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Well last night while checking the results page, I noticed that SOMEONE had posted that he/she got accepted to my top choice of schools/programs I had applied to. The first thing I did was notice that he got the admission update by email. I was literally thinking: I must have gotten that email too. (At this point, let me tell you that I usually check my email every ten/twenty minutes during the working day, and usually till like 6/7pm when I start checking it every hour or so.) So I checked my email, and (ofcourse) I didn't see any email from my top choice. By this time I am already freaking out. For the next couple minutes, I was in a frenzy 1. there was some name calling, eg. (bleep) (bleep) (censored).....(bleep)..... 2. some moments of denial, where I thought: the guy/girl is just lying. He/She didn't really get into that school 3. some moments of "What does that (censored) have that i don't. He/She doesn't deserve it!" .... "He/She probably has some connection with a professor or something. There's no way that person got in by his/her own merit" (Obviously, the thought never crossed my mind that someone out there actually deserved the admission more than me 4. some moments of randomly walking around the room waving my right arm (why not wave both arms, I have no idea 5. and some thoughts of "Let me ask the (censored) what his/her stats are. I want to see what's so special about the (censored)." I didn't end up doing his though, I thought it would only give me more stuff to whine about, and it wouldn't result in me receiving an admission letter/email from the school But anyway, if you can share how you dealt with finding out that someone else (not you) got accepted to your top choice - or another of the schools to which you applied and were hoping to get into - and that school or program had not gotten back to you or rejected you. You could also share what you think you would do in a hypothetical situation, like: if the really annoying guy from school got accepted to my top choice while i was rejected; I would....

Like others have been saying: keep swimmin (i think we should re-title this topic -- but then it wouldn't make sense. Funny thing: this year started with me literally swimming Anyway, I'm an international student and my legal documents expire in 2 weeks...after that I've like 2-3 months to get into ANY school (grad school) or go back home. Last year while applying to three schools (none of which i got into), i lost my job while waiting for my employment authorization from the immigration office...this changed me from the model student (or geek) to someone without options: school(no $,and admit), job(lost the only one i was offered, haven't had anything since summer internship), no graduation ceremony (i was supposed to use the $ i got from the job to pay the school, but because i lost the job, i could not pay the school, and could not attend the ceremony) TONIGHT, i had my cellphone cut off (which was expensive by the way!), and my girlfriend for whom i kept my cellphone on in order to keep in touch with, just told me that we should: TAKE TIME OFF. its like something crazy bad happens everytime i apply to grad schools....but like the rest of you, I'm just going to do what i can do...getting strength from the fact that somehow, we are all in this grad school application process together i wish you all the best Ps. As of right now, I'm choosing between bad credit (which I may not need if i get kicked out of the US, back to africa) by not paying my cellphone and creditcard bill, my prescriptions for TB exposure, and application fee for another safety school.

I will tell no one lol I want to see how long I can keep it secret Good: 1. My professors/LOR writers 2. Friends from college 3. Girlfriend (I will try my best to keep this away from her for as long as possible....a day or two) 4. Mum(who will dutifully inform over 20 people in the next 5 mins, and suck me into a 3hr long prayer --- I will not tell my gf immediately because I fear she will get all 'awwhhh....' if its any of my 4 'first-choices' lol, and will get all emotional n etc or perhaps, I'll just do the right thing: send her a txt saying i got in, and politely n lovingly ignore her calls for the next 2mins (after which, she should be out of the 'awwhhh....', 'omg', 'baby...' phase) and then call her when i'm sure she would have calmed down somewhat and i need not fear she would scream into the phone (and ruin my eardrums) when she is saying how confident she was, that i would get in...and stuff Bad: 1. Girlfriend 2. Anyone who asks

completed/sent: Stanford and Columbia the rest are pending...yes, I'm applying to mostly IE departments. It's kind of interesting that I would rank the best ranked school as 'average.' I prefer Cornell and Columbia to GA Tech because they are in NY, I'm trying to get into financial engr (and NY is the center of the financial -investment/etc- industry), and they have better alumni connections/job connections in NY If UNC-Chapel Hill doesn't require it, I guess I messed up my application by having my bad subject scores sent to them (along with the general); I've no idea why I thought they required it....I could have sworn I asked someone via email about that, but I can't seem to find that email well its already been sent.... I will definitely check up on UCB again, was thinking about it before....not too interested in U of Michigan though

Nice...I am applying to OR PhD programs for the 2010 academic year too No idea if they are in the right order, but based on what I want to do, I think this works for me: (Average, Ambitious, Very Ambitious, Wishing/dreaming) GA Institute of Technology Univ of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Princeton Stanford Cornell Columbia Carnegie Mellon --- BS - Math & Physics, Lincoln Univ, PA (small black university in the US) 2008 GPA - 3.61; 3.91(math), 3.61(physics) --- not too many advanced courses GRE - q 770/87%, a 620/89%, writing 3.5/20% GRE math - 520/20% Internships: Lincoln Univ (Biochem 2009), Univ of Michigan (Physics 2008), Lehigh Univ (Physics 2007), Elizabeth City State Univ (ECSU - Computational Science 2007 - May) Research assistantships: Lincoln Univ (Biochem, two semesters), Lincoln Univ (math - number theory, 3 semesters) Tutor: Math 2006-2008 Publications: 1 small one; reporter for physics national honors society Presentations: MAA/AMS, EPaDel (MAA Sectional Mtg), OSAPS (APS Sectional Mtg), joint conference for NSBP & NSHP Prizes: OSA/SPIE Best Presentation Award, Robert Ellis (NSBP) National Award for 'distinguished service/leadership in Physics' 2008 Recommendations: 1 exceptional, 2 excellent Problems: Low GRE subject score (affects UNC-Chapel Hill & GA Tech) I do not have many advanced courses in math/stat: I only took Calc I,II,III, Differential Eq, Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods, Real Analysis, Statistics I,II [upside is I took Micro & Macro-Economics, Accounting] I initially started undergrad at Temple Univ, where I totally messed up my grades trying to study Computer Engineering; then transferred to a lesser known school - Lincoln Univ, where I excelled. Some might say I may not be ready to compete/study at the level of a bigger school

thnx...

Hi, I am currently applying to these schools/programs: Top choices: 1. Carnegie Mellon University OR 2. Stanford University - Operations Research (OR) 3. Cornell University OR 4. Columbia University - OR Other choices: 5. Princeton University - OR 6. University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill - Interdisciplinary Statistics & Operations Research (INSTORE) 7. Georgia Institute of Technology - OR "Just-in-case" schools (Schools 'guaranteed' to admit me) 8. Howard Universiy - Applied Math --------- --------- I have already started applying to the schools above, and currently thinking of applying to the schools below. 9. Iowa State University - Biostatistics & Computational Biology (BCB) 10. University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) - Applied Math 11. Washington University in St. Louis - Math What do you think my chances of getting admission+funding and preferably an early acceptance - I am an international student that needs to be admitted by early April) and feel free to recommend other schools to replace these (schools 9-11). My main interest is in Operations Research/Statistics, but I'll settle for math/bcb/anything if it comes down to it. Here is my profile: Undergrad: Lincoln University (small black Univ in PA) - BS in Math & Physics GPA: 3.61 overall; 3.91 math; 3.61 physics GRE: quantitative 770 - 87%; analytical 620 -89%; writing 3.5 - 23% Subject GRE: 520 - 20% (I would prefer NOT to use this score/test) Math courses: Calculus I,II,III (A-,A,A), Differential Equations (A), Linear Algebra (A-), Real Analysis (B+), Numerical Methods (A-), Senior Seminar (research class) (A-), Statistics I,II (A,A-) Intern - Lincoln Univ(Biochem) 2009, Univ of Michigan(physics) 2008, Lehigh Univ(physics) 2007 Research Assistant - Lincoln Univ(Biochem) 2008/9, Lincoln Univ(math) 2006/7 Tutor: Lincoln Univ(math) 2006-2008

I applied to only three programs: 2 for Physics, 1 for App Math; none of them has gotten back to me. Now, I'm wishing I was smart enough to apply to more schools and not depend on 'connections' (from conferences and internships) to get me into the program of my choice. App: U Illinois Urbana Campaign, UMich, Lehigh Accep: ??? Rejected: ??? Status: variations of 'you are still in the game, but pray hard and cross your fingers' (all 3)

That's hilarious...if its someone trying desperately to be nice in a weird mean way; but whichever way one looks at it, its downright idiotic. You should send the letter to every person in that department (via email....dont waste your stamps), saying how terrible you feel, and how very inhumane it is for the chair to send you that particular email informing you of his ex-girlfriend; 'apparently' your "mum" are getting a divorce and during one of their arguments 'a couple days ago', your dad told your mum the same thing...when 'he' found out 'she' wanted a divorce. Obviously, seeing the same thing in the chair's letter is severely emotionally distressing and etc. Obviously, you can tell I have way too much time on my hands, if I can concoct such a story :} If you do manage to send something like that to the dept though, maybe the dean....who knows what may come of it....in a perfect world, the result would be: Dean: But I'm afraid we have to let you go...we are more than willing to write you an excellent recommendation ltr Chair: What comes after the 'but' in a realistic world however, you would have done all of that for pretty much NOTHING....but you WILL feel better afterward though.

well...one of us has to be optimistic lol...i hope MY first acceptance comes in on friday (i havent received any rejections yet - hopefully, never will)