EscapedMonkey

So there are people who have been accepted to my top two programs and judging from previous years results on the board, if you're not hearing around the same time as the acceptees, you're going to be rejected. This trend has held for the past two years. So now I am about to have a heart attack whenever I get an email; can't they just send me the rejection letter? This is terrible, I know it's coming, it's inevitable, so why drag it out? And please don't say perhaps there's a chance, there's no chance, and I'm okay with that, it's just the waiting, the hopeless waiting. Ugh, sorry to be such a Debbie Downer.

I think it's easier when you're not in the humanities - there's another world out there for the "hard" scientists

Me too, my first rejection came last week. Did a bit of thinking over the weekend, stepped back from this crazy process to think about what a PhD actually means for lifestyle/quality of life. It's what I want to do, but I have to be okay with the fact that I might not get in and also need to start thinking about the next step.

Came across this blog post today - food for thought for those of us applying for grad school. Perhaps getting rejected isn't so bad, getting a tenure track professorship seems nearly impossible these days, especially for women (if that's your end goal). Cheer up!