i promised myself i wouldn't go on gradcafe this weekend and lurk people's posts but i'm here...instead of working on my thesis
blah, i haven't heard from ucla, chicago, carnegie mellon, sipa, or umich... i hear a lot of people have heard from these schools already so i'm guessing i should treat these as rejections?
so far, i got into AU and pittsburgh and awaiting the billz$$$
the money thing is killing me, i would hate to feel like my hard work and the whole admissions process didn't pay off for 08-09 but if i don't receive any funding i don't think i can go anywhere. luckily, i have no undergrad debt (thanks to living at home and going to public univ. mostly) but i would still hate to carry $50k+ debt after i'm finished. i'm thinking i'll just find work next yr, increase my gre scores, brush up my foreign language skills, apply for nsf/fulbright...
i feel like i'm changing my mind everyday