Supernovasky

Looks like Seattle already sent out their acceptances. Hoping for at least a waitlist. My last real hope is UC-Boulder, and possibly Brandeis.

Welp, I guess I can cross UW off my list... lol

I'm going to laugh pretty hard if UT Austin rejected me and Michigan accepts me. We'll see. Not banking too hard on it.

Me... lol...

Next week is going to be huge folks... Best of luck and enjoy your weekends.

I've escaped a place with a background of less than 6% of the population earning college degrees, fought through a bad education system, got myself out of my hometown, went to a gifted school and busted by butt for 2 years, then did the same in college, published research, applied myself, established organizations. Through all the sweat, tears, working hard to help myself and my mother, and going through the stress of this application cycle, I am not going down easily. If I don't get accepted, it won't be for lack of me trying, and I feel like if I could just get face to face time with ANY of these faculty members from ANY of these universities, they'd get a good feel for who I am as a perosn. I've never, ever failed an interview... and to see that there are professors researching the very hardships I went through growing up in my community makes me happy, thankful, and hopeful that I can also join in. I guess I have reversed course on the all hope is lost sentiment in the original post here. I'm dreaming of the cathartic feeling of an acceptance in my inbox, haha.

In other good news, I am in dialogue with a few professors right now whose research greatly interested me and who I emailed... I don't think all hope is lost right now.

When I posted in this thread a month ago right after submitting my aps, I didnt think it was going to be this stressful, so I just said "A joint and some beer." Now... If I get in somewhere, its 5 straight bowls, a kegger at my place, glowsticks, a local DJ, facebook status updates to hell, and chocolate icecream on chocolate cake, with strippers everywhere.

Mom: "heard anything?" Dad: "heard anything?" Girlfriend: "heard anything?" Roommate: "heard anything?" Best Friend: "heard anything?" and then I get rejected from UT-Austin... Mom: "heard anything?" Dad: "heard anything?" Girlfriend: "heard anything?" Roommate: "heard anything?" Best Friend: "heard anything?" FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Thank god Brandeis waived my application fee because I was in Americorps.

Think we get some news today? I think Washington and Ann Arbor are pretty close to being ready, and UC-Boulder is going to be on the 14th/15th

No stalking, just sent a few long emails regarding some of their research and how it affects my life and my own research, etc.

Gotcha L&H. Just sent some emails to Boulder faculty... turns out I match their research much more than I thought I did!

Hey, anyname, can you disclose who sent out that email? Was it a professor, or was it from Liz/the committee at large?

I really think the most likely scenarios now are A) Staying in Austin for a year, making money, and saving a 2000 dollar fund to apply to 20 schools and make sure I get accepted SOMEWHERE. Staying in Austin for 5 months, going to get my MA at LSU, then reapplying 2 years from now. C) Staying in Austin for a month, then moving to Boulder in a month if by some miracle I get accepted there. D) Staying in Austin for 3 months or so, then moving to Massachusetts to go to Brandeis. In order of preference for me, C, D, B, A.

Well, I am starting to accept the inevitable. UT turned me down, Washington acceptances seem to be going out, Ann Arbor is a galaxy away as far as reaches go, and UC-Boulder does not match my research interests, save for ONE professor that I made contact with. LSU is probably the only one that will accept me, and they are my local state school, which means I'll be staying here in Baton Rouge for a while. If I stay in LSU, I'm probably just going to get my Masters degree and reapply next year. It's not looking good. I applied to Brandeis university as a last ditch hope, because I do match well with a few professors there, and my LOR writers were very acomidating. Getting my transcripts sent today. As of the end of the month, I'm moving with my girlfriend to Austin until I can get this sorted out and figure out what next. I have 300 dollars a month in student loans, 100 dollars in car insurance, and then whatever rent costs. Car Sales have been the only way I've been able to stay afloat but I am tired of the job, its not really what I was meant to do, I was meant so much more for education and learning... I can't seem to find a job that will make getting into graduate school any easier. Best I can hope to do is study my butt off all year to get a higher GRE, work harder on my PS, and try to connect with my LOR writers again next year, while saving up enough money to apply to 15 universities. I think that might be my only real hope if I can't get accepted. Crossing my fingers on Brandeis right now, and about to fill out the FAFSA. UC Boulder I suppose is still in the mix (they are not top 20), but I just have a bad feeling that my research interests won't go well with theirs. I'm kind of at a loss right now and venting. Congrats to all of you who DID make it though.

Congratulations man, Washington was one that I really hoped to go to. I do think its on a rolling basis, because Liz said they were still making their way through on a rolling basis, but nonetheless mega congrats!

My first rejection really sucks... And it pretty much makes Ann Arbor not likely at all... eliminates it even So I have Wash-Seattle ... which I did not know was as competitive as I've found out it is and Colorado Boulder, where I may not be that great a fit And then LSU... which I am probably a shoe in but where I don't want to get my PhD. I dont even know why I applied here.

Wow. This was exactly what I needed tonight. So bad... And to think, I got what I needed from what some anonymous stranger typed a year ago.

Hahahaha.... SocHope, I am feeling the same way right now have now reached BEYOND the realm of obsessive.

So the person above may have already gotten a call from his prof, or possibly just as likely, is simply bsing about his acceptance.

Washington could be done very soon. Liz seems to think they are really going through the applications fast, and we'll get acceptances and waitlists.

Congrats. That's one more better peice of news than I have gotten. COME ON WASHINGTON! That's the one I am itching to hear from right now.

Out of curiousity... Why? Because I feel the same way... but I'd love to know your erasons.

Iiiinteresting.... Could be a proposed thesis for getting into graduate school next year, haha... How the number of applications for MA/PhD programs correlate with the economy.