The Silence is Killing Me!

[Kitkat]

  On 2/22/2012 at 3:34 PM, jelkost said:

No communication here, also. The mixture of disappointment, pessimism, and a teeeeesy bit of hope is driving me crazy. I can't go twenty minutes without checking my e-mail.

Same here.

I get the feeling that quite soon the title of this thread might become literal.

I think I might crack soon and start contacting schools myself soon.

[laurissimo]

  On 2/22/2012 at 3:58 PM, Kitkat said:

Same here.

I get the feeling that quite soon the title of this thread might become literal.

I think I might crack soon and start contacting schools myself soon.

Same. At least the schools that I know have sent out some acceptances...

[oseirus]

  On 2/22/2012 at 12:45 PM, emeF said:

yes oseirus, i know a few students there.

some in the department i applied to. thanks to Facebook.

maybe they could help?

[GreenePony]

  On 2/22/2012 at 3:20 AM, PTPS said:

I am absolutely dying too. My safety has given me an acceptance, but with only 30 days to accept or decline, and since mail takes about a week to send, that means I’ll need to mail out my decision in just over a week.

Could you ask for an extension? I was told the same thing but thought that the other decisions might take longer so I emailed them, told them that I understand that many students apply and they didn't have to give me an extension but could they please? They extended my deadline "indefinitely" and were the most accommodating postgrad admissions office ever. The only delay in it was the school being 6 hours ahead of me .

[jelkost]

  On 2/22/2012 at 3:58 PM, Kitkat said:

I think I might crack soon and start contacting schools myself soon.

Agreed. If I'm going to be rejected, I wish it would just happen already so I can move on to plan B. The limbo of it all is awful.

[rmgerdes]

This is my second year applying, and last time I didn't get all of my rejections until April... So, you know, take some deep breaths and get used to it.

(Which is not to imply that I'm not also miserably waiting)

[domnulsl]

Yeah, this silence is def. killing a lot of cats. I'm listening to Rebecca Black's masterpiece-"Friday"- on repeats since I want to experience a feeling NUMBNESS and LETHARGY during this whole application process.

[oseirus]

  On 2/22/2012 at 6:01 PM, rmgerdes said:

This is my second year applying, and last time I didn't get all of my rejections until April... So, you know, take some deep breaths and get used to it.

(Which is not to imply that I'm not also miserably waiting)

that is one harsh pill to swallow

[We regret to inform you]

I got my first notification today. An acceptance to a masters program at my safety school. No word yet on funding though. Still, it's nice to get things rolling with a positive response.

Edited February 22, 2012 by We regret to inform you

[oseirus]

  On 2/22/2012 at 9:16 PM, We regret to inform you said:

I got my first notification today. An acceptance to a masters program at my safety school. No word yet on funding though. Still, it's nice to get things rolling with a positive response.

congrats!

[bgreenster]

I'm definitely getting on the crazier side - finally have a day off work and it's much harder when I have free time! I know I still have a couple weeks for most, and I'm not totally off my rocker because I did get good news from two places, but... I haven't heard anything about funding from either two, and my Maryland acceptance doesn't feel official (as it was practically a footnote in an email). So of course I'm starting even to doubt that I've heard from those schools too! Yes, I am really good at self-doubt.

Come oooooooon and give us some news, people!

[oseirus]

  On 2/22/2012 at 9:20 PM, bgreenster said:

I'm definitely getting on the crazier side - finally have a day off work and it's much harder when I have free time! I know I still have a couple weeks for most, and I'm not totally off my rocker because I did get good news from two places, but... I haven't heard anything about funding from either two, and my Maryland acceptance doesn't feel official (as it was practically a footnote in an email). So of course I'm starting even to doubt that I've heard from those schools too! Yes, I am really good at self-doubt.

Come oooooooon and give us some news, people!

I've become an internet troll now ... I hope the schools are happy

[bgreenster]

  On 2/22/2012 at 9:23 PM, oseirus said:

I've become an internet troll now ... I hope the schools are happy

I know - look what they've done to us! I also get paranoid that they all know I'm on here and read my posts... and then I get super paranoid and get worried that someone from Maryland sees that I got all excited for my semi-official acceptance and will take it back out of spite.

Maybe this whole process is some kind of horrible conspiracy to make the US's "best and brightest" into simpering puddles of crazy goop. Serves us right for wanting higher education!

[oseirus]

  On 2/22/2012 at 9:27 PM, bgreenster said:

I know - look what they've done to us! I also get paranoid that they all know I'm on here and read my posts... and then I get super paranoid and get worried that someone from Maryland sees that I got all excited for my semi-official acceptance and will take it back out of spite.

Maybe this whole process is some kind of horrible conspiracy to make the US's "best and brightest" into simpering puddles of crazy goop. Serves us right for wanting higher education!

I blame the liberal media and the vast right wing consipracy!

[bgreenster]

  On 2/22/2012 at 9:30 PM, oseirus said:

I blame the liberal media and the vast right wing consipracy!

I was thinking of it as the Redneck Agenda.

[We regret to inform you]

  On 2/22/2012 at 9:18 PM, oseirus said:

congrats!

Thanks.

Unfortunately, just a few minutes ago I got a rejection from my dream school.

[bgreenster]

  On 2/22/2012 at 9:33 PM, We regret to inform you said:

Thanks.

Unfortunately, just a few minutes ago I got a rejection from my dream school.

Boo. The lord giveth and the lord taketh away... Sorry dude! At least you got good news first so you don't only have the rejection...

[oseirus]

  On 2/22/2012 at 9:33 PM, We regret to inform you said:

Thanks.

Unfortunately, just a few minutes ago I got a rejection from my dream school.

That's the beauty of dreams ... they can be rewritten ... that "othe" school is now officially your nightmare school and let us look for ways to slander AND libel said instutiton ... I'll start ... I hear their dorms were purposefully infected with bedbugs ... good thing you avoided that hell hole

[We regret to inform you]

  On 2/22/2012 at 10:11 PM, oseirus said:

That's the beauty of dreams ... they can be rewritten ... that "othe" school is now officially your nightmare school and let us look for ways to slander AND libel said instutiton ... I'll start ... I hear their dorms were purposefully infected with bedbugs ... good thing you avoided that hell hole

my rollercoaster of good and bad news continues!

my safety school has offered me funding! now at least i have somewhere i can DEFINITELY go!

Now i'm expecting a rejection from another school within minutes....

Edited February 22, 2012 by We regret to inform you

[MonkeyPants]

  On 2/22/2012 at 9:30 PM, oseirus said:

I blame the liberal media and the vast right wing consipracy!

i blame the media-blamers.

[oseirus]

  On 2/22/2012 at 11:05 PM, We regret to inform you said:

my rollercoaster of good and bad news continues!

my safety school has offered me funding! now at least i have somewhere i can DEFINITELY go!

Now i'm expecting a rejection from another school within minutes....

We'll add those rejecting schools to the list of those whom we shall burn in effigy! I have seen too many 3rd world "death to America" news segments not to know how to do this. I got you!

[oseirus]

  On 2/23/2012 at 12:08 AM, csfrank said:

i blame the media-blamers.

I don't like your tone Frank!

[MonkeyPants]

  On 2/23/2012 at 12:32 AM, oseirus said:

I don't like your tone Frank!

...i didn't say it so you could like it!

[fenderpete]

  On 2/22/2012 at 3:42 PM, cokohlik said:

Oh man. Wish I was that close (geographically) to my POIs.

I wish. I'm quite literally on the other side of the world. This will be when I visit the US to check out programs in a little over a month. And no reply either, so now I feel like I'm in high school and have texted a crush who won't text back....

[anonyouknow]

  On 2/22/2012 at 4:32 PM, GreenePony said:

Could you ask for an extension? I was told the same thing but thought that the other decisions might take longer so I emailed them, told them that I understand that many students apply and they didn't have to give me an extension but could they please? They extended my deadline "indefinitely" and were the most accommodating postgrad admissions office ever. The only delay in it was the school being 6 hours ahead of me .

Fortunately, as of this morning it's no longer necessary! I received an official acceptance from a good program with full funding this morning and can cross my safety school off my list for good I'll be mailing them to decline the offer today. Now that I've at least got one official response the waiting seems bearable, even though 2/3 I'm waiting on are my top choices. I'm very eager to (hopefully) get the official letter from Windsor so I can compare soon!