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    yukichi reacted to whiterabbit in Fall 2019 Statistics Applicant Thread   
    Got into UMass Amherst for the statistics PhD today, with guaranteed 5-year funding as well as first-year fellowship. That puts months of stress to an end, finally I'm officially going to grad school!
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    yukichi reacted to Calmly_Waiting in Told me I was accepted ... and then followed up to say I'm actually waitlisted!   
    Happy update to this thread - The POI got back in touch today to say I would be receiving an official letter of admission soon!
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    yukichi reacted to dftba95 in Let’s manage our stress together   
    For those of you who are still waiting for responses while finishing your current degree, how are you managing your stress? How are you staying focused and motivated? 
    I’m in the last few weeks of my undergrad and my fear of the unknown has been eating me alive. I tried to distract myself by throwing myself into what’s left of my semester but have instead found that the longer the waiting game becomes, the less interested in school I become. I know it’s in my best interest to apply myself 120% in these last few weeks (especially if I don’t end up getting any offers, I want my application next year to be that much stronger), but I just can’t shake the apathy that’s slowly taking over (“why bother working on my thesis?” “I don’t need an A+ to get my degree ...”). I know it’s destructive but I feel almost out of control. 
    Some strategies I’m going to try to employ are:
    1) dedicating a set amount of time to work on schoolwork (no less than say, 4 hours a day) so that everything still gets done. I find I’m more apt to finish something once I’ve convinced myself to start it 
    2) instead of trying to distract myself with school; journaling, talking to folks on grad cafe, or speaking earnestly with my friends and my partner about my fears and worries
    3) finding a little time every day to snuggle my cats and benefit from their healing purrs 
    4) picking a new song to learn on my harp and focusing on learning it well (I find it’s hard to think about school when I’m actively trying to learn something new) 
    I feel like writing this down was not only therapeutic, but will also help me hold myself accountable. Feel free to do the same! How are you managing your stress and apathy? 
    We’re going to get through this together  
     
    (Sorry if this thread already exists, I looked through the first couple of pages of the waiting game and didn’t see anything. Let me know if I need to remove this or repost in another topic and I’ll happily oblige) 
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    yukichi reacted to stats321 in Fall 2019 Statistics Applicant Thread   
    Just got into Ohio State for PhD in Statistics !!!! What a relief after the two rejects from Duke and CMU (which were not surprising but still). Good luck to everyone.
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    yukichi reacted to bandanajack in What were you doing when you received your acceptance?   
    I was at work, looking at tips about quitting smoking (yesterday I finally decided to kick the habit of 5yrs). While I was still checking the usual grad stuff (portals, email, GC, reddit) I've finally stopped doing so constantly because I was just getting so down about not hearing back. Then I got the best news in my life... 2 year T.A. position with full funding (great stipend) for my M.A. at a small private research school that is even closer to most of my family.
    I just skimmed the words. Then read the whole thing to make sure I understood. I sat down on the floor. Got up and read it again. I paced in my office, finally having to leave and take a walk across campus (I work at my ug uni). Honestly it is a little hard to digest right now. It's a dream come true. It makes years and years of overcoming endless academic and personal challenges worth it. I am eternally grateful for all those who believed in me, even when I didn't believe in myself.
     
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    yukichi reacted to crackademik in Venting Thread- Vent about anything.   
    I feel like a terrible person. My anxiety is at an all time high despite having gotten 3 funded offers from good schools. I don't know anyone else (in person) who is going through this process so they all think I'm a moron for being worried while having offers. I still have yet to hear back from 4 schools so I don't want to go ahead and accept an offer without knowing all of my options, but I know it's not polite to wait until late March to make the decision. I also don't want to accept an offer and then back out, which would be even worse. I still have not heard from my current top choice. My anxiety is so bad that it's affecting me at work and in school. I just want to be done and accept an offer so I can relax until the program starts. Also I agree with @TopofthemuffinTOYOU in that I'm definitely going to go on an application burning rampage if I get rejected from schools in April. It would be one thing if I was on a waitlist, but as far as I know, I'm not on a single one. 
     
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    yukichi reacted to samiamslp in Favorite Rejection Quotes from the Results Page   
    I think my favorites are the song lyric-based ones. I have been inspired to make a playlist. 
     

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    yukichi reacted to bayessays in Best way not to get my acceptances taken away?   
    Nobody will rescind your offer unless you don't graduate. I promise.  I think you should keep the class and try not to fail so you still get the major, no question.  
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    yukichi reacted to lazo in Fall 2019 Statistics Applicant Thread   
    I haven't heard anything from Chicago, Berkeley, Harvard, Washington, or Michigan yet... Not a single contact or email since I applied to any of these programs, even though most have already sent out acceptances and rejections. I wonder why all of these programs are keeping me in the dark. I'm ready to be done with the waiting forever.
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    yukichi reacted to Nairel in Favorite Rejection Quotes from the Results Page   
    crafting clever responses to the rejections I haven't received yet is self-care.
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    yukichi reacted to LizKay in What were you doing when you received your acceptance?   
    This happened today...
    At 4:24 PM EST, apparently I got an email to check my status. At 4:34, I randomly woke up (currently in Japan for Universal Studios) and checked my email because I realized it was afternoon in the US.
    I woke up my husband next to me in a shaky voice saying, “Honey, I got into Harvard...”
    This had been my dream for so long and I really didn’t think I’d get in! I had only applied to one other school, so I was quite scared. I am so thankful to God. I am so happy, but it still feels so surreal!
    My husband just hugged me for a long time and I had tears in my eyes. Then we went to Universal and had a great day.
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    yukichi reacted to data_scrub in Fall 2019 Statistics Applicant Thread   
    Update from my last post - just heard from Purdue. Accepted with half time assistantship, should be an interesting offer. Good luck to anyone still waiting!
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    yukichi reacted to Statboy in Fall 2019 Statistics Applicant Thread   
    I haven't heard back from Chicago or Columbia either. I checked Chicago's website (FAQ) and it explicitly says that they batch the applications and send out results (acceptances, rejections, waitlist) as soon as they review them, so if you haven't heard back it means they haven't reviewed your "batch" yet.
    I mean, I want to believe them, but I can't help but think otherwise... 
    And as for Columbia, I emailed the department today asking about my status. 
    The struggle is REAL.
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    yukichi reacted to yuizu221 in Fall 2019 Statistics Applicant Thread   
    got an offer from Davis on a Sunday night...
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    yukichi reacted to TheHoff in Scream Thread   
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    yukichi reacted to battermix in What were you doing when you received your acceptance?   
    I wrote this into manifestation!!
    I am an international applicant. I woke up at 430am as usual (yes, I know I am slightly off). I checked my email as usual. When I opened the website to check the admission decision, seeing the cute confetti following, I kinda already knew what to expect. Then, of course, I ran around my entire home waking everyone up. I did hear my mum swear. Since then, I have been grinning like crazy, scaring everyone in my periphery.
    I am going to NYC baby! ?
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    yukichi reacted to lazo in Fall 2019 Statistics Applicant Thread   
    I was admitted to Columbia Statistics! This is my first acceptance of the cycle. Don't lose hope, everyone.
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    yukichi reacted to CherryBlossom_ in Is anyone else just way too anxious?   
    I fell you!!!
    I'm between "omg I'm so excited, this city is awesome, let me search the web about condos, things to do etc" and "hmm I don't know if I'm moving there yet, so let's just calm down and not be excited about it" hahaha ?
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    yukichi reacted to DataAnalyst in Fall 2019 Statistics Applicant Thread   
    Hello, I am new here, just wanted to register my presence with my first admit, funding decision to come after March 1 deadline. I got into Villanova University for MS in Applied Statistics 
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    yukichi reacted to Nothingtown in Favorite Rejection Quotes from the Results Page   
    When I finally get rejection notices, I plan to post something super funny to lighten things up and hopefully land a spot on this thread. There's enough anger in this world already, don't need more here. 
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    yukichi reacted to orchidnora in Laptops for Ph.D. programs   
    I think you should also post your budget, keeping in mind that some departments/advisors might provide you with a work computer or funding for one as well. 
    One thing that's nice about Mac is that the hyperthreading can be easily exploited in R through the "parallel" package. Using the "parallel" package, you can easily speed up certain types/sections of code drastically. This is convenient if you plan on running your code locally. 
    If you get into heavily computational work, then you will be probably be mostly working on HPC. In that case, the quality of your computer doesn't matter as much (a $500 laptop would suffice), as long as you can connect remotely to the HPC server. Connecting to the server is obviously easier through Unix, but there are programs you can download to access it through Windows too. 
    Personally, I like working locally in RStudio as well as using HPC, so I did recently buy a nice ASUS laptop with Windows. I would have liked a Mac, but a Mac with similar specifications is far outside my budget.
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    yukichi reacted to MathStat in Fall 2019 Statistics Applicant Thread   
    Also got into Harvard. 
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    yukichi reacted to blehperson in Fall 2019 Statistics Applicant Thread   
    I got in Harvard 
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    yukichi reacted to PokePsych in What hobbies do you have that you hope to continue in grad school?   
    For everyone feeling guilty about not studying all the time; read tinker, dabble, doodle, try (by Srini Pillay) for some scientific proof that it is GOOD and probably even productive to do other things (quite often). 
    I love traveling, photography, cinema, music, and computer games from time to time. I also binge on netflix regularly  Hope to pick up a new instrument next academic year.
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    yukichi reacted to Rickey Henderson in Stop insulting programs   
    I think people should stop insulting programs that they get rejected from, or get in to. If you get rejected and dis the school, it just comes off as desperate and immature. Even something like "accepted, waiting to hear back from better programs" come off as elitist, and can make someone feel like shit if that was their reach school. This might come off as overly sensitive, but the insecurity of grad school applicants is already sky high.
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