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5 hours ago, spamhaus said:
Sorry to hear that. Hopefully it works out with the other professors you're interested in!
Thanks!
5 hours ago, pataka said:Aww
Is there a chance you would get to collaborate with him if you got accepted under another POI's funding?
Maybe, I do know that the other professors work in the same group as him!
5 hours ago, siliconchins said:Could you apply for outside or internal funding?
I haven't really looked at much. But I don't know if I'd hear back in time.
Kinda sucks, especially because I know that this professor was interested in me. But it wasn't my favorite school, so I hope that means I'm destined for elsewhere??? Hahaha
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Sadness. One of the professors I was interested in working with just told me he won't have enough funding to take on a new student next year. Fortunately, there are other professors I would like to work with at that school, but he was my number one.
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A nice quote to keep me warm while waiting.
And what he was responding to:
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2 hours ago, realllllJulia said:
Now I hate all the letters my Department Assistant sent to us. I don't care about the stupid printer or something else, AT ALL.
I guess my anxiety and lack of sleep these days make me much easier on the trigger.
I literally dreamed that I was just sitting and waiting for results. Like refreshing pages and checking emails. It was horrible. But honestly, it might be better than my dreams of getting into grad school and then waking up and realizing it was just a dream.
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Anybody actively unsubscribing from emails and filtering emails so that they don't get notified by annoying frequent newsletters and such? I would get excited that I got an email, and then see it was just junk.
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8 hours ago, spamhaus said:
Congrats! What venue? I'm hoping to get a submission in for ICML 2018.
IEEE Face and Gesture! I'm super excited. This was my first submission, and the reviews I got were really mixed. I think I wrote a pretty good rebuttal, but I honestly thought I wasn't going to get accepted. Very glad that it was a happy ending! My biggest worry was that if I got any interviews, they would ask about my paper, and I would have to tell them that it was rejected. I haven't heard from any schools (though none of them have shown much activity in the results page), but I'm glad I won't have to deal with that.
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So... I may not get into grad school, but I JUST GOT PUBLISHED!
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25 minutes ago, khigh said:
I honestly think my stress will go DOWN if I get in. In undergrad, I was used to working 16 hour days on campus between taking 18 credit hours and being President of the Student Government Association my senior year (VP junior year). I thrive on research, writing, classes, reading, and long hours. This gap year has been brutal so far. I'm antsy.
I think I will be more stressed, but it will be a better type of stress. The stress I'm experiencing now is a kind of powerless, watching my future be manhandled my an adcom type of stress. Grad school obviously isn't all highs, but you can at least channel the stress of wanting to get published, establishing good advisor relationships, etc into something productive. I guess, I was trying to emphasize that part of me feels like I'll be set once I get into grad school, but I'm now thinking that there will certainly be a lot of mountains to climb in the future (hopefully!)
26 minutes ago, Carly Rae Jepsen said:New week means more possibilities of hearing back from programs, right? I'm too hyped now. If I don't hear anything I'll feel awful.
I feel you. I know there's pain in also knowing the date when admissions results come out, but ugh!!! It's so taxing waking up every day hoping that this will be it.
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Anybody heard anything?
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Fortunately, I had a lot going on this weekend, so I didn't have much time to think about acceptance results. Happy about that since weekends are the worst now. Waiting, but knowing that even if you will hear something, it's very unlikely that it's going to happen until at least Monday. All my schools have been very quiet according to the results page, and given that I have yet to hear anything, I suppose this is the best that I could hope for (other than my schools oddly sending out all rejections first).
I was talking to my friend last night about grad school, and I mentioned the possibility of not getting into grad school, and she vehemently denied that possibility. And while it's nice that she has confidence in me, I feel like it's possible that it could happen, and her saying such things would make it even more embarrassing if it did. Also, I really don't want to end up looking like a fool since I turned down a job offer in order to apply to grad school. I know my dad, and I know in some way there's going to be some I told you so if I don't get in.
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2 minutes ago, GreenEyedTrombonist said:
Yeah, I definitely get that @eighty8keys . Although I'm super excited, I've tried not to overly talk about the acceptance on the forum. I didn't get in anywhere last year and, although I was happy for those getting in, I know firsthand how it can hurt to see others get in everywhere while you're just waiting for one shot.
Haha, no, I wasn't talking about general acceptances. I was just picking on you guys for talking about acceptances making waiting worse
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On one hand, I'm sure
9 minutes ago, ShewantsthePhD101 said:Thanks... I just feel like waiting for the other schools (especially my top choice) is gonna drive me insane.
4 minutes ago, GreenEyedTrombonist said:I know how you feel @ShewantsthePhD101 . I got my first acceptance less than 3 weeks after their deadline way back in December. I've had one interview for another program so far, but I shouldn't hear back about admissions from my remaining 6 programs until February. Although I should be in that relieved state that I'm going (and the school I got into is amazing- visiting them later this month), I'm still freaked out waiting for the remaining decisions. x]
On one hand, I'm sure your feelings are valid; one the other hand, don't get greedy!!!
Some of just want to know we're going to grad school .
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17 minutes ago, spamhaus said:
*fingers crossed* Hope we both get great PhD acceptances that we are happy with!
Haha, I have a champagne bottle in my room, and I was thinking about keeping it for my first (hopefully) good news! But then I was like, what if I don't get any good news and the bottle sits there as a curse reminding me of my failures? But then I realized that if I don't get in anywhere, I'll probably need that bottle even more.
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On 1/16/2018 at 3:58 PM, spamhaus said:
I can now join you as a rejected applicant. I am disappointed, but not as disappointed as I thought I would be, considering that I thought it was a really cool opportunity. I was just kinda like, "Well, that sucks." But at the end of the day, it was never plan A, so I guess I'm just saving my disappointment for all of my plan A failures
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I feel like I've waited for so long, and yet it could be another 2 weeks before I hear anything. Maybe a week if I'm lucky. I hate the idea that I could be waiting all this time just to have rejections piled up on my lap. Hoping for the best.
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46 minutes ago, spamhaus said:
That was one of the ones I applied to. I'm surprised that they sent out some rejections at this point. But I wouldn't worry about it too much. With the amount of schools that you applied to and the fact that you seem like a decently competitive candidate, I feel like you'll definitely end up somewhere.
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31 minutes ago, spamhaus said:
I just got the worst feeling. My backup plan just fell through... just got the rejection email. I wasn't sure I would be accepted to my backup program, but they didn't even require a LOR until further in the process. I was cut before even getting to that point. That really hurts. Now I'm super worried about my application to the various PhD programs. I'm starting to feel I'm much less competitive than I thought I was. Ugh!
Out of curiosity, what program was this? Just curious, as the LOR process sounds similar to something I applied to. But I'm sorry and I feel you. I'm trying to figure out back up plans, and I feel like I'm going to have to scramble something together if I don't get in. It's just hard because I feel like everything I'd want to do is decently competitive, so there's no sure-fire safety for me.
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Ugh... My undergrad just sent me an email about financial aid, and as a student who's about to graduate (and consequently, would not be applying this year), I thought it was from a grad school.
Congrats to all those who have gotten acceptances and interviews! I'm happy for you!!! But also really jealous, haha. I think I've started to hate weekends because I know my chance of hearing anything significantly decreases.
Also, I feel like schools have people that are definite rejects, so I wonder why they don't just send those rejections out then. Like, I'm talking about people who they wouldn't consider even as backups. I feel like notifying rejected candidates as early as possible makes it easier for them to figure out what else they're going to do with their lives. Just curious.
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3 minutes ago, spamhaus said:
Comparing against last year’s CS results, this year’s number of results so far seems nearly identical. Using that as a rubric, I would expect to begin seeing many more results posted starting next week. Of course, it seems CS is in considerable demand, so it is conceivable it may take longer to evaluate the ever growing avalanche of applicants.
Yeah... I guess, I'm not shocked that results aren't out, but it's kinda painful seeing so many people hearing back and hearing nothing. I suppose it's better than seeing a bunch of results and hearing nothing though.
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44 minutes ago, raul.carmo said:
It is not part of the academic culture in Brazil to rely on letters of reference for graduate schools so my professors are not used to writing this kind of document, I even had to e-mail them with examples I took from the internet so that they could use them as a guide. Even though I lived in the US for 2 years and I feel confident that both my english and chemistry skills are more than sufficient for graduate work, I still feel that my application is not even going to be taken seriously by the committee.
I mean, I'm not on an admissions committee, but I highly doubt your application will be taken less seriously because you're international. It will very likely be more competitive, though I believe it does vary according to what country you're applying from, how many people typically apply from there, how you compare to top students from your country, etc. I guess, in sum, being an international applicant can be more difficult in terms of admissions, but it's certainly not because schools aren't accepting international students or don't take them seriously.
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Man... Compared to a lot of other programs, CS grad schools are really taking their time. I've barely seen any CS results in the results section.
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Yeah... the wait is not fun. Only one of the program I applied to has anything in the results page (one acceptance and one interview), so I feel completely in the dark. I'm just so afraid I'm going to end up with all rejections. I mean, logically, I think it's unlikely, but sh*t happens.
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I feel so antsy right now. I think I really need school to come back so I can have things to do all day. I'm just praying for good results, but I'll just have to wait and see what happens. One of my recommenders told me I have a strong application, but it's hard to know what will happen. And the fact that they said that would make it even worse if I didn't get in anywhere. It's even harder being a CS major because most of them want to go into software engineering. Those jobs are typically laid out in the fall, so they all know what they're doing. Obviously, I want to get into grad school for so many reasons, but if I get in, it will be SO NICE to be able to give people a definitive answer when they ask what I'm doing next year.
Also, I want to do the fun things and look for a place to live, scope out the city I could potentially live in, meet other students in my cohort, etc. Just hoping that I'll get to the stage where I get to do that!
Fall 2018 Admission
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Yeah, I attempted, haha
Also, sigh.... OF RELIEF. I just got my first interview, and it just turned what has felt like an eternity of silence into happiness that could only be overshadowed by getting accepted. It was kind of funny because I had seen some results go out on the results page and had started to convert my mind to expect rejection. Even funnier, I had gone out and gotten myself something nice to eat just because (not even as a response to hearing about interviews) and when I was at the red light to enter my school, I checked my emails and SCREAMED. I just kept screaming, haha. Definitely treating myself tonight.