pureoneness

I want to note that tier 1 applicants do not necessarily have stellar credentials. Any number of factors combined could bring together an applicant to be tier 1, so having deficiencies in some things is not a disqualifier (for instance, I have an abysmal GPA).

This should not surprise anyone. At quality schools, there is a surplus of qualified applicants and it can be the luck of the draw. Ironically, the supply of qualified graduate students is actually << the spots available, but during application season, people tend to cross-apply and be cross-admitted.

I also haven't heard anything but only one person has posted anything about any of my schools in the results, and that was done today (in the last few hours.) So, while not a totally analogous situation, I feel your pain.

I went to Princeton last week for the Recruitment Weekend, so apparently I am Tier 1 for them. BUT at the same time I am not Tier 1 for NYU, Yale, Columbia, CUNY, and Rutgers???

St. Thomas Aquinas is the patron saint of students, but it can't hurt to ask more than one saint to help out!