clarwyn
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I applied to Michigan State. My application has been in for several months, but they told me I probably wouldn't hear back until the last week of October or early November. (I did undergrad there, so I know the people making the decision.) Of course I've been checking all along, just in case; but I'm getting more frantic as it gets to be that time. I wish they could have let me know sooner, as I was deciding between two schools and the other one wanted a decision in July. I told them no, as this is a better program. But I feel like, since they know me, they probably already know what they plan to do, and would it really kill them to just let me know?
I am distracting myself with TV and with taking extra hours at my job.
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@DBear that's wonderful, so glad you were successful! I'll definitely remember you too since your screenname is one of my best friend's nicknames, lol. Good luck with your program!
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Thanks for the encouragement DBear! I hope it's been a successful cycle for you? I haven't kept up with the forum much lately so I don't know whether you've posted any acceptances. I hope you have lots to choose from
I think I'm also going to try to get a school teacher's certificate this year (diversifying my career options, haha) since it's something I've always thought about, and it will keep me busy while I wait! And my husband (no longer semi-estranged) is changing careers, so it's good for him that I'm not locked into a specific location this year. So instead of everyone going where I need to go, we'll be going wherever he needs to go. He's applying to a police program, which I think will be six months of training somewhere. After that, we can play the grad school game again next year!
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On 1/14/2017 at 0:39 PM, DBear said:
Wonder if @clarwyn's family is still packed and ready to go without a destination still...
My last reply came today. I got all rejections. We are not going anywhere this year. I'm hopeful for next year though! In the meantime I'm going to do some conference presentations, possibly go to a summer training program with one of the professors I want to work with (if I can come up with the money, it's overseas), and hopefully get some more research experience. So hopefully I'll be more competitive next year. Wishing everyone the best of luck!
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18 hours ago, GunningForGrad said:
@SEAsianInternational something that really helped me was reminding myself that an acceptance wouldn't disappear if I didn't click it the moment it came to my inbox. And I'm trying to remind myself that a watched pot never boils. I haven't gotten to the admissions portion of application season, but the two interviews I've landed were when I had finally allowed myself to stop thinking about it.
It's so hard not to click that refresh button- but try to remember that any emails aren't going anywhere. And you want to be awake and alert enough to celebrate when good news comes your way!
That is really good advice! I don't know if I can stop myself from refreshing
But you're right, the emails won't disappear if we don't see them right away. Buuuut....I want to KNOW right away -
Congrats @GeorgeC07, @eternalwait, @Feanor, and anyone I missed! Sooooo sorry you had to resubmit @Marshall, that's unbelievably awful :((((((( I hope the letter acquiring process turns out not to be so bad!
Out of my four apps (why oh why did I think that was enough?!) I've had two rejections, and one school that I've pretty much given up on since I know they did interviews the beginning of January. So I'm really only waiting on one more school, which was my least favorite choice, but at this point I'll take it! Trying to see what I can do to improve my chances for next cycle; I've mostly given up on this one. But I'm still checking my email every 20 minutes, so I guess some part of me is still hoping
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Netflix binging!
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I have never had anything go to my school email's spam folder, but I keep checking it anyway... Probably 3 or 4 times today.
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On 1/19/2017 at 11:11 PM, SarahBethSortino said:
Hello
Thought I would start this thread to see if I could bring together any older applicants. I see a lot of people applying while still in undergrad, or a few years out. I'm 35 with a MSc. in History from University of Edinburgh. Applying exclusively to schools in Massachusetts/Rhode Island. How are the older applicants dealing with the wait? And how are you managing the transition to Grad school in addition to work, families, spouses, etc?
Hi! I'm 33, just finished my BA in Linguistics after poking at it for 14 years. I have a toddler and I'm about to have another baby (literally sometime this week, could happen tonight!) so that's a good distraction from the application wait! Except at 2am when I start worrying. I only applied to four schools, which now seems like WAY too few; I've received one rejection, and looks like two other schools have sent out interview requests (I didn't get one). So I'm pinning my hopes on that fourth school, which was my least favorite choice, but definitely better than nothing.
I feel like the "extra experience" thing doesn't apply to me very well, since I wasted most of my 20s and don't have a solid background in the workforce any more than I have the extra research experience or MA that most applicants in my field seem to have :-/
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On 1/14/2017 at 0:39 PM, DBear said:
I'm pretty convinced that all my applications are in the trash already. The last two deadlines are on the 15th, though my application was done over a month ago. This probably means that the last two applications I submitted will join their brethren in application heaven...
I have found that the only thing that really helped keep my mind off things this past month was being immensely ill. Being busy with work, hanging out with friends, none of that really helped
Hope everyone is surviving.
Wonder if @clarwyn's family is still packed and ready to go without a destination still...
Just saw this; been avoiding the forum in an effort to try to keep myself thinking about anything but my apps. (tv helps.) Got my first rejection today. I only submitted four apps, now I'm wishing I'd done more. sigh...
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Wow, lots of really interesting stuff here! My interest is nonstandard dialects of the Irish Gaelic language, and how they diverged from Old Irish. I'm also pretty interested in Middle English (think Chaucer). Basically I'll be happy if I get to work on language change.
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Are you thinking of FLAS? I filled out something for that, since I am involved in critical languages. I didn't have any clue what they wanted, though; my half a page probably didn't impress them.
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34 minutes ago, DBear said:
That's too cute!! It's like role reversal, his revenge for all the times that you (presumably) asked as a kid "are we there yet?!"
I now have an image of your whole family waiting by the door, bags packed and ready to go! I hope you end up somewhere the whole family will be happy!
Haha, I'm going to mention that to him next time he brings it up! And your image is really accurate, because my sister and my semi-estranged husband are also planning to apply wherever I wind up. (Post-doc for her, undergrad for him.) Literally the whole family is waiting on this, which is just a LITTLE nerve-wracking! But, I'm really grateful they're all willing to pack up and rearrange their lives around my dream. I'm sure I could make this work without them, but it will definitely be better for everyone (especially my kids) if we stick together.
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5 hours ago, DBear said:
Your dad heehe.. I actually encountered the opposite with my mom. I told her I'd submitted all my applications and was telling her about the process and she snapped at me saying I was stressing her out and to not tell her anything until I had gotten accepted. lol.
Haha! Well my parents are hoping to move wherever I go, so that my mom can babysit my kids. So my dad wants to know where he should be looking for jobs. I applied to four schools. So he's pretty anxious about it too.
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Joining the wait here. I was actually doing ok with the idea that I won't possibly hear anything for a few weeks (I'm in the middle of relationship drama, so I have a distraction) but then my dad started asking me every day if I've heard anything! So, now I'm obsessing. Also, it didn't quite occur to me that interviews were a thing, and now I'm terrified. Imposter Syndrome is hitting me hard. How do you guys cope with that?
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And now it is early November. I am becoming crazed, checking for updates every ten minutes, and nothing is distracting me. Anybody have tips on how to deal with this? I am resisting the urge to email the decision maker; I feel like that would be a bad idea. I just want this to be over!