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Even when my journey this year has ended, I still keep coming back to this forum. I think I will keep doing that for the rest of the year. I have decided to apply again in 2022. I don’t know what I will be doing till then. Pop in and say hi here whenever you have the time. It was lovely meeting all of you. The support you provided helped me get over the sorrow. ?

Thank you!

Thank you!

Guys! Help me out! I am preparing a list of university with good school of education programs. Could you suggest some names, please.

Has anyone here applied to Syracuse?

Friday the 13th! ??

Rejected! Not a good day at all!

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Thank you! University of Rochester

Thank you!

Thank you!

I just wrote to my PoI I had no contact with! This is so absolutely sad and crazy! Just tell me so that I can cry myself to sleep.

Exactly! I can’t accept this offer because I will be driven insane!

@jk25 you got interviewed at SGSE, right? It has been a bad day for me. I got an offer of 1/3rd scholarship from 1 university. If I take that up, I will basically have to work full time and then some to fund my PhD. Ha ha ha!

I am happy for the applicants who got interviewed! At least they know who to get in touch with. I so desperately want to ask but don’t know if I can mail the PoIs I mentioned in my SoP.

Congratulations @flowerpower07! I wish you all the best for your days at Stanford!

Truer words were never spoken. @wilderivywander captured what we are going through very precisely.

Considering more than a 1000 applications were received for 25-30 seats! Ha ha ha ha! I should have gone out to get my work done!

Thank you, @wilderivywander! I am Indian, and from a really conservative and backward area, so I get the conflict many of us have grown up with! I am terrified of letting my parents know of my rejection even though I am in my 30s and supposedly independent. It took me years to even have the confidence of making trivial decisions for myself. All my hopes are hinging on Stanford decision right now. Your words are comforting and I hope you get what you wish for and find a bright path for yourself.

No, sorry I didn’t mean it in any negative or judgmental way! It is just something I have been thinking about. And we have often discussed here that getting rejected does not necessarily reflect on our worth. My point was to just consider why I can’t believe in myself a bit more and try to reaffirm faith in myself.

No!!!, I gave myself 20 reasons to postpone it to tomorrow! I think tomorrow I will be running around getting my work done with tears pouring out and making puddles wherever I go!

We are very happy for you @iamsoscared96!

This suspense is worthy of a Hollywood franchise. Next time when they contemplate on alien invasion or creature feature, we need to tell them that the greatest adventure of all times is in the application process.

Sociology rejections have been sent out today. I feel amazed when applicants vent against universities when they are not accepted. I understand what they are going through and the need to vent but what amazes me is their confidence. I mean, if I am rejected I will always reflect on what I lack which can get me into a negative state for days. I wonder if I would be happier if I could also say, “Meh! Their loss!”

Sleep well! I will run around doing the paperwork I neglected yesterday. I am anxious and scared but this forum community will help me deal with the result in a better manner.