Stately Plump

Congrats eaw53!!! Awesome, awesome achievement.

Yup, I think enough have gone out that--because my inbox is empty--I can chalk this one up to a loss. Not that I was expecting it. Congrats to everyone who got in! I'm so excited for you!

Hey, here's hoping they send out rejections soon. I just want this to be over. I've still heard nothing from Columbia, who has both accepted some and rejected others. Harvard, don't drag me out the way Columbia is.

^^^hahahahaha. pacific.

AWESOME, hazlebite! Sooo pumped for you! ++++ energy for the rest of us!!!

I had all but counted them out...

Ulysses, indeed. Page 1. You should see it

Thanks for the info Trip. I'm sure they loved you

As soon as I read the title of this thread, I thought, "NO." While I, too, agree with avoiding situations that you will regret forever, I can't imagine slogging through research that I'm not passionate about for several (5+?) years, only to prepare myself for a situation that I'm not sure I want to be in. I would much sooner just get a job in the "real world," and not live as a lowly graduate student trying (often futilely) to gain the respect of my professors, all while watching my non-academia friends get good jobs, start families, and live normal lives for 25-35 year olds. Realize that, coming out of graduate school, many of us will be 30ish and just trying to find our first "real" job; we will very likely not have families (I realize there are exceptions) and we will very likely have to relocate, something that isn't too fun at 30+. For me, those would be some serious deterrents to committing myself 110% (the necessary commitment rate to succeed in an often cut-throat academic environment) to my research. I have two caveats to what I've just said. The first is that I have had moments of doubt, where I question what I'm doing and consider other career choices. This sometimes lasts as long as a few weeks. However, when I think critically about where I actually want to be in the next few years, I settle, once again, on my current choice. So my point is, don't be swayed by "mood swings". The second is that I am applying to PhD programs in the humanities, where the chances of getting a job are ridiculously low. It's almost not worth it even if you are incredibly passionate about it and cannot see yourself doing anything else, ever. I'm pretty sure that isn't the case for you science folk. So in that regard, I may have less of an understanding about your situation. If I saw someone post this thread over in the lit forum, I would ask for their telephone number so I could call them personally and persuade them not to attend. Just for me: I can't see mustering up the motivation to complete graduate-level work without the passion to do so. When I am bored by something, I put it off for as long as possible, and more often than not, it never actually gets done (e.g., laundry, house-cleaning). Just my two cents

*Edit.

On the other hand, when you get accepted outright into Harvard, it will solve your Rutgers wait-list problem pretty quick

I would rather be rejected than wait-listed. Wait-listing will only prolong the torment and misery.

I still haven't been rejected... WHY?! Dear Columbia: It has been brought to our attention that you have notified some applicants to your program of their rejection while simultaneously leaving others without any update of their standing. . Not only is this behavior offensive, it is also unacceptable. Your actions produce a false sense of hope, and in some rare cases, may cause stomach pains, nausea, indigestion, diarrhea, heart-burn, anxiety, cervical cancer, athlete's foot, hair loss, and involuntary spasms of the back, neck, leg, and eyelid. Your actions are unacceptable, and my colleagues and I have no option but to find you guilty of attempted manslaughter in the second degree. Your punishment may be mitigated under the following circumstances: you accept me/us into your program, your offer your reply promptly, and/or you agree to hire me/us as tenure-track professors in 5-6 years. Thank you for your time. We expect your duly response immediately. Further procrastination may be deteriorative to your already precarious position. Sincerely, gradcafe users and Columbia applicants, under the auspices of one Stately Plump

Seriously, another day, and not a peep? I thought we'd hear something today... Cornell and Penn have been quiet also. The calm before the storm? Will tomorrow be a big day? *Note: I'm not really expecting good news from any of these schools. I'm hoping to hear that I've been rejected, so I can stop hoping.

+1! I didn't even think about that...

I think all rejections hurt because there is an awareness that the program didn't want you. Even if you didn't want them, it hurts nonetheless to find out--definitively--that they didn't want you, either.

Count me in.

Mine are both implicit. The only formal rejection I received was from CUNY.

I'm thinking they haven't sent out offers yet. I think that one post on the results board was a phony. I can't imagine more people wouldn't have posted to the board.

Thanks a lot for the interview feedback! I've been prepping a bit for my interview as well, and it's nice to know that they are pretty cordial and informal.That definitely takes a bit of the edge off. I'm probably going to decline their offer, as I have another offer where the funding is more competitive. However, like Trip, I will not know for sure until I visit both places. So here's hoping you get one of our spots!

Yeah, I can relate.

I haven't heard anything... And the results board have been quiet. I've been checking

Are there still a lot of people who have no update on their status? I just want this rejection to roll in so I can be done with it.

lol. Shows how much I know. (<--- sunglasses to hide embarrassment for mis-answering question, also to hide tears angst from not being accepted at NYU)

*ignores more pressing work to devise an entirely hypothetical calculation of a hypothetical wait-list position* *still doesn't have clearer sense of position on wait-list* *is still nervous about potential acceptance*