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  1. 20 hours ago, soc4315 said:

    Anyone have any documentaries/movies they've watched that they highly recommend? I need something to distract me haha

    I HIGHLY recommend "The Farthest: Voyager in Space" -- its a great documentary on how the Voyager project came to be, all the trials they've faced and the obstacles they overcame. And it takes you through the emotional journey of the astronauts and those at command central as Voyager gets further and further out into space. It's truly inspirational!

    Also Planet Earth II is great!

  2. 8 minutes ago, coffeentv said:

    I just received an email from CUNY asking for an interview. It took me so long to finish undergrad, and my GPA is horrible. My GRE scores are not that great, either. I have no research experience. My jaw dropped when I saw the email. Keep your head up, everyone!

    OMG, first off congratulations, secondly im so jealous!

  3. 1 hour ago, ThePastelCalico said:

    I've got a book chapter I'm working on with my advisor and another professor, so I've decided today I'll give myself 24 hours of not checking admissions portals. Just so I can make sure that I'm focusing 100% on fine-tuning the book chapter. 

    Thats a good plan, I think I'll give myself tomorrow off and try to put my mind somewhere else. Mental health day haha

  4. 17 hours ago, capslock said:

    For what it's worth, I've been accepted to UNC Chapel Hill and my application is still classified on the portal as just "Submitted." I have a feeling that portal updates might be administrative formalities that are taken care of on the back end of application season rather than immediately upon acceptance... But that's just a theory based on the data set of Me. :) 

    In the meantime, I'm still looking for ways to direct my overactive anxiety brain towards more productive endeavors. What are your go-to brain ticklers for when you want to channel your mental energy into something other than the "what-ifs" of the application season?

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

    18 hours ago, ThePastelCalico said:

    My UW-Madison app hasn’t had any status updates sine Dec. 15 either. My advisor, who went to the program, said she imagines that they just started reviewing apps since they got back from break today...I’m a bit skeptical that no one at the program has looked at the apps they’ve had for over a month. 

     

    Going stir crazy waiting. 

    Honestly, checking applications and gradcafe multiple times a day everyday is starting to burn me out a bit -- yet I can't stop checking them. I need to try and separate for a bit its messing me up.

  5. 3 hours ago, pinoysoc said:

    Congrats to all the acceptances!

    I'm already in survival mode and planning to retake the GRE in May. I thought this time, I was going to be more confident, but my abysmal GRE scores is making my anxiety run high. I haven't heard from any schools yet; however after comparing my 146/144/3.5  to everyone else's scores, I'm not that confident that I'll be getting in this year 

    : (

    Have you considered any prep courses? I know they can be expensive though =/

    Also, I understand you going in survival mode but you never know!

  6. 2 hours ago, Merina said:

    Today I actually got an email from Northwestern... about a completely different program (i.e., an ad for another program). Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy.

    Since we're sharing heart break stories I have another one today. I totally forgot I emailed Columbia's admissions last week asking about timelines, so anyway I almost FAINTED today when I saw an email from Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences this morning. :wacko:

  7. 2 hours ago, hope_1 said:

    Anyone knows what time of the day the results are usually released...? I decided to stop refreshing pages every minute after 10 am, but still I'm waiting for any alarm from mail notifications. It felt like I'm a nervous wreck. 

    I'm not sure but it seems like most people are posting results around noon -- so I assume around the morning.

    So anyway this morning in an obsessive frenzy, I decided to call the admissions offices of all the schools I applied to and ask about timelines.

    Here's what I was told:

    CUNY Graduate Center - End of January, beginning of February

    Princeton - End of February 

    Harvard - Starting end of Febuary, all decisions out by March 15.

    Columbia - No comment

    Boston University - March/April

    NYU - End of February 

    Northeastern - February/March 

    Yale - Febuary/March

     

    Anyway didn't really learn anything new but I liked the feeling of control I got again when I was calling my schools haha.

     

     

     

     

  8. 56 minutes ago, latemeg said:

    I'd kill to see something other than "submitted" right now. 

    I keep getting emails soliciting my application from Northeastern, but they come in on my phone hella early in the morning, so my sleepy brain thinks it's Northwestern and I end up jumping out of my skin thinking I have news from them--no such luck. :mellow:

    Haha oh my god I'm so sorry, I'd be so disappointed. 

     

    5 minutes ago, pinoysoc said:

    Historically, the next few days (the next week or so) is when a high volume of decisions come in. I'm itching for Stanford results to come in because they come out this weekend..theoretically. Penn State has been quiet and so has UPenn!

    Oh really? This is my first cycle and all ive heard is decisions typically come out in March and April, so its very interesting to see people getting results so soon. I REALLY hope we hear something next week. I'd even take a small confirmation saying that they're reviewing my application haha.

  9. 23 hours ago, qeta said:

    I'm alright most of the days because I am sure that my applications this cycle were not up to par. My partner wasn't ready to apply to jobs this cycle as we'd planned, so I get another shot at applying next year with not a lot of downsides. My problem is that my MA department was horrendous and discriminatory and my exchange at Berkeley soc. absolutely wonderful. The combo makes me extremely scared to go to a department that I do not know well. But I only know Berkeley and getting into that department is so so hard. I actually had serious breakdowns before submitting apps to other schools because I don't want to repeat my MA experience, which made me feel utterly powerless and less than human.

    I'm sorry to hear you had that MA experience, it sounds like it really got to you. I really wish you the best in getting into Berkeley. 

    The good part about all of our individual stresses and such is that it will be over relatively soon, and we will all know for sure where were going and if we can handle it. Now is the time for strength!

  10. 14 hours ago, qeta said:

    Hi @pinoysoc, that sounds extremely tough. I also suffer from anxiety and depression and taking my medication honestly helps. I don't know what your finances are like and if you are able to get a prescription. If you have a prescription and a Costco in your area, the medications at their pharmacy are super-cheap and the pharmacy specifically is not legally allowed to discriminate against non-Costco-members.

    The mental health support in this group is real and I love it.

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