GuateAmfeminist Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Congratulations to all of you who got off the wait list! Wait-listers hold a special place in my heart I remember that feeling last year... You will all be amazing. And don't give up yet, those of you still waiting. I found out 2 days before the deadline, so there is still hope!
practical cat Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Congratulations to all of you who got off the wait list! Wait-listers hold a special place in my heart I remember that feeling last year... You will all be amazing. And don't give up yet, those of you still waiting. I found out 2 days before the deadline, so there is still hope! I legit reread last year's wait list thread a few days ago and you and fiona thunderpaws give me hope. (Cautious, cautious hope.) GuateAmfeminist 1
thebeatgoeson Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 I legit reread last year's wait list thread a few days ago and you and fiona thunderpaws give me hope. (Cautious, cautious hope.) All of this. I'm a giant ball of cautious hope.
TripWillis Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 YOU GUYS!!! I've just been accepted to UNC-Chapel Hill! WOO! Congrats! Really glad you wound up at such an awesome program.
Two Espressos Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 WOO! Congrats! Really glad you wound up at such an awesome program. Thanks, TripWillis! I still can't believe I actually made it! lisajay 1
blueberryscone Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Finally heard from Maryland. Waitlist now officially my only remaining non-rejection.
dazedandbemused Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Hey, looks like someone got off the waitlist at Pitt! I just sent in my thanks but no thanks this morning, and I was hoping someone from gradcafe would get off the waitlist. I can't think of any regulars who were waitlisted there though...
bluecheese Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 YOU GUYS!!! I've just been accepted to UNC-Chapel Hill! CONGRATSSSS!!!!!
practical cat Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 I got into Brandeis. Having so many good feelings. DisplayCancel, lo.lee.ta, Swagato and 24 others 27
ghijklmn Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 I got into Brandeis. Having so many good feelings. So happy for you! (I literally just gasped.)
Datatape Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 I got into Brandeis. Having so many good feelings. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! practical cat 1
intextrovert Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Two Espressos and girl who wears glasses: so, so happy to hear your news - been rooting for you both! I was once a waitlister-turned-admit to my top choice program myself and know how you feel! Summed up thusly: Congratulations!! Datatape and champagne 2
HHEoS Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Major congrats, Two Espressos and girl who wears glasses!
ProfLorax Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) WARM FUZZIES! WARM FUZZIES EVERYWHERE! Congrats, Two Expressos and Girl Who Wears Glasses! Edited April 5, 2013 by proflorax
practical cat Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Two Espressos and girl who wears glasses: so, so happy to hear your news - been rooting for you both! I was once a waitlister-turned-admit to my top choice program myself and know how you feel! Summed up thusly: Congratulations!!THAT IS ME RIGHT NOW.Thanks everyone, I feel like I'm in the best of company. It's (Not) About Me 1
It's (Not) About Me Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 YOU GUYS!!! I've just been accepted to UNC-Chapel Hill! YEAH TWO ESPRESSOS!! I came here just to congratulate you AGAIN, haha! I am so psyched to be cohort mates! I got into Brandeis. Having so many good feelings. Aaaaahhh I am SO delighted to hear this! Yes yes yes! :D Datatape, lisajay, Two Espressos and 1 other 4
Swagato Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Hah. Two bits of good news in as many days. This year really has been good all around. I feel that being waitlisted and getting accepted off it is, in many ways, so much more difficult than getting a straight admit or reject. You're forced to endure an indefinite period of knowing you're good enough to be accepted, if only they had enough spaces, yet you have to wait at the very threshold. I can imagine when the good news arrives for waitlisted folks, it must feel especially sweet.
Two Espressos Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 I got into Brandeis. Having so many good feelings. FUCK YES! Amazing work, gwwg. I was rooting for you so hard. YEAH TWO ESPRESSOS!! I came here just to congratulate you AGAIN, haha! I am so psyched to be cohort mates! Thanks, It's (Not) About Me! I'm psyched to be cohort mates as well; it's going to be awesome!
ErnestPWorrell Posted April 5, 2013 Author Posted April 5, 2013 I got into Brandeis. Having so many good feelings. told ya so! practical cat 1
Two Espressos Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Hah. Two bits of good news in as many days. This year really has been good all around. I feel that being waitlisted and getting accepted off it is, in many ways, so much more difficult than getting a straight admit or reject. You're forced to endure an indefinite period of knowing you're good enough to be accepted, if only they had enough spaces, yet you have to wait at the very threshold. I can imagine when the good news arrives for waitlisted folks, it must feel especially sweet. It's the best feeling in the world. I'm sure gwwg, It's (Not) About Me, and other former waitlisters would agree. It's (Not) About Me 1
wreckofthehope Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 I got into Brandeis. Having so many good feelings. YYYYYAAAAAAAAYYYYY!! I'm so happy for you and Two Espressos!!! I basically come here to check if you two have gotten in, yet!
dazedandbemused Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 I got into Brandeis. Having so many good feelings. Holy shit, dude!!!! Congrats! It feels like one of Oprah's Giveaways in here, man. "You get a PhD! And you get a PhD! Everyone's getting a PhD!!!" Oh, and as promised earlier, A gif of John Green doing the happy dance. Because that's totes how I felt when I just read that lisajay 1
gwarner13 Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 I got into Brandeis. Having so many good feelings. YES!!! Congratulations! What fantastic news!
anoveldave Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 So I have a bit of a dilemma. I've been lucky enough to have been accepted to three great programs and wait listed at another. DGS informed me I'm the first person in line. I'd definitely consider the school that wait listed me (and although this should be taken with a grain of salt, this school is better ranked in my field than my other admits), but I haven't been invited to visit. I'm going to be visiting the other schools, and I just can't imagine myself making a last minute decision should I be admitted without having visited the school and mentally prepared myself. Should I remove myself from the wait list? Would you choose a school that you haven't visited, when you've seen other schools that admitted you outright? I'm actually wondering a similar thing. I have an acceptance to a school and am on the waitlist for funding at another, both of which I have not visited. I can only gauge the department environment via what I read online. I'd like to know how others think about not visiting any of the schools and choosing based on data alone.
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