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just wondering if any of you who posted earlier that hadn't heard anything have been notified yet. Seems there haven't been any acceptances or rejections for a few days now.

Although I haven't personally ever used Rosetta Stone, I have a friend who swears by it. I think she used it to learn Spanish, but I could be wrong. Anyway, she has been studying languages for years so I would consider her a fairly reliable source. But they are really pricey, unless maybe you can download it for free somewhere.

Good to know that I seem to be in the majority here! I too am a chronic procrastinator, although if there is an assignment that I absolutely know can't be put off to the last minute I have no trouble managing my time. For me, the procrastination gives my brain enough time to sort through what I really want to say. I think this is why I haven't been able to hold down a job for very long as an undergrad. I see anything that distracts me from brainstorming to be very tedious and frankly unimportant. I guess this is why I feel the only suitable place for me to work is in the academic field.

cheesegrommit: Thanks for the info! Although my name also starts with a D, but it's at the end of the Ds. Maybe I still have a chance? I think UW-Madison admits about 50 to 60 applicants on average, so perhaps I shouldn't freak out yet. That said, I am still freaking out anyways :cry:

I resolved to never look at those things again, at least until next time around if it's necessary. I took this stance because after sending them off to 4 schools, I went back and realized that there was a typo in a few of them. Believe me, I read those suckers probably like 10 or 15 times before I sent them and still didn't catch that damn typo, so I figured that continuing to read them would only torture me more. Fortunately I didn't send a bad copy to either of the ivies I applied to (how embarrassing would that have been!) but I know one school that I'm waiting on now did get one...sigh...well maybe if I didn't notice it for so long then they won't notice it either!

That's good to know about the alphabet thing. My status has not changed either yet, but I am in the second group so maybe they have not gotten there yet? I don't know though, seems like an awful lot of people have been accepted already. Of course, UW-Madison also has at least 4 different sub-departments (my initial email from them after submitting said they had about 600 applicants, but over at least 4 different subfields. I don't know if this makes a difference though? Would anyone else who either got accepted or rejected mind sharing where their last name falls alphabetically or which sub-field they applied to? I get so nervous every time someone else gets accepted and mine doesn't change. I keep thinking it must mean I'm rejected, but then why take so long to send out the rejection?

Ugh, I'm suffering major senioritis. Which is bad, because I don't think I got in anywhere this time around so my grades most likely will matter. I wish I could just know now so I could either buckle down and do my work or get an acceptance and not have to worry!

I've heard different things from different people. Some have told me it doesn't matter one bit, others have said it matters but very little. Chances are, if you have a decent application then it will not matter much. However, if you're in a position where they are comparing you against another candidate with a very similar application, it may end up counting against you. But hey, at least you're not like me and didn't get a verbal score lower than your quantitative score!! I scored 640 V and 720 Q! I don't even know what they are going to think of that!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one! It looks like last year the rejections and acceptances came pretty sporadically and all through the months of february and march and through a variety of means--some website, some post, some email. This year, though, it seems like a lot of the rejections occurred at the same time. So who knows what this means. Why do they have to do this to us?!!

Oh god, I knooooww!! I hate it when people do that too. I would just be happy if any school, anywhere, would take me! I haven't gained weight yet, but I do wake up every morning with a terrible stomach ache and I'm pretty sure I have an ulcer now from the stress. Wait, why are we doing this to ourselves again? LOL

MDLee, I feel your pain. I feel like I am suffering serious psychological consequences from all of this. I don't know whether to laugh or cry! I applied to 7 programs and have been rejected by 3 so far, including my top choice. At the beginning of this process I felt like I had good enough credentials that applying to 7 schools would be plenty, but now I am seriously considering alternatives to graduate school next year. It just doesn't seem fair... I have heard, though, that the rejections do come in first. It seems pretty logical that they would. But it probably does vary school by school. I'm just praying that my stroke of bad luck will end soon and I will get at least one acceptance, with funding! I'll take anything at this point, there's always the possibility of transferring later on to a better program.

There is only one place to check for U of WA, and if your status hasn't changed yet it probably means you are in or at least waitlisted. Don't want to get your hopes up though. Good luck!

I'm REALLY hoping someone can help me preserve my sanity. I saw on the results board that a few people have gotten rejections from UW-Madison in the past week or so. I still have yet to hear anything, my status is still "pending". Is there anyone here who also applied and is in the same situation, or someone who applied last year? Does anyone know how UW-Madison usually goes about their acceptances and rejections? I've already been rejected from several of my top choices, so UW-Madison is probably my top choice at the moment and I am just going crazy waiting on them! Grrr who would have thought this process would be so maddening?!!

I actually don't have anything questionable up, it was just a hypothetical. Although I'm not sure all of us are grown ups yet

Well, mostly U Wisc-Madison. Their rejections seem to have already gone out and I didn't get one so my fingers are crossed!

This is purely out of curiosity, but has anyone ever heard of someone getting denied from a grad school based on a myspace or facebook profile? Do they ever check those things? It's hard to imagine them being that thorough, but I nevertheless changed my privacy settings. Does anyone know anything about this?

It sure does seem like a lot of people are finding out this week. I can't help but feel that I am the only one not hearing any news, though maybe this is a good thing since one or two of my schools have already dealt out at least some rejections. It doesn't help my anxiety though, knowing it could be any day now!

I've only gotten rejections so far...2 out of 7 I applied to. However, it's definitely not the rule that the acceptances come first. I've heard from many people that it's usually the opposite. And plus, not all programs notify at the same time. Most of my schools have not notified at all yet.

Ah, just saw that this thread was from last April. whoops!!

I am also still waiting on them. I emailed the secretary a while ago though, and she said that they would be handing out notices all through february and march. So I'm not sure if that is a positive thing or not! This choice was my top school, so I'm hoping that what everyone said in this thread isn't true. Fingers crossed

I TOTALLY know what you mean. I have a terrible time public speaking sometimes and that has really started to worry me now that the end of my undergrad career is in sight. But I've noticed that sometimes in a class I just really get "in the zone" and I have no fear of saying anything at all. A few times I've even sort of hijacked the class from the professor lol. So I figure over time I'll just learn how to get into that state of mind where I have no problem at all. But I'm not gonna lie, the thought of TAing a class of 100 or more students still scares me!

Has anyone else noticed that University of Wisconsin-Madison has started posting rejections? I've been constantly refreshing my application status since then!

No news is good news I think. At least you know you haven't been rejected yet! I too am having a terrible time concentrating on anything, which is bad because I still have to finish this semester to complete my BA!!

I know Northwestern has accepted a couple of people and contacted others for interviews. Haven't heard from them yet...

It doesn't mean anything. A couple of my schools immediately gave me access to the "MySchool" site as well. Sorry!