Arianna

Meh that doesn't sound so bad... my dream last night? The apocalypse.... but 1960's horror B-movie style. Don't ask ahahahahaha.

God I know how you feel. I've been checking my inbox as well as thegradcafe results every single morning. It's kind of sick but I blame two things: the fact that I WANT this so badly for my future, and the fact that we're not really told definitively when we will hear back. It's hard to live with those two things and just not... know what's going on.

I'm not sure it's easy to pin point exactly why programs decide to say "no", but I'm shocked to hear that you didn't get accepted with those credentials. Still, I'm under the impression that a 3.5/4.0 and 1300/1600 is damn good. How can people be expected to be any more "perfect" than that? I know these programs can afford to get the "best of the best", but how far can it go? Then again, this is my first time around so what do I know..

I completely understand how you feel. I applied to 4 Anthro programs (it's my first time around as well) and now I'm playing the waiting game. Last night I even had dreams about it! My anxiety is at an all time high, but an all time low as well because I'm still proud of myself for even reaching the point of getting a B.A. I had absolutely no expectations for myself from the start... and then fast forward a couple of years and I finally gained the confidence that I needed to learn something about myself and submit applications, etc.. Stepping back from the process now, I'm happy with what I did, but at the same time I realize it's not the end of the world if I don't get in this year. If anything I've gotten stronger because of it. You have to say to yourself, what's the worst that could happen? I have to reapply next year? I think a lot of people on these forums can be incredibly uptight where they need to realize that life is about more than JUST school, or GREs, or GPAs. I just joined these forums today and already I've seen people bash themselves for having 3.5 GPA's and 1300 GRE scores, it can get ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, these programs and my future mean the world to me, but at what cost? I don't want to cut down any of my achievements and neither should you. Be proud of whatever happens, I know I will be. =)

I completely understand. I'm torn between looking for Plan B's while I wait on Plan A's and I'm just very unsure.... I can only plan out my life so much before it just feels very contrived. I think it's okay to let things flow somewhat naturally. I'll tell myself that until late Feb and early March anyway ahah. =D