Zouzax
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So the Results section says that people have received interview requests from Yale and NYU ... was it anyone from this forum?
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Im sure everyone is in the same boat as I am; there is one program I want to get into so badly it hurts ... almost.
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And I also agree, thanks for the advice. I was so down on myself that I didn't consider the fact that maybe the professor just isn't good with emails. (Btw, I saw some people were asking - I had sent this email way before the application period, in September). Hopefully that was the case. I guess I will find out in a few weeks, when acceptances/rejections start rolling in
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as a Part B to my "how you will mourn" post ... WHEN *being positive here* I get an acceptance letter, I will slowly walk to the nearest liquor store. I will buy the most expensive bottle of champagne I can afford. Ill drink it slowly while reading the letter over and over again in disbelief, convinced I'm in some sort of Inception-like dream that Ill eventually wake up from. Then, once reality hits, Ill start yelling: WOOOOOOOOOO! while simultaneously calling my family friends (most likely at a godforesaken hour, since I'm 7 hours ahead of them). Then, as I get decidedly drunk enough, Ill open up my window and yell something along the lines of: "I'M GOING TO XXXXXX UNIVERSITY, B*TCHES!!!" while still WOOOing and scaring the Turkish people on the street below. The next few hours will consist of facebook updates, champagne, updates on grad cafe, more champagne, researching my new life.... and did I mention the "woo"ing?
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You know, Im so glad you said that! I was really down on myself after that; I had really put time into my email response & was excited to hear her thoughts. When she blew me off I figured it was because she really didn't like what I had to say. I ended up applying to the school anyway, but it's a fairly large department. I won't mention wanting to work with her again.
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I had a similar experience with one POI that I had contacted. I had written that I was interested in working with her. She wrote me back the next day and asked me to explain my current research & future goals. I wrote her a long email in reply. I waited a week or two for a response but never received anything. I started getting paranoid -- maybe the email didn't send? Maybe it went to her spam box? So I sent her a quick message saying - my emails been a little spotty lately (which was the truth, that's why I was so paranoid) ... just checking that you received it, etc. etc .... she wrote back: "Got it. Thanks." ..... and that was all. I didn't reply. Nor did I contact anyone else in the department. I think it's best to leave it alone; if they are interested and want to accept you, it'll happen. But a curt reply is a pretty clear message to not try and continue the conversation, in my opinion.
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of course!!! don't give up hope yet, you still have THIRTEEN chances!! keep your head up.
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"IF" (positive thinking here) I get all rejections, I would wait until the final day, when the last rejection comes in. Then, I would slowly walk to the nearby liquor store, buy the most expensive bottle of champagne I can afford, go home, and start drinking (regardless of time). When Im decidedly drunk enough, Ill call my family and friends and cry over my lost youth and general unworthiness. After I get over the hangover and embarrassment, Ill realize that it means I have another 6 months to finish my thesis, and another whole year to attend and present at conferences without pesky classes being in the way. Ill claim to everyone that it's for the best. Ill take up yoga to fit my new, positive lifestyle. This will last approximately 6 months. Then, come October, Ill start obsessively stalking school webpages again. Ill fill out and send the applications way too early because I can't TAKE having unfinished business. Ill be back, lurking on Grad Cafe and making the 'top poster' list every month. Ill stop taking yoga (no time, must stalk email), and will develop a bulge in my neck that I can't get rid of (it's really starting to worry me. Cant really look left at this point). And the cycle will repeat, on and on, until finally, one day, I receive an acceptance.....
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with the >7 hr time difference btwn here & the States, I just had a thought: what if a POI calls me by surprise in the middle of my wine hour?
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How do you prefer to receive an Admissions decision from a school?
Zouzax replied to Irishlibra's topic in Waiting it Out
This is a GREAT point that I didn't even think about. Now Ill be constantly checking my phone!! -
How do you prefer to receive an Admissions decision from a school?
Zouzax replied to Irishlibra's topic in Waiting it Out
call me old school, but I prefer the regular mail system. I loved the excitement of checking my mailbox each day to see if there was a big, fat envelope waiting for me ... there's nothing like seeing that big envelope in your mailbox!!! And when you get a rejection letter, you know its a rejection without opening it ... aren't the thin letters the worst? I actually don't like this email rejection system, Im going to be so excited before opening the email & then just to see a "We're sorry" will be SO depressing. Id rather take a thin envelope any day. -
that's interesting - I wonder if most programs only contact applicants that they think wouldn't be a good fit, and they're interested in why they applied. Smart to withdraw your application if you don't think it would work out. I wonder, what made you apply to the schools in the first place? Did you not realize they were a good fit until after the interviews? I'm having the same feeling about one of the schools I applied to. I'm wondering what I would do if it was the only school that accepted me.
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congrats dilly daller! I agree, the next two weeks will be busy for us. Havent heard anything yet on my end.
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I totally know how you feel. This time last year, Brown was giving out their interview requests (January 29). Ive been checking the results forum and I see that theyve already sent out requests/ rejections for the Cognitive Science and Psychology programs in the department (CS, Psych, and Ling are all together there). Which means .... Linguistics is coming any day now. I'm biting my nails, waiting ...
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just ate 15 cookies. you tell me if I'm stressed or not.
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so glad u started this thread. I had NO idea what it meant, but figured it had something to do with an interested party at the school the person applied to. Please, when I first got on here I had NO idea what LOR meant, let alone LTR -- im way behind with internet lingo.
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i have zero patience as well; I have been posting abnormally angry status updates on facebook (to the point where family & friends are noticing and asking if everythings alright), and yes, those 'perfect' posts do NOT help my anxiety at all. On Monday, AOL had a one day glitch where no one was getting their emails - I almost organized a mutiny. By the way, its 1:20 am here and I'm still obsessively checking my email, even though I shouldn't hear anything until February. sigh.
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are you kidding?? AOL is having mail issues!! this is NOT helping!
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haha u sound like me! as soon as my clock hits 4 pm (which is 9 am EST) the waiting begins... until 12 AM when I finally breathe a sigh of relief (which doesnt stop me from still checking my email at 1, 2 AM, thinking a late-night email mightve come through)
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this was great to hear. just took a major load off ... my biggest concern was that my sample was on a different subject...
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Anyone Regret Anything? (2010-2011 Edition)
Zouzax replied to HyacinthMacaw's topic in Waiting it Out
thats really interesting!! you just gave me renewed hope ... thanks! -
so glad i saw this.... I'm definitely angrier. People on the street annoy me. Normal school deadlines give me chest pain. The sound of my email getting a new message makes my heart jump. When I pass my mailbox, I only look to see if there's new mail out of the corner of my eye as I run past (generally in my program, acceptances are sent by email, rejections by post). I have a constant neck ache. I'm more neurotic than usual. I seem to have developed a sort of compulsive behavior that causes me to click on "Grad Cafe Forum" at least 25 times a day. At this point, I'm just praying to the powers that be to send me some sort of application update soon, before I go completely off my rocker.
