eklavya

review paper

certainly, go through the (abstracts of) papers published by POIs you'll be talking with. like the person above said, there's no need to memorize their works. just be familiar with what they have been/are doing. dress clean, professional, put on a smile, and don't forget to breathe!!! you'll be fine, no worries.

yea, they're probably holding on to your app till they feel they need some more students - for whatever reasons. although, you are definitely not rejected. but this is one out of how many? i am sure you'll find a place sooner than later. good luck!

my 2 cents: 'direct admit', in majority of the cases, means that you are not guaranteed a spot unless you can obtain funding - be it through a professor or on your own. so you might want to start emailing professors in the department asap. nonetheless, this shows that you have a GREAT application, and you should stay confident about getting into other programs. good luck!

rabbit hole

mind block

national park

bed rock

jamaica weed

lobster lunch

zero hour

If the highest scores are from a test you took within recent years - say, within the past 2/3 years, sending the highest scores isn't a bad idea. I have also heard that usually, schools consider your highest scores, regardless of the test date and number of tests.

money honey

stress call

four brothers

old girl

golden badge

i think so.. i've seen few pop up every now and then. check the results section for more: http://thegradcafe.com/survey/ although not all Washington University invites might have been sent out. and it's still quite early in the process. so there's still plenty of hope to cling on to!

tight jeans

please change this to: 'that one gave me a chuck norrissle'. you should be aware that Chuck Norris doesn't like his name being truncated!

royal swan

blue whale

Can't believe we don't have a thread dedicated to Chuck Norris!! No wonder life is boring as hell during the waiting period! (Why? Cuz Chuck Norris ain't here to keep us company, y'all!!) Anyhoo, the obvious question to ponder about, while I/we are stuck in this limbo, is, how would Chuck Norris go through the application and admission process? 1. Chuck Norris doesn't fill out the application forms. He stares at them till they finish up and pay after themselves. 2. Personal statement of Chuck Norris: "Me". 3. Chuck Norris never accepts offers made by any schools because he is tired of being the only smart dawg on campus. 5. If Chuck Norris doesn't get accepted, he simply calls up the admission office and says "No". 6. Chuck Norris got rejected at all schools he applied to. But the adcomms haven't gathered the courage to break the news to him. 7. While on a campus visit, the graduate student who was supposed to pick Chuck Norris up from the airport didn't show up. Enraged, Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked the whole city and dropped it far away in the ocean. People say that's how the Liliput came to be. 8. There are no PoIs for Chuck Norris. There is only CNoI for the POIs. 9. When asked what his career goals are, Chuck Norris answered "To be Chuck Norris". 10. Chuck Norris didn't get into any Eco/Evo program because no professors was willing to buy the idea that the mass extinction of dinosaurs was due to chuck norrisaurus and no meteor. 11. Chuck Norris was instantly hired by the math program because he could divide by zero. 12. Chuck Norris doesn't wait during the whole application process. He goes back to the future and gets his degree. 13. Chuck Norris was let go from the immunology program. Not because he caught the diseases, but because he crushed them with his bare hands after catching them. 14. Chuck Norris once possessed satan. To investigate how, the religion program was created. 15. When applying for physical fitness programs, Chuck Norris was asked how many push ups he could do. He answered "All of them". 16. Chuck Norris was invited for recruiting weekend because, well, Chuck Norris needed to recruit workers. 17. Chuck Norris was once called to the Dean's office because the Dean was in trouble. 18. There is no 'Middle Name' form field in the applications given to Chuck Norris to fill out. Because the schools are smart enough to know that nothing should come between Chuck Norris. 19. Chuck Norris doesn't contact PoIs. He pokes them in facebook. 20. PoIs don't poke back Chuck Norris on facebook. Who in their right mind would finger Chuck Norris?

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