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Based on my preferences and results, it's looking increasingly likely that I will be in the Bay Area.  Assuming this happens, I am facing a choice of what to do with my car.  First, I need to decide whether to sell it or to bring it.  If I sell it, I can buy another one in California or I can go without.  If I bring it, I can drive it across the country or I can ship it.  Personally, I am leaning toward bringing it and driving it across the country, as this is something that I have always wanted to do, but is this somehow unwise or unnecessary?  If I did do it, the trip would be much easier and more enjoyable with a traveling companion.  Would it be weird to try to see if any members of my incoming cohort also need to go from East to West and want to go on an amazing road trip?  I am actually from New York, so the trip would start there.

Sorry, I just don't see how learning that someone declined an offer is useful or informative.  Tons of people get offers, inevitably some decline them, maybe they are members of this forum, maybe not.  Frankly, the school has probably already anticipated that many of its offers will be declined, and upon declination, a new offer probably doesn't even go out to a wait-list candidate.  The school will only go to the wait-list if the actual rate of declinations is greater then the expected rate of declinations--good luck trying to estimate that from the postings in this thread. So if anything this is just contributing to unnecessary anxiety and offering false hope.

That is just such a meaningless response.  It's like saying "Everyone's entitled to their own opinion!"  A completely empty statement that totally ignores the substance of what I was arguing.  If you had thought about what I wrote, you might conclude that this thread does a disservice to everyone; I am sorry that you don't care about the collective good of the rest of the users on this forum.

Sorry, I fail to see the usefulness of this thread.  Whereas posts about admissions communicate information about when schools have started announcing, posts about offer declination say nothing more than that people are declining offers, which is a foregone conclusion.  On one side, it's an opportunity to show off (hey, I'm declining all these great schools, I'm so awesome!) and on the other side, it's a desperate and misplaced attempt to mollify people who have been wait-listed.  While I am sure you had good intentions, the implicit point of this thread seems to be to pressure people to hurry up and dump their offers.  I think that everyone who has earned multiple offers should take all the time they need to make an informed choice, as I plan on doing.

But on the other hand, we have some young, promising professors coming in. Victor Shih, Jesse Driscoll and Molly Roberts. It is fair to claim UCSD would keep its current overall ranking for another decade.

i'm getting married

Congrats to all the UCSD admits! A special shout out to IRToni, who I know was getting nervous. I've never been to SD before, but I've been told it has the most amazing weather.
 
HOLY MOLY YOU GUYS! So many congratulations! I hope you're very excited!
 
Edit: I'm not an immigration lawyer.

well, I am claiming another UCSD offer.

well, I am claiming another UCSD offer.

well, I am claiming another UCSD offer.

congratulations!
really hope they issue all offers and rejections today.

I'm honestly surprised no one has said anything about the passing of Dahl...

I can claim a Cornell acceptance!!! This is such a tremendous relief after the presumed rejections of Berkeley, UCLA, and Chicago. I was starting to look up stuff on Americorp in the event that I got across the board rejections. I'm crying my eyes out, this is such a good feeling!

I feel like calling up PENN and reminding them they should be sending my acceptance letter today! Better give me some summer funding too!

BTW this is the first time NYU have a waiting list right?
and based on my inside source, NYU gave 25 offers this year so far. I suppose it is a budget constraint? 
Anyway it is good to know we still have a chance.

got waitlisted on NYU too. Not interviewed. LOL

Inside Intel: 
UCSD has set up for the campus visit day (March 10 and 11).
 
So pals, be prepared for result coming up this week.

Inside Intel: 
UCSD has set up for the campus visit day (March 10 and 11).
 
So pals, be prepared for result coming up this week.

I claim NYU, just got an email (unofficial) from stuff member! Full funding package.

Ucla is the first I'm expecting to hear back from. So frightening, we may be hearing some life-changing news by this time tomorrow.

Can you believe it? a man with 3.89 GPA and 170+167 GRE, several publications, got rejection? he must be applying to Space Warship College.

Can you believe it? a man with 3.89 GPA and 170+167 GRE, several publications, got rejection? he must be applying to Space Warship College.

Can you believe it? a man with 3.89 GPA and 170+167 GRE, several publications, got rejection? he must be applying to Space Warship College.

Can you believe it? a man with 3.89 GPA and 170+167 GRE, several publications, got rejection? he must be applying to Space Warship College.

I just talked with a professor on committee in UCSD. She said NO OFFER has been made but expect it soon.
 
In this case self-reported offers seem to be spam, and folks let's calm down.