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Hahaha I'm doing the same thing. Megeen, we applied to a lot of the same schools!

I see that Northwestern is sending out rejections now... Should be getting mine soon, I assume.

What a brilliant point.

Did anyone here apply to Syracuse? I haven't seen that they're historically popular here, at least on the results board. Anyone know why?

Bloodbath on the boards today. Jeez.

I'm at 16 and feeling the same way. I'm just hoping ONE will turn out well. Not getting into four schools is understandable, but I feel like 16 rejections would be a huge blow

Here's hoping you're right! Thank you

Implied rejection #4 from Rice. Insanely frustrating.

I totally had a moment earlier today where I thought the world was crashing down. I have been feeling crazily inadequate lately; I just hope some program comes and sweeps us off our feet, validating our previous notions of ourselves as complete literary badasses.

I say y'all every day, at least three times. I hope that is not an indicator of whether I will get accepted somewhere or not haha I'm also sitting with 3 (implied) rejections. Hopefully one of the 13 schools I have left will find some value in me somewhere.

You sound remarkably like my thesis advisor. Thank you for the reassurance. It certainly does help calm my nerves a little bit, which is a big deal these days haha

Yep, this would be me to a T.

Anyone else feeling like they might shoot nothing but blanks this round?

How comprehensive does fit have to be with a POI in this situation? I found very few profs actually working with interests that felt extremely close to mine, so I did name some profs with a lot of experience and slightly less related interests than I might have liked. Is this horrible?

I must have missed that one on the boards! UCSD is my total dream school, so hopefully there's still good news out there for me somewhere. But in the mean time, congratulations again! That is so amazing for you.

Damn, you're freaking me out. Better not be another implied rejection. Also, congratulations

I got basically the same e-mail from Boston U. I'm basically picturing a large group of professors in New England laughing at my writing sample right about now.

I had a prof at TAMU (my school) tell me not to apply anywhere lower ranked than there (mid 60s) because job prospects were pretty bad. I only applied to one school lower in the rankings but I feel like I should have applied to at least one more.

Haven't heard anything yet. Didn't even have any idea they had extended the deadline

Can you share the name? You're making me anxious haha

Today's an insanely slow day, results-wise. Absolutely killing me.

I just saw your signature and I'm also applying to 16 schools. Hoping it turns out as well for me as it did for you.

Really glad to see someone respond to this! I think your answer is great, and I appreciate your insight. I was told by a professor or two that it would work in my favor, and while I don't want to play the ethnicity card, I won't upset if it does work in my favor.

Points for the Panic! at the Disco bit. Brilliant.

One of my profs told me the exact same thing last week haha. Fell on deaf ears.