Birdie

Oh, just for kicks and added stress, I was laid off in November without any warning. BOOM, clean out your desk, you're not employed here anymore! (utterly unrelated to any of my degrees and I HATED that job so much!) It's been a pretty stressful few months as a result. In the other hand, I snagged a part time job I enjoy and gives me the flexibility to job search without needing to take the first thing that comes my way. The rejection letters were a guy punch, but mentally I'm in a better place to deal with it then if I was still at that awful job, truth be told. But, yeah, old lady here. Took me a while to decide going back to school was what I wanted to do.

I started my MA two years after my BA. Now I'm 8 years out from my MA.

Thank you. Not sure I'll do another cycle. I'm a good bit older than most applicants, have been at this since Nov. 2014 (feels so long ago). There are things in life I've been putting off to chase this dream. Really need to think about it, do a hard and honest evaluation of me as a candidate. Having "only" an MA from a top ten program isn't the worst thing in the world, right? RIGHT? In the meantime, keeping my fingers crossed for the two I haven't heard from, but mentally preparing to hit the job market yet again.

American University (SIS) is available online. I didn't get in. Got to try and get from the office to home without bursting into tears on the bus.

Same. Just reject me already so I can move on with my life. I'm hesitant to start sending out resumes until I know for sure, but I'm quite done with being stuck in limbo.

Just FYI, but American is closed today because of weather, so don't expect anything from them. Not sure about the other DC-area schools. Every time my phone rings with an unfamiliar DC area phone number or my e-mail dings, my heart starts pounding and my stomach drops. Anyone else? (bah, usually it's some phone scammers or a groupon e-mail.)

Congrats! Hoping I'll b one of the lucky ones, too.

Anyone claiming the Georgetown admits, as well as the one American University SIS admit?

Fingers crossed that everyone gets news (any news!) today.

Haven't heard a peep. Another one I'm waiting on.

Would it kill Georgetown to just freaking reject me already? Purgatory blows.

Guessing that means I'm probably in the reject pile. I knew it was a reach but.....ugh.

research interests: post-soviet space, democratization (and failure of democratization), nation building. I'm still waiting to hear back from 3 schools and every day that goes by without an answer--one way or another--has been more and more stressed out.

Hello, all. Been lurking and wish I had found this sooner. Already got my rejection from GW, waiting to hear from Georgetown, American, and George Mason. Very stressful. Good luck to everyone also dealing with the unbridled anxiety of the waiting game.