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Universities aren't always ready to commit to a relationship and like to keep their options open.

I have not heard back from a program I interviewed for, which I was really excited about. I was told I was a top candidate and would hear back by now. The fact that I have not heard back and they know I am considering other offers has made me lose hope. I sort of wish they had not interviewed me at all so I would not have gotten my hopes up. It is such a competitive program and I felt like I was so close. It is hard but hey it is Friday I can drink my feelings without having to worry about being up early tomorrow. 

Definitely do the split. I'm doing that next weekend actually. As long as you're polite and don't send an email that says "I'm not going to be here for X day because I'm at school Y's visiting weekend". Just tell them you have a prior commitment and leave it at that. I was also worried it would look bad, but no one seemed to care. 

Reject me already! I can not stand the silence.

I just want to know!!! I think the wait has officially become worse than the process which I did not think was possible. 

Maan, be more grateful that you have some offers. Imagine what others feel about not getting any offer at all after applying for several years and with good profile! TERRIBLE feeling, believe me
 
 

What about Purdue in 2017?

I wonder how many people are looking at this thread laughing

Actually I do not understand of my rejection by emory. I come from one of the top schools in China, also have a honor degree towards chemistry. I have three papers accepted, including 2 second authorship and 1 forth authorship, as well as another paper as the first authorship being reviewed by ChemPlusChem. Additionally, I have four every strong ROLs from my professors, including one ROL from a UC Los Angeles professor. All in all, good luck to those who have been admitted by Emory University, enjoy yourself there ! If I had the chance again, I would not apply for Emory again, it is not worthy for me to do this. One of the classic "I am a gift from god screw you guys" responses.

UMD is already preparing to reject me tomorrow. It is evidently the status quo for them to change the portal status from "under departmental review" to "under graduate school review" about a day before they finalize decisions. Since I haven't gotten an unofficial acceptance from the department, I've probably been flat out rejected. Extra failure points because I offered to self-fund! Happy Valentine's Day to me. 
Edit: I'm a moron and got an offer letter right after this post

This is not exactly on topic with your discussion, but please don’t beat yourself up about not getting into your safety. My first rejection this cycle was my “ultra safety”, so I was then convinced I wasn’t going to get in anywhere. I was wrong.
You are correct that the PhD admissions process is very different from undergrad. For example, a school that may have a high undergraduate acceptance rate may have also an incredibly low PhD acceptance rate. A PhD program at a given school generally has a completely different identity than its corresponding undergraduate school (unless it’s Harvard, MIT, Stanford). PhD admissions are a bit of a crapshoot and involve some luck as stated by others on this forum. 
Don’t be discouraged, as hard as it might be! You will get in somewhere based on your own merit (your GRE alone is competitive). Again, sorry this is off topic, but you deserve to be very proud of your accomplishments. 

Hey Kendall, to be clear I have no intent to be offensive. It blew up my mind if you (or the others) think the other way.
You started attacking people without knowing the time stamps of the downvotes in the first place, so don't try educating others if you behave the same way 

Says the person who started all of this looool 
Hey, instead of focusing on what time they send out notifications (and downvoting replies you dislike), why not wish everyone receiving a desired offer? 

Nothing is certain, so as you said, then what's the point? 
I only downvoted because the other two downvoted mine. In anyway was my post offensive? If not, then that was just mean. 

Says the person who decides to flat out crap on a post for no reason. Different people cope with the anxiety of waiting differently. For me, allowing myself to only check my email during offer “peak hours” is a way to cope.
As others have implied, maybe just don’t comment on a post that you think is useless?

I always find it ironic when a group of people who are supposed to be aspiring psychologists lose their cool.  It's like a doctor that gives themself a disease.  I mean, aren't you supposed to be the one who teaches people how not to do that?

Worries: That's 7 of 15...not looking good this year; like the others.
Excitement: ...

Says the person who decides to flat out crap on a post for no reason. Different people cope with the anxiety of waiting differently. For me, allowing myself to only check my email during offer “peak hours” is a way to cope.
As others have implied, maybe just don’t comment on a post that you think is useless?

That's because of time difference I suppose? 

Right...which means that 1030p for me, in Pacific time, is literally 130am for them...you should probably sit this one out. xD

I’ve been curious about what time of day offers are generally sent. Mine have been sent in the afternoon between 2-5pm, but based on the results, it seems some people do get morning offers.

UMD is already preparing to reject me tomorrow. It is evidently the status quo for them to change the portal status from "under departmental review" to "under graduate school review" about a day before they finalize decisions. Since I haven't gotten an unofficial acceptance from the department, I've probably been flat out rejected. Extra failure points because I offered to self-fund! Happy Valentine's Day to me. 
Edit: I'm a moron and got an offer letter right after this post

Maryland just showed me love by telling me they've found someone else.

Maryland just sent out a bunch of notifications only 20min ago...So, yeah, they do.

during... the day? 
I am sure they don't work at nights lol