Keephope

Hi! Are you still looking for a roomie? I was just accepted to a program at the University of Rochester off the waitlist. I am not positive if I will be attending yet since I just want to double check how it might fit with my particular research interests. However, I will need to decide by Monday and am leaning towards attending and I will definitely be looking for a female roommate if I do. I was thinking of probably having separate rooms, but sharing the apartment overall if that makes sense? Private message me if you’re interested! ?

Definitely feeling all of this so much right now. This whole process has been so nerve wracking and drawn out and the stress is really interfering with my ability to focus on anything. I am still waiting to hear back from one program, but at this point it looks like it is probably going to be a rejection. I know multiple post docs/ professors that did not get in their first time applying and I have great respect for them and their stories do give me hope, but this still feels very demoralizing. Especially when all of my friends who are applying this cycle are deciding between the 3+ programs they’ve been accepted to. I’ve already been working as a full-time research assistant in my field for the past two years, but am going to try to ask my PI if I can work more with data and scientific writing. I will try to raise my GRE scores a bit, but they’re already fairly high and I’m not sure how successful I can be in raising them. I would love to do a masters, but am not sure how I could afford it. And of course I would have to get into that program too. As it stands I think I will try applying one more time to less competitive programs, get some anxiety treatment, and that’s probably all my sanity can handle. Sorry, that probably isn’t very helpful, but you are definitely not alone. Best of luck!!!

Yay! See you there!! I’m not exactly sure how the final decisions process works, but do you know whether that person heard from a Person of interest or a different program representative? If it’s from a person of interest then yours might just have not gotten around to it yet, but either way there’s a good chance that the acceptances were not sent out all at once! I’m sure you still have a great chance for that program! And you still have a fantastic chance of getting into another amazing school this cycle too

Congrats that’s so exciting! Are you going to be interviewing February 7 - 9? I hope I see you there! ?

How was the interview? Did they happen to mention how many they plan on accepting?

I applied to Emory and have heard nothing. Several people posted that they were offered interviews in late December though. Am definitely hoping to hear some sort of news ASAP either way. This waiting game is the worst.