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OnceAndFutureGrad

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  1. New here, based on a recommendation from a friend. Curious...

  2. I think everyone should get their decisions on February 29 because it only happens every 4 years. That'll make acceptances extra special, and we'll only have to mourn/remember rejections every so often. Heheh.

  3. I think everyone should get their decisions on February 29 because it only happens every 4 years. That'll make acceptances extra special, and we'll only have to mourn/remember rejections every so often. Heheh.

  4. Quitting my part-time job on the advice of my adviser. In her words, "This semester you look beaten up, when usually you look like you're the one beating someone else up."

    1. OnceAndFutureGrad

      OnceAndFutureGrad

      I know I'm crazy, but hopefully not Sheen-crazy! :)

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  5. Goodbye Yale! :(

    1. OnceAndFutureGrad

      OnceAndFutureGrad

      Ahhh feck it. Your hubby's in a great group of people (rejected from Yale)!

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  6. I. CAN'T. STOP. THINKING. ABOUT. HOUSE. CENTIPEDES. NOW.

  7. Viking in the morning, Viking in the evening, Viking at suppertime...

  8. It's one thing to go to bed in tears, another thing to wake up already feeling defeated.

    1. OnceAndFutureGrad

      OnceAndFutureGrad

      ...applied in the first place. I know that when I look back on this time, whatever the outcome, it will only be a dark and distant memory. But for now it's utter agony getting through the day, not knowing how and when my future is going to be decided for me.

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  9. It's one thing to go to bed in tears, another thing to wake up already feeling defeated.

    1. OnceAndFutureGrad

      OnceAndFutureGrad

      Thank you for the kinds words mocha :) It is true, I have a roof over my head and better friends than I could ever ask for. That keeps things in perspective. It's just that graduate school demands everything, and I gave it almost everything, and now if it doesn't work out I'll be fighting whether I should have given everything or if I'll never be good enough. I know I shouldn't judge myself based on adcoms' decisions, and yet, if I didn't care, I wouldn't have ...

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  10. It's one thing to go to bed in tears, another thing to wake up already feeling defeated.

    1. OnceAndFutureGrad

      OnceAndFutureGrad

      Nothing! Absolutely nothing at all!! While there are now results for 4 of the six schools left for me on the board...

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  11. On a related note. Annie > Everyone Else Ever

    1. OnceAndFutureGrad

      OnceAndFutureGrad

      I'm pretty sure you're not referring to me, but I'm going to pretend you are, and thank you!

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