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Likewise, thinking that I had an at least somewhat competitive application. Granted, I don't have much in the way of academic research experience, but I have a rather unusual background that involved .mil research stuffs, which I thought might at least catch their eye. Most of the grad students I've spoken with are saying it's too early to shrug off hope completely, but.. then, none of them are in psych grad programs. I'm not sure they're overly familiar with the fact that neary -everybody- interviews in our field. Well, the field we hope to break into, anyhow. :> I think the most reasonable thiing to hope for at this point, longshot or not, is that we've been automagically waitlisted somewhere without any explicit notification. That's what I'm going to tell myself until the mailman shows up with a rubber band-bound stack of rejection letters. Good luck to ya.

So, ah... I applied to 10 different programs, and I've yet to hear a single thing back from any of them. :X Am I among the dwindling few still adrift in the cruel seas of applicant limbo, or is my perception being skewed by all the enthusiastic posts about invites and interviews around here? As bad as it sounds, I'd almost rather be back in a combat zone: at least the stress there was somewhat intermittent, and the potential catastrophes had a certain sense of finality about them. This, on the other hand, is a grueling trek through some sort of pitch black minefield in which you're constantly expecting something to detonate, but nothing ever does. Then you find yourself hoping that something -does- detonate, because the minefield seems to just go on and on and on and the prospect of going on indefinitely becomes more terrifying than the prospect of a mercifully quick demise. Ahem... sorry, just a little cathartic hyperbole. Mostly.

Hey all -- any of you out there get the invites for HASTS @ MIT today? I saw two posted on the results page, and I'm curious to know who the POI's were... particularly since I myself didn't get an invite. I'm trying to figure out whether I should start drinking myself into a stupor immediately or whether I should cling to hope for a few more days. :>

Applied to Columbia as well, but I've yet to hear anything.