isilya
-
Posts
332 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Recent Profile Visitors
isilya's Achievements
Mocha (7/10)
101
Reputation
Single Status Update
-
It's nice to have an official acceptance! Really takes the pressure off interview visits coming up
- Show previous comments 3 more
-
People (especially students) might ask that because they are curious. They mean nothing by it. I think it's fine to answer selectively and only mention definitive good things, e.g. "I have an interview coming up at X and I've been accepted to Y, but I applied to a few other places that I'm still waiting to hear back from." (They may ask you which ones, again out of curiosity, and again you can answer selectively).
-
A good potential advisor will be excited that you are successful and only say good things about those other schools. I was never impressed with the ones who bad-mouthed other schools I was considering. This kind of conversation actually turned out to be a good way for me to learn about people's character and how they handled possible disagreement. I found it very telling.
-
