Kitkat
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I'm in the same boat. If this year doesn't work out, there is always next year. I have learned a hard lesson: apply everywhere.
This is what I am trying to think as well. There is always next year. From coming to this site I have lately been reminding myself there are other students who are more qualified students then myself who have had the bad luck to apply the one year that it was a bad time for them to apply, and in following years got into schools that they applied to. I am just hoping that if I don't get in this year, that I have better luck next year.
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Got rejected last night from Columbia. Dissapointed, but not horribly suprised at this point. I feel like I would have heard something more if it was going to happen. Oh well, if I don't get in this year anywhere, I will try agian next year. Three more schools to go.
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Well, I find myself still having hope. One school just sent at least one rejection, after the first round of acceptances, and I didn't get one yet. As there are still a few weeks before this deadline, I am hoping that means I still have a chance there, maybe. ;-) That is how I am looking at it at this point. If I am not rejected, there is even a bit of hope. But I emailed them this morning to see if they would like any updates, and asking how the process is going. *crosses fingers for a good response* I'll probably start emailing the other 3 schools I haven't heard back from in the next couple of days.
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I think at this point I am going to start contacting schools before the deadline. Just to see where they are. At this point I am already looking at jobs to improve my application for the next round. It is looking more and more bleak as time goes on. But at this point if they all reject me, I will disappointed, but I think I have reached the point of acceptance that that is the way that it worked out this year. There is always more time to try again.
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It's MONDAY!!! Anybody hear back yet?
Still haven't heard from 4/5 of my schools! Maybe this week? First offers for one of the schools I applied to are supposed to respond by this Thursday.....
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Got into Columbia EESC!
Congrats! Are you going to wait for all of your schools to finish getting back to you, or do you now know where you want to go?
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I was just reading some articles in the Chronicle of Higher Education and came across this article, and I am wondering if it is a similar situation within the geosciences. I ask, because it seems like in many other respects, the geosciences seem slightly different then other sciences, but gives me the impression that it would still take up a lot of ones time.
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What's the sound crickets make agian? It seems like they make the perfect representation of the kind of silence that grates on ones nerves. *insert annoying silence filling sound here*
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I just caught myself checking my email's spam folder in case a message got sent over there. Extra ridiculous because I know I have received email correspondence from each of my wannabe schools already.
Ah well, who knows? Maybe gmail's spam filter would figure "we want you" is one of those computerized dating service/mail order bride things.
I think that most people who are still waiting have done this to some degree, but just don't always want to admit to it. I have found myself doing it previously, even though I know that previous emails from the schools have gotten through to me.
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Well here's to people getting good news this semester!
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I've got 3 straight rejection and no acceptance. It makes me feel bad and I start to question myself. Oh man...
But it looks like you have 7 more schools to hear back from .. I wish you the best of luck with them! But it is true that every rejection hurts .... Just know you are not alone. We're rooting for you!
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In most cases I would say that you should aim for a score as high as possible, but that you would be ok with ~1100, except for the fact that you are applying to a really competitive field(as I am sure you know). In that case, the GRE can still be seen as an important part of the application.
I am assuming based on your post that you are schedule/planning to retake the test before you apply (I am assuming this fall). To get ~1200 on the new test you would want to get around a ~310 total on the new test. Although, like I said before you might want to aim for more of a 320 on the new test.
I think some important things are (1) how much time you have given to yourself to study for it, and (2) how you spend your study time for it. It really depends on your needs. Some people are good at standardized tests, while other(who are otherwise very intelligent) have a bad time. I would recommend that you take a practice test or two and find where your biggest problems are and focus on those parts.
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I don't know if that increase is really affecting geoscience students for the most part. Everything I've read on the job outlook is that our unemployment rate is about as close to 0% as it gets, there's no expected bottleneck, and that our salaries are going up. I also know they've posted some amazing positions, both full-time and part-time at my UI.
On the other hand, the one professor that I had significant dialogue with at the school that rejected me back in early February... he said that the economy has really affected funding opportunities, and while they want grad students, they have no way to supplement their research.
Most of the other people I spoke with have open funded positions and are actively looking for grad students, though. I'm hoping it's more that the departments are just taking their time and evaluating everyone closely for fit.
I am hoping that is the case. It seems like there are a lot of geo students still waiting for some sort of response from the schools that they applied to. Of course, there is some overlap, and it seems some specific schools are just responding late.
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March is such a hopeful month... looking at a near spring. Spring is always a sign of the new, rebirth, of life. As they say, it is always the darkest before the dawn? Let us think that that is the case for us all ....
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Just that first expected rejection early in the month. Beyond that, nada. It looks like I'm going into March in the dark. Time to stock up on candles, I guess.
It looks like there are a bunch of us in this group. I am wondering if there is an increase of applicants because of the recession, and therefore more competition these past few years (including this one)? => totally trying to make myself, and other people, feel better at this point.
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It's now the last day of February...... and this is even with an extra day. Still have not heard anything .... anyone else with more luck?
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Its probably going to be Yale I think..
I've never even come close to seeing snow in my life!!!!
PS: Apologies to the original poster for digressing this far from the orginal topic..
That what happens this time of year.
Snow is fun, and it should be nice at least for a little while if you go to Yale. Here in NYC it gets dirty real quick. But then agian, there hasn't been that much snow this year.
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ANy of my four remaining schools would be nice to hear from. At least I seem to be still on some of their 'unofficial' waitlists .... I have seen people getting rejected from some of them, and I have not been one of them yet. But others seem to wait to reject everyone at the same time.
But there is always room for hope! After all, I still have 4 places that can say yes we want you!
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I really, really want to do marine work, that's some of the most interesting geophysical research out there (to me). However, there's stuff that I could study here in Arizona that's equally as interesting, so I don't feel like I'd really be at any type of loss doing my PhD here. It would just be a matter of accepting the opportunity and realizing that I can move to new research later if I find that's still what I want to do.
I think that this is the way to think about it. Take what opportunities you are given. UofT would be my equal to your Arizona. The main thing I think I would get out of going there is making connections with other people in what I am interested. The research I want to do is good there, but not as strong as some of the other schools that I applied to. But there are a couple of very good people who could help me get a great start.
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The long run is to go to academia, but one can argue that with most academic positions you are going to need a PhD. But I didn't know that there was much to offer job wise for people with an interest in paleo if they just had a MA.
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Just found this article looking around at stuff to read. Though that other people here might find it to be interesting.
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For MBA applications, the cost is 250 each for the top ten schools; factor in costs for transportation if you are invited to interview.
My total costs amounts to
670 app fees
160 GRE
69 GRE score reports
67 transportation to interview
966 Total
How do i factor in costs associated with stress? I've been drinking and eating a little more to deal with my anxiety.
I think I will start counting that as a special new group. Since new and continuing grad students also go through a similar situation.
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Now you are making me concerned. I am looking at paleo, but I was getting the impression that with paleo that it was better to go straight for the PhD with paleo, especially since there is not much you cannot due with much in paleo with just a masters in the field. I mean, don't get me wrong, I applied to a few MA programs as well, but did I just cripple myself in comparison to my compeition by applying to straight PhD programs?
edit: I mean is it just the best of the beat of the undergrads who can go straight to a PhD or is it more like a 50/50 kind of a thing?
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A lot of the people as undergrad's also fear being 'over-educated' as far as say jobs for working for oil companies. Does anyone know how that works? (I personally am looking for academia so it is good to hear that for the most part either/or in the long run might not be a problem) but if you want to work in a more practical field, how does it work?
2012 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results
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I got a rejection last week from University of Texas - Austin last week, only because I emailed them. They said that the official letters were coming out this week though. I wish you better luck then me!