How Are You Coping With The Torture Of Waiting???

[TheMostPowerfulApplicant]

I masturbate

[PsycD]

Haha. I have a French friend who (I'm sure was just being polite) said that girls are going to like my accent. On the other hand, I have another friend from work who said that I sounded like I'm having a stroke. 

 

I only applied at McGill! I hope I really get it! Good luck to you too! 

 

Your french friend is right about the accent...we women are suckers for it. 

 

A stroke??? Omg..Hahaha! That is terrible! Please know that you're not alone in the struggle to speak French. While I may not sound like I'm having a stroke, I still have a crazy accent. Going from English to French is the worst. English is such a rough, coarse language to speak. French is more smooth and sensual.

 

Keep me posted on your McGill status!  I really hope you get in.

Edited February 7, 2014 by PsycD

[elisewin]

I'm getting to a point of stress where I have a continuous stomachache and feel like I'm about to cry at any second. And I have to get my stuff together, I work in customer service!

[scottdickson86]

Your french friend is right about the accent...we women are suckers for it. 

 

A stroke??? Omg..Hahaha! That is terrible! Please know that you're not alone in the struggle to speak French. While I may not sound like I'm having a stroke, I still have a crazy accent. Going from English to French is the worst. English is such a rough, coarse language to speak. French is more smooth and sensual.

 

Keep me posted on your McGill status!  I really hope you get in.

 

Haha. Yeah. I think he meant that my speech sounds slurred in French or something like that. Is English rough? I grew up speaking it at home so I would not know if it's that hard for people who had to learn it when they're older. My main motivation for learning French other than possibly moving to Montreal is French food, and maybe French cinema. Subtitles give me headache. 

 

Merci mon Cher! And I will keep you posted. 

[mdiv2014]

remote viewing the conclave of the adcom room

projecting a halo around my application

implanting a 'Dahm, this applicant is good' thought into the heads of the adcom

[PsycD]

Haha. Yeah. I think he meant that my speech sounds slurred in French or something like that. Is English rough? I grew up speaking it at home so I would not know if it's that hard for people who had to learn it when they're older. My main motivation for learning French other than possibly moving to Montreal is French food, and maybe French cinema. Subtitles give me headache. 

 

Merci mon Cher! And I will keep you posted. 

 

English is my first language so I'm not sure if it's tough to learn. But to me, compared to French, English is rough-sounding when spoken, kind of like when Orcs speak (if you get the Lord of the Rings reference).

 

Watching movies in French is a good way to pick up the language. I know a few people who have learned to speak English by watching television and movies. It is nice not having to read sous-titres.

 

Je vous en prie Bon chance!

[DidacticPrinter]

For the first two months I was really great. December was prepping for Christmas and travel. January was work and doing a 30-day Bikram yoga challenge. I knew results weren't supposed to be in until mid-March, and I was prepared for that. I was all very zen about the whole thing.

 

And then on 1/28 SAIC asked for an interview and that was out the window. I'm now onto the obsessive e-mail checking. In search for ideas for help with interviews and how to prepare for them I found GradCafe and am on here all the time. Despite notifying my job back in October that I wouldn't be coming back next year (I teach high school art and philosophy, so they need to know in as much time as possible to do recruiting), I hadn't really "checked out" until about a week and a half ago, and now I can't focus on anything, because, well, does it really matter? I'm leaving anyway... Surely my seniors have it together by now, right? They can put together their grades and portfolios without any help from me!

 

I am still doing some yoga, and I ought to be learning some lines for a play I'm in... Also should start booking things for spring break in Nepal, but I've just started worrying about the idea that I'll be notified about schools WHILE I'm in Nepal on a yoga retreat where internet access is severely limited...

Edited February 7, 2014 by DidacticPrinter

[DidacticPrinter]

Oh, and I also filled out my FAFSA. It didn't take very long, but at least I felt like I was doing something productive towards the grad school goal. It's nice feeling like you have something you can contribute (again) to the process.

[scottdickson86]

English is my first language so I'm not sure if it's tough to learn. But to me, compared to French, English is rough-sounding when spoken, kind of like when Orcs speak (if you get the Lord of the Rings reference).

 

Watching movies in French is a good way to pick up the language. I know a few people who have learned to speak English by watching television and movies. It is nice not having to read sous-titres.

 

Je vous en prie Bon chance!

 

Haha. I've never heard English being compared to an Orc's sound before. That's funny. My POI will make his final decision on Monday or Tuesday Eastern Time so that's very very close. I'll let you know for sure. I woke up at 4 AM today and haven't gone back to bed. I've been checking mails and notifications. The power habit I guess haha. 

[meowth]

I was good up until Jan 15 when I finished my applications. Now I just really want my results. I think I have my Dec 1 results pretty much (rej, acp, implied rej) but now... the Jan 15 won't be around until beginning of Mar maybe and I'm tired of waiting. I browse this forum. Check the results page. Go on tumblr too much. Sleep. Go out to eat to ease my sorrow. Kind of stuff I already did, but it's been a bit worse lately. Maybe just because now I feel really in an in-between state.

 

I work 8 hours a day too, but that's not really coping, just stuff I have to do.

[scottdickson86]

I work 8 hours a day too, but that's not really coping, just stuff I have to do.

 

Haha. I can relate on this one. I think work gets in the way of checking emails more frequently. 

[catsrgods]

Grade inflation...

 

Fricking exactly. 

[Henry Hudson]

I was doing well, but starting off the results season with a rejection has gotten me a bit antsy, especially since i have no safety schools this cycle. 

[DidacticPrinter]

I will now cope by singing this song until the time comes when I know for sure where/if I will be going somewhere:

 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LL2GGrz17qo&feature=kp

 

[ds192]

Hey everyone!

 

I just registered on this forum.  So good to know there are other people out there who are waiting!  It's unbearable sometimes - checking the status page on the school's website 4-5 times a day even on weekends (I know, keen).

 

Doesn't help that some people have already posted that they've been accepted 

Can't focus on anything for longer than 5 minutes =( not coping well all-in-all

[starofdawn]

I masturbate

Short, and honest. Nice.

[teacherplease]

I thought I had it under control until yesterday and now I'm in crazy checking mode. I seriously can't go a couple hours without re-checking my emails. It's bad guys, really bad.

 

The first month of waiting passed okay, but knowing I won't be sure til the end of March is giving me anxiety.

 

My whole life is going to revolve around this, and the limbo state is no fun.

[marsmat]

Right now, Im not coping. At all.

 

For the past few weeks I have been barely functioning, filling my time with loads of socialising and workouts, not really getting anything done at work. I thought THAT was bad and then this evening happened and all I can do is circle from Facebook to Grad Café to Facebook and round again. Im stuck on this loop and I feel like a hamster.

 

There are acceptances being posted for one of my programmes and Ive heard nothing. I even have an acceptance, but now I just want more. And Im convinced Ive been rejected from my other two schools. Convinced! I have lost all sense of proportion. I cant do my job any more. I cant even talk to my flatmates. Help.

[starofdawn]

My email tab is open all day long and I keep refreshing the Results page... I think I need to go on a GradCafe hiatus. I love you all, but I need sanity.

[sarab]

I AM NOT COPING 

[mdiv2014]

i'm rehearsing my best sally field imitation

you like me , you really like me!!!!

 

over and over again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRmzNGZ_8Xg

[Danochka]

Working the only job I could get, which is 17 hours a week max and involves wiping stepped-on green beans off of the floor.

 

Living with a narcissist and a recovering alcoholic, because they don't charge me rent.

 

Saving every penny for my 'moving fund', which will be my 'van down by the river fund' if I don't get accepted.

 

Training my puppy.

 

Waking up early in the morning to lie in the dark and remember all the reasons why no one will ever let me into their PhD program. Or love me.

 

[teacherplease]

As the time ticks on, it seems like this forum is getting darker and darker...

 

I'm trying to stay optimistic and remember the person I was when I intially applied for applications. I thought I had a shot then and nothing has changed.

[echlori]

It's as bad as it was last year, and having spent another year waiting to reapply again, the anxiety is even worse.

 

An acceptance instead of the rejections coming in would help immensely.

[FreeRadical]

I was fine waiting for the first two months, but now I just sit around daydreaming about imaginary acceptance/rejection letters. The problem is that I get legitimately HAPPY or SAD depending on what I'm daydreaming about, but then I sort of wake up and realize it's all in my head. It's really exhausting.

 

Very funny that I'm not the only one to start compulsively checking junk mail. Seriously, has anybody actually heard of someone missing a letter because of a junk mail filter? 

 

This website is a lifesaver.