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(sings) Somebody kill me please/ I'm on my knees, pretty pretty please/ Kill me/ I want to die/ Put a bullet in my hea-ea-ea-ea-ead...

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I came up with this two years ago and nearly sent it:

Dear [name of school],

Am losing mind. Insanity inevitable, suicide a possibility. May have to hunt Craigslist for jobs. Please inform approximate date of rejection. K thanx by.

Love,

[name]

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Huuugggge generalization from a relatively small sample size(this thread) buuuuut......Are our numbers dwindling as people's paranoia is assuaged by acceptances and those of us left are the ones lacking in said acceptances? Is so, then this is like reverse survivor? If not, then my poor observational skills would explain why I am left here. But that would be a paradox wouldn't it?

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Nevermind the above considering this is a thread (I myself started) in order to rant. Which means, logically, that only people with the urge to rant would post here. What is happening?

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Way past absurd. I demand answers, and find it more and more difficult to get through the week without hearing anything. With a waitlist position the best thing I've got going right now, I'm afraid it's gonna be this way until April. Ughhhhh.

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I've been quiet here lately because I worked myself into an insanity last week that I don't want to go back to. I still have 5 more schools to hear back from. It's not looking so good.

My one bit of good news is that I heard back yesterday from the prof with whom I want to work at my top choice school (from whom I still have not heard), and he is allowing me to take one of his classes next quarter through concurrent enrollment. I figure this is an opportunity that could help quite a bit come 2010.

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For sure, Yaggles. I just keep reminding myself that I AM IN HERE, and not just an organism whose sustenance depends on PhD acceptances.

Commoner, keep your chin up -- five schools is a lot; anything can still happen. Hang onto any and all good news you get, like that offer from the prof. I'm also looking into the possibility of 2010, and stretching my application campaign to a 3(!)year run.

Over the weekend I had a friend who's in his second year at a very good med school try to tell me that 'rejection and disappointment are Romantic,' that once I'm a successful prof at a big ten university, this whole process will seem an integral part of the journey. Despite being 4 beers in, I had a really, really hard time believing that. Still do. In an increasingly last-ditch effort for any semblance of piece of mind, though, I'm certainly trying!

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I've been quiet here lately because I worked myself into an insanity last week that I don't want to go back to. I still have 5 more schools to hear back from. It's not looking so good.

My one bit of good news is that I heard back yesterday from the prof with whom I want to work at my top choice school (from whom I still have not heard), and he is allowing me to take one of his classes next quarter through concurrent enrollment. I figure this is an opportunity that could help quite a bit come 2010.

Good luck, commoner! I read your posts last year and am crossing my fingers for you!

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