Hi y'all! (hoping I'm posting on here correctly...) I just wanted to pop in and say thank you for sharing your experiences on this forum. I received my rejection from Brown earlier today, which, you knows, sucks, but reading through your posts and the tenacity y'all have has been very comforting and inspiring. I'm expecting rejections from Columbia and Tufts (for a PhD) since interviews have been sent out or completed by those programs, and I'm waiting to hear from BU and Edinburgh. This was my first year applying, and I was feeling very demoralized the past couple of weeks hearing from acquaintances receiving interviews and finalist decisions, but knowing that this isn't the end-all, be-all makes me feel a whole lot better.