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Rochester! That was not what I was expecting when I got the Unknown number phone call this morning. I had gotten myself in a frame of mind where I was certain the first three I'd hear back from were OSU, Madison, and Yale, all of which are second-tier schools for me. Turns out my first decision was from Rochester, which is a top choice, and when I told the guy on the phone that they were the first I'd heard back from, he said "I'm sure you'll be hearing back from lots of others--you've got a great file, and we're excited about competing for you." It's so incredibly validating, relieving, etc., because I was pretty certain I had the stats to get into at least one of my top choices, but these past weeks, I just kept thinking, "what happens if I don't get in anywhere, or just into one or two places I don't really want to go (even though I applied as safeties)?" Not trying to brag/show up people who haven't received acceptances yet--I hope everyone has this same wonderful experience of knowing "well, I don't have to worry anymore, because even if everyone else rejects me, I'm going to a great program where I can succeed." And for the folks who have been waitlisted/rejected at places that aren't your top choices, remember that your top choices are your top choices because of fit, and they'll recognize that too--like me with Rochester, I'm a modeler, so I'm excited about them and they're excited about me, but that doesn't guarantee I'll get in at lower-ranked programs where I'm not as good of a fit. Sorry for the huge rant, I'm just shaking with excitement.

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I got that last week. I followed the instructions and sent an email to the access at osu dot com. They never replied, but my account went back to normal.

Yeah got mine fixed pretty quickly. I wish I would hear something...

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vig180 said:
Friend of mine with a 4.0 and high (1500ish) GRE scores just got turned down from Duke too, so I don't think this is some arbitrary cutoff line.

I know I have way lower GRE/GPA scores and my application status page has not been changed. I would rather like to go with the assumption that they are updating the pages alphabetically. Then again I could be wrong.

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