[2018 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results]

@meghan_paleoclimate I've been accepted to OSU about a week ago. Seems like the process is going on. 

 

By the way, is there a reorganization of policy going on in the States? I hear a lot of POIs saying "I'm sorry, we're still waiting on the fund" or would it just be a polite way of rejecting me

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On 2/5/2018 at 3:45 PM, TheJetPlane said:

One word... I WANT TO CRY!

STATUS UPDATE Got accepted by OSU! Finally! And I still have 8 schools left! Hope all the other applicants hear great news soon!

[2018 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results]

Hello fellow colleagues! Is the Geosciences/Earth dept. usually slower than other divisions like the engineering departments? I get the general idea from last year's thread that most of the decisions tend to reach applicants from mid to late February, but is that the usual case? Because this application process is withering away my patience on daily basis LOL

[Favorite Rejection Quotes from the Results Page]

16 hours ago, JustSad said:

 

I was actually thinking of starting a similar thread after reading these two (when I found this thread). Lol.

University Of Toronto OISE

School & Clinical Child Psychology, Masters (F15)

Rejected via Phone on 27 Feb 2015

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27 Feb 2015

report spam I am the Leonardo DiCaprio of grad schools. Year after year never getting recognized by white old dudes for my good work.

University Of Toronto

Philosophy, PhD (F14)

Rejected via E-mail on 7 Mar 2014 ♦

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7 Mar 2014

report spam As a connoisseur of rejection letters, this was a very nice letter.

a dude with this much sense of humor should do great anywhere haha

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15 hours ago, AnxiousNerd said:

The  heart react was for solidarity. How many places did you apply? Obviously there are still some schools seriously looking at and considering your application or you would've head from them already. Hang in there. This shit is tough. 

 

25 minutes ago, surprise_quiche said:

@JJtheJetPlane Hang in there! There are so many factors in graduate decisions, so a rejection does not mean you aren't worth it or that you haven't worked hard. Good luck and keep us updated!

Ah thanks guys! The process of staying sane is for sure a hard thing! Gonna be working on the new research project for the meantime  I did apply for a number of schools, acknowledging the handicap that I might have from not having done a BS or MS in the States. So I'll just wait and see which school will bring me the invitation letter to Hogwarts! 

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One word... I WANT TO CRY!

I just received three rejections in a row... Yes, they were a few of my top choices, I'm a US citizen who studied away from the States, I saw them coming, but it hurts. I have a strong research background within and out of international research programs, 2 manuscripts submitted, strong LOR (I tried to get them from co-authors and co-workers all over the world)... but am losing hope. I'm devastated by the anxiety. I want to go back to the States and if I don't get accepted... ugh  It just drives me crazy that I've already received three no's. I have couple of schools that I HAD confidence in... I've been personally and academically close with a POI at one, the program's Dean himself is writing a LOR for me at one, and I've had two informal interviews with another. But you never know how it will turn out to be. That's what makes me insane. The fact that I have a program that I BELIEVE will accept me. They could just go "nah you know what, she's not good enough" and dump me in the rejection basket.  

 

Ahhh.... nice to let go of my depressing thoughts. Thanks for the thread.