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At this point I think my remaining programs have completely forgotten about me. Giving them until April 1 until I send e-mails. Why do I get a feeling that I'll just get rejection letters in reply?

It took 2 months for me- its expense meant that I would only retake it if I got horrible scores, and I didn't want to even risk doing so.

Job, running, catching up with my favorite TV series, reading, and video games. Now that it's March going on April, my mind tends to worry a LOT about grad school and these all keep me from going crazy.

Same here. If there's still no word by early next week, I'll probably shoot a quick email to the schools that I'm waiting for. The problem is they are all very strong (one of them is my top choice!) so I'd like to have all of their decisions on the table as soon as possible. Or maybe after all this waiting, they'll all reject me and make my choice easier? Just kidding, I'd love to get into either of them.

Depending entirely on funding from the schools. If worst came to worst, I was prepared to loan from various people to make up the funding and pay it back after. One of my other options was to defer admission while seriously looking for fellowships/scholarships- something I was too busy to do while applying.

Since I'm seriously considering an offer from UNL, I'd like to bump this. 1) Is having a car absolutely necessary? Are there any options like renting a car hourly for grocery shopping and the like? I'm going for an MS degree, not quite sure if I'm going to extend to a PhD so I'm hesistant to plunk down the cash for one. 2) Where is a good place to live near the East Campus, preferably walking distance? 3) What is the estimated cost of living for a single person for the whole year? Would $15k or slightly higher suffice?

NYU already notified my sister,

I view it as more of a final treat to cap off the application process- its FINALLY over, you're actually going somewhere. Or if this cycle didn't work out for you, props to yourself for going through the process nonetheless and resolve for next year/pushing through with plan B. Now that I finally have an accept (no word on funding yet though), I think I'll buy that marked-down blouse I've been eyeing for sometime. I hope it's still there!

For those of us who are still waiting.

So people have started posting in the Results Survey that they received admits from one of my programs. Well and dandy, except that they're all by Postal Service. No email from them, and their online application website is down. Really school? It's probably a rejection for me anyway so why not just pop a quick email now and save me from my agony? Post will take a long time to arrive to my part of the world, ugh.

My sister heard from NYU yesterday. Another reject.

Still no word from my schools, while my sister who is applying to a different field has already heard from 3. Ugh. On one hand, I think that having no word is slightly better than rejections because at least there's still hope, but I really want to know the results so I can start planning and thinking about my next moves in life, whether accepted or all rejected. I really hope that all of my schools use email to notify and not snail mail, which can take weeks to arrive to my side of the world.

Not me personally, but my sister who's applying for MFA CW (Fiction) has heard from Michigan, Alabama, and UT Austin. All rejects. I don't know if that's better than my situation (different field), where I haven't heard from any school yet.

I'm applying for environment masters programs (most of my application deadlines were Dec and Jan)- some schools that I didn't apply to have sent out their results already, but no word from those that I've applied to. No update from the results survey either, so I'm still keeping my fingers crossed.

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Oh gawd, got an email like that too. Thanks for nothing, IE Admissions whoever you guys are.

Today I received an e-mail from 'IE Admissions'- my heart automatically leapt into my mouth, even though none of the schools or programs I've applied to have IE as an abbreviation. Turned out to be a spammy recruitment e-mail, sigh. Based on the results page for previous years, I should start receiving decisions at the very least two weeks from now. Can't see the light at the end of the tunnel yet.

Sorry to bump this but I can't believe no one has mentioned The Final Countdown by Europe. The perfect waiting song, surely! Others: The Beatles- You Never Give Me Your Money Queen and Davie Bowie- Under Pressure Audioslave- Like a Stone Abba- Take a Chance on Me Florence + the Machine- Shake it Out Overall general positive song: Queen- Don't Stop Me Now

Talk about it- a month or two ago I would never have thought waiting would be harder than running around getting the requirements and composing SOPs and Personal Statements. So a few days ago my application to my top school was 'Under Committee Review' and now it's 'Awaiting Program Decision'. No word of an interview. I know there's still a slim chance while there is no official word yet, but I don't have a good feeling at all. I think I will wait for the inevitable email instead of checking the website every day and worrying myself about what's happening to it. Good thing the Australian Open is there to semi-distract me!

I made a deal with one of my friends who is also applying to grad school (different program) and has shared the entire gamut of emotions with me throughout the process- hope, irritation, and despair. If we get into grad school, we are going to treat each other to a nice japanese buffet. Aside from that, I want to treat myself to some online shopping- maybe one or two pieces of clothes that I can't spare the extra money for at the moment. But to be honest, if I don't get in I'll probably still treat myself- after much moping of course.

I do have a plan B mapped out- I plan to apply for a scholarship in another country if my US schools fall through. If that doesn't happen as well, plan C will be to take up my postgraduate studies in my own country. I really hope it doesn't come to that though- the programs that are set up in my discipline are kind of new and only have a handful of dedicated faculty compared to those abroad. I'm also not sure if I want to continue to a PhD so my master's could be my only postgraduate degree, so I want to go all out for it.