Rejection Junction

[ugg42]

First rejection came today and I'm feeling particularly pessimistic. Anyone else?

 

Where did you get rejected? Can we please whine together? I think it will help.  

 

What do people say to you to comfort you? Does it drive you insane? If one more person tries to comfort me by telling me, "Everything happens for a reason," I swear...

Edited February 4, 2013 by ugg42

[mid25]

I'm gonna be honest with you, I'm 28, this is the only chance I have of getting into a grad school before I have to be realistic and start working. I know I put a strong application together, and now, it will be what it will be, not gonna be negative or pessimistic, the best opportunity will present itself in time, stay positiv

[tiarabun]

I'm gonna be honest with you, I'm 28, this is the only chance I have of getting into a grad school before I have to be realistic and start working. I know I put a strong application together, and now, it will be what it will be, not gonna be negative or pessimistic, the best opportunity will present itself in time, stay positiv

 

im in a similar situation. im 27, single, and without any real burden. this is my one and only chance too

i guess if i get rejected i will have to start acting like a real adult and go back to the business world that i loath.

no more dreams and stuff

[Duna]

Well I'm sorry that you think your life is over with 28. I believe there are many grad students out there who will think: "WTF, only 28? Where's the problem?"

I am truly sorry about the rejection, though. However, even the best scores, grades and whatever don't spare you those because you simply cannot fit in perfectly everywhere. And if you would have tailored your SOP perfectly to all schools you might not get happy in these programs since it isn't what you really want to be.

Yay! Optimism!

[mid25]

Well I'm sorry that you think your life is over with 28. I believe there are many grad students out there who will think: "WTF, only 28? Where's the problem?"

I am truly sorry about the rejection, though. However, even the best scores, grades and whatever don't spare you those because you simply cannot fit in perfectly everywhere. And if you would have tailored your SOP perfectly to all schools you might not get happy in these programs since it isn't what you really want to be.

Yay! Optimism!

 

I think you missed the point of my argument, it was optimistic. I am confident that whatever occurs will happen because that is what is supposed to happen. The schools I chose were chosen because they are good fits, and I believe my SOP reflects that. I have zero qualms about the quality of work I submitted to be reviewed. I have other obligations to consider besides just grad school, no matter how much I may want it. My life isn't over by any stretch of the imaginiation, just the opposite, the choices I am given here will shape the decisions I need to make. I am attempting to say not to get down from rejections, but consider the alternatives that shape the decisions you have to make, whether they be to reapply in a future season, or attempt something else.

[Sconnie]

Minnesota rejected me on my birthday thats just cold

[tiarabun]

Minnesota rejected me on my birthday thats just cold

 im so sorry!

their loss! and you still have several to hear from!

[andylee0427]

Minnesota rejected me on my birthday thats just cold

 

Sorry to hear that. I too got rejected by Minnesota (journalism, PhD) today. It didn't nearly impacted me as you did, since it wasn't my top choice (I didn't put much enthusiasm in application as I did with my top choice school). But I am started to get worried that my dream school might not choose me over other candidates. 

[andylee0427]

im in a similar situation. im 27, single, and without any real burden. this is my one and only chance too

i guess if i get rejected i will have to start acting like a real adult and go back to the business world that i loath.

no more dreams and stuff

 

I am 29, but I think I will give it another shot even if I don't get into all the schools I'd applied. At the same time, if i get accepted, I worry that I'll be the oldest among the colleagues. 

[tiarabun]

I am 29, but I think I will give it another shot even if I don't get into all the schools I'd applied. At the same time, if i get accepted, I worry that I'll be the oldest among the colleagues.

I have heard nothing from the schools I applied and I sort of feel like I have overshot.

I have struggled for the longest time abt whether I should get a phd, but I have always had a job so It was tough for me to pull the trigger. It wasn't until last fall when I finally got fed up with work and quit to give phd a shot. My plan is iif I don't get into any program, I will job hunt aggressively again. But i know when I do have that kind of security, it will be hard to give it all up again.

That's why I think this is my only shot

[xoxojl]

I got rejected from UPenn Annenberg today I had such high hopes, so disappointed

[beyondaboundary]

Just got my rejection from Minnesota CSDS...nice email though

[pietrosan]

I got rejected from UPenn Annenberg today I had such high hopes, so disappointed

 

Penn rejected me as well yesterday. I expected it, but still, it sucked.

[agej]

Cornell just rejected me. It was a long shot...and not my top choice. The decisions are rolling in now.

[xoxojl]

Cornell just rejected me. It was a long shot...and not my top choice. The decisions are rolling in now.

same. i just saw my rejection letter in my spam folder...