TripWillis Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 This is the e-mail check clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jT0JT3N47g rainy_day, poeteer, wreckofthehope and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cquin Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 @fredngeorge-- If I could, I would hug you right now and buy you a shot. Then I'd do a shot as well. Then maybe three more. I feel like an incredible ingrate for complaining because I have one acceptance, but I just got my rejection email from my top choice and it sucks. This process is hell. We must *all* have a masochistic streak in us to embark on this journey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perrykm2 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 perrykm - If you don't mind me asking, what kind of boots were they? Not at all. They're the floral print Dr. Martens, pictured here: http://www.killahbeez.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dr.-marten-main.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripWillis Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 @fredngeorge-- If I could, I would hug you right now and buy you a shot. Then I'd do a shot as well. Then maybe three more. I feel like an incredible ingrate for complaining because I have one acceptance, but I just got my rejection email from my top choice and it sucks. This process is hell. We must *all* have a masochistic streak in us to embark on this journey... I didn't know you got an acceptance, cquin! Congrats! Where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredngeorge Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 @fredngeorge-- If I could, I would hug you right now and buy you a shot. Then I'd do a shot as well. Then maybe three more. I feel like an incredible ingrate for complaining because I have one acceptance, but I just got my rejection email from my top choice and it sucks. This process is hell. We must *all* have a masochistic streak in us to embark on this journey... Thanks for the virtual hug & virtual shot! They were much needed and appreciated As much as I hate this process (and my life right now....), the support of everyone on this site has helped me in ways I can't even explain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawera Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 As one of the remaining 0% confidence posters, I think I have accepted that I'll have to re-apply in 2013. I actually feel better about it now, realizing this pass was an expensive experiment in which I learned a lot. I will probably check into Asia, like all the other Liberal Arts drop outs, something I didn't do this year after undergrad because I was too busy GRE prepping, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cquin Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 @Trip-- Texas A&M! I applied to their MA program but the DGS called me up and asked if I'd like to go straight into the PhD program. So, there's that! I'll admit that I'm a little apprehensive about five to seven years in College Station but, as they say, beggars can't be choosers... (And right now, I totally feel like a beggar knocking at the doors of the Illustrious Grad School) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aztecson23 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 @Trip-- Texas A&M! I applied to their MA program but the DGS called me up and asked if I'd like to go straight into the PhD program. So, there's that! I'll admit that I'm a little apprehensive about five to seven years in College Station but, as they say, beggars can't be choosers... (And right now, I totally feel like a beggar knocking at the doors of the Illustrious Grad School) Wow, Cquin--that's amazing! I know you're on cloud 9. Happy for you. Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timshel Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 @fredngeorge-- If I could, I would hug you right now and buy you a shot. Then I'd do a shot as well. Then maybe three more. I feel like an incredible ingrate for complaining because I have one acceptance, but I just got my rejection email from my top choice and it sucks. This process is hell. We must *all* have a masochistic streak in us to embark on this journey... I am beginning to feel like I, too, will only have one acceptance, but that is all it takes! Plus, my acceptance was one of my top choices, so I'm ecstatic! Although each rejection stings a little, I am grateful to have my acceptance, and I wish everyone who is still waiting the best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzian Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 ...I feel like an incredible ingrate for complaining because I have one acceptance... I know what you mean. My one acceptance is really great but it's for an MA and so far it's unfunded. Without funding, it means the same thing as a non-acceptance: I can't go. Worse, I don't even know which thread I belong in anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdon19 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I am beginning to feel like I, too, will only have one acceptance, but that is all it takes! Plus, my acceptance was one of my top choices, so I'm ecstatic! Although each rejection stings a little, I am grateful to have my acceptance, and I wish everyone who is still waiting the best of luck! Yep, waiting and waiting for all the rest of my schools is trying on me. I keep thinking that this was my one stroke of luck, and that nothing else will work out. But then I remember that I'm in somewhere, and it's all okay. I really do wish the best of luck to everyone else here!! I know how awful it feels to get rejected but also how amazing it feels to get in, so I'm rooting for all of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmoonlitsun Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Lol So what I'm getting from this thread is even if I do get in some place, just one place, I'll still stress out worrying about the others. And if I get into more than one, I'll stress out about which to choose. So basically... stress. And more stress. Stress stress stress. Faaaaaaaaaaaaaantastic. p.s. Seriously though, congrats to recent acceptance winners wreckofthehope 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stately Plump Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I, too, feel the pressures of one admit and one rejection. Definitely a strange spot to be in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComeBackZinc Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 When I got into my dream program, I thought that would mean rejections from other schools wouldn't hurt. But they still did. Then I got these weird, post-acceptances blues or blahs. I just felt kind of empty about everything. And I would ask myself, what is wrong with me? I got into the program I wanted the most. How dare I not be ecstatic? I thought it was just me, but I later learned that many people go through it. It's a combination of things, I think. The biggest thing is that you just have this crazy period of tons of work, expense, and effort completing your apps. And then you have a period of crazy stress and anxiety and waiting, waiting, waiting. I mean, you guys are pretty manic now. I say that with affection! That's exactly how I was. And then when you figure it all out and you know where you're going next year, it's like all the air goes out of the balloon. All that energy and excitement and dread and panic is just gone. The comedown is crazy. Also, no one program, no matter how perfect, can be as good as all the possibility of all the programs. When you know, you know, and you're happy, but to an extent, your future just got smaller. I don't know, it's weird, and probably not what you guys want to be thinking about right now. I'm just saying that you should let yourself feel however your feeling and don't put emotional expectations on yourself. And, you know. Now I'm here, and I feel like the luckiest guy alive. once, wreckofthehope, Two Espressos and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmoonlitsun Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Also, no one program, no matter how perfect, can be as good as all the possibility of all the programs. When you know, you know, and you're happy, but to an extent, your future just got smaller. This... makes a lot of sense. And the air going out of the balloon analogy. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafoam Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 @perrykm2, those boots are so cute I don't know who else is also in their final year of undergrad, but I know that this entire experience is just more stressful because of it. Finishing applications in the middle of finals week was bad, but now I also have to sit around and basically wait for my future to be decided for me. I went away for college, so I don't exactly have a 'home' with my parents (plus, ew, Florida). The lease on my apartment is up May 31st so I won't even have much of a buffer to figure things out after commencement. Apparently my Plan B is becoming a homeless college graduate. JeremiahParadise and Mistral 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgerows Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 ComeBackZinc, you perfectly articulated how I'm feeling. Thanks, it helps to hear that it's normal to feel the opposite of how I expected I'd feel when I got in to amazing programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriksmegs Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Lol So what I'm getting from this thread is even if I do get in some place, just one place, I'll still stress out worrying about the others. Yes. Especially if the school you're accepted to isn't necessarily your top school and you’re not sure yet if you will receive funding. You become this strange mix of ecstatic elation that you’ve been accepted and fear that this might be the only school you are accepted to and you might not even be able to go. And then you feel guilty for thinking negatively and for not simply being overjoyed like you know you should be. The end result is plenty of visits to grad café (where you know there are many others who know just how you feel) and the continuation of obsessive phone and e-mail checking, all topped with a giant spoonful of stress and a sprinkling of “Yay, I got in!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desipoet Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I can't say that either of my acceptances are my "dream school" (my whole application experience, from deciding to do it to scrambling to complete all 10 apps happened literally within the span of two weeks, so I didn't have time to figure out what my "dream" program is.... It's going to be a bumpy summer. Wow. Chicago IS my dream school and I'd give anything to even get on their waitlist, let alone get accepted! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti White Choc. Mocha Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 The director of graduate admissions to KU just sent me an email saying that the denial they sent me was premature, they’ve actually decided to accept me with a 5 year TA. WTF!?!?! Can they do this? I’d give them the middle finger if I wasn’t so damn happy. TripWillis, kairos, lolopixie and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timshel Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 The director of graduate admissions to KU just sent me an email saying that the denial they sent me was premature, they’ve actually decided to accept me with a 5 year TA. WTF!?!?! Can they do this? I’d give them the middle finger if I wasn’t so damn happy. Oh my god. Wow! Congrats! I thought those rejections were a bit hasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti White Choc. Mocha Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Thanks! The rejections were almost immediate. It seemed like they denied everyone. I just wish I hadn’t waited till 2AM on Saturday to check my email. I may not be able to sleep until I accept the offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timshel Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Thanks! The rejections were almost immediate. It seemed like they denied everyone. I just wish I hadn’t waited till 2AM on Saturday to check my email. I may not be able to sleep until I accept the offer. Are you definitely accepting it or are you waiting to hear from other schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti White Choc. Mocha Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 KU was my number one (realistically,) UCR is the only one on my list that I would consider over KU, and I don't honestly think that I will be accepted there. So I'm going to take it. I'm pretty much in love with their program and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsoitgoes161 Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 (edited) I also did everything in two weeks. Rough process. Rough wait. So many regrets about my apps. Edit: I meant to quote an above post. Sorry that this doesn't seem pertinent to the current convo. Edited February 11, 2012 by andsoitgoes161 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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