Jeanne A.

????????????????????????????? thank you so much, Blane..... I wish you good luck ???

Hi guys.. Well, I must say that at this moment I have lost all my hopes for positive decision. Today morning I woke up and literally very clearly it came to my mind how little chances I had with my application to Stanford PhD, literally no chances, and how funny it may look for someone that I even dared to think about being admitted. I realized this morning, that I have to forget about this application and about my Stanford dream, and try to move on... I wanna share with you that i did my best with the application: writing my essay, taking my TOEFL several times, meeting and talking to my recommenders. I have done a lot of work indeed. There were moments when I thought of myself with regards to my application to Stanford: "how stupid you are!!! you worth nothing in this world!!! if you are not admitted to Stanford now, will can never be able achieve your goals!!! you are not ideal!!! forget about all your dreams!!! you are totally useless!!!" - yes, this is how I think of myself in terms of "possible" rejection from Stanford. Why I am writing "possible" in quotes? Actually it should be without quotes since rejection is not possible, it is real. I must accept that I have no chances. It is hard to realize fully, and to accept, since all my professional hopes and aspirations were connected to my Stanford PhD. Without this degree achieving my goals is absolutely not possible. So, saying goodbye to Stanford PhD means saying goodbye to all my professional dreams and goals that I wanted to achieve in my country. Well, I am writing this and literally crying. Also, guys, have you heard about setting goals with visualization and other tricks that are supposed to help to make your dream come true? I am not sure whether all that "magic" works but I tried all those tricks: visualization, working with the goal energy, etc..... but ultimately I must admit that real facts are different from what I imagined. I must admit my rejection no matter how hard it is. I want to wish you all good luck. The only thing I want to say about myself, for myself: "no, Jeanne, you are not stupid, on the contrary- you worked really hard, you did your best for the realization of the dreams that I had, you were not lazy, you believed in your dream until the very end. And you should not blame yourself, but respect and thank yourself for all the hard work you did." So, bye guys, it was really nice to share these days of waiting with you, and to get to know you. It would be so great to meet you all in reality, and to attend our classes together at Stanford, but this will be left in my dreams forever. ???????

I emailed them yesterday re my TOEFL results, but after so many posts here saying that they never reply, I do not expect any reply to my email either.

And with regards to my TOEFL...you know what, I think they did not receive my results, since ETS did not deliver my TOEFL scores on time...that is why probably my status there says "not applicable.."

Well, may be i should contact GSE and ask them what it means..but I think I won't get any reply from them, just like you..it's a very busy period right now???

There were no interviews for SHIPS data science and SHIPS edu policy, right? I mean of those who wrote in that "gradcafe results" table..at least I haven't seen any?

So, i have just checked my check list, and for both GRE and TOEFL I have "not applicable". Well, I do not know what to think??? I did not submit my GRE, but I did submit my TOEFL, so why for both of them the status is the same? Well, should I email the admissions office and clarify with them? ??

Yes, I also feel so release when I see other people around the globe feeling the same like me...this makes me feel that I am not alone, and helps to feel at least some better..so I find this thread very helpful..???

Hi ngdt! Let me check. I never paid attention to this?? I will get back in a few minutes, after checking... By the way, which program are you applying? Me - PhD, SHIPS.

I am wondering whether they invite SHIPS PhD for interview... I have no feedback since submitting my application and I am in panic ????????????

?? Well....Yes, which means that for the next three weeks we all still can hope?????

Well, "panic dance" sounds exactly how I feel now... I got your point, you mean that if the status is complete and they do not invite for interview it means that they are not interested in that candidate. Well, mine is complete and I did not receive any feedback...?? that's actually a bad sign then?????

Yes, and it also says that many factors impact the decision on admission of each and separate applicant (sorry its not the direct quote but the meaning is like this)...so, it means we all can still hope...

Your background looks really impressive! ???

Do you think changed statuses in our application checklists really mean anything? I thought it is kind of technical thing which is not related to the selection process itself ????? and that it simply means that all docs are received or something like that..??????

Oh, and by the way, by saying "they are slowly checking those and scheduling interviews" do you mean they are inviting for interviews everyone who applied?

No, wait...It's only the beginning of the week, so not everything lost yet! You can still receive your invitation during this week so lets hope! ???

Yes, I also do the same thing and feel really worried. And with every day my kind of depression or kind of strong anxiety is increasing!!!!! ?????

OMG this gives hope....I applied to SHIPS Educational Policy and feel really worried ??? well I'll hope what you said also applies to SHIPS Edu Policy ?????? thank you for letting know and for giving some hope.....we've got three more weeks to wait..this last week of January + two first weeks of February?????

Yes, this is what bothers me as well......do we have to expect being interviewed????

Hi guys I also applied to SHIPS and still haven't heard from them. My status has been changed to complete though.. so I am now with you waiting and checking my email hundred times a day. Somebody mentioned that the decisions are out at the end of the second week of February, so we've got three more weeks to wait....