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Plot twist: Each time someone calls Harvard, the announcement is pushed back a day.

Definitely not my reaction...this is far more accurate
 

Definitely not my reaction...this is far more accurate
 

Checking e-mail every five minutes. Previous year Columbia sent all acceptances at one day. 

What the fuck, Chicago?  Did you seriously send an email about picking the right graduate program that glorified your school while we are waiting for our rejections?

I don't even know what to think anymore. 

I don't even know what to think anymore. 

I saw, but I still have nothing. Fearing the worst.
 
Edit: I guess it was a delayed e-mail--I'm in! What a day.

I don't even know what to think anymore. 

I saw, but I still have nothing. Fearing the worst.
 
Edit: I guess it was a delayed e-mail--I'm in! What a day.

Hi DubbyTee, I claim the WashU admittance! Very excited right now.

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.

The silence of UCSD is deafening...

The same Gary King who got his Ph.D. at Wisconsin?

Oh boy. All those reds...
 
Went out with my boys and that took my mind off. Came back, check results page and wow. 
 
Now, I am so much more worried than I was before. It is just - and I am sure those that await one admission - I want one good school, with funding so that I can pursue this. And I know that the admission committees do their best in what they believe is best for them too. Nonetheless, as was stated by fakeusername, we are still human and seeing how others here got at least one, or multiple acceptances, while others so far got none (including me), a certain level of agitation is inevitable. 
 
But I do want to sincerely thank you guys. It is good to be able to express these sentiments with people who are going through the process. I tried to explain it to my friends, and while they certainly feel the agony, it is something entirely different. I be blunt and state that I feel like despite the fact that I applied to 13 programs, my despair has already reached a devastating acme that it will not be my year. And quite honestly, I just do not see myself having the patience nor the will to do try again next year. The costs are a major issue. Also, the time involved. Preparing to take the GRE is really a pain in the buttocks. But more importantly, the humiliation is the just the worst. I just cannot face the people who took the time and put their belief in me succeeding this year. Is it giving up? Maybe. But it could also be a realization that no matter what you do, certain elements that you thought you could overcome are just insurmountable. So in effect, even if I improve my GRE score (and that is a big if), and if I somehow manage to get a paper published, there is no guarantee that next year may not end up like this year.
 
Certainly, there are no assurances in anything you do. But I am also at a point in my life where I said to myself that if I do not happen to achieve admission this year, my "destiny" or course in life lies somewhere else.  
 
To me there is tremendous shame involved in not getting accepted. And I apologize for wearing my emotions on my sleeves, but I just am at a point in that I am not sure what to do. And while it may seem erroneous to assume that one rejection means total rejection, I cannot but feel frustrated where this overwhelming trepidation curtails any courage I may muster. I honestly invested so much into this process - like all of you - that I may have unreasonable expected something positive at the end of this tunnel. And today's rejection just showed to me that what I thought were important aspects of a strong application - accomplishments that are indeed considered worthwhile in other areas - are indeed insignificant and overall, worthless. Thus, I feel nugatory and facile. This should not be, but nonetheless, it is a reaction to the news of a rejection. 
 
Anyway, I better end it here. I already sounded too much like I am dramatic guest on a talk show. Lol. 
 
But once again, my respect and adulation to those of you who got accepted. And I sincerely hope that those of you who are still waiting on one admission get them. Because one admission alone can make all the rejections feel irrelevant. 

Grad admin person says she expects all Stanford notifications by the end of tomorrow at the latest.

Congrats to all admits so far, let's hope tonight is luck for a few more folk

Yeah, and maybe UC Berkeley...

Well, I guess we call all expect couple of other Stanford decisions this day and probably tomorrow. I am freaking out a little bit. 

Claiming the other Stanford admit. Previously emailed the chair of the adcom (had no idea he was on the adcom) for a replication dataset so I thought he was just giving that to me, but instead I saw a congratulations. My numerical stats (GPA and GRE) were nowhere near stellar so I thought this was a massive reach. I can't describe how freaking awesome this is. I hope y'all get some good news in the coming weeks!

I can claim this first one. Long-time lurker, first time posting. It read like a fairly informal email so I wouldn't be surprised if there's more batches to come.
 
I'm in Europe so saw the email when I woke up, I can honestly say I've never woken up so quickly (or with so much shouting).

Not sure if result for Stanford is trolling or real. Someone want to claim it?
 
"Email from someone on AdCom. Funding detail etc to follow later. Invited to visit weekend 5-7 April. Completely freaking out, cannot believe it."

received a very nice acceptance letter from Colorado Boulder this morning!

I received an email from UC-Merced today that I was recommended for admission to the Graduate School....I am hesitant to celebrate, but, as this is the first positive news I've received thus far, I am (immensely) relieved that not every ad com is immediately throwing me into the reject pile.

It's too quiet

It's too quiet