anxiousapplicant

Did the prof really give you three kisses at the end ?

I am always on email now. I run to check the mail. I even sent them an email yesterday asking if March 10 was indeed the day they sent out notifications, but they haven't answered yet. I hope I'm not rejected after all this!

I just got the big F-U too. I'm not surprised; their acceptance rate is hideously low if you check the statistics on their website.

Has anyone else put their life on hold since 12:00AM March 10?

Holy crap that's so true. The more posts I'm reading in this thread make me think that his hesitation is a huge sign. Not to be annoying, but I know for a fact my boyfriend would not move far away from me. When he was unemployed and broke, he was faced with his parents' demanding he move back home in another state, and so he took a job in our school cafeteria to appease them. He constantly sacrifices himself for me and never once demanded I do anything for him. I'm not rubbing this in your face, EbolaZaire. I'm just trying to say that there is an alternative to what you're going through right now, and that you deserve to obtain it. Unfortunately, the how is the hard part.

***I am copying and pasting this from the other topic, because my answer to you is identical, because it's how I feel about this particular type of issue, not b/c I'm lazy*** Do you plan on getting married? I mean, is this the real deal or just a serious relationship (I don't mean to minimize it with the "just")? In my own relationship, marriage is guaranteed and so I know I'm going to be helping him pay off his substantial college loans someday, because mine are minimal. Obviously, not everyone can bank on this kind of give-and-take in every relationship. You've got to evaluate the strength of your relationship, the likelihood of your getting a good paying job, and the likelihood of his being willing to compromise for you someday in some shape or form. I'm not saying demand compromise and pay-back, but you should be aware of the willingness of the other person to help you out when you need help, the way you would do the same for them. One or both of the people in a relationship can suddenly be hit with something horrible, and you want to know the character of the other person, to know if they're going to be there for you the way you'd be there for him. Your situation calls you to examine the "big picture," in other words. I guess I don't have a good answer here. Relationships involve sacrifice and giving on the part of both individuals. There's a lot of faith involved, too, because you never know until the shit hits the fan what the other will do. Trust and knowledge of one another means you have a clue to what will happen. It's about love, you know? In difficult situations, you do what you can for the best interests of the other person. I don't know what this means for you, only you can determine this. A good, lasting relationship is a blessing and is worth fighting for, in my opinion. I'm not saying love is about quid pro quo. But from the viewpoint of an outsider looking at a relationship, it is. From the insider perspective, you care about the other person, period, and you don't demand things. But from the outside, it looks shitty for one person to sacrifice and the other doesn't want to.

I'm not satisfied with how I worded the above answer. I'm not saying love is about quid pro quo. But from the viewpoint of an outsider looking at a relationship, it is. From the insider perspective, you care about the other person, period, and you don't demand things. But from the outside, it looks shitty for one person to sacrifice and the other doesn't want to. Am I making sense?

Do you plan on getting married? I mean, is this the real deal or just a serious relationship (I don't mean to minimize it with the "just")? In my own relationship, marriage is guaranteed and so I know I'm going to be helping him pay off his substantial college loans someday, because mine are minimal. Obviously, not everyone can bank on this kind of give-and-take in every relationship. You've got to evaluate the strength of your relationship, the likelihood of your getting a good paying job, and the likelihood of his being willing to compromise for you someday in some shape or form. I'm not saying demand compromise and pay-back, but you should be aware of the willingness of the other person to help you out when you need help, the way you would do the same for them. One or both of the people in a relationship can suddenly be hit with something horrible, and you want to know the character of the other person, to know if they're going to be there for you the way you'd be there for him. Your situation calls you to examine the "big picture," in other words. I guess I don't have a good answer here. Relationships involve sacrifice and giving on the part of both individuals. There's a lot of faith involved, too, because you never know until the shit hits the fan what the other will do. Trust and knowledge of one another means you have a clue to what will happen. It's about love, you know? In difficult situations, you do what you can for the best interests of the other person. I don't know what this means for you, only you can determine this. A good, lasting relationship is a blessing and is worth fighting for, in my opinion.

Do they fund their MA program?

Totally depends on the school. Check out the results page to see if there's any patterns as to when your schools generally notify applicants.

actually, I'm embarrassed at your lame attempt to be funny.

Your little people's court spiel isn't even amusing nor is your attempt to "troll" interesting or amusing either

Alright, fair enough, we've made our points and we understand one another now. I ought not to have been so rude myself and I apologize. Sometimes I wallow too much in the suckiness of life, including the suckiness experienced by other people, and I take it too seriously. I'm glad we've called a truce; this isn't "poli sci job rumors" after all. Those of us who have options should be happy, and those of us who don't can get advice to do better next time. It's not the end of the world either way, I guess.

We were all advised to apply to 10 or 20 schools? Really? Sorry for coming from an urban, low-income area where I could barely afford six applications. And I don't care what you have to say about "being snarky" and sour grapes and all that nonsense. I have tried to be on the side of those having a hard time. Those buried in acceptances don't need any more cheerleaders. I'm personally not going to have a cent of debt when I graduate from grad school, so I don't even have a dog in this fight. Sorry for having sympathy for those who DO have what it takes to get into grad schools (contrary to what Mr. AP says, it is indeed possible to "have what it takes" and yet not be accepted) but who have had the misfortune of not getting accepted as of right now.

It's too late to redeem yourself now Seadub

Honestly, why do you want me to be experiencing sour grapes so badly? Would it make you feel better if I did? Unlike some people, however, I didn't apply to over a dozen schools, I applied only to those schools I would be happy to attend, unlike you, apparently.

Maybe they'll email too, I hope. A lot of schools do that simultaneously, don't they?

But if they're mailing them today, as in USPS mailing, then it could take up to Friday or Saturday, couldn't it?

I'll PM you.

Actually, "AP," I got a full ride plus GA yesterday to somewhere I really like. So don't say it's sour grapes on my part. A lot of people on this board haven't heard from anywhere and have been rejected from a lot of places and they probably don't feel like hearing someone whining who got into nine schools but not his precious "top" choice.

If you have senioritis so bad, why do you want to continue with schooling.....? Just asking.

You haven't been accepted to enough schools, I take it?

I second FuzzyLogician's advice. Don't drive yourself crazy.

I'm worried about CUNY too... They told me that they could notify as late as May 31st, b/c they don't abide by the April 15th deadline. Why is that, one wonders? I'd rather not say my own theory, but I'm sure you all can guess.

I'm glad you said this, WorldMan. How dare we question the word of someone on the Internet who claims to have done something highly unlikely. Even if we do believe it, why shouldn't we try to figure out what helped him succeed? After all, he, unsolicited, offered up his results to all of us. This has nothing to do with sour grapes or resentment, as some on this board have indignantly and nearly hysterically accused us doubters of; it only has to do with questioning something unlikely and wondering how it happened if indeed it did.