Neuronista

Just hang in there. Remember that there are thousands of applicants who have not heard a word yet. And remember that the worst is over. You waited 42 days, in 15 more days MAX this will all be over and life will go on. Whatever the result will be (and hopefully it will be what you wish for), life will still go on. I really want you to feel better. Anxiety will not help at all. Try talking to friends. Read posts on this forum. You will find that many people are in a very similar situation as yours. This is helping me a lot. I couldn't imagine how would I have ever kept my sanity without this website. I'm also trying to read books, watch movies, exercise, do anything to keep myself busy and distract my mind from all this crazy process. Give it a try!

I know what you mean. I've been interviewed only 10 days ago but I'm so stressed out as well. The interviewer told me I'll hear from them very soon. But how long is their "soon"? I have no idea. Just hang in there. Sooner or later we'll know. And it should be sooner rather than later actually. It's almost April!

You are DEFINITELY not the only one! I've been having nightmares ever since I applied. Nightmares about rejection, about traveling, embarassment from rejection.... This very last night I had a funny dream. I dreamed I got an acceptance e-mail from my top choice. However, the language of the e-mail was vague and the tone was not so exciting and happy. Like, not my idea of an acceptance letter. No congratulations no nothing. It started the same way as the rejection letters I already received. I even had to carefully read the e-mail searching for an "acceptance word." When I found out it was an acceptance, I went to tell my parents, friends, and professors. Then, when I read the e-mail again, it said that there will be a "kite flying competition" in the school and that I had to participate to be truly accepted. Eh? Kites? My dad told me to accept the competition right away. Then I woke up! I woke up feeling weird. Will I get accepted into that school? And what's with the kites? :D I had and interview with this school about 10 days ago. And it's Monday, so I'm waiting for an e-mail. Hope it will bring good news!

Thank you green8715! I feel better about it now. And I think you're right, it does seem to take much longer time than they say

Congrats! :lol:

I have a question for you guys: during my second interview with one of the programs I applied to, I asked the interviewer how long should it take for decisions to be made. The thing is I asked it in such a spontaneous and "natural" way. I told him straight in the face that I was worried about the results and I would like to know when should I expect anything. Stupid right? Do you think I hurt my chances this way?

CONGRATULATIONS! Hope I'll get one soon too!

OK just heard from two of my silent schools: One interview, which is a good sign. The other: REJECTION! " I regret that a more favorable decision could not be made." Oh yeah? Come one, seriously!

I'm an american who lives outside the US, so I guess they treat me like an international student regarding intervieing. I have not recieved anything at all (no rejection, no acceptance, no waitlist, no phone interviews) from 2 of the schools I've applied to. I'm trying to be optimistic and assume I'm perhaps waitlisted since I've heard nothing and it appears from this site that rejections have been sent late Feb. One recent poster said he/she was waitlisted so maybe I'm the same. I suggest you check with the schools as Golden Monkey said (either their websites or by phone). Or check here if someone has received any decisions from the programs you applied to yet. Good luck!

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. I've seen only four acceptances posted starting from Jan 24 till Feb 7. After that all posts were rejections (except for one waitlisted person). I haven't received anything from them yet, and I have no idea what could this mean??? :blink:

Yes, you're totally right.It is a matter if fit. I got rejected from where I once thought was my dream school. It made me feel very sore at first, but then when I came to think of it, I believe I wasn't a good fit for the program anyway, and I think this was the main reason they rejected me. Very few faculty members had research interests related to mine, and even distantly related. I chose that school basically because of its "prestige" and good location, but I think I'll be much happier when I get accepted into another school where a lot of people will be willing to work with me and have me in their labs. Congrats on being accepted in your top school and good luck!

CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'm so happy for you. After all that suspense, you should not have deserved anything less than an acceptance! May I ask what programs you've applied to? I'm applying for neuroscience as well but still waiting on my decisions. Wish me luck!

I applied to 4 programs. I got a rejection e-mail from one of them on Feb 28. I felt so down after that, and I was really worried about the other 3 applications left. But I was too scared to send e-mails inquiring about my admission status. I decided just to wait. When it became March 15, I couldn't take the suspense any more, so I sent e-mails to the top 2 of the 3 programs I'm waiting on. I got an instant automated reply from one of them saying: "All DBS files are currently under review. U.S. applicants will be contacted if an interview is being offered. International applicants living outside of the U.S. will be notified by March 1st if an offer is forth-coming." I am an American living outside the US, and I haven't received anything from them before, so does this mean I'm rejected? I'm trying not to think about it that way, especially that I've seen applicants to the same program on this forum saying that they were told they were "ranked" on a waiting list when they inquired about their status. So I'm trying to be optimistic and consider myself "on the waiting list" too, since I haven't received any explicit rejection so far. I dunno The other program replied to my e-mail 10 days later and only when I sent them another e-mail. The program administrator apologized so politely for the delayed reply and told me I need to be phone-interviewed by a faculty member (this was my second interview with this program). The interview was yesterday. It went normal, except for something that kind of puzzled me. The interviewer asked me whether I have have received any offers yet and I replied no. He kind of laughed and said, "that's good!". WHAT DOES HE MEAN? I so badly wanted to ask what he meant, but I didn't. I just asked him when should I expect a decision and he said, "very soon." So here I am. Still waiting. What do you think? Is there any hope for me?

I have a question: I was interviewed for the second time by one of the programs I've applied to. The interviewer asked me whether I've recieved any offers yet and I replied no. He kind of laughed and said, "good." WHAT DOES HE MEAN??? :D

I got rejected last week from then-most-wanted-school. I was sitting in the living room with my family when I was checking my e-mail on my laptop. I said: OK, bad news everyone (...) school rejected me. They went: awwwwwwwwwwww. Mom: are you upset, honey? Me (lying): no. Then I read the e-mail to them out loud. I really felt bad for 2 days. The depression came gradually. I spent the next 2 days crying. I went to Facebook and "unliked" all the pages related to that school, but I keep reading the rejection letter over and over again. To be honest, I felt that the rejection was well reasoned. I'm really not a good fit for the program because only very few faculty members have interests similar, or even close to mine. But I liked the school (prestige), and I wanted to live in that city. I'm still waiting for decisions from 3 more schools, 2 of which are more highly ranked. I had was interviewed by one of them, felt good about it, but no reply yet. The funny thing is that I still check the status page of the school that rejected me, thinking that the decision might change somehow. Stupid I know. I'm worried, I want to be admitted this fall so badly. Let's just hope for the best and that I'll get admitted to all 3 left schools. Good luck to you all!