Frostfire Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 You are hearby accepted to our graduate program in socially ackward nerdiness. Cogratulations!
sansao Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 You're application to the college of cynicism and obsessive self-doubt has been highly ranked within the department. We pleased to inform you that you have been recommended for advanced standing, with a stipend of never-ending silence and weekly panic attacks. Congratulations again on your admission. Christa, MonkeyPants, lumbarmoose and 1 other 4
oseirus Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Dearest applicant: thank you for your generous donation to our "how many suckers can we get to fund the next kegger?" endowment. Sadly, since you were no where near our rigorous academic standards and nor did you know anyone worthy enough to make us think you could help elevate our program in shape, we must reject your application at this time. However, we do look forward to receiving your contributions again next year. Best of luck in whatever menial labor job you end up in. Dean I. Hate You, PhD misgengen, MJ5, MonkeyPants and 1 other 4
MSW13 Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Omg, I'm pretty sure I got this exact letter a few weeks back! Except with the missing 'p.s.' statement of: After carefully reviewing your application, here are some hoops we would like you to jump through just to give you the feeling that you might have a chance in hell next year. Looking forward to receiving application fees" Dearest applicant: thank you for your generous donation to our "how many suckers can we get to fund the next kegger?" endowment. Sadly, since you were no where near our rigorous academic standards and nor did you know anyone worthy enough to make us think you could help elevate our program in shape, we must reject your application at this time. However, we do look forward to receiving your contributions again next year. Best of luck in whatever menial labor job you end up in. Dean I. Hate You, PhD Edited February 24, 2012 by MSW12 hopeful MSW13 1
Ameonna Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 After reviewing your credentials in application anxiety, we were impressed to learn of your obsessive, five-minute e-mail checks, your irritable mood swings and general graduate school neurosis, it is our pleasure to inform you that you have been admitted... ...to a mental institution. We can even offer you a fellowship that includes your own padded room and a straight jacket! oseirus, MonkeyPants, Christa and 1 other 3 1
oseirus Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 After reviewing your credentials in application anxiety, we were impressed to learn of your obsessive, five-minute e-mail checks, your irritable mood swings and general graduate school neurosis, it is our pleasure to inform you that you have been admitted... ...to a mental institution. We can even offer you a fellowship that includes your own padded room and a straight jacket! right now I would take that acceptance since it comes fully funded ... no lie! PhDreams 1
We regret to inform you Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Ugh. one program told me i'd receive a reply by the end of this week... and nothing.
oseirus Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Ugh. one program told me i'd receive a reply by the end of this week... and nothing. did they call you on the phone? was there sniggering at the end of the phone call?
purpledinosaur Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Dear applicant, We are pleased to inform you that you have been recommended for admission to the Department of Impostor Syndrome at the University of Self-Hatred, School of Low Self-Esteem. Your application was laughable and your credentials are dubious, which is why you are a perfect fit for our school. In addition, we are offering you a TA-ship, which will give you the opportunity to feel like a moron in front of an entire class of undergraduates! We think you'll have an absolutely terrible time here, and really wish you wouldn't bother coming. oseirus 1
oseirus Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Dear applicant, We are pleased to inform you that you have been recommended for admission to the Department of Impostor Syndrome at the University of Self-Hatred, School of Low Self-Esteem. Your application was laughable and your credentials are dubious, which is why you are a perfect fit for our school. In addition, we are offering you a TA-ship, which will give you the opportunity to feel like a moron in front of an entire class of undergraduates! We think you'll have an absolutely terrible time here, and really wish you wouldn't bother coming. PS now if you have any friends who are better qualified than you please send them our way so we can offer them a palatial residence, bags w/"$" signs on them and actually filled with gold doubloons, and finally a guaranteed job after their graduation. Thanks!
bgreenster Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Ha, you guys are awesome I'm going crazy - I was at work when a school tried to call me... and I'm fairly certain it was about whether or not I'm accepted. Now I don't know, and I COULD have! Ugh, I was even stalker-like, emailing AND calling... despite it being after office hours. Pleeeeeease call me back, even though it's late! Pleeeeeeease!
oseirus Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Ha, you guys are awesome I'm going crazy - I was at work when a school tried to call me... and I'm fairly certain it was about whether or not I'm accepted. Now I don't know, and I COULD have! Ugh, I was even stalker-like, emailing AND calling... despite it being after office hours. Pleeeeeease call me back, even though it's late! Pleeeeeeease! get your boombox out and go stand outside the DGS's house and play Peter Gabriel ... 100% guarantee they'll admit you on the spot alicejcw and MonkeyPants 2
bgreenster Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 get your boombox out and go stand outside the DGS's house and play Peter Gabriel ... 100% guarantee they'll admit you on the spot Hahahaha. If I were in the same state... Luckily, they called back and I got in! Just what I needed before I went completely crazy. I sincerely think my fiance was getting concerned about his choice in women....
oseirus Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Hahahaha. If I were in the same state... Luckily, they called back and I got in! Just what I needed before I went completely crazy. I sincerely think my fiance was getting concerned about his choice in women.... well congrats! And tell your fiance I said this: "if your lady doesn't have a bit of public displays of insanity, I would sleep w/one eye open, my cell phone constantly dialed to 9 and 1, with the final at a finger tip away, because anyone that is ALWAYS cool is probably a serial killer. I know this because I watch a lot of television. Your welcome" - Some weird guy on the internets.
GreenePony Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Hahahaha. If I were in the same state... Luckily, they called back and I got in! Just what I needed before I went completely crazy. I sincerely think my fiance was getting concerned about his choice in women.... They say that wedding planning can be a real relationship test (pffff), it's really applying to grad school. bgreenster 1
bgreenster Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 They say that wedding planning can be a real relationship test (pffff), it's really applying to grad school. It's so true... I tried to get around the wedding planning test by "planning" an elopement, just to be tricked into this application relationship test - D'OH! At least we're not having to go down the test of "how to cope with utter depression from only receiving rejections" - I don't think he'd be ready for THAT version of me.
GreenePony Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 It's so true... I tried to get around the wedding planning test by "planning" an elopement, just to be tricked into this application relationship test - D'OH! At least we're not having to go down the test of "how to cope with utter depression from only receiving rejections" - I don't think he'd be ready for THAT version of me. Elopement is such a smart idea. We did the whole full dinner schtick. Would have been happier with a cake and punch reception (cake was the best part anyway) but someone decided to be a self-proclaimed groomzilla And what about trial by fire? bgreenster and jbriar 2
oseirus Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 They say that wedding planning can be a real relationship test (pffff), it's really applying to grad school. It's so true... I tried to get around the wedding planning test by "planning" an elopement, just to be tricked into this application relationship test - D'OH! At least we're not having to go down the test of "how to cope with utter depression from only receiving rejections" - I don't think he'd be ready for THAT version of me. Elopement is such a smart idea. We did the whole full dinner schtick. Would have been happier with a cake and punch reception (cake was the best part anyway) but someone decided to be a self-proclaimed groomzilla And what about trial by fire? so if I'm reading this right, weddings are overrated and simple is better? Ladies I might need your testimony in about a year or so. So please make yourselves available to provide affidavits to get me out of hock MonkeyPants and PhDreams 2
MSW13 Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Weddings are highly overrated. I've had the 'pleasure' of experiencing the wedding build-up through friends/family and my own. My feeling is that a one day event (that most people have already forgotten by the time they drive themselves home) is not worth the time and $$ people put into it. My unsolicited advice: save your $$ (for a house/furniture/dream vacation etc), and throw a simple party for the people who are near/dear to you and will be around for you when the actual trials and tribulations of married life begin. Oh, and if your significant other can stand you after this graduate school application horror, wedding planning should be a breeze Happy wedded bliss (and application success) to you all on the cusp of significant life changes! trina 1
PhDreams Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 so if I'm reading this right, weddings are overrated and simple is better? Ladies I might need your testimony in about a year or so. So please make yourselves available to provide affidavits to get me out of hock lmfao!!!!
oseirus Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Weddings are highly overrated. I've had the 'pleasure' of experiencing the wedding build-up through friends/family and my own. My feeling is that a one day event (that most people have already forgotten by the time they drive themselves home) is not worth the time and $$ people put into it. My unsolicited advice: save your $$ (for a house/furniture/dream vacation etc), and throw a simple party for the people who are near/dear to you and will be around for you when the actual trials and tribulations of married life begin. Oh, and if your significant other can stand you after this graduate school application horror, wedding planning should be a breeze Happy wedded bliss (and application success) to you all on the cusp of significant life changes! this might be worthy of it's own thread MSW13 1
pikachu Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 on the results survey page there are many results from the same university and same program I wait news from. And I didn't hear anything Maybe my application got lost. Having bad feeling. Panicking... Who invented Sundays?
GreenePony Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 so if I'm reading this right, weddings are overrated and simple is better? Ladies I might need your testimony in about a year or so. So please make yourselves available to provide affidavits to get me out of hock It depends on the couple and who they are (and in full disclosure, 6 months later we are still getting compliments on our wedding and how fun it was since we had a 19-piece band and some touches that were really "us"). If you enjoy big parties, go for, if not- meh. My husband is really pleased we went with the full wedding (which was still pretty modest and less than half of a year's tuition). My parents didn't go in debt, we were able to get some friends in we hadn't seen in a while and we got some awesome cake (I love this cake company, seriously, amazing- frozen for 6 months and it still tastes better than friends' cake the day of their wedding). If you buy into the blog-worthy wedding hubub it might seem a bit more overrated, but fitting it to the couple makes it so much better. I want cake now... I feel bad for my friend now. She was waitlisted to a program I was accepted to (despite her have a much higher GPA, and mine being below their average) and hasn't heard something from her "safety" program. She put up with my freakouts this past month but now I don't know how to deal with hers. Advice anyone?
oseirus Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 It depends on the couple and who they are (and in full disclosure, 6 months later we are still getting compliments on our wedding and how fun it was since we had a 19-piece band and some touches that were really "us"). If you enjoy big parties, go for, if not- meh. My husband is really pleased we went with the full wedding (which was still pretty modest and less than half of a year's tuition). My parents didn't go in debt, we were able to get some friends in we hadn't seen in a while and we got some awesome cake (I love this cake company, seriously, amazing- frozen for 6 months and it still tastes better than friends' cake the day of their wedding). If you buy into the blog-worthy wedding hubub it might seem a bit more overrated, but fitting it to the couple makes it so much better. I want cake now... Dammit not the kind of positive news I need ... for the record (in case my future fiance reads this) I am not a parsimonious man by nature it's just that the whole enterprise reeks of "oooo look at me!" I mean granted I look so good in a 3-piece suit, it should be criminalized, BUT I can do that whenever I feel like. Plus everyone says it's not a day about me and quite frankly that would be the worst thing imaginable: me all gussied up and some lady being the center of attention? What is this world coming to? For the record future wife you are the most BEAUTIFUL person I know and I am grateful for everything you did/have done/are doing for me and you make me a better person MSW13, laviola and once 3
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