[SuddenlyParanoid: application star or greatest troll ever?]

I find the original question of this thread completely justifiable. Many people admitted that they were wondering about legitimacy of SuddenlyParanoid claims. They decided to bring this question up for public discussion. There is nothing wrong with that. Asking questions, analyzing, comparing helps us all become better applicants, graduate students, professors, etc. That is why this forum was created.

In the world there are 2 types of people: Believers and Analyzers. Believers simply choose to believe and any logical dissection seems like a heresy to them. Analyzers, on the other hand, do not take anything for granted. The best scientists belong to the Analyzer clan. They take bare facts and arrive to their own conclusions.

This thread is a miniature version of our world. Based on SOP, some statistics provided by SuddenlyParanoid, and all-around agreed-upon need for fit at any given Graduate School, it seems extremely unlikely that SuddenlyParanoid was indeed accepted to all schools he applied. Is it possible that this conclusion is incorrect? Of course, it is possible, especially if SuddenlyParanoid, for some reason, has chosen not to provide some pertinent information (for example, he belongs to the Kennedy family) that would help to arrive to correct conclusions. Please, note that Analyzers never claim anything with certainty, only Believers do.

What worries me the most here that not only Believer started name calling and claiming that any analysis-based doubts come from resent and jealousy, they feel righteous about it. Not good.

The question is not whether to believe or analyse, but rather - given the limited evidence and lack of consequence - whether we should actually care.

[SuddenlyParanoid: application star or greatest troll ever?]

Just found out that I do not have to log in as another poster to give myself reputation points

[SuddenlyParanoid: application star or greatest troll ever?]

Actually, maybe everyone on this site except one person is the same person, making up all of this in order to mess with that one person's mind...

What gave it away?

[SuddenlyParanoid: application star or greatest troll ever?]

[...] "Stop making assumptions about people you don't know from a hole in the wall and start worrying about your own future."

[Fall 2010 Admission Results]

I received an e-mail this morning...It was from UA, not ASU

Personalized or mass?

[Fall 2010 Admission Results]

just accepted at LSE HOOOORAY. i know we always talk about us schools here, but the uk schools are great too eh. hooooray!

Congrats, great place, great program!

[Fall 2010 Admission Results]

Anyone claiming the University of Arizona rejection?

Could it perchance be an Arizona State rejection?

[Columbia Univ.]

i'm sorry to hear about this. i must say that of all the schools i applied to columbia's admissions process was the most disorganized. had i not been on top of my application and pestered the admissions office to look for the materials i submitted by the deadline (december 1) after i noticed that my form online also said "incomplete" in january, my application would probably never had made it to the political science department. even with me on top of things, and after emailing scans of all materials that i had already submitted, my application was not forwarded to the department until early february. i don't know whether and how this affected my admission chances, but it was definitely an unpleasant inconvenience.

Similar experience, part of my application was misplaced and my application was not forwarded before the end of January. In the end my file was only "complete enough" with parts missing that were in the same envelope as the parts that they did receive. The admissions office does not make it a secret that they rather not have you pestering them checking your materials, but then again, unlike some other schools, they will not alert you if there is something "missing" from your file either.

I guess these things can and do happen, the question is whether our cases are incidents or GSAS has more structural problems. Either way, it does bug me a little, seeing that Columbia was one of my top choices. I would hope that my application had at least gotten full consideration.