academiccricket Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Anyone else only have rejections so far? Please tell me I'm not the only one :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tritonetelephone Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Rejections typically come first. Hang in there! Edit: yes, there is some debate about this viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14923&start=45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dherres Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Rejections typically come first. Hang in there! I've heard -- perhaps from someone else on this board -- that it's the acceptances that come first.... maybe it differs program-to-program? Regardless, I hope you're right, because I haven't heard a thing from anyone! Still early, I suppose, but still..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinyboss Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 From what I understand, it's the easy decisions that come first, whether acceptance or rejection (although some schools may not bother informing the rejected applicants). It's the middle-of-the-road ones that take forever to sort out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genghis Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 yep. I'm 0 for 2 so far. Already depressed and looking at other career options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genghis Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I've heard -- perhaps from someone else on this board -- that it's the acceptances that come first.... maybe it differs program-to-program? Regardless, I hope you're right, because I haven't heard a thing from anyone! Still early, I suppose, but still..... Jesus man! Everybody knows that-- the poster above was just trying to cheer up the poor sot who was the OP. Have a little compassion will ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dherres Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Eep! Sorry, just trying to get my facts straight! I'm sure you'll be fine. Jesus man! Everybody knows that-- the poster above was just trying to cheer up the poor sot who was the OP. Have a little compassion will ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow#5 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Already got my first rejection -- which I dutifully posted on the results page. Makes me uneasy that I was such an easy "no." I have 7 more applications out there, but suddenly, I'm not hopefull for any of them. Edit: Academiccricket, don't feel too bad about an early rejection from Harvard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadunc Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I've only gotten rejections so far...2 out of 7 I applied to. However, it's definitely not the rule that the acceptances come first. I've heard from many people that it's usually the opposite. And plus, not all programs notify at the same time. Most of my schools have not notified at all yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scintille Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I've only gotten one response, a rejection from yale. I thought getting the first decision would make me less anxious but it's only made things worse. Now I'm dying to hear back and I doubt I'll hear from anyone else until the end of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinoisellie Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Whether or not the acceptances or rejections come first, i don't know, but at least from the point of view of the admissions team I think it would be difficult to accept everyone or deny everyone at one time. They probably have a tiered system. I don't know if it would be better or worse(worrying-wise) to know which tier you were in/whether you got through the first, second or third round of applicants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterpat Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Jesus man! Everybody knows that-- the poster above was just trying to cheer up the poor sot who was the OP. Have a little compassion will ya? But we're all about cold realism in these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickdaddy Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Rejected by Duke & WUSTLÂ so far. Waiting on 5 more in Anthro. This is torture. Sheesh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boz Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 *Raises hand* Total reject here! The worst part is, all of my most competitive programs are yet to come! Ahhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornell07 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 All rejects last year (well, one waitlist). No word yet this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medianerd Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I had all rejects last year except two universities passed me onto their MA programs... I did one of them. (I'm not counting the year I didn't have it together and sent out messy/incomplete applications. I wasn't really ready and actually tried the following year.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCheese Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Second reject... ughhh :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountZero Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 When I applied for my Masters, I received 7 rejects before the final 3 acceptances, so don't fret it. Some of my friends received their PhD admits on/past the 15th April deadline, so hope isn't dead till the very end. Don't fret it (easy to say I know!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinoisellie Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 As if waiting with only rejections was bad enough, now my computer had to break.... jeez! I'm even getting rejected by my own technology! hahaha... Though now I can't check my email 5 times a day, so I guess that's good??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakrabite Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 1 reject, waiting to hear from 9. Feeling slightly mellow about it at the moment. No point getting stressed out. To add some nobility to the process, I'm assuming my indifference is the best response to the indignities of the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountZero Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 1 reject, waiting to hear from 9. Feeling slightly mellow about it at the moment. No point getting stressed out. To add some nobility to the process, I'm assuming my indifference is the best response to the indignities of the process. I like this. I wish I could possess some of this nobility. I tend to act like the uncivilized clod during the wait. It's quite remarkable that my friends still tolerate me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCheese Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 2 rejects 4 more to go... ughh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fields&charts Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 well first official rejection today. Since the other schools already have acceptances posted online and/or started calling people for interviews 3 weeks ago, I guess that means 3 out of 4 rejections for me with a fourth one on its way shortly. This is me finally giving up. I don't think I can deal with the emotional stress of a applying a third time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medianerd Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 fields- don't give up hope until you have the letter in your hand or in-box. As someone else said to me earlier- this year there's a lot more wait-listing going on, and not hearing can mean they're waiting on someone else to accept or decline their offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studentfromLA Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Last year I got two admits in early February, one admit in early March, and one reject that took forever, but I think I finally heard in late March, so I would say, the timeline varies. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful, but I wouldn't read too much into it yet. I think the person who said that the easy decisions, whether admits or rejects, can be made quickly, but the rest of them take time, was right on. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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