viggosloof28 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I bet it's the Nutella... Ha ha! You've discovered the secret of my powers, sansao! I would be nothing without my Nutella (and coffee!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viggosloof28 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I really want to call South Carolina and say "PLEASE! I am going out of my mind!" But I don't think sounding like a derranged prospective student will help... Ha ha! If I could call anonymously somehow, I would do it in a heartbeat! But as I'd be in danger of revealing exactly how insane I've become, I think I'll try to resist, as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quigley Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Ha ha! You've discovered the secret of my powers, sansao! I would be nothing without my Nutella (and coffee!). Mmmmmmm. I think I'm going to have to go to the crepe place tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quigley Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I just dunno how to wait it out till around mid feb Honestly I don't know either. I didn't feel much anxiety until about 2 weeks ago and now it's getting unbearable. This feels like being a little kid on the night before Christmas and time just slows down to a crawl, only over several weeks instead of one evening. I'm going to owe all of my co-workers, family, and friends big time by the end of this. But in the meantime I'll try to keep my head from exploding 9 times a day when they ask if I have any news yet/reassure me I will get in *everywhere.* Sigh. I know they mean well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat1 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Honestly I don't know either. I didn't feel much anxiety until about 2 weeks ago and now it's getting unbearable. This feels like being a little kid on the night before Christmas and time just slows down to a crawl, only over several weeks instead of one evening. I'm going to owe all of my co-workers, family, and friends big time by the end of this. But in the meantime I'll try to keep my head from exploding 9 times a day when they ask if I have any news yet/reassure me I will get in *everywhere.* Sigh. I know they mean well. Your Christmas analogy is perfect. It's almost physically painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misskira Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Except you know you will get something on Christmas. There is guaranteed to be at least something under the tree. But now? It's like waiting for that gift you've been begging Santa to get for months. And if its not there... There's nothing. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhMySocks Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Not to mention that with Christmas, you know exactly when you'll find out: on Christmas morning. With this, you're stuck with this insanely long waiting period and you could find out at any time, so you keep obsessively checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annieca Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 My poor best guy friend...he's stressed about exams (we're just finishing up first semester here in the UK) and I'm stressed about grad school letters. Of course, I'm trying to be all calm and collected about it but then when he cancelled a meeting to get some more studying in for his law final I lost it. His advice?"A minute of grumpy Ann takes sixty seconds away from happy Ann."^^ This is why I'm happy he's coming with our trip to London because honestly he'll be the only one to be able to talk me back into reality if I get a rejection while I'm at conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quigley Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Except you know you will get something on Christmas. There is guaranteed to be at least something under the tree. But now? It's like waiting for that gift you've been begging Santa to get for months. And if its not there... There's nothing. Lol. Yes, excellent point. Which makes the anxiety so much worse. Not to mention the fact that nobody I know can understand why I'm so stressed about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezzy Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Finding this site has not been helpful heading into my final semester! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat1 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Except you know you will get something on Christmas. There is guaranteed to be at least something under the tree. But now? It's like waiting for that gift you've been begging Santa to get for months. And if its not there... There's nothing. Lol. Not to mention that with Christmas, you know exactly when you'll find out: on Christmas morning. With this, you're stuck with this insanely long waiting period and you could find out at any time, so you keep obsessively checking. So true. The Christmas anxiety has an actual deadline. Yes, excellent point. Which makes the anxiety so much worse. Not to mention the fact that nobody I know can understand why I'm so stressed about this.No, no one does. And I get the feeling a lot of my friends are starting to roll their eyes at me behind my back because they think I'm overreacting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allouette Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 No, no one does. And I get the feeling a lot of my friends are starting to roll their eyes at me behind my back because they think I'm overreacting. A lot of my friends are taking a year off before applying, so whenever anyone starts rolling their eyes about my whiny freakouts, I'm too happy to remind them that they will be in my shoes next year and I will remember every eyeroll when they come to me for sympathy. RubyBright, mewtoo and Queen of Kale 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedmas Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 One of my applications' status is "App Forwarded for Review" and even though the deadline isn't until Feb 15 I am TERRIFIED of this status! I guess I get almost a month to panic?? I also hope they don't actually read it until my last reference is in (they require 2, I have 3, and the outstanding one is my strongest one...). Ugh, I guess I am `losing my damn mind.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sansao Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Wow, good news all around Congratulations people! Meanwhile, terrible headache, terrible stomachache, and terrible feelings of being grad school unworthy today. Was I really thinking I'd get accepted anywhere? Really? Well, it is a holiday... Ha ha! You've discovered the secret of my powers, sansao! I would be nothing without my Nutella (and coffee!). Coffee represents the crux of my powers (unless you count the ability to control my lazy eye - I so wish I were joking, lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProspectStu8735 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I think if I refresh my gmail one more time, its just going to stop working out of protest. amlobo, Quigley, Allouette and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProspectStu8735 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Does anyone else feel sharp pangs of anxiety every five minutes when the thought, "WHY did I ONLY apply to super competitive programs? Did I really think I could get into any of those places?" passes through your mind? Interviewed 3 places before applying because the PIs knew my UG thesis advisor and were available when I emailed at beginning of semester. Haven't heard anything since and I'm getting very, very worried...maybe my app was garbage, destroying all good will from academic nepotism. Please lord, no. Robin_Sparkles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viggosloof28 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Except you know you will get something on Christmas. There is guaranteed to be at least something under the tree. But now? It's like waiting for that gift you've been begging Santa to get for months. And if its not there... There's nothing. Lol. Not to mention that with Christmas, you know exactly when you'll find out: on Christmas morning. With this, you're stuck with this insanely long waiting period and you could find out at any time, so you keep obsessively checking. Oh gosh, these are both so horribly true! Glad Christmas isn't like grad school application decisions. It could show up anytime during a 3-month period, and you're not guaranteed to get anything nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyBright Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I hate that I THINK I was rejected from one school, because I wasn't sent an interview invite, but I don't know for sure, because my application status hasn't changed. I just wait and wait. This is like being told at the end of a bad date, "... I'll call you." Queen of Kale, theregalrenegade and EdYouKateOr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Whistler Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Well, it is a holiday... That, and, apparently, Blue Monday. Woo. Hoo. Does anyone else feel sharp pangs of anxiety every five minutes when the thought, "WHY did I ONLY apply to super competitive programs? Did I really think I could get into any of those places?" passes through your mind? Yes, yes, yes. All the time. And it's killing me. Together with the fact that I applied only to six schools, I should've applied to more. Not that I won't have the chance, later this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trobon Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 That, and, apparently, Blue Monday. Woo. Hoo. Yes, yes, yes. All the time. And it's killing me. Together with the fact that I applied only to six schools, I should've applied to more. Not that I won't have the chance, later this year. You think you should have applied to more? *looks at own signature* Why in the world would I convince myself to only apply to the schools with the exact programs I wanted to do this year? Future me now hates past me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhMySocks Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 You think you should have applied to more? *looks at own signature* Why in the world would I convince myself to only apply to the schools with the exact programs I wanted to do this year? Future me now hates past me. Well, I don't see a reason to apply to a program that you don't want to do. I think you made a perfectly rational decision. I didn't know that astrobiology was a thing. How in the world did you get into it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quigley Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Well, I don't see a reason to apply to a program that you don't want to do. I think you made a perfectly rational decision. Agreed. I eliminated schools at the bottom of my list that I decided I wouldn't be happy attending while knowing that it could mean re-applying next year. Although I do understand... I still have moments every day where I kick myself for not going just a little farther down the list if it means not waiting another year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOPsych3927 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Does anyone else feel sharp pangs of anxiety every five minutes when the thought, "WHY did I ONLY apply to super competitive programs? Did I really think I could get into any of those places?" passes through your mind? The feeling is (painfully) mutual...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sansao Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I didn't know that astrobiology was a thing. How in the world did you get into it? It's usually a subfield of geology/paleontology, though I know at my UG school, they had life science and chemistry people involved too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andean Pat Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 hahahaha I would quote several of your posts!!!! Really hoping for the best. I had made up my mind that I wouldn't hear from any school until late February-early March. In the mean time, I am TRYING to get a paper done for a conference and enjoying my holidays. Keep your nerves together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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