FreakyFoucault

I got accepted to Stanford . I’ll call Northwestern back this weekend. I’m melting guys.

Dude, this has been enough excitement for one day!

haha my phone's at 1%, but a coworker just let me borrow her charger. In 10 min, we're back in business baby!

ERMERGERD just got a call from Stanford!

Haha sorry to be a tease, folks, but I guess the waiting game continues! Will update!

Idk, I'm trying not to overthink it lol

The voicemail asked that I send an e-mail to set up a time to call over the weekend. So I'm guessing it's probably too late now. Not a bid deal, though.

I won't lie, it'd be funny if they're calling to personally thank me for applying and to kindly try again next year.

Northwestern just left me a v/m to call back their DGS, but my phone is at 9% and my charger is at home. WTF is my life!!!!!!

Congrats !

@JustPoesieAlong, I wish I could program my phone to light up and play the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire dramatic hot-seat sound when I get an e-mail from a school I applied to...

And thus it continues muahahahahah!!!!

Or demand a criminally high salary...

haha @jpbends good detective work!

I'm not feeling good about Northwestern, to be honest, @jpbends. They rejected my undergrad application, so I'm under this paranoid delusion that they're going to see my PhD app and be like, "HAHA this kid again! Thinks getting himself a couple BAs makes him fancy shit! Not on my watch, sister! No acceptance for you -- you come back 10 years!" Yeah, I know they supposedly destroy undergrad applications, but still...

This is my attitude toward Northwestern at the current moment: https://giphy.com/gifs/meryl-streep-slow-the-devil-wears-prada-BSfJSOU0au8Ss

EVERYTHING!!!!!!! *cough, cough, Northwestern, cough

Ohhhhhhhhhhh yes! Congrats !!!

I'm glad that he seems to be coming around! A final note: I do have a lot of respect for people who provide for their family despite not enjoying their career. It's a personal sacrifice that I wouldn't hold against anyone. Giving your children (and spouse) a good life is certainly an accomplishment that shouldn't be diminished. Still, I think it's possible to do both, that is, make a living and be happy doing it. Also, happy to offer any (probably misguided) advice, @bumbleblu!

Yeah, too bad we can't return to the good ol' ancien regime of grad schools mailing us rejections... Now that was a spectacle!

Sorry had to do it!!!! Congrats

"We Gucci?"

Oh god, that's dastardly. I can only imagine myself talking to a DGS or POI after having imbibed one or two (or three) adult beverages on a Friday night. DGS: "Good evening, is this Mr. FreakyFoucault?" FF: "Oh heeeeeeeey." Good thing I missed the Michigan deadline...

Yeah, same with me. GRE General are received, LGRE aren't... They also said a few days ago that they were awaiting my GMAT scores, too. They removed it today.

Definitely agreed. SoP, WS, LORs, LGRE, and verbal all take a large degree of precedence over quant. But still, some programs consider aggregate scores for fellowship thresholds, so I wouldn't completely ignore it. And if you're applying to top programs, they may very well like to see at least some effort applied to math. Of course, I could be wrong. But again, @clinamen is correct in saying that an applicant shouldn't focus too heavily on the quant section at the expense of other more important elements of the application.