Today has been a day of silence.

[cokohlik]

I haven't received a single grad-school-related email today. It's strangely lonely.

Come on grad schools, I want to get accepted somewhere

[qbtacoma]

This is the moment before the wave. Right after the water stops sucking at your ankles but before it all whooshes back to the shore.

[eklavya]

i agree. this is the moment of calm before the tsunami.

[psi456]

I'd even take 3 rejections at this point- I've got a Plan B that I'm quite happy with. I just hate not knowing.

[farnsworth]

I got a Plan B, but I've been doing it this past year and am tired of it.

[UFGator]

Feels like forever when you are holding your breath. Go for a walk or something. Get a new hobby

[cokohlik]

Feels like forever when you are holding your breath. Go for a walk or something. Get a new hobby

Ooh! It's raining here in SoCal (and by raining I mean drizzling). It's invigorating to go for a stroll in the drizzle. Thanks for the idea!

[cokohlik]

i agree. this is the moment of calm before the tsunami.

I hope it's a tsunami of loveeee so we can have a virtual party!

[Amalia222]

You guys are speaking my language. 10 schools, no news. This suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks. Next week is supposed to be big, though.

Now, how to get through a weekend with nothing to do!!

[planetparker]

You're lucky, my wave has aleady hit, all rejections. Hope you all get in this year!

[books]

At this point I just wanna know. There are two schools I'm pretty sure I've been rejected from, but they keep telling me that they're still making decisions and no one has been rejected yet.

Agony!

And btw, a walk sounds lovely!

[kotov]

I got my first rejection and my first funded offer today. Now every day until Thursday (when I find out about my top remaining choice -- probably good news from what I hear) is going to be pure agony. Haha. Seriously though, no sweat. Go out and have a few tonight and don't worry about it. I thought I'd be getting rejected really hard everywhere and I've turned out at least moderately okay.

[everygirl]

Today I got an email from my dream school telling me that I passed the first stage of admission (the general admission for the school) and I'm onto the actual adcom. I was so nervous when I saw the email address on my phone that I didn't want to open it. Maybe the radio silence was better?

[cokohlik]

So much for silence. Came home. Parents handed me a letter from Michigan. I KNEW. I knew right away it was a rejection based on the timeline on this website. And it WAS. I'm so confused. I had an interview with my prospective advisor. We hit it of great. We're still in communication. I don't understand.

Officially, I have 3 schools left for acceptances. Unofficially, I only have 2 left- a prof from Columbia said I'm not on their shortlist.

2 schools. There is still hope.

Right?

:/

[cokohlik]

Today I got an email from my dream school telling me that I passed the first stage of admission (the general admission for the school) and I'm onto the actual adcom. I was so nervous when I saw the email address on my phone that I didn't want to open it. Maybe the radio silence was better?

Congratulations!!!

[cranberry]

So much for silence. Came home. Parents handed me a letter from Michigan. I KNEW. I knew right away it was a rejection based on the timeline on this website. And it WAS. I'm so confused. I had an interview with my prospective advisor. We hit it of great. We're still in communication. I don't understand.

Officially, I have 3 schools left for acceptances. Unofficially, I only have 2 left- a prof from Columbia said I'm not on their shortlist.

2 schools. There is still hope.

Right?

:/

Of course there's still hope! Although I went into this whole mess with a "hope for the best, expect/prepare for the worst" mentality and I like to think it's kept my sanity relatively intact (complete lie - I was insane long before this process).

[Amalia222]

I think it's worse now that I'm seeing acceptances on the results board for schools I applied to and in my field. It depresses me, because it makes me think that that's one less chance that I'll get in. Very hard.

[flotsam]

Hahaha When I first read this, I thought you said "get a new hubby."

I think I'm getting a little bleary-eyed.

Feels like forever when you are holding your breath. Go for a walk or something. Get a new hobby

[cokohlik]

Hahaha When I first read this, I thought you said "get a new hubby."

I think I'm getting a little bleary-eyed.

LOL!!! Hubby. I so needed that laugh.

[GI1]

I haven't received a single grad-school-related email today. It's strangely lonely.

Come on grad schools, I want to get accepted somewhere

At least you have heard sth, I haven't heard any! Oh well, guess I have to wait and be hopeful...

[jaxzwolf]

So much for silence. Came home. Parents handed me a letter from Michigan. I KNEW. I knew right away it was a rejection based on the timeline on this website. And it WAS. I'm so confused. I had an interview with my prospective advisor. We hit it of great. We're still in communication. I don't understand.

This is what makes me nervous. I had an in-person interview at my dream school last weekend. I loved the program, liked meeting the people in the department, etc., and now I feel as if the school is an even better fit than I did before. Plus, I liked the POI a great deal, and the overlap between our research interests is solid. But now I want the admit too much. We're supposed to hear back sometime next week, but I'm so worried about getting rejected-- I would honestly be devastated. I know it's a real possibility, though-- even those who do well and fit well end up rejected.

I've never felt so emotionally attached to something. I keep imagining opening up my inbox to the dreaded 'we regret to inform you' email. I thought I did as well as possible in the interview, but honestly, who can tell what they're really looking for? They interviewed a ton of candidates for a very limited number of spots. I want it SO BADLY!

I wish people would applaud us for pursuing higher education, instead of telling us to go get real jobs and actually contribute to the workforce. And I wish higher education was respected enough for us to choose where we want to go, instead of settling on attending a school that isn't a perfect fit.

Edited February 26, 2011 by jaxzwolf

[cokohlik]

This is what makes me nervous. I had an in-person interview at my dream school last weekend. I loved the program, liked meeting the people in the department, etc., and now I feel as if the school is an even better fit than I did before. Plus, I liked the POI a great deal, and the overlap between our research interests is solid. But now I want the admit too much. We're supposed to hear back sometime next week, but I'm so worried about getting rejected-- I would honestly be devastated. I know it's a real possibility, though-- even those who do well and fit well end up rejected.

I've never felt so emotionally attached to something. I keep imagining opening up my inbox to the dreaded 'we regret to inform you' email. I thought I did as well as possible in the interview, but honestly, who can tell what they're really looking for? They interviewed a ton of candidates for a very limited number of spots. I want it SO BADLY!

I wish people would applaud us for pursuing higher education, instead of telling us to go get real jobs and actually contribute to the workforce. And I wish higher education was respected enough for us to choose where we want to go, instead of settling on attending a school that isn't a perfect fit.

Trust me, I feel EXACTLY the same way. I have 2 schools left to hear from, and if I don get in to either of them- Im terrified. I don't want to have to lower my standards and attend a lesser program that isn't a perfect fit, when I'm applying to perfect fits right now!

We'll be ok... It has to work out, sometime.

Here's to hope!

[cokohlik]

This has been my dream for almost a decade and it's everything I've worked for. I hope those 2 remainig schools will see that.

[jaxzwolf]

This has been my dream for almost a decade and it's everything I've worked for. I hope those 2 remainig schools will see that.

Is this your first time applying? Good luck, and I hope we both hear good news soon!

[katemiddleton]

In my field, there have been no admits or rejects to my top choice schools...it's really been messing up my life! I hate this wait!