jywayne Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Texas, UVA, Michigan, WUSTL have posted news--and I still haven't heard anything. I'm starting to feel really nihilistic. That might come as a result of reading Cormac McCarthy ATM too. Ah well, let's hope I can at least get in to a safety school, or else I guess I'm going to have to return to cashiering even with a M.A in English. ; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedupofthewait Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I got my second rejection today, and three of my other schools have started notifying acceptances (I have yet to hear something from them ). I wake up every morning hoping today might be the day… All day I look at everyone else getting their good news, celebrating, knowing that their dreams are turning to reality. I do not even have words to elucidate what I am going through. I am so pleased for all of you who got to hear some positive news; I, on the other hand, am not sure if I will get a single acceptance…if I will get to feel the same joy as a lot of the others. I do not want too many…just one . Well, another day is almost over. I will start this same thing tomorrow morning. Good luck to everyone else in my shoes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanoverkontent Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I think tomorrow will be a big day for lots of programs. Go Bitching Fairy, go-- and bring on the "bitch goddess, Success!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbarks Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Great...happy Friday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripWillis Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Notifications for the H-school typically start tomorrow or Saturday, which I suppose means tomorrow or Monday. I have zero expectation of getting in, but it's still entertaining to think about. I'm just ready for next week to be over with, as its when most of my remaining schools notify. This week was a total bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veniente Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I got my second rejection today, and three of my other schools have started notifying acceptances (I have yet to hear something from them ). I wake up every morning hoping today might be the day… All day I look at everyone else getting their good news, celebrating, knowing that their dreams are turning to reality. I do not even have words to elucidate what I am going through. I am so pleased for all of you who got to hear some positive news; I, on the other hand, am not sure if I will get a single acceptance…if I will get to feel the same joy as a lot of the others. I do not want too many…just one . Well, another day is almost over. I will start this same thing tomorrow morning. Good luck to everyone else in my shoes! Hold in there! I'm feeling equally despondent, especially after seeing JHU acceptances all go up on the board while my email remains infuriatingly silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedupofthewait Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Hold in there! I'm feeling equally despondent, especially after seeing JHU acceptances all go up on the board while my email remains infuriatingly silent. Good luck, arrivant. Hope you hear something good soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stately Plump Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Notifications for the H-school typically start tomorrow or Saturday, which I suppose means tomorrow or Monday. I have zero expectation of getting in, but it's still entertaining to think about. I love that it has become "the H-school." Seems fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripWillis Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 I love that it has become "the H-school." Seems fitting. So what are you going to do when we both get our acceptances tomorrow? First I'll go to McDonald's and drink a large vanilla shake, and then I'll spread my wings and fly to the third moon of Neptune for a picnic with Zoroaster. That should leave time for me to stop by Whitney Houston's funeral and sing "I Will Always Love You" in tribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stately Plump Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 So what are you going to do when we both get our acceptances tomorrow? First I'll go to McDonald's and drink a large vanilla shake, and then I'll spread my wings and fly to the third moon of Neptune for a picnic with Zoroaster. That should leave time for me to stop by Whitney Houston's funeral and sing "I Will Always Love You" in tribute. I'll probably develop a drug problem. On purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripWillis Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) I finally found a photo of me getting rejected by UC: Davis. Not bad, eh? Edited February 17, 2012 by TripWillis poeteer, antecedent, Phil Sparrow and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolopixie Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I'm hoping tomorrow is the day that I find out that "I'm going to Miami. Bienvenido a Miami!" Will Smith wrote that song for me! Timshel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelbite Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I finally found a photo of me getting rejected by UC: Davis. Not bad, eh? OMG TripWillis this made me laugh so hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spasticlitotes Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I just sat down and read through this entire forum. I want to be friends with all of you wonderful, AMAZING people. I'm currently drinking cupcakes and eating wine and the depressive haze from five rejections is slowly lifting. I think someone mentioned earlier (maybe around page 20?) that one acceptance isn't enough - and you know what? You're RIGHT. It's like I need to be validated by more than one source, even though I'm so ridiculously aware that my application isn't strong enough to get into MOST of the schools I've applied to during this round. I think I'm going to wash dinner down with a Crown and Coke. Or two. Or three. One thing I've learned from my BA in Lit/Comp Lit and my MA in Lit is that the greats become great because they abuse substances. Flavor of the week: Hemingways The Sun Also Rises. Case and point. Chosen Poison: Crown Royale and Coke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripWillis Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 I just sat down and read through this entire forum. I want to be friends with all of you wonderful, AMAZING people. I'm currently drinking cupcakes and eating wine and the depressive haze from five rejections is slowly lifting. I think someone mentioned earlier (maybe around page 20?) that one acceptance isn't enough - and you know what? You're RIGHT. It's like I need to be validated by more than one source, even though I'm so ridiculously aware that my application isn't strong enough to get into MOST of the schools I've applied to during this round. I think I'm going to wash dinner down with a Crown and Coke. Or two. Or three. One thing I've learned from my BA in Lit/Comp Lit and my MA in Lit is that the greats become great because they abuse substances. Flavor of the week: Hemingways The Sun Also Rises. Case and point. Chosen Poison: Crown Royale and Coke. Give me your keys, spasticlitotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I'm hoping tomorrow is the day that I find out that "I'm going to Miami. Bienvenido a Miami!" Will Smith wrote that song for me! I hope you do hear good news from Miami tomorrow, Lolopixie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripWillis Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) I hope you do hear good news from Miami tomorrow, Lolopixie! Likewise. I am in the lolopixie fanclub! (and the spasticlitotes one too!) Edited February 17, 2012 by TripWillis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Likewise. I am in the lolopixie fanclub! (and the spasticlitotes one too!) I'm in the spasticlitotes fan club, too... but I don't want the great posts to end. Spasticlitotes, I hope you get into all of your programs, but will you continue to post about eating wine, drinking cupcakes, and washing it down with Crown and Coke ... while you just wanting to be validated. My feeling exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLL Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 drinking cupcakes+eating wine=genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlowe Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 What is a clitote? Spasticlitotes is not too terrible of a poster...and we are not an unfriendly group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Sorry if the tone of my post seemed negative - I really liked the post and was trying to say that I felt the same way. Ugh. Not a good week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafoam Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 FYI, there is a wine actually called cupcake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlowe Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Sorry if the tone of my post seemed negative - I really liked the post and was trying to say that I felt the same way. Ugh. Not a good week. I don't think your tone was negative at all - not in the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintergirl Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I'm hoping tomorrow is the day that I find out that "I'm going to Miami. Bienvenido a Miami!" Will Smith wrote that song for me! I hope you do too, lolopixie! And I hope I find out I'm going anywhere but in this hellhole of rejection (official and implicit) that I've been living in. I want to feel the sun of hope on my face and the wind of future scholarly greatness in my hair! But, really, I'd just settle for a single (funded) acceptance and a new bottle of Makers. It's been a supercraptastic week. Glug glug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Then I misread your post, Marlowe. A litote there? I think my brain is too spastic to handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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