Lol. Ignore him and thank goodness that you don't have potential food poisoning one day before a preliminary interview.
Oh my god! I love that term! Februgatory, i don't think Dante could have described it better.
Try tea! But not the lipton brand. See if you can get some black tea from an asian store. They have the best! It's so addicting!
I'm with you in this. I submitted my application early, but due to some technical issue, no one started processing it until 5th Jan, so I think i've been put into the late batch (I hope so, at least) and I also only applied to one Grad school in the states. But a word of advice: DON'T EAT CHOCOLATE (long story)