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YEAH!!! Congrats on being done!

CONGRATS!!!

Congrats on your decision! Everyone I spoke to at UChicago when I was considering MAPH was awesome. Seems like a very supportive place.

Whoops, cross-posted with you, but super excited to meet you too! I'm gonna shoot you a message soon.

Yes, super excited to meet you guys!! Are you both relocating to LA? PM me if you want any general advice about the city, help moving/figuring out where to live, or need a lift from the airport, etc. I'm happy to help!

I also got in to UCLA this morning! I can't believe it. The one school in LA that I applied to accepted me. I guess I'm meant to stay here a while longer, because I will gladly put up with LA for the next few years to attend!!

This pretty much sums it up for me:

Congrats, Seattle is one of my favorite places!! You'll have an awesome time there.

I had a good few weeks of feeling low and stuck too. What's helped me is having a few encouraging conversations with my advisors, who all essentially said that many, many students are much more successful their second time applying. That's something I've seen evidence of here on GC as well. So, chin up - we'll try it again next year. In the meantime, I'm perfectly happy to continue working at my job and saving some money. With the funding packages some universities are offering, it looks like having extra cash will come in handy.

Sorry to hear that. Being wait listed is so hard. I've decided to just treat my wait lists as implied rejections at this point, and I'm already starting to mentally prepare for a second round of applications next year. Hugs!

That's quite a collection! What's your area, if you don't mind sharing?

YES!!

Seconded! Rutgers looks awesome. It's definitely on my list for next year's apps. And congrats on your decision, kurayamino!

Do we get a minute to process, though? I assumed that if I heard that I got in the morning of April 15th, I had to respond by that afternoon or risk losing the spot. I agree that waiting sucks, but I definitely understand people taking their time to decide. These are really big decisions, especially if you're considering a cross-country move or moving with a partner, so take all the time you need. I guess the upside of being waitlisted is that all my decisions are out of my hands for the time being!

I was there! I can second how awful it was. The desks in the room were actually vibrating. I think death metal was playing for a stretch of time. Parking was closed off at all the lots because of the frat event, so I had to street park and wake up a friend at 8 am (on a Saturday) in a frenzy to ask him to feed the meter two hours later so I wouldn't get a ticket (he's an awesome friend and he got a truly spectacular burrito in return.) I was sent a voucher from ETS too and was thinking about using it if I have to reapply, but I'm honestly wondering if I want to potentially go through all of that again. I still feel traumatized.