iheartplato

Thanks--good luck to you as well! I'm a firm believer in making your own destiny--I mean granted, you shouldn't try to attend Billy Bob's Political Science Farm Academy in Boondocks, WV, but I can't really imagine that getting into a program that may be a bit lower on the rankings, but that fits you and has good mentors, etc., can ever really be a bad thing. Of course, succeeding in any program is a necessary factor as well...but that's just putting your nose the grindstone and churning out a heap of Nobel Prize-worthy work.

I like your attitude. I, too, have been reading all the talk about how you have to get into a top 15-25 program or else you will essentially NEVER get a job teaching ANYWHERE, EVER(!!!!) and the way I see it, your education will be what you make of it. Not everyone can get into a top program, even with relatively good stats. It's just the luck of the draw. As much as it would be great to go to a school with a good reputation, there are no definites in life, so I say get in where you can and give it your best shot. There isn't going to be some dramatic doomsday apocalypse for your career if you get into a lower-tier school and complete your degree there. I'm also still waiting on GWU, fingers crossed!

umm....if i strike out completely, i guess it will finally be time to try to make that "American Idol" pipe dream a reality . seems like the odds are better there, at least.

Damn. I WAS dying to go to Princeton. Who would have thought it would be so hard to get people to just let you study? I mean, seriously, schools--I'll pay you. As much as a stipend would be awesome, at this point I will happily pay you to let me come and work diligently at your school. I will even sacrifice food and shelter to do so. PLEEEEAAASSSEEEEE JUST LET ME INNNNNNNNNNNNNN you sadistic power-wielders!! And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Thanks.

i was wondering that as well. does anyone know if princeton is notifying in waves at all?

no...and i'm now going to lock myself in the bathroom at work for another good cry.

yeah, good point. it's no fun feeling like a failure, no matter how many "you're smart and special" mantras I repeat to try to convince myself otherwise.

i would kill to get into UCSD. congrats on getting in!

silencio, congrats on JHU--that is fantastic news! gives me some hope that i might still have a chance somewhere!

Graduated from the honors program of a small but well-regarded liberal arts school with a GPA of 3.56 (thanks to my first 2 years of less-than-stellar academic motivation as an undergrad; last 2 years' GPA is higher.) Major in Poli Sci/minor in Spanish. GRE: 740q/740v/5.5 AW Dying a little more inside each day that passes without acceptances.

someone posted a georgetown admit on the results page?? anyone else hear from them?? i'm thinking at this point i should just give up all hope entirely of getting in anywhere. *sigh*

i feel you, i really do. i haven't heard anything since i got dinged by UCLA and Stanford within an hour of each other back on the ill-fated morning of Feb. 6. that was a downer day. i didnt want to touch the stuff for a long time after that--but now i spend my days praying, hoping, and refreshing my screen. there HAS to be a good hit somewhere in the future for us!

alright this is pretty random, but i'm just gonna put it out there anyway: i'm have a really hard time working today. seriously, i can't focus at all--worse than on other days. sometimes i really feel like a recovering addict, and PDN (Potential Decision Notification) is my ever-compelling drug of choice. i'm jonesing for it. and today is a really, really bad day. i can't stop hitting the refresh button on my email. i even hit the refresh button on the refreshed page to make sure that an email didnt slip through the cracks within the last 3 seconds. i compulsively pull my cell phone out of my purse to make sure the phone didn't arbitrarily decide to turn its own ringer off, or fail to notify me of a missed call during that 2 minute bathroom break i took a little while ago. next time i may just bring the phone with me to the bathroom--although i know i'll just check it obsessively while peeing anyway, and that's not really all that cool. or hygenic. i just need it, man. i really need it right now.

Can I just say that I feel you on that!!! Oh my... I'm getting married in 3 months, and the combination of planning that and waiting on school decisions has been absolutely DESTROYING my mental state!!! I also enjoyed the prior Zoolander reference too, btw.