IR_lady

It is in no way funny when people get rejected from programs, but I love this Brown rejection's sense of humor:

"Didn't even want to get in. I applied for the irony. These tears are from laughter."

 

i promised myself i'd come out of hiding when i heard back from columbia -- was too nervous to do so before, jinxing things and whatnot! -- just got the official no from them and so, hello! it's quite a heartbreaker as my top top choice, but, so it goes!
 
you've all been such a wonderful source of support throughout this cycle, and i'm sorry i've just been a lurker until now, although you've all seemed to navigate it quite a lot better than i.
 
many many congrats to all the recent accepts, and to folks getting rejection notices today -- i second/third/fourth the ice cream/wine solution

Thanks! CA schools are definitely nice options. My wife is particularly excited by those (and cheering against Pitt, Syracuse, and GMU). Guess we'll see  

So between the Yale and the Harvard ones this may not sound very exciting but I just got into Indiana University. 
 
With this, I only have one school left that I am waiting to hear the official news from - though I know that it will be a rejection. So my cycle is basically over.
 
Thanks GradCafe folks for making this process a lot more bearable. This is, of course, not a farewell. I will be around.

i promised myself i'd come out of hiding when i heard back from columbia -- was too nervous to do so before, jinxing things and whatnot! -- just got the official no from them and so, hello! it's quite a heartbreaker as my top top choice, but, so it goes!
 
you've all been such a wonderful source of support throughout this cycle, and i'm sorry i've just been a lurker until now, although you've all seemed to navigate it quite a lot better than i.
 
many many congrats to all the recent accepts, and to folks getting rejection notices today -- i second/third/fourth the ice cream/wine solution

Sorry to hear that, IR_lady! But cheer up, you're still in at BERKELEY and UCLA! Life is wonderful! =) You could go do your mountains of reading at a top 5 school and on the beach at the same time! 

i promised myself i'd come out of hiding when i heard back from columbia -- was too nervous to do so before, jinxing things and whatnot! -- just got the official no from them and so, hello! it's quite a heartbreaker as my top top choice, but, so it goes!
 
you've all been such a wonderful source of support throughout this cycle, and i'm sorry i've just been a lurker until now, although you've all seemed to navigate it quite a lot better than i.
 
many many congrats to all the recent accepts, and to folks getting rejection notices today -- i second/third/fourth the ice cream/wine solution