Mrs. Grad

A little late to the game but for future reference:

Sacramento traffic bottlenecks on the Causeway (I-80) in West Sacramento. You will, I guarantee - will, spend needless hours of your life trying to cross the American River floodplain to get to Davis. If you plan on living outside of Davis (though I recommend only living in the city), check out Woodland (tweaker/trailerpark ghetto) and Dixon (hickville, with hispanic gang influence).

I would have to disagree with you there. Very few accepted applicants on the results board go back in order to search for questions being asked of them and the results board is designed to maintain the privacy of forum members. If you would like to gain additional perspective, I suggest you create relationships with fellow forum members rather than adopting an entitled stance. Your questions were deemed inappropriate for the results page. If you'd like to suggest an addition of a comment option to each result, I would suggest making a thread devoted to your request here.

However, you're probably not going to be taken seriously if you continue to flout forum rules.

There's a simple solution. Stop asking questions on the results page. That is not what it's there for. "Someone else did it first" is not a valid excuse for civilized adults.

Even better, you could post your questions about the disappearing posts in the appropriate forum.

There's a simple solution. Stop asking questions on the results page. That is not what it's there for. "Someone else did it first" is not a valid excuse for civilized adults.

Even better, you could post your questions about the disappearing posts in the appropriate forum.

There's a simple solution. Stop asking questions on the results page. That is not what it's there for. "Someone else did it first" is not a valid excuse for civilized adults.

Even better, you could post your questions about the disappearing posts in the appropriate forum.

I'm one of those who believe an unfunded admission is the equivalent of a rejection. The problem is some people really think it's their dream school or nothing else. For example, there's a post in another part of the forum where someone is considering taking out $100,000 in loans for a Master's in Education (of all things) because it's their "dream school." I'm sorry, but that's just ludicrous...

I would have to disagree with you there. Very few accepted applicants on the results board go back in order to search for questions being asked of them and the results board is designed to maintain the privacy of forum members. If you would like to gain additional perspective, I suggest you create relationships with fellow forum members rather than adopting an entitled stance. Your questions were deemed inappropriate for the results page. If you'd like to suggest an addition of a comment option to each result, I would suggest making a thread devoted to your request here.

However, you're probably not going to be taken seriously if you continue to flout forum rules.

Oh, I see my data analysis skills are developed so well I cannot take your "criticism" seriously.

If your research interests are in concordance with mainstream science, then obviously you'll have more options while applying, since it will be easier for you to find departments that fit those interests. Therefore, if you haven't decided on your research interests yet, keep in mind that choosing something from mainstream will make your chances higher. It doesn't mean you should choose from mainstream and I haven't said so. It just will make your chances better, accordingly to poll at least.
Of course, it also means you need to choose schools that fit your interests, but it does not contradict previous statement.

I would have to disagree with you there. Very few accepted applicants on the results board go back in order to search for questions being asked of them and the results board is designed to maintain the privacy of forum members. If you would like to gain additional perspective, I suggest you create relationships with fellow forum members rather than adopting an entitled stance. Your questions were deemed inappropriate for the results page. If you'd like to suggest an addition of a comment option to each result, I would suggest making a thread devoted to your request here.

However, you're probably not going to be taken seriously if you continue to flout forum rules.

There's a simple solution. Stop asking questions on the results page. That is not what it's there for. "Someone else did it first" is not a valid excuse for civilized adults.

Even better, you could post your questions about the disappearing posts in the appropriate forum.

There's a simple solution. Stop asking questions on the results page. That is not what it's there for. "Someone else did it first" is not a valid excuse for civilized adults.

Even better, you could post your questions about the disappearing posts in the appropriate forum.

I would have to disagree with you there. Very few accepted applicants on the results board go back in order to search for questions being asked of them and the results board is designed to maintain the privacy of forum members. If you would like to gain additional perspective, I suggest you create relationships with fellow forum members rather than adopting an entitled stance. Your questions were deemed inappropriate for the results page. If you'd like to suggest an addition of a comment option to each result, I would suggest making a thread devoted to your request here.

However, you're probably not going to be taken seriously if you continue to flout forum rules.

There's a simple solution. Stop asking questions on the results page. That is not what it's there for. "Someone else did it first" is not a valid excuse for civilized adults.

Even better, you could post your questions about the disappearing posts in the appropriate forum.

I would have to disagree with you there. Very few accepted applicants on the results board go back in order to search for questions being asked of them and the results board is designed to maintain the privacy of forum members. If you would like to gain additional perspective, I suggest you create relationships with fellow forum members rather than adopting an entitled stance. Your questions were deemed inappropriate for the results page. If you'd like to suggest an addition of a comment option to each result, I would suggest making a thread devoted to your request here.

However, you're probably not going to be taken seriously if you continue to flout forum rules.

I would have to disagree. I'm watching this board for a while and have noticed people reply to questions being asked of them quite often.

I don't think question can break the privacy. The answer can, but nobody has to provide an answer.

That's a question of personal philosophy. The whole Internet thing was made to help people gain information they need for free - without the requirement to pay other people, or - for those in poor - without the need to bend under other people worldviews and/or having to make false friendships. If my message seemed "entitled" to you then I'm sorry, just a little nervous.

That's why this topic was created in the first place.

Thanks. Will definitely start a thread later when I'll have time.

A progress can't be made without having to flout-flout some rules.

Anyway, I don't want to go into long forum battles here and suggest you not to spent too much time, too.

they could do this as well before.


there are not too much replies for any single program, so even if some posts come from same person it doesn't make the whole thing cluttered...


that's very controversial I would say...



not everyone who visits the result board is registered on this forum. so there are people who can answer questions related to their post on the result board but will never bother to look up your question here.

all in all, these were very well focused questions that does not provoke a long, bloated discussion that would make the results board "cluttered". if they were I'd post them on the forum, but so far I don't see the reason why a little questioning would be harmful for the results board.

There's a simple solution. Stop asking questions on the results page. That is not what it's there for. "Someone else did it first" is not a valid excuse for civilized adults.

Even better, you could post your questions about the disappearing posts in the appropriate forum.

"A well-mannered lady should not ask questions on the results board"

There's a simple solution. Stop asking questions on the results page. That is not what it's there for. "Someone else did it first" is not a valid excuse for civilized adults.

Even better, you could post your questions about the disappearing posts in the appropriate forum.

There's a simple solution. Stop asking questions on the results page. That is not what it's there for. "Someone else did it first" is not a valid excuse for civilized adults.

Even better, you could post your questions about the disappearing posts in the appropriate forum.

There's a simple solution. Stop asking questions on the results page. That is not what it's there for. "Someone else did it first" is not a valid excuse for civilized adults.

Even better, you could post your questions about the disappearing posts in the appropriate forum.

OK: I have seen people asking about stats of other posters on the board very often, and they get replied, so asking is actually quite helpful and beneficial, it would be wrong to make it prohibited. Regarding other questions - about something else than stats - I agree that forum is much better method for discussion, but I'm not sure it gets as many visitors as result board, plus not everyone will want to bother himself with registration, which is required for forum discussions.

Well.... strictly speaking, the results board is for ... results! For questions, there is a forum.

In the past, moderators tolerated questions there for a certain period of time. After a while, those questions would be deleted. I believe the procedure remains roughly the same.

any thing to share?

HELP! I have been invited to two interviews on the same day - to my tied for first choice programs! They are within driving distance of eachother. Do you think one would let me interview a day early?