briannemg Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Last week I got an email from a prof on the ad com of one of the schools I applied to telling me that they were starting to look at apps this week and he thought I was a very strong candidate. I'm still freaking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilac13 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I am no longer losing my mind! I got accepted to my TOP choice program today!!!!!! Â Â I am sooo thrilled! bedmas, eaboo316, Quigley and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ay761 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 EW33 - was your first choice the Harvard EdD? I applied too so that's why I am wondering. Congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyBright Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I feel like the site needs to increase the number of available upvotes for a day if people are going to keep getting acceptances. I want to upvote everyone's messages about getting into their schools! radiomars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdYouKateOr Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I feel like the site needs to increase the number of available upvotes for a day if people are going to keep getting acceptances. I want to upvote everyone's messages about getting into their schools! I agree! Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdYouKateOr Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I am no longer losing my mind! I got accepted to my TOP choice program today!!!!!! Â Â I am sooo thrilled! Congrats! Which program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdYouKateOr Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Finally an acceptance!!!!!! Gahhhhhhhh! thank you thank you thank you <3 I am so proud of you! Congrats! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilac13 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Congrats! Which program? Thanks!! Â Stanford GSE! hiroshiman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdYouKateOr Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I have an acceptance! Â Aaaaaa! Â It's official - I am going to grad school... somewhere! Â Congrats Amlobo! amlobo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdYouKateOr Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Thanks!! Â Stanford GSE! That's awesome! Aren't they number one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RafAkd Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) Congrats to all of you who have been accepted!!!!! Edited January 31, 2013 by RafAkd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDreams Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I've been (mostly) lurking on this thread, but I had to chime in to say: Congrats, PhDreams and kyjin!! Thank youuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!! Â Congrats PhDreams! Â Â !!!!!!! Thanks! So happpyyy Congratulations, PhDreams!!!!! I'm so happy for you! Â Thank you thank you thank you I have an acceptance! Â Aaaaaa! Â It's official - I am going to grad school... somewhere! Â YAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! Way to go! Â I am no longer losing my mind! I got accepted to my TOP choice program today!!!!!! Â Â I am sooo thrilled! Â Awesome!!!!!! Stanford is incredible!!!! I am so proud of you! Congrats! :) Â Thank you <3!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradorbust Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 two rejections, one wait list and two interviews. Â Freaking out for the last week and at least another week before I hear about the results of one of the interviews. Â Freakouts commencing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amlobo Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Thanks for the congrats, beautiful peoples! Â I am rooting for everyone! Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_psych Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 This may sound weird, but I received 2 rejections this week out of 8 total schools, and I actually feel a little bit better, at least I've heard from someone FINALLY!  Does anyone else feel this way?? I do! I got one rejection this week and felt relief because at least I heard something. LOL. sugarmilk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wemayet Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Well, probability generally depends on all outcomes having an equal and random chance of occurring... so I'm not sure there is good math on this one. However, don't let that stop you if you can bad math your way to keeping your sanity until you're accepted somewhere.  Ultimately, this is what I have to tell myself. There is no good math for these situations. It is a human problem. There are people that will get in because they said the right combinations of words, connected with the right people, or their file was placed in just the right place in the stack for the one person on the committee that would like them to grab it.  Maybe the better why to think of this is some version of the Multiverse Theory - in some alternate universe, I have been accepted to each of these programs. I just hope I am experiencing one of these universes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyBright Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Maybe the better why to think of this is some version of the Multiverse Theory - in some alternate universe, I have been accepted to each of these programs. I just hope I am experiencing one of these universes...  Oooh. I like that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhMySocks Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I think the problem with that math is that the outcomes from each school are, by no means, independent. So there will be a much larger percentage of people that get accepted to every school, or most schools that they apply to than by pure chance alone, and vice versa.  That means that while you start with no information, and can assume a random distribution where you get into each school 5-10% of the time, with each acceptance that you get, the expected outcome at your remaining schools gets better, and with every rejection it gets worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyBright Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) My daily routine has been interrupted. One of my school's admission status check page is down. Edited January 31, 2013 by RubyBright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impysh Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 The Resuluts database shows that one of the schools I've applied to started to send out acceptances on January 28th for the past two years... So far, no one's posted anything from them this year... I might be wearing out my F5 key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP3 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 One of my applications' status changed from "App Forwarded for Review" to "App forwarded: Interim Review", which i am obviously overanalyzing because the application isn't even actually due until Feb 15.  Also, maybe this is just me, but I never really bothered to unsubscribe from emails (mostly of shopping websites...), I just ignored/deleted them. But now that I'm actually expecting emails that matter, I've been unsubscribing from these like crazy. There's nothing worse than seeing a new email, praying for an admission decision, and instead seeing something about Spring Trends from Forever 21... I made the fortunate decision a few years ago to make an email address that I would use for "junk" mail, then I made an email that would be used for real purpose, such as applying for jobs, corresponding with professors, etc  Thank God I did that before applying to grad schools, I would be losing my mind if I kept getting random emails everyday!  Then again, kind of sucks to check my email everyday and see NOTHING!  uggghh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMac Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 My first interview weekend starts tonight! Totally new kind of freaking out!!!! EdYouKateOr, saphixation and mop 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stmwap Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 @LMac You'll be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP3 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 According to the database, I won't hear from anymore schools for at least a month. Â So far 2 were rejections, 6 to go. Â I'm starting to regret only applying to 8, but I couldn't afford all of the application fees, ideally I wanted to apply to 10-11. Â I had a friend who applied several years ago, he applied to 20 SCHOOLS!! how insane is that!? Â He ended up getting into 2 programs, one acceptance and one waitlist, he lucked out and got into the waitlist school. 18 rejections!!!!! Â Does anyone out there know people that have applied to 12-15 or more schools, that just seems insane and kind of counter-productive, I mean, I was losing my mind just applying to 8 schools, I couldn't imagine applying to more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiroshiman Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I spent $1000 applying to 7 programs - can't imagine 12+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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