PsycD Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Tomorrow I plan to indulge in lots of football, beer, and unhealthy food to distract me from this grad school purgatory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astaroth27 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I didn't start obsessing until my first rejection. Booze sounds like a healthy way to cope with waiting. wokeem and Ortega 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doobiebrothers Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I'm moving to morocco to teach arabic, so I'm going over my textbooks and memorizing vocabulary and telling myself that I have a good plan B (stay and teach, maybe join peace corp) if all else fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Bee Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Searching for rejected Erasmus Mundus applicants on the internet and weeping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnardbonnu Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I've been checking email and gradcafe, and spending too much time watching Netflix and playing Skyrim. wokeem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0908 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Liquor and episodes of Archer on netflix. astaroth27 and roguesenna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Bond Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Checking email a ton. Reverting to highschool habit of taking forever on everything, read: spent like six hours just on PDEs today. It shouldn't have taken that long. Hey look, new episodes on hulu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiVitaJ Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I'm becoming increasingly nervous. At least two of my schools are rumored to send out all of their interview invites this week - two of my top choices. I am completely unmotivated by my current assumption I will be rejected everywhere and thus why bother with these advanced level classes my final semester. What's the point!?!? elanorci 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regulatethatemotion Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Deep breaths, folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starofdawn Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Gah! I keep refreshing the Results page, checking email... I just try to tell myself that I probably won't hear anything for another month! Edited January 13, 2014 by starofdawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drfuzz Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 What I want to know is why all the STEM results come out so much earlier than the humanities. Ortega 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I'm learning Python again and slowly returning to my natural state of book-loving super hermit. Oh, and I guess I work 40+ hours a week, so there's that. Luckily interviews are coming up, so I'll have a few busy weekends in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjduval Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 My applications are due on the 15th. As soon as I submit, I'm packing my bags and heading to Vietnam and Cambodia for two weeks for a bit of R&R. Ever since I started working on applications in earnest, I feel like I've had my balls in a vice. So I'm going to go soak up some sun and have a good time before I have to come back to nail-biting reality. Good luck to all of you, by the way. We've at least earned pats-on-our-backs for making it this far. Mostafa64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loric Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 What I want to know is why all the STEM results come out so much earlier than the humanities. You get all the money. We get what's left over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K80laf Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Revising a manuscript, working, running (a lot)... so much that I joined a marathon club haha. I ignore my anxiety all day and then it hits me like a truck each night before bed lol. I think this waiting game is worse than preparing for the GMAT. At least I was in control then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguesenna Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I'm becoming increasingly nervous. At least two of my schools are rumored to send out all of their interview invites this week - two of my top choices. I am completely unmotivated by my current assumption I will be rejected everywhere and thus why bother with these advanced level classes my final semester. What's the point!?!? you should use that as motivation to do well in those classes. I am racking my brain thinking "okay, I'm probably going to get rejected from everything. what can I do to make myself a better candidate for next year?" I'm having trouble answering that but your answer is to finish what you're doing and do really well at it! wokeem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loric Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I think the problem is that there's not always, or heck, often not a next year. It's now or never. ;fvlmdf;lgmvdf and echlori 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doobiebrothers Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 you should use that as motivation to do well in those classes. I am racking my brain thinking "okay, I'm probably going to get rejected from everything. what can I do to make myself a better candidate for next year?" I'm having trouble answering that but your answer is to finish what you're doing and do really well at it! actually rogue I'm doing the same thing: I wrote a "act as if" list: what would I be doing if I DID get in? And if I get rejected, I plan on following the act as if list (research, reading, thesis work, conferences) as closely as possible; I even got access to JSTOR so it's not unreasonable to expect that I can make phd level process in the year off. Hopefully we won't need these plan B's though, this year's applicants on gradcafe seem pretty amazing to me! roguesenna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VioletAyame Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) I didn't anticipate the mix of boredom and anxiety to be so lethal. I learn to bake, try to work out (which are totally counterproductive btw), read some books, plan to rewatch Games of Throne (just saw the trailer for season 4, one more reason for April to come early!) and give Breaking Bad a second chance, started House of Cards and The West Wing, and become obsessed with this forum. Oh and I saw these on BuzzFeed the other day: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalderon/books-to-read-before-they-hit-theaters-this-year http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/24-invaluable-skills-to-learn-for-free-online-this-year So yeah, I'll add some more books to my list and maybe learn to code. But then most things done for distraction often lose their true appeal. Edited January 13, 2014 by VioletAyame ihatechoosingusernames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I notice that people keep saying they check their spam folder. Do the school emails sometimes show up in Spam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legan Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I notice that people keep saying they check their spam folder. Do the school emails sometimes show up in Spam? I think it's just wishful thinking/panicking. I do it like, twenty times a day. Because WHAT IF I MISS IT? eafreder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguesenna Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 actually rogue I'm doing the same thing: I wrote a "act as if" list: what would I be doing if I DID get in? And if I get rejected, I plan on following the act as if list (research, reading, thesis work, conferences) as closely as possible; I even got access to JSTOR so it's not unreasonable to expect that I can make phd level process in the year off. Hopefully we won't need these plan B's though, this year's applicants on gradcafe seem pretty amazing to me! I would love to do that but I have to work a full-time job to support myself unfortunately. best I can do is try to better myself in my spare time. conferences and lengthy papers are pretty much out of the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ortega Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 What I want to know is why all the STEM results come out so much earlier than the humanities. I wonder if it has something to do with the type of materials humanities programs ask for...ie the 10-20 page writing sample on top of SOP and PH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacherplease Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Developing a new habit out of grad cafe, exercising, playing out both fantasies and dystopias about my future in my head. AND I ONLY APPLIED THREE DAYS AGO!! ARGGGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EngineerGrad Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Am I the only one who has a mini-heart-attack whenever a new email comes in? Every time my phone's email alert goes off I die a little vitruviusWoman, Bellawheeze, eafreder and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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