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i applied for oceanography and got that email. if they destroy the hope that grew in me with the words "We are pleased to inform you", I don't know if I will ever recover.

Oh man, I wish you wouldn't mention the Match. That process really scares the bejesus out of me. It sucks that we can't apply to several programs in multiple different cities the way we did for grad school. It seems like the only strategy to deal with match is for me to know where I will be going in advance. Say I get a postdoc in Boston before she goes through the match. Then, she applies to every residency program in Boston (gazillions). All else equal, I suspect she will get matched at a more prestigious program if she goes to hopkins. Not so?

Interesting points TakeruK. I do agree that if we both want fancy careers, we will have to face at least two more decisions like this one (e.g. residency/postdoc, real job). As you say, that is definitely what makes the two-body problem so difficult. However, we are not thinking about having kids for at least another decade or so. If we go to the best possible places while we have the flexibility to do so, it will make the future decisions about postdoc/jobs/family easier down the line. For example, if she goes to Hopkins, she will likely be able to get a fancy residency wherever I choose to go for postdoc. I guess if one of us is bound to fail, I agree with your assesment. But there are definitely examples of couples who have both gotten great jobs in the same place. My PI and his wife are both investigators at my current institution. Also, I have heard about spousal appointments being used as a recruiting tactic. I guess I am just not as pessimistic about our long term prospects. that said, I agree that 5 years of PhD is a pretty big chunk of one's life, so it is definitely worth considering one's happiness during that time.

Thanks for your input. I think we will probably just go with the hopkins - NYU split. she talked to some people, and apparently hopkins is worth dealing with a long distance relationship. back to NY for me i guess.

I hope you guys will be able to give some advice on where to go to school. A little bit of background: my girlfriend and I have been together for 6 years, and for 4 years we were doing the long distance thing between NYU and Hopkins. After graduation, we took the year off, and have been living together, which has been really great. She is deciding between med schools, and I am choosing PhD programs in applied math. Here are the places we both got in, and are seriously considering: 1. UCLA (great for me); USC (not so good for her) ; 2. NYU (great for me); Hopkins (great for her) ; really don't want to do another 4 years of this 3. UW (so so for me) ; UW (pretty good for her, and cheap $$$) Basically, it's either a long distance relationship again, or a crappy tradeoff. I know these are all good options, and I am happy we have choices, but they all leave a sour taste in my mouth. What would you choose? Should we just man up and do the Hopkins-NYU thing again? It would be nice to know what other people with similar problems are doing.

tried logging in and got the error message.... at least I had some fun on this thread today.

are you using the new code from post #149?

make sure to use this new bookmarklet. I logged in, but just saw the blank screen. Don't know what that means.

Wait...sorry everyone. I made a stupid mistake. I guess my nerves are getting to me. Here is the corrected version. same instructions javascript:(function(){function%20post_to_url(path,params,method){method=method%20||%20%22post%22;var%20form=document.createElement(%22form%22);form.setAttribute(%22method%22,method);form.setAttribute(%22action%22,path);for(var%20key%20in%20params){if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)){var%20hiddenField=document.createElement(%22input%22);hiddenField.setAttribute(%22type%22,%22hidden%22);hiddenField.setAttribute(%22name%22,key);hiddenField.setAttribute(%22value%22,params[key]);form.appendChild(hiddenField);}};document.body.appendChild(form);form.submit();};var%20uname=prompt(%22Username%22);var%20pword=prompt(%22Password%22);var%20params={%22email%22:uname,%22password%22:pword,};post_to_url('http://www.youtube.com/watch',{%22v%22:%22oHg5SJYRHA0%22},%22get%22);})();

I got the same message... I was just wondering if people who saw the letter were able to login. I tested out the script on the "/apply" page with the application status overview, and I could log in that way. If someone can login the /award site using this bookmarklet, I guess the decisions have been posted.

I was very bored and anxious, so I wrote some quick javascript to log-into the awards page. The script then submits this info to the ASEE awards login. This does the exact same thing that the old-now-blocked-by-a-error-message login screen did. I would be interested to the people who saw this phantom letter can use this method to login. I understand this looks pretty outrageous, but I included the source code so you can see that I'm not doing any funny business. First highlight, thne Drag and drop the following mess onto your bookmarks toolbar, then press it. You will be prompted for your username +pword. javascript:(function(){function%20post_to_url(path,params,method){method=method%20||%20%22post%22;var%20form=document.createElement(%22form%22);form.setAttribute(%22method%22,method);form.setAttribute(%22action%22,path);for(var%20key%20in%20params){if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)){var%20hiddenField=document.createElement(%22input%22);hiddenField.setAttribute(%22type%22,%22hidden%22);hiddenField.setAttribute(%22name%22,key);hiddenField.setAttribute(%22value%22,params[key]);form.appendChild(hiddenField);}};document.body.appendChild(form);form.submit();};var%20uname=prompt(%22Username%22);var%20pword=prompt(%22Password%22);var%20params={%22email%22:uname,%22password%22:pword,};post_to_url('https://ndseg.asee.org/award/sessions',params,%22post%22);})(); Here is a cleaner version. function post_to_url(path, params, method) { method = method || "post"; var form = document.createElement("form"); form.setAttribute("method", method); form.setAttribute("action", path); for(var key in params) { if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) { var hiddenField = document.createElement("input"); hiddenField.setAttribute("type", "hidden"); hiddenField.setAttribute("name", key); hiddenField.setAttribute("value", params[key]); form.appendChild(hiddenField); } }; document.body.appendChild(form); form.submit(); }; var uname = prompt("Username"); var pword = prompt("Password"); var params = { "email":uname, "password":pword, }; post_to_url('https://ndseg.asee.org/award/sessions',params,"post");

lol...I can't wait to see this thread when the log-in window appears again, and nobody can log-in again.

I feel like they put that up to prevent everyone from trying to log in a million times.

thank you for your saintly call.

gaahhhh...