Mad Scientist Malfrost

Congrats on the acceptance! I’m sure you’ll be amazing at Oregon if that’s where you decide to go in the end.

Being on the waitlist is better than being rejected! It at least means you're still in the running for a spot! I'd reach out to your PoI and ask about how the list looks and where you are on it. Hopefully you have better luck this year getting off it if Harvard is your number one pick! Also, congrats to all the Wisconsin admits!

Congrats on the waitlist and two acceptances! Those are some great programs!

As sad as it is to say it, I would say that is most likely the case at this point for Chicago. Congrats to all who got an acceptance though!

Congrats to the NYU admit as well if you are on here!

As someone in his third cycle( really only my second since I only applied for two programs my first time around and had no idea what I was doing at first) I will say that the rejections will always sting but you should never take them too personally. Departments are fickle and sometimes it really does boil down to a matter of luck of if you get in or not. Sometimes the department is only taking one admit for the subfield you are in or sometimes the faculty you want to work with is getting ready to go on sabbatical. I think understanding that helps cope with the sting of being rejected and not being discouraged to go again if you don't get into a program your first time around! I hope that helps somewhat!

Out of curiosity what’s your field?

Looks like someone got good news from Uchicago! Congrats to whoever that maybe!

Best of luck to everyone waiting on NW! Hope you all hear back today or sometime soon with good news!

Congrats to everyone on making it through January. Next week is the start of a wild ride what with it being the first week of February. Could see a number of big announcements next week and the following so I suggest everyone rest up if you can this weekend!

Congrats! Hope you get good news about the waitlist soon and that you get other good news from pending apps!

Congrats on the good interview! That sounds like good news based on with your POI said about members of the faculty liking your application! Hope you get good news from Rutgers soon!

It's definitely stressful though I've been recovering from COVID over the past few days so I've been more focused on that than the stress of waiting but with February coming up in a week the stress is definitely building, ha ha.

I'm hoping this is the case with me and Emory. I actually visited campus and met my POIs and talked to them for about 30-35 mins each about fit and they seemed to think I was a pretty good fit so I'm hoping I don't have to be interviewed but who knows. The waiting is always the hardest part lol

I’m sure you’ll knock the interview out of the park! I actually managed to tour Emory and talk to a number of the faculty and current grad students and it seems like a really great program!