MoJingly

Ha. Do you mean me, or the applicants talking about getting drunk? Sometimes people surprise me. I've always heard warnings about "not getting drunk at the applicant weekend social events," and I wondered who would even NEED that advice.

No stories here. But I HAVE seen applicants make a large deal out of drinking. I'm sure you all know what I mean. Getting your drink, for example, and then telling drunk stories. Generally not a good idea on an interview. I love wine. I live on it. But I don't feel I need to share the fact that I am of legal drinking age and have... used that ID.

I have plants. Does that count? Something I learned yesterday: the cross between a basset hound and a scottish terrier? A "bascottie." I want one just for the name.

Agreed. A lot can happen. Maybe school A won't get back to you when they say (who knows why - one of my schools is holding out on me, for example) or maybe the visits will make a big difference. The latter was certainly the case for me. Carry on now as originally planned. Plan for the visit with school B. Good luck!

Damn this is making me want a pet even more. I am currently furry-friendless and I miss it! I made the mistake last night of watching the national dog show. NOT good... This is Gershwin. Sadly, he's no longer with us, but his memory still makes me smile!

Guys, I'm actually working undercover for your adcomms. They pay me to report back to them what you say. Careful.

I was sitting at work and received the email. "Congratulations!" I walked over to my office mate and told her to stand up. She did, and I just gave her this really long hug. She asked, "why are you hugging me?" "I just got accepted into grad school." We started jumping up and down and dancing around the office. After calling my parents and letting them know, I left work and celebrated with a delicious bottle of chardonnay.

Hey, we just broke it AGAIN!!

Good Lord. I just learned so much from this discussion. Is this what grad school is like??

Yeah! With a note saying "the forum is taking a break. You should too. Go have a beer."

Can I be your valentine??? You know, it will probably happen to a lot of us. Think of it, we are surrounded by quality, intelligent people who share our interests and passion for learning. In a way, the admissions committee has already weeded out the people we wouldn't be interested in

LOVE THIS

Simple explanation? we've all gone batty.

Oh man. I even have boxes full of stories, projects, poems, reports from elementary school. I agree; it's so much fun to look over this stuff and reminisce! And all this about not reading comments is disheartening on a forum where many of us will end up writing them someday!

Nice, yeah. Let's remember that the results board is anonymous. People are going to get on there and vent some frustration that they were rejected from their top school, leaving comments like "ugh" "damn" "well I didn't want to go there anyway." An adcomm is not going to rescind an acceptance because somebody went on the results board and posted "accepted! booyah!" Of course, I'm not condoning the crude comments that have shown up lately.

It's also possible that people receive rejections before interviews, of course. But I was talking to one of my program's secretaries and she said that they don't send out rejections until absolutely necessary. She said most people get the idea, though, when all of the interview weekends have passed and they haven't received an invitation.

Mike Tomlin.

Yay! Congratulations! So are you accepting the request?

Hahahahahahahahahahaa!! Best case scenario- I get into both of the PhD programs I applied for and, now that I know how completely different they are, spend my nights sleepless and soul-searching trying to figure out what I really want. Worst case scenario - I get into both of the PhD programs I applied for and, now that I know how completely different they are, spend my nights sleepless and soul-searching trying to figure out what I really want.

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