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medianerd, Look on the bright side, at least you got in somewhere! There may be someone you know who's jealous of you right now!

That's your body's way of telling you you need to study a little less and start dating more.

If YOU are accepted by a school, then YOUR acceptance rate is 100% for that school. If you are rejected, the rate is 0% I think that's all any of us really care about, since none of us will be 20% accepted.

Why not assume you got in and just show up the first day. Tell the department secretary you're a new grad student and need an office assignment. Seems to me that once worked for George Costanza.

Bernie Madoff's list of victims was published today and included schools such as Brandeis, Columbia and Brooklyn College. Other schools have taken hits to their endowments, for instance, BC cut many services, but pledged to keep funding of new students at consistent levels. I have heard rumors that other schools have financial problems, but nothing substantiated. Has anyone else read specific reports about recent losses to endowments? Is anyone else concerned about getting into a 7 year financial relationship this year, when the dust is still settling?

I would definately reapply at least once. Schools often give you a slight bump up if you reapply. I also have applied to several schools in the same "level," and I think most people do the same. If I apply to 3 top programs and then reapply and still don't get in, I'm figuring I'm just not going to get in to any of them. I would only reapply a second time if something about my application significantly changed, for example, if I got a master's degree.

Awesome! That's a great school! You must be thrilled to start off with such a strong +1! UVA notified at the begining of February last year, so I guess UVA hopefulls are up next

If you are applying all over the country, just mark the region of your first choice.

There were two schools that I applied to which used embark, all of them showed I was missing either a LOR, a transcript or my GRE scores. I emailed someone in the department, and they assured me my application was complete. Embark is usually wrong, so don't panick, but do double check.

It's like playing pool, you need to shoot through the shot. I'm already working on my statement for when I reapply next year. It just helps me deal with the uncertainty.

Maybe you should call the department and ask. I know everyone is afraid to "bother" the admissions offices, but the 2 or 3 interactions I've had with schools over questions like this have been very friendly and helpful. Or if you're really paranoid about getting a bad rep, use a fake name and disguise your voice. :idea:

I greatly admire your resourcefulness and your obsessive tendencies. You will someday win a nobel prize in stalking if they ever start awarding prizes in categories that really mean something.

I'm realizing I should have thrown an application in to the U of Hawaii. What was I thinking?

That reminds me of a story this old Professor I used to know tells about how he got into his field. He was in the army after WWII and they asked for volunteers if anyone wanted to be a "Statistician." He volunteered, but only because he was a little deaf from mortar fire and thought they said "Dietician." You never know what you'll be good at, I guess, though times were simpler then.

mraig, You are not wrong about that. A lot of people that are not making it in graduate school (whether it's academic, personal or financial) feel very frustrated and bitter when they finally give it up. Usually at this point they are also really, really broke. I've known a few people in this position too, and I was surprised to hear them talk fondly of grad school a year later, once they found a job and were on their feet, away from the stress and frustration of arguing with an advisor they just couldn't communicate with and having to pay for an extra semester of fees because their thesis was not acceptable, etc. etc. I think no one can know how they're going to do. Just cross your fingers and hope things work out for the best.