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This thread made me feel SO much better! I have had a whole range of rejections, from cold cold cold to decent and kind but some of the ones here - I'm surprised these places haven't been sued for emotional damages in our litigious society!

I have an MFA, and am happy to have it, but am about to go for a PhD in comp lit. still nervous about finding a job, but hopign it'll be better with the phd than the mfa which I have more for pleasure than business. that said, I wouldn't do it without funding! good luck!

thanks! yeah - it's ridiculously confusing. what I've read on here is the easy decisions come first - whether acceptances or rejections, then the harder ones come later, but I'm sure it varies from school to school - anyway good luck as much with surviving the wait as with everything else!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! that's how I feel. and now for a drink!

Hey there! AH I just want to finish hearing already. I applied to way too many schools and am still waiting on five: Penn, UC Irvine, UCSB, WUSTL, and Harvard. Not feeling very optimistic at all about those. The only school we both applied to was Chicago, and I got my lovely rejection letter in the mail today! Maybe not having heard yet is good news for you? Here's hoping! I almost applied to Madison the program looked really cool, and I heard great things about it. Good luck!

I'm in for comp lit - visiting toward the end of March. hello!

I'm in for comp lit and visiting next week - hello!

thanks! officially calming down and packing now...

Flatcoat, I'm 33! Fellow IS sufferers - I'm freaking out! I got into two places, and was already sure there'd been a msitake somewhere, or at least an accident. But I went acceptance, waitlist, acceptance, and since then it's been four straight rejections. The last one had me SOOOOO down. I'm perfectly happy with either of the schools that accepted me, but each rejection makes me feel more like I'm going to go to vist and they're going to realize they made a terrible mistake. I feel bad complaining when it's a tough year and I was lucky enough to get accepted early, so that the worst of my nightmares were over. But I'm still waiting to hear from six school and I'm starting to feel like it's going to be SIX more rejections and I'm going to end up as a puddle on my won driveway, and I don't even have a driveway. Help!

I am agonizing about this and only the thought of my teeny tiny stipend is keeping me from running out and buying new clothes. Is an oxford justa shirt with a collar? A white shirt? What makes a blouse - is that just a shirt for a woman or does it need buttons? I keep tellingmyself that they have already admitted me and can't change their minds because I have never had a job that required nice clothes, but I'm still freaking out, call it some kind of sublimation... would love all the advice people have about this! really what I want to know is can I get by in Pants-that-aren't-jeans and tops that aren't too wrinkled or do I need something nicer, and when would jeans be ok... thanks for bringing thsi up!

call me old fashioned (just old?) I like the letters that come in the mail. I've already gotten two so I don't think it delays things that much...

I have two rejections by snail mail, one by a notification email w/link to website, one waitlist via email only, one acceptance via phone then email then snail mail, and one acceptance via rmail than snail mail. So I pretty much have the possibilities covered and have no idea what to expect from the last seven schools!!!!

just get it over with already!

my baby is 9 months old too!

I'm visiting the two prgograms who have accepted me. I don't know what I'll do if I get in anywhere else, but if I didn't have complicated family logistics and the school were paying I'd visit!!!

Thank heaven for this thread! I thought I was the only mom nuts enough to think about grad school. My husband and I are both applying - he's international but I'm from here so he's got a green card. We think we can swing it on two stipends for a few years - our kids are little (to be 1 and 3), but if we don't overlap anywhere it'll almost be a relief, because one of us could take one more year off and stay home with the kids, while getting us settled in our new home. We just have to decide who goes! Fortunately my husband is just amazingly supportive and open - as I realize just how insane and difficult this process is, I get more and more grateful that I married the person I did! We have two admits so far but still have NO idea where we'll be next year - 12 schools still to notify between us... scary but also exciting - just what I need after three years in the delightful but challenging trenches of babyhood! Anyway - any advice about being a grad student mom is welcome - I haven't been away from my kids much yet so it will be a huge change. However the application process, which I did mostly between midnight and 3 a.m., made me realize I really can survive on a tiny amount of sleep for a long time if I have to... Debating, we love IKEA for cheap stuff - good luck!

I applied to 13. I didn't do as much research as I should have, but I was a little overwhelmed. I don't feel like I would want to apply again in a year, even in a different economy. I just sort of thought I'd put everything in this year and hope for the best. I only have 2 acceptances at the moment; if that stays true, I'll be glad I applied to so many!

same here - at least it could mean we haven't been rejected YET?

I love this thread! it's the first one that's inspired me to post rather than lurk. I applied to 13 schools: I say accepted: 2 waitlisted: 3 rejected: 8 so far: accepted 2, waitlisted 1, rejected 2. I consider this optimistic. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it were rejections from here on out. Good luck everyone!

I'm terrified!