marycaryne

YAY!!! I thought I was all alone here!! I applied for the Consumer and Design Sciences program at Auburn, the Design, Housing, and Merchandising program (emphasis in merchandising) at OSU, and the Global Merchandising program at FSU. My DREAM program is the Applied Psychology in Fashion at the University of the Arts London/London College of Fashion, but that's in no way feasible for me.

@raaawr I applied for the Global Fashion Management program. I'm not holding out much hope since they tend to give preference to current FIT students. And honestly I don't think I could afford to live there anyway. But hey, a girl can dream and I want to be the one to decline any offer than have them reject me. It's better for my ego.

I don't know how I missed this until I was reading some of the replies. I am SO sorry!!! You're welcome to come on over...I keep loads of loose leaf tea all the time. And I'm about to spend some time baking today just to distract my mind so you're welcome to all that goodness too! I mean if there's going to be a sucky situation, we might as well enjoy some good eats!

Got an email from Florida State that said "FSU Fall 2016 Admission" so naturally my heart starts pounding. Turns out my phone simply didn't show the entire subject line which was " Admissions Application" (although honestly I'd still be freaking out...). Anyway, it was just to inform me that the review of my application would finish up this week and I'd receive a decision soon after. At least they updated me.

Woke up this morning to an email that said "Hello and Congrats!" Started getting excited until it turned out to be from my new academic advisor (my other one just went on maternity leave) and she was briefly introducing herself and congratulating me on my upcoming graduation. Don't toy with my emotions, lady!!

A toilet, shower, AND bed?? You are living the dream. lol

I thought it was ok. Yeah, it definitely had the elements of feminism. But overall I viewed it mostly as a 2 hour long car chase with several explosions. In no way would I ever consider it to be Oscar worthy. I really don't get all the hype.

Depends on what you mean by "miserable." That focus seemed to be more on his ability (or lack thereof) to purchase treats from the train cart or having to buy second hand books, clothes, etc. I grew up like that and still live in a way that implements the same tactics...used books for school or for pleasure are common in my life, I'm a master at finding amazing steals at the thrift store, etc. Doesn't bother me. Furthermore, Ron had a wonderful family, a great best friend, and got the girl. All the riches couldn't save Harry's parents or prevent him from murder attempts. I'm all good.

I'm not sure I'd even care about funding if I got into Hogwarts. lol

This has been me today...checking the portals and reminding myself "it's Sunday!" Then repeating the cycle about 20-30 minutes later. I should be working on a paper but I am instead torturing myself on a day I likely wouldn't hear anything anyway. Fun times.

The impostor syndrome is exactly what I am going through. There is the very real fear that the committees will see me as some sort of fraud and automatically reject me. And if I get accepted anywhere, I just don't know if I can succeed even though I have a 4.0 for my undergrad (currently in my last term). Between the stress of finishing up my undergrad, especially since I am doing my capstone right now as well, the anxiety over waiting to hear from the schools, and dealing with other issues, I feel like the impostor syndrome has been exacerbated. Ugh. You are doing awesome! Congratulations on your acceptances!!

This is how my former manager was like before she transferred to another location. Super nice and friendly...but heaven forbid I request a day off and not just be ok with the days off she scheduled me. I work in retail as a merchandiser. It's what my undergrad is in and is the program I am applying for. So my days off during the week constantly change. I requested a particular day off and she called me into her office and told me she couldn't do it. I said she had to give me two days off a week anyway and I was hoping one of them could be that day (which was a Thursday so not even a busy day for us). She just rudely said "no, I'm not giving it to you." No real reason, she just always acted that way regarding any requested time off, and would sound off to other managers about employees who did requests as if they were personally insulting her (so I'm sure she did the same about me even though I was one of the managers). Of course being in retail means no holidays off...except her anniversary is Valentine's Day, her daughter's birthday is Independence Day, her birthday is Halloween...so obviously she's getting every holiday off, making me wonder why she'd act up for requesting a non-essential Thursday off. But that is part of the reason why I didn't tell her about my grad school plans until it was necessary. But she wound up leaving and my location closed anyway, so it obviously wasn't an issue anymore.

Last summer I was up for a promotion and I did not mention I was applying to grad school during my interview. If I was accepted, it was still a year away and there was no guarantee I would be accepted anyway and I didn't want to risk not getting the job because at least the job would be there if grad school (at least for the following year) didn't work out. I got the position and I never brought it up.I scheduled my GRE on one of my days off. The manager who interviewed/hired me transferred to another location and I found out a few months after getting the promotion that my location would be permanently closing. We closed in January and I applied for another job last month (which I got). I also have not mentioned to them that I have applied to grad school because I just needed a job and didn't want it factoring into their decisions since once again, it's possible I may not even be accepted and would like to have the job there. I know there are several students employed at my job and the flexibility is wonderful with them - I just wanted a foot in the door before I completely change my availability if I start school in the fall. And if I don't, then no fretting about the job.

I'm an older student as well. I'm 35, will be married 16 years this June, and have two children ages 7 and 5. I am graduating with my B.S. in May and have applied to a few graduate programs. It has not been an easy journey. What has kept me going is that my children are getting to witness me do all of it and I hope it encourages them to always pursue their dreams even when it is tempting to give up.

In my particular situation it is fine; I am just playing the waiting game. I don't know about Mickey123 though - I wonder how that turned out. As far as my professor, she and I spoke about it several times, but it wasn't until I let her know that her letter was the only thing keeping the application from being complete that she actually submitted it. I wanted to stay on her since she has a habit of thinking she has done something only to have never done it all. It was something I experienced with her several times in the classes I have had with her.

I don't know if you've had any resolution to this, but hopefully so since it has been almost a couple of weeks since you posted about it. I had a professor that was taking her time on the LORs. Every time I emailed her, she was always busy with something. Last week it was a trade show she was at but said she had her laptop and would still do it that week. She didn't. I had the reminders sent out, but no response. Finally this morning I emailed her stating her letter was the only outstanding item left for my applications to be complete (which was true). I did not get a response, but the letters were submitted this evening.