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Thanks, Paidean! It's been over a week now and I'm still in shock.

Congrats, Twin!!! I'm hoping that turns into an official acceptance for you very soon

Same here. I've expedited my passport renewal, but I can't apply for my CAQ and study permit until I get my funding package. McGill just started their winter study break and my POI is away, so I have to wait at least another week until he gets back. Thanks for the tip about moving day...I knew about it, but I didn't consider how hard finding housing would be after that. It's gonna be tough, but I'm going to try my best to hit my May 1st-June 1st goal of moving. For now, I'm just researching the different areas and trying to decide where I want to look for a place.

Thanks, kk! Yes, I received my departmental recommendation of acceptance on Monday and my official offer of admission from the university on Tuesday; but, I am a PhD student and I think those decisions are finalized a few weeks earlier than the M.Sc. decisions. It takes some time to put our funding packages together and we probably have fewer applicants...I'm guessing those two factors may have something to do with it. I hope to see a post from you soon telling us all of your acceptance good luck!

WTH???

Hey, Kellybel! I'm a Communication Sciences and Disorders student (well, at least I will be starting in the fall)...it's great to see a fellow SLP/CSD applicant here! I'm not sure if you've visited the SLP forum, but there is a lot of information and some great people there who can help answer a lot of your questions about SLP programs and the entire application process. Of course, I'd be happy to answer what questions I can.

No, but an upvote can balance it out.

Agreed! If anything, let the world be rid of the GRE.

Congrats KBell!!! What a great snow-day surprise!

Boy is it nice to see this thread and know that I am not alone. People thought I had lost my mind when I left my "great" career, sold my house, and went back to school full time. I know, deep down, those same people were saying, "Wow...I wish I could do that." It was a big gamble, and at times, I thought I may have been crazy for giving up everything to pursue a second bachelor's and a doctoral degree. But now, having just been accepted into my dream school and preparing to move to another country...I don't even have the words to describe the feeling. I admire all of you for having the guts to pursue your dreams and stay the course, despite friends/family/society telling you what you should be doing at your age. Please keep sharing your stories! You have no idea how much you are encouraging others by doing so.

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I've been dreaming every night for the last three months. Needless to say, my sanity is hanging on by a thread. Of the ones I can still remember, I had dreams that: 1) The world was in chaos because zombies were taking over, and I was hiding in the upper level of an old brownstone temporarily. I was in a messy bedroom and my "boyfriend" was lying in bed cracking jokes about zombies. I laughed and walked over to the bed, and it was then that I realized my "boyfriend" was Andrew Lincoln, the guy who plays "Rick" on The Walking Dead. 2) A guy friend and I were falling in love, but my ex appeared and tried to steal him from me. The "guy friend" in my dream turned out to be Chris Hemsworth. I actually groaned in agony when I woke up from that dream. 3) I was fluently speaking French. I can speak French, but there is certainly nothing fluent about it.

Sorry kk. The waiting is the worst, I know. McGill seems pretty consistent from year to year with sending out their decisions in mid-March, after the winter study break. So, you'll hear something next week or the week after. I'm not sure if that's comforting, though. Hell, I'm not sure if anything is comforting during this process other than knowing there are tons of us on here going through it with you. One of my undergrad professors told me that the application process would be the worst part of my entire graduate career. I didn't believe it at first, but I sure do believe it now.

2.1 in history, huh??? Wow lol just wow... People don't know what to say. I agree that it is very nice to have other people in the trenches with you who can relate. I've stopped trying to explain the anxiety to people "on the outside." Unless they are going through it or have been through it, people simply don't have a clue.

FYI-I work for a University here in the MD/DC/VA area...most of them are closed today because of the snow. That may delay things a bit. Sorry

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Hey Coffeesleep, Congrats on your acceptance! Here's a link to another forum that you may find helpful: I'm also starting school at McGill in the fall, but I'm planning to move as soon as I get all of my immigration approvals (I'm shooting for a May or June move). I'm really looking forward to spending the summer exploring and enjoying Montreal before school starts. Also, my French is a LITTLE rusty, so I am in dire need of immersion.

It's done. Just let it go. Thank you note, yes...resume, no.

Wow. Really people...really??? I'm glad someone spoke up. Great point about the LORs...people assume they are always favorable, which is def not always the case.

Congrats TChris!!! Feels good, doesn't it???

Yessssssssss!!! This has been the most wonderfully-awful-exciting-excruciatingly nerve-wracking time of my life...and I'm hate-loving every minute of it. :-)

I am convinced that every Uni has a Committee of Cruelty whose primary purpose is to come up with new ways to torture its applicants...the classic email-of-no-significance is one of their favorite devices.

That was one of my favs. I saw what he wrote first, then I looked to the left and saw his school...I couldn't stop laughing.

I def think this is true.

That is just crazy. I don't blame you for being turned off. I attended UMD for my first undergrad degree, and unfortunately, I'm not at all surprised by this story.