Yanaka

Hey now all of that's just making me even sadder that I didn't get in anywhere!!!

And I think I understand (from various posts here and from news articles) that the Humanities are receiving less and less funding, so I don't think her comment is to be dismissed so hastily! I might be wrong, however, since I have no other proof than impressions and a few articles

Well since she's a long-time friend of my mom's, she was probably speaking from her experience at her university... she didn't mean any harm!

Please someone help me put words on this: how do you call being obsessed with stationery? Because the "stationery hoarder" inside me has been thinking about these beautiful objects since 9PM on 02/24.

Hahahaha that would be both awful and extremely good right now.

I was told by a Prof. (and close friend) at an American university: "go Ivy or you won't find a job." hahaha However--being miserable does not make you richer, either.

Thanks Steve! I'm used to French administration being a nightmare (you have to see it to believe it), so your comment was fine by me from a larger perspective--however, I don't know what happened here since this part of my school has always been quick and nice. The mail must've taken a longer time than I thought...

Thanks, Steve. Actually they've been fast and compliant, but I'm suspecting they did not send the letter right away at noon like they said they would...

Ha! When I read your previous messages, I KNEW you were talking about Yale. I mean I could take German and Latin again, and I'm planing on picking up Spanish again, too, for other programs-- but that's the kind of requirement that makes me think: this would never be a good fit for me!

Call me a little paranoid, but all of these latest acceptances into Ivies seem to be for the same person, and that person has a helluva choice to make

Serious venting needed. I have to have credential evaluations done for my transcripts for a certain university I am applying to, which means they translate and draw equivalences from my French grades to American ones. I was already short on time because I hadn't seen that information soon enough and was relying on my previous official translations anyway, but this school needs another kind of evaluation. That's fine, and the people there notified me of that requirement as soon as we started emailing and that was extremely nice. They're all very nice! However--either my current school has not sent my transcripts on time, or the mail took longer to be delivered than I expected, or the courrier has been lost. But they still haven't received anything at all at the "evaluator", so still nothing has been done, and the school's already extended their deadline for me. Not to say that I paid almost 400$ for that service, which will have been for nothing at all if I can't apply to the program in the end. I already feel ashamed for having to pay for extremely expensive services on top of everything that this whole thing has already cost me, both mentally, financially and academically (hello, grades from last semester). But if it were to be in vain... I'll never be able to forgive myself for going through this craziness.

I think what I'd do is a- assume those are rejections b- if you're so excited about a specific program, do you really think you'd change your mind if one of the last three schools turned out to send you an acceptance? I mean, for reasons other than rank? If you're super excited about one program then you shouldn't regret accepting their offer, no? Anyway you still have time to wait, but if you're getting really excited and need to move on, then ignore the pending 3 answers! It also means it was meant to happen. If Yale like absolutely wanted you and thought you were a terrific fit, I'm sure you'd know already. By the way I have no idea if that's how they work in the adcomms, but I think that being absolutely excited about something means that's what you should go for!

Yes, I was just told that they'll send out decisions about funding "around mid-March"!

This is for @Wyatt's Terps I believe!!

Ah, I hadn't seen the news, congrats! Nope, my time has not come yet. Now back to the main topic

Did you end up receiving an offer?

Hahaha true! Well you can look for a nice vacation before 7 years of doctoral program

Yeah--lucky them It's really funny to observe the different stages of the forum: first, everybody panicking and asking questions about applications and programs; the anxious waiting before expected dates come up; then the awful fear of the progressively official answers--and finally, the topics asking for advice on decisions and the calm realization that positive answers are not to be expected anymore

It's so quiet here!

Sounds like my dad, but less bad! Oh by the way, the other night a friend of mine joked about my wanting to be "an eternal student" or something, when I was explaining that I wanted to do a PhD. Hopefully I had thought about this kind of "observation" before and was able to remind her that it's an actual job already. Ugh--I hate it when people make those remarks... Anyway, I'm glad we can vent about anything over here!

And picky, with that!

My mom is kindling with the idea that if I really move and stay in the US, she'll sell her house and follow me. Adorable

Your parents actually sound funny Parents can indeed be so weird!! My mom always had this thing for telling me "you should go to the States, universities are so good there, it's now or never blah blah" and then every time I wanted to go and I needed help figuring stuff out, she would say how complicated it is to go to school and funding and stuff And then I would get angry, and once again later when she would do the same thing of asking me why I didn't want to leave!!! Aaaaaaaa!!! Anyway--when I was going to move to Paris, she told me several times that everybody she knew who had been to Paris hated it and came back. Then it hit me and I replied: So, those who loved it and stayed aren't there to tell you they like it, right? "I was hoping you wouldn't figure that out!" Took me some time... I guess the message is: they're always worried about everything and doubt everything too much, like any philosopher has to do. Our role in this is to try and stay calm in the face of contradiction and irrationality!

This is a scary thread Does someone have any update? Louisville is still classified as 6/100 most dangerous cities in the US, so I guess it hasn't gotten that better?

But then that means the later you apply, the lesser your chances at receiving an offer, no?