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"No, you don't understand. I HAD to buy this new/expensive sweater. What if I get a grad school interview? Preparation is key."

"Well, eight people posted interview invites for Awesomesauce U on the results survey, but since none of them revealed themselves in the Notif Thread I'm guessing they're all fake. Still hope for me, ha!"

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*friends inviting you and you respond with:

"All right I'll do [insert some awesome activity]... it'll probably be the last time I do [some awesome activity] with you guys before I move away!"

and a slew of other things like:

.. last super bowl with my friends, gotta do it!

.. last snowboarding trip with the homies, totally down!

.. last new years celebration on the east coast, i'm soo in! and i'm getting wasted!

.. last chance to blah blah blah

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ME: "Maybe if I get into Berkeley I won't go. I don't really want to leave NY."

FRIEND: "You're not serious, are you?"

ME: "No. Well...maybe. I don't want to go. But I can't not go."

Note to all: After thinking and planning and working on this for years, I can't believe the crazy thoughts that are going through my head right now. This process freaking SUCKS!!! I mean, who am I to turn down Berkeley?

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ME: "Maybe if I get into Berkeley I won't go. I don't really want to leave NY."

FRIEND: "You're not serious, are you?"

ME: "No. Well...maybe. I don't want to go. But I can't not go."

Note to all: After thinking and planning and working on this for years, I can't believe the crazy thoughts that are going through my head right now. This process freaking SUCKS!!! I mean, who am I to turn down Berkeley?

This must be some weird kind of masochistic defense/coping mechanism because I do the same thing like every two days. If I turn down a PhD with funding opp (since I only applied to one PhD), someone have me killed.

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What ya mean, no one in my field has heard anything today on the results page?

A post from three years ago tells me...

My mail carrier switched routes and now my mail comes after I leave for work. Ugh

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Gmail - Inbox (2,579). Still. "Dammit."

This is perfect.

Oh, thank God!!! I thought it was just me...

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In January: "Why can't it be February already???"

In February: "Why can't it be March already???"

To mother: "You know it will be ridiculously bad if I don't get in anywhere, right??? I hope you know a good therapist."

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Typical conversation with parents...

"Don't tell me they'll accept me! You don't know what you're talking about!"

2 minutes later...

"What do you mean, I'll have other options if they don't accept me? You don't believe in me?"

Yes. Hahahah.

"Yeah, I KNOW they said they definitely won't send any results before next Monday, but what if they changed their minds?" *refresh*

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"In a month from now, I'll know my fate..."

"It won't be the end of the world when I don't get in anywhere." (slash I wonder if I can pretend I never applied when people ask about all those rejections?)

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"I hate you! You ruined my life!"

Text message to me from a fellow PhD applicant, two hours after I told him about Grad Cafe--which is approximately how long it took him to become addicted to checking the Results page for new submissions. Welcome to the club!

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- "What are my chances (rate from 0-100%) of getting in at XXX University? I want a specific value. Thankss."

OMG, I do that to my SO all the time! And I freak out when his numbers fluctuate: "what do you mean 80%? Last week you said 90%!!!"

Any one else's friends, family and SOs suffering from our constant anxiety and obsession lately? lol

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ME: "Maybe if I get into Berkeley I won't go. I don't really want to leave NY."

FRIEND: "You're not serious, are you?"

ME: "No. Well...maybe. I don't want to go. But I can't not go."

Note to all: After thinking and planning and working on this for years, I can't believe the crazy thoughts that are going through my head right now. This process freaking SUCKS!!! I mean, who am I to turn down Berkeley?

This is my actual thought process for the past month - we really are so predictable!

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