What are you going to do immediately after you read that rejection letter?

[everygirl]

I am posting while drinking, as I just got back from a six hour bitch session with other grad school hopefuls, and of course cheap wine was involved. I came back home and checked the results page, as I am wont to do every free second I have.

I just saw the thread "What were you doing when you got your acceptance?" so I thought I'd start a complimentary thread.... What do you plan to do immediately after you get rejection letter?" IF you get that rejection letter from that incredibly competitive, top school in your dream city and superstar professors? Thereby crushing all your girlish dreams?

Because I'm unoriginal and staring at a bottle of wine, if I see that email on my Blackberry, I think I'll DRINK! No matter what time of day it is. Maybe I'll go with something horrible and dry tasting, because I'll never want to drink that wine again after that moment.

What about you? What will you do if you see that email/snail mail sitting in your mailbox?

I say... drink! Rounds for everyone!

[Langoustine]

Hahaha I've had one (meh) but realistically will prob have more...not much of a crier but I will go out and buy myself something!

[MSW hopeful]

I received by BA from CSUSM What program did you get into? I was rejected from CSUF, CSULB, and SDSU last year. It was pretty damn epic... Well, I was waitlisted for SDSU's Master of Social Work program and then never let in.

This year I have been accepted to the University of San Diego, but I am really hoping I hear from SDSU. I didn't even bother to reapply yo CSUF or CSULB after they immediately rejected me last year.

Drink and play hours and hours of xbox.

Somewhere between crying and puking I'll finish up this semester's work... god knows why.

I kinda got a rejection on Friday. I was contacted by the department to discuss how much I am willing to vary my research interest. After a short conversation with the department head, the conversation was ended with, "Your application will remain the under consideration drawer". I'm pretty sure that means, "We're hanging on to your app to laugh at when were feeling stressed from trying to sort through all these other applicants that don't suck".

Ugh, so yeah. Friday I played through Singularity 3 times... in one sitting.

Applied:5

Accepted:0

Rejected:0

[Mal83]

I've been fortunate thus far to have not received an official rejection...although it sounds funny to me to say that I'm "fortunate" because up until late last week this process has been what I consider to be the "dark ages' of my life. Grad school means everything to me for a bunch of reasons and the waiting has driven me to new depths of depression, anxiety, and obsessiveness. I received my wait list notice from my dream school back on the 11th of March, I had come home early from work that day due to illness and I had just gotten settled in bed with my computer to just kind of putter around and relax. I did not in anyway expect to see an email from them so soon. There it was..."Your decision is waiting for you, check your account." My dad was right there and I was like "oh my god, I can't do this right now." I did..and then I saw the lack of Congratulations and was crushed. The wait list thing wasn't even on my radar screen and so many of my fellow returned peace corps volunteers were already attending that I was at least somewhat confident. I just put my head in my hand, tugged at my hair, and cried while my dad watched me, and had to console me by saying..."but that's not a rejection," it felt like it to me. I won't know until the middle of May if I can go there. But last week I was accepted to my safety school and knowing I'm going somewhere is amazing.

[Owlie]

I got that dreaded e-mail from my top choice two hours ago. I cried. A lot (for me, anyway). In the space of two hours, I've been going back and forth between relief, feelings of utter worthlessness, and wondering what I'm going to do now that I've been rejected from two of three PhD programs, and it's not looking good for the third. I was going to cook dinner, but now I'm going up the street to buy a milkshake. That's dinner.

[shoegirl]

well I just got bad news from Ryerson University last night, I called them!!!!!

Atter that, I told my mom and then went on facebook chat with random nobody and talk about it. This morning, i finally accepted that i have been rejected and i made it facebook

official!!=Dlol

I know there is another path waiting out for me so i am trying to be optimistic=)

[ugly_duckling]

I received by BA from CSUSM What program did you get into? I was rejected from CSUF, CSULB, and SDSU last year. It was pretty damn epic... Well, I was waitlisted for SDSU's Master of Social Work program and then never let in.

This year I have been accepted to the University of San Diego, but I am really hoping I hear from SDSU. I didn't even bother to reapply yo CSUF or CSULB after they immediately rejected me last year.

I ended up being accepted into the experimental psych MA program at CSUSM and the HF MS at Long Beach. San Marcos seemed like a great program, but I'm going to Long Beach since it is most aligned with my research. I got rejected from SDSU- they can suck it lmao jk. My rejection was actually really uneventful since I had been accepted into other programs. However, had I been rejected before I was accepted anywhere the devastation probably would have been epic.

Its great that you got into UCSD!! Best of luck with SDSU!!

[Zouzax]

3 months ago I replied to this forum and said I would go to the local liquor store, buy a bottle of champagne, drink & cry over my wasted youth.

In reality, it wasn't that dramatic.

Having already received 5 rejection letters, I knew I was going to get the 6th and final one any day. I wasn't surprised when I saw the thin envelope waiting for me in my lobby. I tore it up, threw it out, and thought, "well that's that". Then I went on with my day.

I had already started to research programs in Europe so i wasn't all too depressed. It's always good to have a Plan B

[KreacherKeeper]

This has been a rough season for me. I initially applied to one program (big mistake) and the at the last minute cast the net wider. As I did, I found out I really, really liked a program close to home. I applied and low and behold realized I had 3 typos (not huge but present) in my writing sample. My first dream school did not give me enough funding-a no go, and the second one has accepted me on the web page but nothing in writing (it does not feel real). But then there is my new dream school dangling out there.

I am pretty sure I am going to be rejected. After my first no-go, I began to furiously look for jobs (no luck!) So what are my plans?

I am going to cry, eat an entire bag of chips and then return to my job hunt in a dramatic fashion that will likely include fast food and every other job imaginable.....

[jupitersun]

The first few rejections I got were from ridiculous reach schools that I knew I'd never get into anyway (I think Brown was the first). I just kind of went "meh."

When I got the rejection from one of the schools I really, really, really wanted to go to, I definitely cried. Subsequent rejections had even more crying because the panic of not getting in anywhere was starting to set in. I probably sat under a table or something because that's what I do when I get stressed.

[theatrehippie]

I've been really surprised by my reactions to my rejections. The first couple, I was frustrated and a little mad, because I thought I was definitely a strong candidate, and one did not even interview me (even though I was interviewed for several much more competitive programs). Then, when I got the rejections from my top choice (a dual degree program, so two rejections), I was only a little disappointed, but mostly felt okay. I guess it's because they wrote me the nicest rejection letter ever, and encouraged me to apply again in the next year or two, after I had more experience. Since I'd flown out twice and had an interview, and gotten to know them a bit, I really did feel like they would like to have me as a student, but that I just did not fit into the cohort this year. I think I will apply for the MFA/MBA again after completing my MA.

[GlowingFishGal]

I am a crier. There is no stopping it; I am just an overly emotional chick. That being said, I have received 2 rejections (via e-mail, check the site) and have not cried once. I was expecting both of them, even though I always kept a little light in my heart on saying I could get in. I applied to a total of 5 Marine Biology programs (4PhD, 1MS) and I am not in correspondence with any of the profs...ANYWHERE. Everyone I have e-mailed has either not replied or said they don't have funding to take on a student, so I am not really expecting to get into any of the other 3 either. Here I am 3 days until the April 15th deadline (my bday btw) and have not heard a thing from over half of my schools. *Sigh*

Oh well, short answer is I told myself there is plenty of time in the future for it, and this just opens up options. My first place to go to was student universe and looked at plane tickets to Europe, second site was Peace Corps.