storiaitaliana Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 Congrats, pikatopia! I was noticing some social science/humanities programs making early decisions too -- interesting! Guess they liked you a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katanianQ Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 yeah, I'm currently on vacation and instead of making progress on my pile o work or at least giving the apt a good clean, all I do is check these message boards. actually I just took a break to watch that Christian the lion video and bawl my eyes out. it's a good 2 min distraction from all of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rising_star Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 pikatopia, update the results page if you haven't already! It'll help people in future years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPoliSciPhD Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Congrats! That's great that you've heard already! About once an hour I tell myself I'm not going to ever come back to this board and stop checking my status on my app pages. My productivity level has severely dropped --- I don't know how I can manage a few more months of this. Plus today I was watching CNN so much with that plane coverage - FREAKING SCARY STUFF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikatopia Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Updating the results page was one of the most satisfying parts of my day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardnav Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Hi everyone! I got an acceptance today from what I kind of considered my safety in the beginning (but as I researched the school more, had convinced myself I would never be accepted - the mind is a funny thing!)...I can easily say that it has SO NOT made the wait any less painful!! I just want to knowwwwwwwww already!! I have to admit, I was very VERY surprised to hear back so soon - as from my obsessive perusing of this board, saw that most of my field's acceptances (and schools) did not send out until late Feb/early March. Fingers crossed for everyone! I completely agree that it doesn't help. I heard from one of my "match level" a little while ago, but until I hear from my Top Choice ["reach school"], I don't think I can feel calm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linden Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Pikatopia and solefolia: Congratulations to both of you! And, pikatopia, I also found that the first acceptance only made me hungry for more. Ha, ha. Glad I am not the only one. Linden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonights Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 See, if I get an acceptance from even one of my seven non-safety schools, I'm going to stop worrying entirely. I only need to get into one, is how I look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readyforachange Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 it's like the second I hit submit on my last (of many, many) application...I wanted to know. My last two applications were due today, but one was dec. 1 and four others were dec. 15. It feels like I submitted the other five so long ago! on a side note - I noticed one of my schools sends letters to permanent addresses, not current ones. So if I get a letter, I'll have to drive home to get it or wait for my parents to mail it to me. Great...MORE waiting!! ahhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rising_star Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 readyforachange, one of my schools did that. I just had my mom open the damn letter because I already knew it was a rejection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine6 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I will be happy if my first reply is an acceptance, funding or no. If the first one is a rejection or wait list, I think I may need to see a psychiatrist... and thanks to ridgey, I hadn't even thought of that.... now I need a new phone and service :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_ruth Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Just got another "file complete" email. At least that's another missing transcript I can stop worrying about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPoliSciPhD Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I've gotten a couple of those but some schools that had deadlines 12/15 never sent me anything. I hope that's not a big deal. UCLA annoys me the most, I think. Their status site notes that they have everything I sent (which is everything required) yet for some reason it says Items Required to Complete: Suppl Info WTF is Suppl Info? I've gone back over the requirements and I've submitted everything listed...now I'm just worried that it's something I overlooked and I wasted time and money applying and they won't even look at my application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phonologist Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I'm prepared for a rejection or two, but I pray that an acceptance comes first. I don't know how I'd handle a rejection without knowing that I at least got in somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boz Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I'm prepared for a rejection or two, but I pray that an acceptance comes first. I don't know how I'd handle a rejection without knowing that I at least got in somewhere. Same here. If I got into one of the schools that notify early (late January/early February, I think), everything would be fine. The rejections that came along later wouldn't be nearly as painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgey Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I discovered a way NOT to pass the time: DO NOT, under any circumstances, search in Medline (or the equivalent in your field) for the person you hope will be your advisor. Obviously, we all did probably did this when we were applying. But at this stage in the game, I discovered it is a recipe for getting desperate for one particular admittance. I had been trying so hard not to get my hopes up (to protect myself from disappointment in the event of across the board rejection) but that is not possible now. Approx. 4 weeks to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadhelyn Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I discovered a way NOT to pass the time: DO NOT, under any circumstances, search in Medline (or the equivalent in your field) for the person you hope will be your advisor. Obviously, we all did probably did this when we were applying. But at this stage in the game, I discovered it is a recipe for getting desperate for one particular admittance. I had been trying so hard not to get my hopes up (to protect myself from disappointment in the event of across the board rejection) but that is not possible now. Approx. 4 weeks to go... Nor should you distract yourself by looking at rentals and real estate in your possible new cities. Really biases me towards the universities with the nice and affordable places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solefolia Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Nor should you distract yourself by looking at rentals and real estate in your possible new cities. Really biases me towards the universities with the nice and affordable places. Ugh, this was something I was really bad with (oh, who am i kidding? I'm still really bad with it). I tried to delude myself into thinking I was just getting an idea about the cost of living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadhelyn Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Ugh, this was something I was really bad with (oh, who am i kidding? I'm still really bad with it). I tried to delude myself into thinking I was just getting an idea about the cost of living. You should see home prices in Atlanta (my #1 is Emory)! You can get a 5 bed, 3 bath place about 25 min from the university for $140k! It seems like everyone in Atlanta is going through foreclosure. I know the economy's generally not good, but I honestly hope home prices stay low until I have a down payment. I've already played with the calculators online, and with taxes and PMI and such monthly payments on some of the more modest (3 bed/2 bath homes for less than $100k) come out to at or less than my current rent! Heck, it might be cheaper even without a down payment. But I think it would be best to rent for the first year so you get an idea of which neighborhoods are best! You got any good finds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgey Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Nor should you distract yourself by looking at rentals and real estate in your possible new cities. Really biases me towards the universities with the nice and affordable places. In the same spirit: don't plan your itinerary for backpacking your way through South and Central America to the US. I guess that's only an issue for international students... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohheygradschool Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I spent this morning reading through every single post in the "History Admissions 2008" thread.... So glad I'm going back to school tomorrow. :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTitans Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hey all, new here. Yes, I'm still waiting on a whole bunch of replies as well! I got an interview to UPenn Biomedical Graduate Studies, which is a program within their Med School, so I'm excited about that. Check out my sig. for my info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freefallen Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 ...I started looking for a real world job yesterday night. Stressing that I have no skills to get any job to support myself really hasn't helped this stressful waiting part. Oh, and I did a bit of the whole real estate thing last week too when I watched House Hunters. It got me excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_ruth Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 ugh! there is still one school who still hasn't sorted through their holiday mail, so my application is without transcripts well past the first of the year fellowship deadline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvyHope Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 ugh! there is still one school who still hasn't sorted through their holiday mail, so my application is without transcripts well past the first of the year fellowship deadline Don't worry; that doesn't mean you're out of running for a fellowship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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