AggieGradLoggerNeedMoScoo

Well I still haven't heard a thing from VT, CSM, or UH (except for the 3/23 mass email)

Man this waiting really blows if you catch my draft. Two puns in one sentence, pretty impressive I snow. Seriously though, this needs to end so I can focus on moving forward and have a normal life instead of this godawful purgatory. Or should I say inferno... Hopefully paradise awaits.

Well it's good to hear that you and others haven't heard back from them yet. As for the other stories involving a "yes" from professors then getting rejected, not so encouraging. I guess there are so many variables and hoops to go through that you can never be sure even if a professor explicitly says you're good to go. Hope that's not my case. Professors DO know this though and as a result should never lead candidates on as much as they do sometimes. No matter how sure they are that you are the one for the job.

Yea that's definitely a possibility. Also an influx of applicants due to people wanting to go back to school while the prices are down, and 3 yrs later come back to a booming industry that's begging for masters degree geologists. (Hopefully....) I would assume both of these things are probably making this a more difficult year to get in. However, at our meeting my POI disclosed that he would be able to offer little funding other than for research costs. I have been saving a lot of what I make since getting my B.S. for that very reason so I told him I could be self-supported for the most part. He was obviously excited about that. So I don't think that would be the reason if I get rejected.

Duuude c'mon UH... Has anyone heard from them? I saw on an earlier post that it seemed like they started figuring things out pretty late this year. I'm 98.35% sure that I should be accepted first round because my POI pretty much agreed to take me on when I went in to meet/interview with him in February. We even spoke about specifics such as how early I can quit my job, funding, what topics I should review in preparation, etc... Very comfortable conversation the entire time. Nevertheless, that stout confidence percentage is going down the longer it takes... What if an Godlike candidate came along after me and changed his mind? What if the project happened to fall through? I haven't contacted him since my "enjoyed the meeting please let me know if you require any more information looking forward to getting started" email. Also friended him on Linkedin. Would it be wise to send him an email now or should I just play it cool like I have been? I'm guessing an email at this point wouldn't really accomplish anything but make me look like a nervous kid looking for confirmation instead of just being patient. What do y'all think?