whole thing has just been ridiculously stressful. And I still haven't heard from two schools! At this point I doubt I'll get in to either one of them, but it's still so difficult to just wait like this!

I just got in at one of my safety schools (CU Boulder)! I still have a bunch to hear back from, but it's nice to know that I've got somewhere to go next fall even if everyone else rejects me.

I haven't heard anything except the rejection from UW, but I assume that since I didn't get any sort of notification from Michigan that I didn't get in there, either. I did get an email from the grad chair for Colorado's program, though, and she said she'd be sending out admissions decisions sometime soon.

Thanks for the advice, Nike. I will wait at least until Friday and reconsider my options at that point. On the one hand, I don't want to bother any of the people in admissions, but on the other hand I feel like I'm being rude asking my potential employer to wait as well. I guess it can't be helped.

I've only heard back from one school so far (rejection from UW Seattle), but I kind of need to hear back from the other five ASAP. Today I got a job offer to work for NPS and they want to know whether I'm attending grad school or not. I can probably wait a week, but if it's any longer than that I'm afraid I might lose the position regardless. How rude would it be for me to email the programs I applied to and give them this information? I don't want to be pushy and I am trying to be patient, but if I didn't get in anywhere I would really like to get my life rolling on other fronts, you know? (Plus, I'm kind of in the same boat as Nike. Since I've already received the one rejection, while I want to hear back from the others, I also kind of don't.)