poiuyt

Sweet!

Sent in 8 apps, 3 of them to top ranked schools - way over my head. I got one acceptance from my best match of interest, and then an interview offer from a higher ranked school which I refused.

It's not the 7 cats that throws me for a loop, it's the 2 husbands!

Are you sure? So, when it comes to opinion - we can (and clearly do) disagree. And thank Darwin for differences of opinion - what a boring world we would live in otherwise. For example you like Scottsdale - I think Scottsdale is packed with shallow, vapid, uninteresting people. You are A-OK with the level of heat in AZ and I'm not (yet I've managed to survive and thrive here my entire adult life). But when it comes to fact - thanks to the advent of internet - you can't fudge. Or you can, but then you'll be caught in a lie. And then people will tend not to believe anything else you say. The highest temperature recorded for February was 92 degrees according to the national weather survey which is a bit higher up then weather.com on the credibility scale. If your point was that it never topped 90 this February - I never said it did. And, though you should feel free to continue this argument, I will not be joining you. *edit Also, to help answer some questions, there are indeed affordable places to live near ASU - and quiet and safe. The only trouble is you have to get the legwork in to find them, but it's definitely worth the search. Parking on the other hand is pretty lame. The passes are expensive and sometimes you can only get inconvenient structures. I found living near ASU and biking to classes to be the way to go. Best of luck to you!

I can say it's too hot in April because I live here, right now, and it was about 90 degrees some two weeks ago. In February. That means you have to turn the AC on in your car, and you get sunburned while biking. In February!!! That's how.

Yeah it was about a week later. I gather from the experiences of others that schools do this often enough - basically their bureaucratic way of closing your file. Still, that doesn't make it any less lame in my book - they could have just as easily sent an email that said something like "Per your request we are withdrawing you from consideration." But then I never would have had the opportunity to come up with my clever (for entertainment purposes only) retort so there's my silver lining!

MacDuff: Yeah, I got a nice response from my POI too! She congratulated me on getting an awesome match and thanked me for basically not wasting her time. But this email I got was just plain annoying. It seems so petty - "Yeah thanks for letting me know that I don't want to go to your school like I already told you. Let's just keep emailing that fact to each other over the next few months." I got enough real rejections, I don't need a faux one.

I just got a rejection letter from a school whose interview offer I refused! How lame is that?!? Laaaaaame. The last time I refused an interview offer they withdrew my app like decent human beings... Anyone else? Man I'm annoyed.

Dear Bitter R U, Don't send me a rejection letter after I tell you I don't want you. It makes you look lame. You remind me of a pathetic ex-boyfriend who yells "No, I'm leaving you!" as you close the door after dumping him, or a retarded boss who responds to your resignation with a "You can't quit, you're fired!". It's annoying Bitter R U. It's annoying and it makes you look bad. I'm sorry if your feelings were hurt because I wouldn't even interview with you. I got into Perfect Match University, and nothing you could have said would have made a lick of difference. Sure it hurts to be rejected Bitter R U. Sure it does - I know the pain too well. But I didn't email Ivy League University a week after they rejected me pretending that I withdrew my app on time. I just hung my head in shame and moved on. You should have done the same. And if you needed to have a paper trail, you could have withdrawn my app like other schools have done when rejected. Lame, Bitter R U. U R Lame. -Poiuyt

Disclaimer: I think this website is frequented namely by potential grads and brand new grads. I am one of the latter. That being said, here is my advice. Though you say you like prof. X you don't seem to be giving much thought to his/her well being. If the following is true, , you should make sure not to do anything to harm X's chances. Also, if this is true , then follow your adviser's advice.

I though that the point in applying to schools is to attend them so your question throws me for a loop. I guess you need to ask yourself if you want to go to school or if you spent $1000 and 3 months so you could juggle acceptance letters.

Done! Done, done, done and doooooone! Seven applications sent out, seven decisions received, NO MORE WAITING! I officially accepted my perfect match program 5 minutes ago and I am dooooooone! WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO! Anyone else ready to climb a mountain and scream "I AM A GRAD STUDENT!!!!!!!"? Here's your online mountain!

Hahahahaha! "All I want is the calculated statistical probability of my chances! Is that too much to ask???? PS. Don't forget the deviation..."

Fully supporting you in this decision.