Silabus

@Yanaka Ha ha! I get that! I've moved away to New Mexico for my MA that I'm finishing up and it made me realize how much I actually did like Texas. But, I can say for certain that it is good to get away from your roots even if it means coming back to them--because at least you've got more perspective now. I think you will! I hope you will! I want all of us to get into programs! Also, I've applied to Cornell too! So I'm with you there!

I just want to say first and foremost: You're living in Paris?! Why would you want to leave?! Beyond that. I think a lot of us have similar worries. You plunge all this time, money, and effort into applying to these programs. Then you have to wait. Meanwhile, you're one acceptance letter away from uprooting your whole life and moving to wherever. It's super stressful. I also understand your feeling awkward. I'm also wondering to myself what the right approach is if I have to ask them to write me letters again. Like: Oh I didn't get in this time, but if you could do it one more time I'd be grateful! The come back stories some people have of getting rejected by all the schools they applied to the first year and then the next year they get into Columbia are really uplifting. I mean, I'd rather get into a program (any program at this point) the first go-around but it's nice to know that the more experience you have with applying the better your results seem to be.

Months?! No, no, no, that's awful. And you're totally right! We spent money on these applications.

I totally agree with you here! It's a really nerve wracking experience to start with but we also put money into submitting those applications. At least send some kind of generic rejection letter. Letting people just stand around and wait is not cool.

I'm with you! I'm in the last year of my MA so during the application process I was working on my thesis and doing my classes. I too was like, "I'll be happy when this is all done and out of my hands!" So maybe I made some mistakes. I'm not sure. There's still 8 more schools to hear from though so I hope at least one of them pans out. I hope at least one pans out for both of us, all of us!

I totally understand. I don't want to come off as mellow-dramatic over here but I've got three rejection letters so far: Notre Dame, University of Texas, and Stanford just a little while ago. I've also seen on the acceptance pages that people from Indiana University and the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee are already getting acceptances and I still haven't heard from them. I mean I applied to 11 schools but... it seems like I'm at 5 rejections and waiting on 6 others. I'm starting to lose hope over here. Even though I really want to keep my head up!