Conman315

Can confirm. I didn't get an email but the rejection was waiting for me on the site.

I have no idea how this happened but I got into University of Washington. I got the email at 12:30am EST after a few glasses of wine and was incredibly confused but so excited.
The good news continued this morning with an acceptance from UCLA.
This is gonna be tough. UW was like my number one school but my wife realllly wants to be in southern California..

I will probably put the first post up this evening. Honestly, winter isn’t that bad. Even -20 is easy to deal with because there is almost no humidity. You do need to start your car a few times a day to let it warm up. Snow is great. We got 17” in uptown on Monday and only had one bad day of driving. They had the highways cleared by Tuesday morning and the neighborhoods by Wednesday morning. 
The U has a tunnel system, so you never have to go outside on campus if you don’t want to. 
Minneapolis is the most educated city in the USA. We have more Fortune 500 companies per capita than anywhere else in the US. We are now the most bikeable city, beating Portland and Seattle. We have the most green space out of all US cities. There are ski resorts within the city (well, the burbs) and you can cross country ski on any of the bike trails in the winter. Ice skating is free, including skates, on city lakes. 
Minne is diverse. We pride ourselves on the way we take care of refugees, so there are large Syrian, Somalian, and Hmong populations. That means great food. 
Traffic is not bad at all for a major city. I work 20 miles away on the other side of the city and even during rush hour, it’s only a 45 minute drive. You do have to get used to the stoplights on the on-ramps. That’s so people are nice and alternate getting on the interstate. 
Coffee is Caribou or Tim Hortons (or Dunn’s). We don’t do a lot of Starbucks here. Amazon has a big presence in the city, so we all use Amazon Restaurants. You can have any food delivered to your home from places within 10 miles. In my area, that’s anything from Mediterranean to Chinese to Indian to bar food. 
I live in the Carag neighborhood. It’s old Victorian apartments. I am three blocks one way from Lake Calhoun and three blocks another way to Lake Street, which is a trendy place full of bars, restaurants, shopping, and local amenities. Target is king here (headquartered in Minneapolis) and Walmart is only in the burbs. 
I honestly moved here for two reasons. The boyfriend is from Bloomington (Mall of America). And, I was tired of summer. Summer here is great. It’s never too hot. You may have a few 90 degree days, but most of the time, it’s in the 70s and 80s. 
Sorry that was so long, but I love this place. There is a reason that it is said that it is impossible to get people to move to Minneapolis, but once they get here, it’s impossible to get them to leave. 

No problem! And Congrats!

Got an Ohio State PhD acceptance today via email. Praise be! Funding info to be announced in the future.

It's not time to freak out yet. It's common for programs to "batch" applicants so that the admissions committee isn't faced with an enormous pile to review at the same time. 

As no one started this year's thread, I am starting it. Please share any information related to this year's admission process. FYI: According to my source, some biostatistics Ph.D. programs have already sent interview requests.

I got hit hard by some warm and fuzzy feelings, so...
To all my fellow applicants, and especially to the future members of my graduate cohort:
December has arrived and with it comes the deadline for many of the programs we hope to attend next fall.
Congratulations on all of your hard work not only throughout the application process, but in all of your preparations to make yourself a good candidate!
It's been nerve-wracking, but we're stressed because we care about the field and our future in it–I think your passion will be reflected in your statements and in the academic life you're presenting to the faculty of these programs.
We'll work through our rejections and come out better for it, even if that means trying again next year.
I hope that the programs we attend are our best fits and in a community that we'll love.
 
To any and all faculty members now tasked with admitting students:
Us applicants may be feeling some relief, but I know you still have the work of evaluating our applications and making the difficult judgement calls that come with that territory. I hope the process is as hassle free as possible and that the best candidates for your program are easy to find. Good luck and godspeed!
 
It's finally that time of year again: Season's Greetings! And my best wishes for a good new year to all of you!
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