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  1. Dang y'all. What a wild day on this forum! I got my Duke rejection while laying in bed sick with the flu and something about that just feels...poetic? :-) My heart hurts upon seeing everyone's rejections. Be kind to yourself in the midst of the hurt you feel. PM me if you need a stranger to vent at. Also, these times call me back to one of my favorite poems: Max Ehrmann's Desiderata. Particularly pertinent verses include: "If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will appear to be greater and lesser persons than Yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans." And "Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should." <3
  2. This this this SO MUCH THIS! Yes yes YES! SelfControl is a great app, as is this Freedom app that kindly reminds you that you are free from the anxieties that certain habits can exacerbate. @Goldie's words are wise. The fact of the matter is that the process is now out of our hands and beyond our control. It's like when you hand in an exam and spend the next three days perseverating over what your grade is going to be. You submitted what you submitted and no amount of worrying is going to change what is already submitted. Also, here's some real talk. I have been accepted into a program and yet I still feel the crushing weight of anxiety when I think about my future. The day after I received my acceptance I found myself once again stalking the results page and refreshing these forums mindlessly, simply because I had been doing so for so long that it had become an ingrained habit. And I found that just the act of being on this page made me feel anxious, inadequate, and foolish for even thinking that I could have a chance of getting into grad school. It's as if I had forgotten that I had received an acceptance; the habits of anxiety and worry that I had created had grown so strong as to overpower that fact. Getting that acceptance email will not be a silver bullet in curing feelings of inadequacy, nor will getting a PhD, nor achieving tenure, nor any number of external markers of success. Y'all are beautiful and brilliant and strong and good, and your worth is not tied to an acceptance or rejection. I can promise you that.
  3. 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?
  4. Hi all! I can claim one of the UNC Chapel Hill acceptances! I got a call this afternoon from the department chair (who is also a POI I mentioned in my personal statement). Best lunch break surprise ever!
  5. Oh my gosh, same here! I keep getting email solicitations with "Sociology" or "Application" in the subject line and every. single. one. makes me just about jump out of my skin! All false alarms though. At least I know my epinephrine production is working!
  6. Howdy! For as dorky and corny as it is to admit, I actually had a lot of fun putting together my applications! I tried to game-ify studying for the GRE to the point where I actually tricked myself into enjoying it most days. Lord knows how many SOP/writing sample drafts were eviscerated throughout the application process, but I was quite content with the resulting documents. At the end of the day, I know that my application was one of integrity and was unabashedly "me", so I trust that the departments from which I am rejected are ones where I may not have fit in anyway. I think the most difficult thing was balancing work and the application process - it felt like I was holding down two full-time jobs for a while there. But this TED talk on commitment devices really put the whole process into perspective: for as awful as it was at the time to sacrifice social outings, weekend excursions, time with friends (aaaaaaand sleep), my current present self is SO HAPPY that I put my everything into my apps at the time and I sit now with NO REGRETS regarding the way I presented my application-self to the committees. I hope everyone is finding some rest, relaxation, and time for self-care this week.
  7. Hi all! I decided to follow Madelene's lead and make the jump from long-time lurker to (hopefully) productive participant. I am four years out of school and have loved every twist and turn of my post-college trajectory. However, something in my gut (#ENFJ) felt like this was the year to throw my proverbial hat into the ring! My research interests lie at the intersection of stratification & inequality and collective action & social movements. I am endlessly fascinated by the ways in which historically marginalized communities collectively identify and navigate social problems. Specifically, I am intrigued by the ways in which these processes might manifest differently across the U.S. urban/rural divide or when fortified by religious rhetoric. I have submitted applications to eight programs and am trying to be as productive as possible with any anxiety during this time: whenever I catch myself perseverating over my chances of admission, I open Duolingo and go through French flashcards instead! I have also started training for a half marathon which gives me a healthy goal to work towards and makes me feel like I am actively accomplishing something in the midst of this liminal period. Best of luck to all! Keep your heads above water and remember that you are so much more than whatever outcome results from this capricious process!
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