FingersCrossedX

Its amazing that we put ourselves through a process that not only can reject us, but completely dismiss us. And we keep applying in droves. Also its fine, you can hate me. I've been hated for much worse things .

I think that its important to think about weather when you are going to live somewhere for a few years, but it shouldn't be the ultimate factor. For undergrad I moved from a warm climate to a very cold and snowy one. I lived there for 4 years and I loved college. If I had let that one thing change my decision I would have been at a school that I probably wouldn't have liked as much. Now to be fair. When I graduated I moved as far south as possible, for the weather. When I applied to PhD programs I thought about the weather. It wasn't a huge factor but I looked harder at schools in warm climates and the coldest i applied to was Nashville. Is it important? Yes. A deciding factor? No.

Its February. AHHHHH!!! I was okay waiting through January because I didn't think I'd hear anything till February or March. I did hear from one school and already got an acceptance. Which should have taken some of the stress off, but it didn't. Now that I haven't heard anything or gotten an interview with any other programs, I feel like I'm going to get rejection letters from the rest. Does anyone know if most school send out rejection letters at the same time as acceptance letters or do they usually send the rejections when they know they aren't giving you an interview? I'm sure all programs are different but is there a norm for the process?