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Mostly, I'm just waiting on the one acceptance that I really want. Hahaha. Which, in my defense, may actually come this week. Historically, it could happen.

This might be the week, guys (she says every week until she gets a satisfactory number of acceptances). EDIT: on second reading, this may be construed as insensitive. I'm just exhausted from this whole process and I want it to be over so grad school can be a reality.

This post speaks to me in a very real way.

I'm stocking up this weekend. Dark chocolate, red wine, bad movies, and (inevitably) either a few rejections or (maybe worse) no word from any other schools.

As I wait impatiently for word from other schools, I'm making it my goal to ascend from 'decaf' status on this forum. Might as well accomplish something since, goodness knows, I'm not able to focus on my school work during this wait. This process is turning my brain to mush, just in time for grad school.

Anyone willing to claim the Syracuse master's admit? I didn't expect those to be out so soon.

Thoughts as to whether the storm in the Northeast will affect hearing admissions decisions? I'm (im)patiently waiting on BC and (even though, historically, I have another week at least), I choose to believe that I will hear immediately except for the fact that the school is closed today. This waiting is the worst.

If it helps, I applied to many of your schools and I've only heard from one, and that was for master's. So not all hope is lost!

Guys, this has been a great day. I'm so proud of all of you. We're going places, kids.

I got my first acceptance this morning and I feel like a completely different person. It's actually unbelievable the shift--this admissions season was really wreaking havoc on my sanity.

Now that I have evidence that people are actually looking at my applications and seriously considering them, I'm going a little bit crazy--it was easier assuming my file wasn't under review yet. So forgive me if I'm glued to TGC this week. Here's my two cents on the following questions (though, I suppose, the post is a day old). Location means approximately nothing to me at this point. I'm kind of a wandering soul, so I want to live in as many different places as possible to truly experience all that's available to me. That might be what's so appealing about becoming an academic. That said, I mostly applied to programs in urban centers (NYC, Boston, St. Louis, DC, etc.) because, after having been a rural gal for 18 years and living in the city for 4, I've learned to love the city life. My background is political science and gender studies, so there's not a ton of disparity between what I studied and what I intend to study. In fact, my interests in political science sort of marry the two disciplines, in some regards. I lived abroad for a semester a couple of years back and loved it, so I wouldn't be adverse to moving abroad to teach some day, though I'm an Americanist so I'm not sure how many foreign opportunities there would be. I only applied to American schools, though I considered LSE. As we begin this week, godspeed. We'll make it through somehow.

You assume correctly! I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't yet been to mass there. Should probably get on that before I graduate. It's a beautiful building, though. I had a class there once on early Catholic drama.

I'm finishing my undergrad at a Jesuit university and I've really learned to love the Jesuit way of doing things. And BC, honestly, might be the best fit of the schools I applied to. So I guess we'll see!

I just got an email this morning from my adviser (who's a BC grad) saying that BC got in touch with him about my application. Apparently I'm 'particularly promising' (his words) and they want to know that I intend to get the PhD since BC tends to accept people who are intending to get the PhD. This is the first good news I've gotten in this admissions cycle (even though it's not official or anything), so I'm really excited. Apparently I'm promising!

Person: So what do you want to do? Me: Well, I'm applying to grad programs in constitutional law. Person: So you want to be a lawyer? Me: No. I want to be a professor. Person: ... you know, lawyers make a lot of money. DIDN'T KNOW THAT. THANKS. I'll do what I love instead and we can call it even.

I'm of the opinion that this makes life a little more bearable, if only because we know we're not alone in agony. Hahaha.

Is it just me, or are these days becoming exponentially longer? I just applied to master's programs, and those seem to be later decisions than PhD decisions. Oh how I wish I had closure.

Another day, more anxiety. I hope today is the day you all get good news. I went through the results page and found out when, historically, my schools send out decisions and I've got a few weeks minimum. (deep sigh)

These really are exciting times to love the law (even if I have to explain why I'm not going to law school right away ad nauseum). I reeeeeeally should have applied to the Madison PhD program, even if it would have been a long shot.

I'm kind of stuck, because I had a killer internship in DC last summer who said they could take me back, but only if I'm in grad school. So now I'm hoping that I either (a) get into a DC school, ( get into a different school with funding, or [ideally] © get into a DC school with funding. As it stands, I'm not confident in any of those options. But, historically, UVa is soon and George Washington will likely be soon. (For the life of me, I can't find any information on the program to which I applied. It's a legal institutions and theory master's program that's primarily through the POSC department, but it's still autonomous. It seems [perhaps unexpectedly] that it's way less popular than the American politics track, but it's more relevant to my interest in legal research. Regardless, it's keeping me in limbo because I have nothing to go off of historically.) So maybe I'll have some closure in the next few weeks.

It's weighing on me, that's for sure. I'm on a twice-a-day regimen of checking my apps, which is exhausting since there are so many. Anyway, best of luck to everyone! It'll work out for us somehow...

Hello all, I casually read the last two months worth of postings this evening instead of doing, you know, meaningful work. But i feel so much better knowing I'm not alone in fretting right about now. I applied to twelve (read: too many) masters programs and have heard from none. But alas. Any other con law people out there?