Grev Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 It was awful/hilarious, I saw the POIs name in my inbox and I was SO confused, since I'd already been rejected, and for a split second I was like... did they change their minds or something? But I opened it and was even more confused because it was an exchange of emails about the POIs life and students, with some pretty horrifically hilarious cynical not-quite-PC opinions, and I couldn't figure out why I had gotten it. Judging from the content, I think it was supposed to be cc'ed to someone whose last name starts with the same three letters as mine, and it must have autofilled my email instead of the right persons... I don't know if I should just ignore it or let the POI know I accidentally got it????? THIS IS SO AWKWARD AND ALSO DID I MENTION MY LAST INTERACTION WITH THIS POI WAS AN EMAIL TELLING ME I WAS REJECTED BECAUSE THAT MAKES THIS MORE AWKWARD. I have it on good authority that the petty correct answer is to black the names and post it on facebook budgie, queer chaos, petitebiscuit and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridofme Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 ...you address an admissions director as "Mr." in an email after doing some diligent googling of [what turns out to be] her gender-ambiguous, non-Anglo/European first name, only to later call the graduate department after receiving no response and be asked by the receptionist if you want to leave "her" a message. Doh. Seriously though - every single person on the Internet with her first name is a man! Multiple Wikipedia entries. Countless LinkedIn profiles. How was I supposed to know?! Also, that being CC'd story is incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarwinsBones Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 You mail in your personal statement and are in such a rush you forget to omit the part that says in big capital letters "INSERT STUFF ABOUT X COLLEGE HERE!" This totally happened to me.....luckily the first person to get it was an assistant and a student and they emailed and called me telling me to reply back with my ACTUAL SOP. So I did and I actually got my acceptance from them. I never thought I would be so grateful for hard copy applications being required! LizKay, faithfullywaiting, AuDorBust and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tapdncingchemist Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 You cite your own paper twice in your SOP, but it shows up as 2 separate references with inconsistent word ordering of the title. You forget to re-bibTeX the SOP and you submit a document full of [?] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaam Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 It was awful/hilarious, I saw the POIs name in my inbox and I was SO confused, since I'd already been rejected, and for a split second I was like... did they change their minds or something? But I opened it and was even more confused because it was an exchange of emails about the POIs life and students, with some pretty horrifically hilarious cynical not-quite-PC opinions, and I couldn't figure out why I had gotten it. Judging from the content, I think it was supposed to be cc'ed to someone whose last name starts with the same three letters as mine, and it must have autofilled my email instead of the right persons... I don't know if I should just ignore it or let the POI know I accidentally got it????? THIS IS SO AWKWARD AND ALSO DID I MENTION MY LAST INTERACTION WITH THIS POI WAS AN EMAIL TELLING ME I WAS REJECTED BECAUSE THAT MAKES THIS MORE AWKWARD. You HAVE to tell them. This is totally going to become this POI's favorite email, or least favorite email. EIther way, I think you should let them know, just very politely. Also, this completely beats my situation. I say this wins as of right now. (Not like its a competition) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reatha Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 ...you address an admissions director as "Mr." in an email after doing some diligent googling of [what turns out to be] her gender-ambiguous, non-Anglo/European first name, only to later call the graduate department after receiving no response and be asked by the receptionist if you want to leave "her" a message. Doh. Seriously though - every single person on the Internet with her first name is a man! Multiple Wikipedia entries. Countless LinkedIn profiles. How was I supposed to know?! Also, that being CC'd story is incredible! Also usually the admissions director is a "Dr." I know professors that will not respond to an email where they are addressed as a Mrs. budgie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziad Ewais Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 It was awful/hilarious, I saw the POIs name in my inbox and I was SO confused, since I'd already been rejected, and for a split second I was like... did they change their minds or something? But I opened it and was even more confused because it was an exchange of emails about the POIs life and students, with some pretty horrifically hilarious cynical not-quite-PC opinions, and I couldn't figure out why I had gotten it. Judging from the content, I think it was supposed to be cc'ed to someone whose last name starts with the same three letters as mine, and it must have autofilled my email instead of the right persons... I don't know if I should just ignore it or let the POI know I accidentally got it????? THIS IS SO AWKWARD AND ALSO DID I MENTION MY LAST INTERACTION WITH THIS POI WAS AN EMAIL TELLING ME I WAS REJECTED BECAUSE THAT MAKES THIS MORE AWKWARD. Hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziad Ewais Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 You mail in your personal statement and are in such a rush you forget to omit the part that says in big capital letters "INSERT STUFF ABOUT X COLLEGE HERE!" This totally happened to me.....luckily the first person to get it was an assistant and a student and they emailed and called me telling me to reply back with my ACTUAL SOP. So I did and I actually got my acceptance from them. I never thought I would be so grateful for hard copy applications being required! Been there...Done that Luckly I realized that with an application that enables resubmission of certian documents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuck Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Also usually the admissions director is a "Dr." I know professors that will not respond to an email where they are addressed as a Mrs. Maybe the meant the graduate coordinator rather than the DGS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisingamen Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 ... When your LOR writer texts you around 10pm one night to let you know she sent off your LOR -- and then accidentally texts you again at 3 am, with a dirty text meant for her husband, who's out of town. Teehee. This thread is fantastic, really made me grin. Gvh, Queen of Kale, queer chaos and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportPsych30 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 That time I got an email from one of my top choice schools stating that I had chosen to defer my admission from last years app season, and asking if I would like to be considered for admissions again this year.. (This is my first go around at grad school apps, obviously didn't even apply last year let alone defer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maleficent999 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 ... When your LOR writer texts you around 10pm one night to let you know she sent off your LOR -- and then accidentally texts you again at 3 am, with a dirty text meant for her husband, who's out of town. Teehee. This thread is fantastic, really made me grin. This makes me glad that I don't text any of my recommendation writers. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maleficent999 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 That time I got an email from one of my top choice schools stating that I had chosen to defer my admission from last years app season, and asking if I would like to be considered for admissions again this year.. (This is my first go around at grad school apps, obviously didn't even apply last year let alone defer) Is yours a common name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates1 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Realizing you managed to apply to a completely different school than the one you thought you were. Two days before deadline, and you finally notice that logo isn't right. You already have transcripts in, the LORs are uploaded. At that point you just curse, completely throw out the section on POI's in your personal statement, rewrite it with POIs for the school your application is actually for, change the school names, order GRE score reports to the school, and submit it. Because hey, at that point you might as well, right? ashrj, nugget, nadimishka and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Althonse Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Misspelling a POI's name in your SOP....at least I still got an interview! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigbang Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I misspelled a POI's name too. Still waiting. I feel like a huge turd because of it. I considered writing to apologize but was advised not to for that would have called more attention to the error. Ack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportPsych30 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Is yours a common name? About as uncommon as possible. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisingamen Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Okay, I just heard from a friend who is three years into a PhD program in the US. She says she had to awkward moments: one, she accidentally sent a pic intended for her boyfriend's eyes only (cough, cough, we get it) to a POI. Two email windows open. Augh! Two, she accidentally signed off one email to a POI with 'hugs'. Gvh, pohks and nugget 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adenine_Monarch Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) I don't have much to go on yet. One mistake I made was typo-ing my former PI's name when I was assigning him as a recommender for one of my schools. And once I realized I'd typoed, there was no way to change it! So he undoubtedly got the rec request with his typoed name! Edited December 14, 2013 by Adenine_Monarch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 ...You keep checking the status of a program's admission decisions only to realize you didn't actually apply to that school this year. marsmat and GhostsBeforeBreakfast 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gellert Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Okay, I just heard from a friend who is three years into a PhD program in the US. She says she had to awkward moments: one, she accidentally sent a pic intended for her boyfriend's eyes only (cough, cough, we get it) to a POI. Two email windows open. Augh! Two, she accidentally signed off one email to a POI with 'hugs'. I just laughed out loud in lab. Ugly whale noises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NothingButTheRain Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Okay, I just heard from a friend who is three years into a PhD program in the US. She says she had to awkward moments: one, she accidentally sent a pic intended for her boyfriend's eyes only (cough, cough, we get it) to a POI. Two email windows open. Augh! Two, she accidentally signed off one email to a POI with 'hugs'. Both to the same POI? misskira 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportPsych30 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Both to the same POI? I see what you're sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisingamen Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Both to the same POI? BWAHAHAHA. No. I did ask and she said she didn't apply to the first place at all, in sheer embarassment (a photo is too much to recover from). She did apply to the second one (rejected). But got in elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meowth Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I just noticed my first mistake. I've submitted this writing sample to three places already with a statement at the beginning that says "originally written December 2013 for blah blah blah" except... I wrote it last year, 2012. I'm not even in school now, so. They might not even notice though. It's like when I had to write a summary of it for a reward once and said 19th century in my description... and later when I went to the event that included it, my mom of all people notices that it should be either 1900s or 20th century, not 19th. (Once again though, probably not something people really care about.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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