surprisecake

Heh, I don't have any helpful thoughts, but I too share your irrational fear that mailing schools to ask about your app status will somehow precipitate a rejection Good luck with your wait.

crocodile tears

I had to do it for my dream school. They basically want to put all their international students on a comparable scale.

Uh oh, have you already booked your test date? The weakest link was your verbal score... the key to which is vocabulary. Is 2 weeks enough to memorise ~1000 new words? It isn't for most people.

@ seahawk- No, I don't expect to be in the US until mid August! @2shieh- I submitted my application on the November 29 but my TOEFL scores were late, so I only got the email informing me that my packet was complete and under review on Jan 8. I got impatient with the news of other peoples' admits so I emailed them Feb 17 and got the response 2 days later. I don't think they were in any hurry to notify me if I hadn't asked

head shop

I don't understand how you can cast suspicions on someone's GRE or TOEFL scores. The testing centres are so strictly monitored, you need a passport as ID and the scores are sent by ETS. Where's the room for error?

summer vacation

tropical fruit

"You will gain 20 pounds while waiting to hear back from schools. Do NOT eat this cookie"

Anyone admitted to an ivy league school has most probably applied and been admitted to the other ivy's too... and they can't go to all of them, right?

LMAO!

I have less than a month between the end of my undergraduate program and orientation at grad school... in another country I don't know if that's even enough time to pack my clothes...

Oh god, I could not agree more. I got my first admit and my mood changed from 100% enthusiasm to a mix of cold feet and pure nausea. Before I applied, i thought my career would suffer without a masters degree (and i also enjoy being in school). But now that i'm faced with 2 years of grad school, i feel like i'm going to miss working. And i'm not looking forward to leaving home and living in another country for 2 years. Whats killing me the most is I work with animals and right now I get do a lot of hands-on rescue and charity work. The programs i've applied to would lead to better salary opportunities but it would mean hands-off office based work. I don't like change.

Finally... some news for me. Admitted to SPEA's MSES program

Bask in the moment, wanthony!

Here's my Lucifer and Sarge <3

I hate that the URL for the gmail inbox changes to "https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox" after I log in. My brain sees 'inbox' and '=1' and automatically makes it "Inbox=1 YAY YAY!" NO, BRAIN, THERE'S NO NEW MAIL THERE, I TOLD YOU THE LAST TIME.

lol, i'm applying to a masters program at berkeley.... my TOEFL scores were late and when I called to check up on them mid-january, the nice lady on the phone says she hasn't gotten around to downloading scores for a couple of weeks. They hadn't finished putting together the application packets towards the end of january, even the PhD apps. P.S. Berkeley- I still love you! (blows kisses to Berkeley)

baggy pants

To my dream school: AND IIIIiiiiiiiieeeiiiiiiiiiii.... willl always.... love YOOoooouuuuuuuuu

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