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flower power

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  1. Yes, I am also very frustrated with a certain school. I know they made decisions about first round people around the 10th last month and I have not heard anything! I've just decided to move on and pretty much figure on taking up plan B. Which isn't so bad, but man! I would think a school could at least tell me something. I feel like I paid them to torture me! Oh and this certain school lost a letter of rec, too. Brilliant... oh well.
  2. distracting myself by cooking and fixing my apt.

  3. I have been wondering the same thing! I haven't heard a peep from them and also realize they sent out first round of admissions offers on 2/10. I will keep you posted if I hear anything! Please do the same Good luck!
  4. I can relate to all the above comments...I've been feeling like what I am doing as an RA is not challenging enough, it's just lots of busy work at this point.
  5. Thanks for the advice!! I read your blog and can see that it isn't only my Alma mater who is irresponsible! I haven't gotten a rejection email as of yet (who knows what that means at this point) so I have not lost total hope. Good luck to you too, rev IT!
  6. In no particular order: 1)Drinking lots of tequila after work 2)Calling old friends I normally don't chat with 3)Whining to my boyfriend every day about how I "just need some answers!" about my application 4)Going to the gym when I haven't been in months 5)Watching movies from my childhood like "Milo and Otis" 6)Listening to emo-ish music 7)Looking at websites for weekend getaways 8)Reading books I have been meaning to read for ages, usually at around midnight or 1 am when my mind won't quit spinning Those are my primary coping mechanisms, I'm sure there are others that are more secondary that I am forgetting...
  7. I recently checked with an adviser at School X to see if they had all my documents and he proceeded to tell me they were missing my professor's LOR. I was shocked! I am applying to my Alma mater and I spoke with my professor the day before he hand delivered it to the department. The school was quick to blame the professor (which I knew was crap since I cannot see him failing to deliver it). I asked my professor and he said he delivered it, but would go back yet a second time to deliver the letter. He was so quick to help me and I am forever grateful, but I think it was a little too late...it seems that the school sent admit emails already... I am super bummed that this happend and most likely lowered my chances of getting into the program. I am also upset that they seemed to not realize that they straight up lost a LOR. And they never aplogized, they just skirted around the issue which was even more infuriating. Has anybody else ever come across this issue? What did you do?
  8. I have this vision of my labored over writing sample being ripped a new one while the adcom members scratch their heads and say, Professor So and So recommended her, really? It's good to know I am not the only one who is a Debbie Downer about their own app. I wasn't worried that much until I emailed a school to see if my app was complete. They said it was and the adcom was reviewing it. That made me really nervous for some reason! I wish I could take it out of the pool before it gets thrown in the NO pile. Le sigh... I decided to take all this nervous energy and hit the gym to run it out of my system. Hopefully that will help and I will stop running around like all neurotic like Woody Allen or something...what I need is the thick glasses...maybe a corduroy jacket too, haha.
  9. The GRE is proven to be a biased exam and a poor indicator of later success as a graduate student. Take a looksie: http://www.fairtest.org/examining-gre-myths-misuses-and-alternatives
  10. Almost done...my first app was due 12/15 and that took a lot of brain power outta me. Now I have a 1/15 deadline and am getting back into anxiety mode, noooo! I have Master's apps due in March, so I am hoping that I will find out by February if I got into any PhD. programs. To say this whole app process has been humbling is a bold ass understatement. I just hope I get into a program where I will do well and that will allow me to accomplish my goals. Good luck to everyone!
  11. All these stories sound so familiar in one way or another, le sigh. It's such a nerve wracking experience that I hope to never have to go through again. I scored way lower than I thought I would on the verbal section (took many practice tests) and scored low on the quant section, which I thought would be the case. Anyway, I am going to apply to schools and hope for the best...I feel for all of us bad test takers! Good luck everyone!
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