parable151 Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 I would really like to hear from Stanford and Berkeley and get it over with. Hopefully, this is the week.
Kitkat Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 (edited) ANy of my four remaining schools would be nice to hear from. At least I seem to be still on some of their 'unofficial' waitlists .... I have seen people getting rejected from some of them, and I have not been one of them yet. But others seem to wait to reject everyone at the same time. But there is always room for hope! After all, I still have 4 places that can say yes we want you! Edited February 27, 2012 by Kitkat
parable151 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Posted February 27, 2012 Ugh, it's such an insane process. I know that they have to teach, and do research, but I have 110 students and I assign homework almost daily for all of them, so I don't have much sympathy for their workload right now. I love the general laid back atmosphere of the geosciences, except for right now. Right now I want to tell them to get their butts in gear. I promise that if I am ever in their position in the future it's not going to take 3 to 4 months to make decisions! So I say now anyway.
hurricane0218 Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 It would be nice to hear something this week, but I'm not going to count on it.
Marshall Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Yeah, i would really appreciate hearing anything from one of my schools this week. A funding decision from KU would be nice..
hope4fall2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 I would like to hear from Berkeley and WashU too.. Just so that I can get on with life.. Kind of always in the back of your head..
Kitkat Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 It's now the last day of February...... and this is even with an extra day. Still have not heard anything .... anyone else with more luck?
hope4fall2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 February was kinda ok for me..heard from a couple of places, met a couple of profs at a conference.. learnt that I need to work a ton on my social skills.. , especially with professors and other students..
sansao Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 It's now the last day of February...... and this is even with an extra day. Still have not heard anything .... anyone else with more luck? Just that first expected rejection early in the month. Beyond that, nada. It looks like I'm going into March in the dark. Time to stock up on candles, I guess.
Kitkat Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 Just that first expected rejection early in the month. Beyond that, nada. It looks like I'm going into March in the dark. Time to stock up on candles, I guess. It looks like there are a bunch of us in this group. I am wondering if there is an increase of applicants because of the recession, and therefore more competition these past few years (including this one)? => totally trying to make myself, and other people, feel better at this point.
parable151 Posted March 2, 2012 Author Posted March 2, 2012 And the new GRE, yeah, we'll go with that. Stanford promised notification by March 1st when I submitted the application but we're past that now. Oh well, there is not choice but to wait. I'm just not doing it with very much grace!
sansao Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) It looks like there are a bunch of us in this group. I am wondering if there is an increase of applicants because of the recession, and therefore more competition these past few years (including this one)? => totally trying to make myself, and other people, feel better at this point. I don't know if that increase is really affecting geoscience students for the most part. Everything I've read on the job outlook is that our unemployment rate is about as close to 0% as it gets, there's no expected bottleneck, and that our salaries are going up. I also know they've posted some amazing positions, both full-time and part-time at my UI. On the other hand, the one professor that I had significant dialogue with at the school that rejected me back in early February... he said that the economy has really affected funding opportunities, and while they want grad students, they have no way to supplement their research. Most of the other people I spoke with have open funded positions and are actively looking for grad students, though. I'm hoping it's more that the departments are just taking their time and evaluating everyone closely for fit. I was off a week, next week is the week Yes, and I was off by two weeks. Our predictive abilities must therefore converge on happiness, right? (there is absolutely no logic behind this, haha). *Edited for idiotic grammatical errors* Edited March 3, 2012 by sansao
Kitkat Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 I don't know if that increase is really affecting geoscience students for the most part. Everything I've read on the job outlook is that our unemployment rate is about as close to 0% as it gets, there's no expected bottleneck, and that our salaries are going up. I also know they've posted some amazing positions, both full-time and part-time at my UI. On the other hand, the one professor that I had significant dialogue with at the school that rejected me back in early February... he said that the economy has really affected funding opportunities, and while they want grad students, they have no way to supplement their research. Most of the other people I spoke with have open funded positions and are actively looking for grad students, though. I'm hoping it's more that the departments are just taking their time and evaluating everyone closely for fit. I am hoping that is the case. It seems like there are a lot of geo students still waiting for some sort of response from the schools that they applied to. Of course, there is some overlap, and it seems some specific schools are just responding late.
NoNO Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 The field is pretty small... the same 50 or so students get accepted to tho the same places... waiting for them to make a decision while us in the tedium must wait.
Kitkat Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 Well here's to people getting good news this semester!
LCBucky Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 Well here's to people getting good news this semester! Agreed!
parable151 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 On 3/2/2012 at 2:33 PM, parable151 said: And the new GRE, yeah, we'll go with that. Stanford promised notification by March 1st when I submitted the application but we're past that now. Oh well, there is not choice but to wait. I'm just not doing it with very much grace! I re-read my application confirmation email and they said by the END of March. Oh yay.
sansao Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 I re-read my application confirmation email and they said by the END of March. Oh yay. I wonder if that's going to be the general timeline for all of us.
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