Silent_G

As far as I'm concerned, we're still in this!!

Now it's up to ten! Geez. Not mine though. Still empty. Getting tense is right.

Congrats! When/how did you hear from them?

Ha! What a great idea! The app management system has a place to upload a photo. Dare I try it?

Thanks! Same to you! Maybe we'll be joining each other this Fall...

Oh man, I just about had a heart attack when I saw all those rejections. But still no decision for me. Fingers permanently crossed.

Would it happen to be Brown? Because I have the same problem. My professor even forwarded me the email confirmation she received from them that my letter had been uploaded, but the system shows it as missing. I also filed a help ticket over a month ago and when I checked in they said that my request was still waiting for someone to review it. Ridiculous.

Yes, you can. It will ask you whether or not you're enrolled in a particular school, and then it will ask you if you have potential schools that you would like to send your information to. I recommend filling it out now, because most state deadlines are March 1 for priority consideration.

Despite the fact that I'm not expecting an acceptance, I'm kind of terrified by the thought of getting one via a phone call. I would have absolutely no clue what to say, and I imagine I would come across as such an idiot that they would immediately revoke the offer anyway. I would probably either scream something like, "Really?! You really want me?! Are you sure?" or else I would be completely silent with shock. Perhaps it's best if I don't answer my phone at all over the next few weeks.

That was my first CD too, along with Salt N Pepa's Hot, Cool and Vicious. I got both for my birthday to go with my big present, which was a boombox. I technically didn't pick them for myself, but they're definitely what I would've picked for myself at the time. I think the first one I actually bought myself was The Cranberries' To the Faithful Departed.

Thank you! That helps considerably. Now I just need to make myself stop checking the website. I do wish I could fast forward to that point in time where I've heard back from at least one school. This waiting is driving me nuts.

Haha! Okay, I'll go with that. I could certainly use some cheering up.

Yeah, no decision for me either. And I'm home sick today, so I get to obsessively check every five minutes couple hours...

So much for "shortly." Clearly the AdCom and I have a different interpretation of the word. Why couldn't they have said "soon"? It would still have been annoyingly vague, but it has a less immediate connotation.

Serious congratulations to all of you who have acceptances! For some odd reason it gives me hope, although logically I realize that the more of you there are getting accepted the less likely it is there will still be a spot for me somewhere. But today I'm feeling a little more positive about this than I was yesterday. As we all seem to know, that may change at any moment, so for now I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

Thank you! That's what my mentor said too. I'm hoping you're both right!

That's wonderful!! Congrats!

I had that problem with the Brown application. They kept resetting all my employment dates to the default "today's date" setting, which was very unsettling because of course every time I logged in it looked as though every job I've ever held both began and ended this year.

Right. That's what I did, just added mine today, not realizing it had been blank. I wish they WOULD retroactively send that email though...

Thank you! Yes, I noticed that my email address had been left blank too. Is anyone else somewhat disappointed in the online application systems? I ran into so many technical difficulties with applying, which really wasn't too awful except that it started affecting my LOR writers and becoming a nuisance for them. You would think one's email address would autopopulate just like the rest of the info, no?

Brilliant. I will follow suit and try to cheer myself up. I even logged into their site and updated my contact information to be sure they had my email address, despite the fact that I have the site and log in info because I received their email when my application was completed. Yes, I am aware of my own logical inconsistencies and continue with them regardless.

You are right, of course. Thank you! I definitely need some positive thinking right now!

Exactly! What does "shortly" mean?! That could be a day or it could be a week. Why do they torture us like this? And I don't even have the advantage of being able to read from the original email, but have to pore over every word posted by those who have received it. This whole experience will be the death of me.

This thread is sending me into a downward spiraling vortex of despair. I've applied to six schools (which I thought was a lot until I started looking around on here) and have not heard back from a single one. Everyone keeps telling me they're sure I'll get in--which is apparently a guarantee that I won't--and I'm sick to my stomach every time I imagine having to tell them I've been rejected from every school I've applied to. Also, very little hope of getting in based on the fact that my BA--yes I only have a BA and not an MA--well, BA's to be exact, are in Anthropology and Philosophy and I somehow convinced myself that I had a shot of getting into a PhD program in an entirely different field. What was I thinking?!?!

Wonderful points! I will try to be optimistic. This is the first post I've seen on the results board for any of the schools I've applied to, so I'm exceptionally anxious about it and of course overanalyzing everything.