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I think I would actually feel better if all my rejections came with "FAIL" cat macros.

Oh gosh! Congratulations, Zygo!

It was truly gratifying. I was with a friend of mine who is applying to history programs, and we just felt a lot better about applying to places we'd been instead of faceless imagined institutions, I suppose. The unfortunate bit was that we had to do the entire Eastern seaboard in three days. We drove about 1,500 miles. By the third day I practically had bedsores from being in the car and I was definitely not on the top of my game interview-wise, so I decided against poking my head into my top choice, because I think any impression I could have made at that point would have been been negative. After that much time on the road and visiting half a dozen schools already, I pretty much looked like I'd been freebasing cocaine. Unfortunately, I did visit the campus, and that made me want to go there even more! :? I also attended a class at one of the schools I visited, but sadly it was a day where people were giving presentations, so I didn't exactly get to wow anyone with my intellect (or say a word the entire time, actually) so I just tried to look as intellectual as possible.

Why do the anthropology responses have to take so long? :/

You've got it right on the nose there, Yellow. I agree with being extremely thankful-sounding with whatever they offer.

I only contacted profs at a few places out of nine, and that was because I went on an insane road trip and I tried to meet with people whose interests I really matched with. I only would up having one really great informal interview, but here's hoping it will have made an impression. The professor I met with was really, really interested in my work and told me that my field is one that the school is working on developing into its own specific program track, so maybe it'll work in my favor! I did however speak to all of my potential directors of graduate studies to inquire as to how much weight they'd place on the quantitative GRE, and I met with some of them during the road trip to ask questions about the process and the department.

We have our own subforum down under social sciences. I haven't heard anything yet except I know one of my applications was reviewed yesterday.

Yes, having the little chile pepper under my name on "Ratemyprofessor.com" is a major personal life goal of mine. ...*only half kidding*

Definitely videotape this.

Oooooh yeah. I'm there. I baked fresh rolls last night, ate five, and went to bed with a horrible stomachache. And I'm on my way out to get bacon and eggs at the little hole in the wall near my job right now. I am amazed that I still fit into my pants, to be honest.

I'm a little worried about this. I can just see a Mrs. Robinson thing happening with me, lmao. :roll:

If Indiana Jones was teaching my class, I totally would.

I would pay good money to see that. I would also be willing to submit to dangerous and psychologically scarring illegal experimentation if I would be guaranteed admission.

We'll have to open a new subforum, "Help Me With My Sultry Taboo Intradepartmental Relationship."

Don't be terrified! Seasons are lovely! I don't know where all you've applied, but if you've never seen a real autumn, New England has the nicest ones in the world. And most California folks I know who were once scared of winter got over it the first time they tried snow tubing, and then became rabid winter sports enthusiasts with all the zeal of the convert.

I am laughing so hard right now and I can't explain the reason to my coworkers. What would I say? "Japanese essay penis snafu!"

See, Tritone, I really admire your resolve. I wouldn't leave my partner for school. I just couldn't. I'd have to wait until he was able to move too. You are really dedicated and strong.

Every place I applied gets a lot of snow. That was a prerequisite for me. I've missed it terribly for the last several years.

That's what I'm hoping, too. If they'd thought the rest of my application was crap, surely it would have already been filed in the circular file instead of them bothering to track me down. But we'll see what we see. And BAHAHAHAHA, "The Waiting" just came on the radio.

Ha, thanks. I also have a reeeeeeaally low quantitative GRE score (the kind of score that would elicit some of the reactions you've listed in the other GPA thread) but I've been told my most of my department chairs that it's not a problem being as I'm not in a math-oriented field. So we're not all as perfect here as we seem!

I was really paranoid that I accidentally typed "PENIS!" or something else equally unsuitable in mine.

It's a little weird to realize that my life's accomplishments are being judged right this very second. I think it's putting me off my burrito, heh.

I can basically recite mine at this point, but I don't like to think about it because I've convinced myself that it's absolutely terrible (despite the opinions of every single literate human being I know, all of whom were forced to proofread it). So now I'm like LA LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU whenever I start to think about it.

They called me to let me know that my GRE scores weren't there as they were reviewing my application. Now, I know the scores were sent to the correct place and apparently they arrived, but they just didn't have them there with my file for whatever reason. So they let me fax them right over to the office (bless them) and then said "Okay, we're going to look at it right now!" If only I was psychic I'd have a lot of questions for myself too.

Thank you so much for sharing this story. I was beginning to feel terrified. I did not do well at my first college (which I only went to because it was free for me) and have been really stressing about my GPA there, which I think was just under 3. But when I transferred I improved greatly and had a 3.7 in my final two years. I will try to breathe a little easier knowing that not all is lost.