Ternwild Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 13 hours ago, crackademik said: I actually did try to call and beg once. Can confirm it does not work. Boom! First rejection. Looks like I'm gonna win this race to the bottom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battermix Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 38 minutes ago, Ternwild said: Boom! First rejection. Looks like I'm gonna win this race to the bottom! Hey, hang in there! You still have a long way to go and I am sure it will get better. We are all comrades in a battlefield! Good luck, my dear friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elx Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 7:13 PM, nexttosomewhatnormal said: I had one interview and have two more lined up but tbh I'm sort of so disheartened and frustrated by this entire process that I don't even know if I'm excited for grad school anymore, which is really sad. I'll bet anything that if (once!) you DO get an acceptance, all of that will fade away. Good luck!! 12 hours ago, TheHoff said: Yeah, I imagine that is the case, they probably receive dozens of such emails every day. I just don't understand why they don't send the rejections to the people that have no chance quicker. Schools usually have under 15% of acceptance rate, I imagine that they read at least half of the applicants and be like "hell no", so why keep them waiting until late March, early April? I think about it so much!!! I understand that their priority is securing the students they really want to attend and not losing them to other programmes, but I wish they'd just have mercy on the bottom of the pile. Where I increasingly feel like I belong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackademik Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 8 hours ago, Ternwild said: Boom! First rejection. Looks like I'm gonna win this race to the bottom! Hey! we're both one for one! I got my first rejection at the beginning of January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ana21 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Im glad im not the only one, I haven't been able to concentrate in anything at all. I open my email every five minutes as if something was going to change. Doesn't help that two of my schools have sent emails already, but not to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palyndrone Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Every email notification I get now gives me a heart attack. Now that it's the end of Jan and most 1 Dec applications have been processed already, I'm almost as desperate for rejections as interviews, so that I can stop clinging to false shreds of hope! Sounds like everyone else is feeling the same way ? ana21 and clehman13 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoff Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Two more people posted acceptances at my top choice and here I sit with radio silence from all the universities that I applied. I'm with you @ana21, I can't concentrate on other things, sometimes it's even hard to sleep as I keep thinking too much about these applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekilledinos Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 12 minutes ago, TheHoff said: Two more people posted acceptances at my top choice and here I sit with radio silence from all the universities that I applied. I'm with you @ana21, I can't concentrate on other things, sometimes it's even hard to sleep as I keep thinking too much about these applications. I'm thinking about all the ways I fucked up my applications now. Like. Shit! I'm so stupid. I just want this to be over with so I can move on with my life. OBforme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historygeek Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Someone on the history forum just got their acceptance to Harvard. Apparently the graduate admissions process isn't "entirely" over yet, but all I've gotten is complete radio silence. This is the first time I've anxiety cried over this admittance process. ? Hopefully I get some good news soon, but I'm feeling so cynical and worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havemybloodchild Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 It's weird but my anxiety basically went away as soon as I heard back from my first school- a rejection no less- and now I feel at peace with whatever happens. Who even am I??? Hope ya'll feel better soon too! I don't miss the sensation of an elephant sitting on my chest every waking moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOiseauRouge Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Do you guys think that if I keep refreshing the application portal, I'll find out about the result sooner than if I just check my email? XD I'm like way too anxious right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elx Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 hour ago, kendalldinniene said: It's weird but my anxiety basically went away as soon as I heard back from my first school- a rejection no less- and now I feel at peace with whatever happens. Who even am I??? Hope ya'll feel better soon too! I don't miss the sensation of an elephant sitting on my chest every waking moment. I always kinda expected for that to happen!! Like, once you hear from one, you know it's real, you actually applied, you've had some type of interaction with a programme from their side. I feel like I'm bound to hear from one school sometime soon, they can't all 5 leave me waiting until March, can they?! Only one of mine hasn't started releasing decisions so. . .soon? Damn I hope so. On another note, every Thursday for the past few weeks I've seen lots of decisions go out! Might be wishful thinking, but I'm banking on hearing something this time next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ana21 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 @TheHoff I keep checking my email, overtime it rings I get chills. I just wish I heard at least from one, that way my anxiety would kind of diminish. At this point my safe school is not even safe anymore, this is just too stressful . brighteyes and TheHoff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potsupotsu Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I kind of wish graduate school application portals worked the same way as postal service tracking. Like you would know when your file passed through here and there, if it's awaiting delivery to the ad comm, if its on its way to the waitlist pile, etc. etc. Cronbachs Alpha, OBforme, yukichi and 8 others 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elx Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 hour ago, potsupotsu said: I kind of wish graduate school application portals worked the same way as postal service tracking. Like you would know when your file passed through here and there, if it's awaiting delivery to the ad comm, if its on its way to the waitlist pile, etc. etc. I popped my 'check the admissions portal just in case they decided but didn't email yet' cherry today. It's the actual worst; I would love a notification right now. Of any kind. But I'm also not ready to get rejected. What a vicious circle haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historygeek Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I got my first acceptance today and, after the original happiness, I'm more anxious! I know it doesn't matter what else happens, but now I just want everyone to let me know! crackademik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FK@UofT Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 So nervous! Acceptances/Rejections/Wait Lists go out for my program at the end of this month. The month is finally here. Nothing but an expectation of admittance on my end, but the wait is brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historygeek Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 This weekend is going to be so. slow. and. anxiety. inducing. bonesandbakes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOiseauRouge Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 17 minutes ago, historygeek said: This weekend is going to be so. slow. and. anxiety. inducing. It really is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgaw10 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 A bit overdramatic but this is this month's mood elx, PsychWannabee, londonrain9 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDStat Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 My department's application deadline was on Jan 20th, and I have been trying not to go onto the application portal to view my status but everyday I just can't refrain myself from doing it. I am hoping to receive the PhD fellowship that they offer for the incoming PhD students, and something makes me think that the award recipients will get their acceptance letter earlier on than the other applicants, so day after day I am getting more and more impatient....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetite Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I'm incredibly anxious. I've seen acceptances posted for two of the three schools I applied to, including my top choice. I had a phone interview with the professor I want to work with there three weeks ago but I haven't heard from her since. I'm really afraid I didn't do a lot to distinguish myself. She was talking for the majority of the call and I didn't interject to clarify things in a few places, because I didn't want to interrupt her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonesandbakes Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Feel so anxious. Someone who currently goes to one of my top-choice programs today that the department was finalizing their choices today. Obsessively checked my email all day hoping the POI would send something telling me if I was in or not. Nothing. I know it's not horrible because they'll likely send out official notifications middle of next week but oh god that seems so far away!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elx Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 hour ago, sgaw10 said: A bit overdramatic but this is this month's mood brb setting this as my ringtone KynaMeow and sgaw10 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brighteyes Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 On 2/1/2019 at 11:42 AM, ana21 said: @TheHoff I keep checking my email, overtime it rings I get chills. I just wish I heard at least from one, that way my anxiety would kind of diminish. At this point my safe school is not even safe anymore, this is just too stressful . Preach. I'm in the same boat. I applied to 9 schools and l haven't had any decisions-- even rejections-- from any of them. I've had two interviews, and haven't heard from them either. Ugh. I think I'd feel better if I just knew from one or two of the schools. The black hole of not knowing is rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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