TheoreticalBi0Chem1stry

Of the many stresses of the application process, there are two things that really annoy me. Firstly, it's the people who apply to a lot of schools (8+) (and especially those with their 4.0 GPAs and X first author publications). It's always funny reading about someone who got rejected because you "weren't a great fit" -- well if you weren't a great fit why did you apply at all? I only applied to THREE schools where I felt I was a research fit AND where I liked the location, people etc., and was thrilled to recently be accepted to one of them. Now I could have gone ahead and applied to five random others just to enhance my chances but there was no need because not only was I not likely going to go there if I got accepted to one of my favorites, but then I might have taken away a spot from someone who really wanted to go to one of those others. Of course had I not gotten into to any of those three I would have had to suck it, but I don't have that problem because I did my research on each school and program beforehand. I also might add, I have a message for people who get rejected and then have the audacity to post "Your loss" along with all of their supreme credentials. Guess what, you are most assuredly NOT a loss for the program that rejected you because you would have been accepted if you were. No doubt your pride and inflated self-worth would have been an inhibition for a successful graduate career anyway. I hope you get rejected from all the other schools you applied to as well.