Dwar
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Oh i'm sure, three rejections in a day sounds like a bad joke
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Thanks for the advice, and I do have a plan if I don't get in. I've applied to a number of jobs and AmeriCorps positions for next year, and my plan would be to buy one of those fancy tutoring services to raise my GRE over the summer. I've also spent the past few days making a new list of schools that I would apply to, as well as looking for faculty fits and rewriting my SOP for the new research interests. But the feeling of failure at not getting in this cycle is honestly terrifying and the idea of going through this entire process all over again is daunting.
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Thanks for the advice!
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Congrats on the Kentucky admit!
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Ya, thats what I was afraid of. Guess i'll just have to wait until they send out decisions, and then go from there. The waiting does suuuuuuuuck though.
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Thanks for the advice! I actually have been working on contingency plans. I applied for like 7 research assistant jobs at various think tanks, as well as AmeriCorps. Ive also created a new list of schools to apply for cycle two, and rewrote my SOP. I also am planning on doing one of those fancy GRE prep courses to get my scores up as I think they were the weakest part of my application. It does kinda help to have those contingency plans, but wow do I hope I don't have to use them.
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Thanks. I kinda needed to hear that. With the two rejections and one waitlist I’ve started to kinda feel like I’m spiraling out of control and need to do something to ground myself. I know that what I said above is kinda crazy, but honestly I just wanted to do something proactive instead of sitting around doing nothing and waiting, that part is killing me. thanks for the reply! I’ll take it to heart!
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Hey Guys, so I have a question for y'all I am currently in a situation where I have been rejected from two schools, waitlisted at one, and still pending at two others. I am wondering if there is anything I can do right now to move the needle a bit on one of the schools that are still pending? I have already sent an update concerning some recent news (asked to speak at two conferences and submitted a paper to a journal for review) and I've also sent in a new writing sample (the submitted paper) but I am wondering if there is anything else I can do now? before decisions are released? I was thinking maybe something along the lines of sending an email talking about how they are my top choice (they were my top choice even prior to the other two rejections) as well as reiterating the reasons for this? They have a number of research centers that I think are so fricken cool and I would love to work on/with. Would something like this help? or would it be seen as too much and actually hurt my chances in the long run? I know that this type of thing is usually done only if a candidate is on the waitlist, but I am just thinking about things that I can do now, in the pending period before I hear anything from them.
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For those of you admitted to or interested in MSU, i'm a current undergrad so hit me up if you have questions about the campus or East Lansing in general!
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Lol @me. I'm 2 rejections, 1 waitlist, and 3 pending. Two of the pending (Syracuse and American SIS) should be releasing in the next two weeks or so
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the Great Lakes are finally thawing out of a cold blast, I think they may have been closed for the last few days. It's starting to warm up now, and by warm I mean -2 instead of -15, so they may be in the office today. I'd check any university wide updates about the school being closed or not, if it was closed then that would explain the lack of movement on the application side.
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unfortunately it was a rejection Thanks for asking though!
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Second round of UVa decisions are out
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Virginia should have a second round of decisions coming out today. If you’re really feeling anxious you can always call their office and ask, some people on here have found success with that. I haven’t called myself, waiting until like 5 or 5:30 to do that
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Don't think they'll answer. The entire region is closed down, I know that at least for my school not even administrative staff came in, its only like the dinning hall and maintenance workers who are deemed "vital" by the school.
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Thanks! Currently resisting the urge to call their office, the portal will update today, but honestly the waiting is killing me
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After some emailing back and forth with the grad coordinator it seems that there were two batches, one before 5 and one after. She said that my application portal should update today as I was part of the after 5 PM batch. So I guess there is still hope?????
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Thanks for answering! Mine is still not updated, not sure what to make of it
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I just got an email from her saying that my decision should be released and I should be able to see it, yet there has been no new update on my application portal. Does a decision space appear on the portal? Its on the Applycentral website, right?
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So then if I haven't heard anything then I should assume its a rejection?
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Any updates on any of the Virginia stuff?
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So seeing as its after 9 EST, I guess the rest of Virginia decisions will come out tomorrow? Honestly this is all confusing seeing as they sent out a whole load of both rejections/waitlists and a few acceptances, but a bunch of folks are still without answers.
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lol same. Although im a bit more frantic than your time to time portal checking. im checking mine every free minutes or so. I also hope there is something new tomorrow!
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I have not gotten any update, did you?
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For UVA or CU-Boulder?
