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I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I got my first admission after two months of painful waiting and anxiety. It's incredible how relieving it is.

I have officially been accepted to every program I applied to with full funding at each. o___O

1) Harvard has never sent acceptances on a Sunday and some of them claim they received the email on 2/15
2) None of them provide any information
3) Harvard has never released before 2/22, and the last two years they released in the first week of March.
 
I'm going to say fake.

I doubt H or Y will release today (I think Y will be next week and H the week after), so I guess that I have another restless and whisky filled weekend ahead of me. This process is turning me into an alcoholic.

***we interrupt this Ivy League program to inform you that Bubandis has received an admission offer from the University of Nebraska. We now return to your scheduled Ivy League programing***

One thing that I learnt in this forum is that I should not panic in the waiting process. What I didn't learn is how not to panic.

One thing that I learnt in this forum is that I should not panic in the waiting process. What I didn't learn is how not to panic.

One thing that I learnt in this forum is that I should not panic in the waiting process. What I didn't learn is how not to panic.

One thing that I learnt in this forum is that I should not panic in the waiting process. What I didn't learn is how not to panic.

One thing that I learnt in this forum is that I should not panic in the waiting process. What I didn't learn is how not to panic.

One thing that I learnt in this forum is that I should not panic in the waiting process. What I didn't learn is how not to panic.

Having been through this process two years ago -- I encourage all of you to hold off on this talk of "implicit rejections."  Nothing is final until you hear from the school.  
 
Some schools (including the department I attend now) will release offers in waves.  Even if the bulk of offers have gone out, it's very possible that you're really on more of an implicit wait list.  I was rejected from 2 schools many weeks after the rest of the rejections went out.
 
For many of you, the next month is going to be one of the most emotionally taxing times of your lives and a lot of your friends and family have no way to understand what you're going through.   I know this is easier said than done, but do what you can to take a deep breath and relax.  If you can, try to find some way to distract yourself.  
 
When I was going through this 2 years ago, there was a frequent user on here who had been rejected by every school that she applied to during the prior cycle, and she ended up at a top 5 program after re-applying the next year.  If you don't make it this time, it's not the end of the road.  That being said, I know exactly what it feels like to be in your place.  Just hang in there a few more weeks.  Best of luck to all of you.