I am impressed

[adinutzyc]

I am near making my decision (am down to two schools, and the proportions are hugely in favor of one of them), and have already started emailing schools I know I am not going to attend telling them that. I have received emails wishing me good luck from each and every single one! It is really impressive that they have put in the time to personally reply to me (although of course the emails were just a sentence or two)! I really wasn't expecting that, and I really appreciate these little gestures! I'm just so sad to see some of these schools go out of my life, as I know I would have been happy there too...

Oh well, good luck everybody!

[Azazel]

I am near making my decision (am down to two schools, and the proportions are hugely in favor of one of them), and have already started emailing schools I know I am not going to attend telling them that. I have received emails wishing me good luck from each and every single one! It is really impressive that they have put in the time to personally reply to me (although of course the emails were just a sentence or two)! I really wasn't expecting that, and I really appreciate these little gestures! I'm just so sad to see some of these schools go out of my life, as I know I would have been happy there too...

Oh well, good luck everybody!

I've had a similar experience. And although the schools may "go out of your life", it's possible that some of the people will not ;-)

At the very least, you may find yourself interacting with them at some conference or another. I've also heard that the networks you build over visit days become helpful (in some small way) when looking for a faculty position.

Edited March 27, 2011 by Azazel

[OH YEAH]

Yeah, this happened to me too. You'll see these people later, since presumably they are in your research area...