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Definitely was never expecting any decisions to be released on the weekends. Now I have to worry 24/7 instead of 24/5 lol. Congratulations to the UCLA admit from yesterday! Just speaking for myself here, but I'm taking this as an implied rejection from UCLA at this point.

I checked the graduate student profiles of my undergrad school. Most of them did not state where they went to undergrad...just listed basic interests. Of those that did list on their profile, 4/29 of them did go to my undergrad institution before joining the same school as a graduate student. Though only 2 of these people majored in sociology and then entered the same sociology program as a grad student. The other two majored in other things then joined the same school's sociology Ph.D program. Interesting. I was reallyyyyy hoping for a shot at getting into my undergrad school for graduate school, but apparently one of their current students literally went to the same undergrad as me, and even the same community college as me. She was just accepted last year. Fuck me, right? lol There goes that ship.

Does anyone know how much validity there is to the whole "the institution you went to for undergrad will probably not accept you for graduate studies" thing is?

Congratulations! You're killing this cycle!

Nothing yet over here. Congrats on your USC admit!

Congratulations!!! What subfield are you interested in?

Same. This is me in real time as I wait to hear from UCLA:

I'm at the point where every new email that comes in that is not from a school gets unsubscribed from so that I'm limiting my chances of disappointment. Feeling positive about today for all of us. Good news has been coming out on Fridays it seems.

Lol YAAAAASSS. I literally died. And then realized it was a frickin webinar lol. I'm 'diverse' too though so can't really speak to whether it went out to everyone or not.

Am I the only one that feels this way? I'd say 75% of the time I am feeling nervous but overall positive, and then out of no where, no idea why, but I start to just feel so overwhelmed and just want to cry.

+ the University of Wisconsin, Madison acceptance! Congratulations ya'll. Come claim!

Anyone claiming the 'Wow!' UCLA acceptance? Congratulations!

Me every time I see I have a new email but it's just my work asking me to do something.

Me every time I get an email and see it is just my work asking me to do something.

Glad to see I'm not the only one shitting bricks about the UCLA admits so far lol. Are you applying to UCLA as an international student or are you originally from the U.S and went to study at Cambridge?

Lucky! I just saw it on the board. Congratulations. What are your research interests?

That's great! Not obsessing at all but I noticed that on the second Friday of 2018 they admitted two people to UCLA, so I had been wondering whether they would be doing the same this year lol. Maybe it is just a coincidence that the first UCLA admit two years in a row was on the second Friday of January. Congratulations!

The first UCLA Soc admit is officially posted on the results board. This is so exciting! Anyone here claiming it?

I was told by my letter writers to not worry about my GRE scores and our scores are similar. I studied my ass off for 6 months and still didn't do well on the GRE- 149 q 158 v and 5.0 awa.

YAY! Congratulations!

Anyone want to claim the UCI acceptance? I have a phone interview tomorrow and am currently shitting bricks.

Worries: It would be easier to make a list of things I'm not worried about. But here we go. I am worried no one will accept me. I applied to 14 damn schools because I am so scared that I will not get into anywhere. I have no backup plan. I need this opportunity like my life depends on it- literally. I am worried my GRE score will kick me out of the first round of review without even looking into my SoP or anything. I am worried that if I do get into anywhere, that it won't be a good fit for me and my family (COL-wise and school-system wise for my kids). I am worried even if I do get in somewhere, that my request to move with family law per child custody will be denied and I won't be able to attend the school. Also worried because UCLA said I didn't have to mail in my transcripts and forgot to mention anywhere in my app that they granted me this exception- worried they won't know this and will just kick me out of the running. Worried how the f*** I even plan on kicking ass in grad school while I am caring and providing for two children. I honestly just want to breakdown and cry. Excitement: My son is turning 5 tomorrow and my daughter turns 1 on the 31st. Going to family court tomorrow and should know more then about if I might be granted the ability to move. And I am making Chinese food for dinner. So that's fun.

I checked my horoscope for the first time in years and it said today would be a challenging day for me. I'm convinced that means that my first rejection will be coming today and now I can't stop checking my email anticipating it. It's not even 9 am. This is a nightmare.

LOL that's hilarious. I've actually thought about how if I find out that I got into a good program while I'm at work I think I would leave and take the rest of the day off. Just the day though, not forever lol. Kinda like how people who win the lottery walk out of work...Getting into a good program would literally be even better than winning the lottery in my eyes. I enjoy the people I work with and my job position in general, but it is not in my interest area so it is difficult for me to feel passionate about the work that I do.

That's awesome. Are you from California? I am generally interested in the intersection between poverty, culture, the reproduction of inequality and social mobility. I am particularly interested in how parenting beliefs and practices are shaped by the experience of living in poverty and how specific parenting practices are linked to the reproduction of inequality. What are your interests?