nicolesuza

Just wanted to let you know you're not in the boat alone -- I'm going to follow this thread closely and see if anyone offers some advice that tips either of us in one direction. Very best of luck!! 1. A top #100 university with a fabulous research match and surprisingly, advisor comes recently from #2 Education school in country. (Don't know why he's now at this school.) Full funding. 2. The #1 ranked department, good research match, friendly professors. Also, my first acceptance -- feels like my "first love." Full funding. 3. Third, Ivy League, fabulous research match, highly respected but fairly aloof faculty, . Much less funding, but holy crap, never even thought I had a chance. I'm dying here. (Wonderful problem to have, tho.) Accepted: Columbia, U-Wisc Madison, Illinois-Chicago Rejected: Northwestern, U-Chicago Waiting: none

Oh lord, on the off-chance that's true, I hope they don't also do rejections alphabetically!

I'm hoping maybe they're doing acceptances alphabetically, since my last names starts with a Z! :wink:

Maybe the department is waiting to see if anyone goes postal on them? :roll:

I had a dream last night that I received a letter from Chicago's Harris School (you may have seen all the angry applicants on the results page). The letter pointed out that I 'd gotten a very, very bad grad as an undergrad, and someone had circled the grade in red pencil with an arrow pointing to it. But then in the middle of the letter was this word in all CAPS, "ACYPTD." I thought I'd been accepted under probation, but my husband insisted I'd been rejected. Then I woke up.

No news here, either. I seriously can't believe they'd just be waiting and waiting to send out all rejections -- they've gotta still be taking the votes. At least that's a ray of hope for all of us!

Heck yeah, I've got the impostor syndrome, and I've got it bad. Mostly, though, I get it when I think of attending the best school I've gotten into. During my interview, I even told my prospective advisor about it, and we both laughed. She's a high-achieving woman, so maybe she had it once, too. To the poster who's now 32, so am I! Better to do the PhD now rather than getting too freaked, and then someday down the road realizing how young we really were at 32. I've a friend who is 42 and only just considering it. We can do it, and thank goodness we didn't wait. Right?

I am 3 for 5. Unfortunately, my favorite (Harris School, U of C) is really dragging its feet. I think I know what that means - sigh. C'mon De Carlo, get it together! FYI: Most of these, below, are in Human Dev/Education schools. Harris is, of course, Public Policy. Apparently they're beginning to become quite strong in policy from Human Dev perspective. Applied: Chicago, Columbia, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois-Chicago Accepted: Columbia, Wisconsin, Illinois-Chicago Rejected: 0 Waiting: Chicago, Northwestern