I joined to post this thought:
Maybe I am much, much weaker of a person than I initially thought, but this app season has literally made me miserable. I am angry, depressed, hostile, prone to illness, and above all, very bitter. I hear birds chirping and I want to chop down their tree.
Part of it is that I have been rejected from schools I thought I had a chance of getting into, and another part is that I am still waiting on answers.
It feels like the rest of the world knows what they're going to do in the Fall, yet my plans have been demolished and/or are being toyed with by late responses.
At the beginning of this process, I had a "whatever happens, happens!" attitude. Now I am purely depressed about the whole thing.
Hopefully the next two weeks brings some good news.
Thanks for listening and allowing me to vent, gradcafe!