queennight Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I love .gifs. I am also exhausted of waiting for a decision that will most definitely affect the direction of the rest of my life. So, let's make this a fun situation! Post any hilarious/funny/jokes .gifs (feel free to spam this many times) that adequately describe your feelings towards this waiting game or application season in general. This thread may well turn out to be just me repeatedly spamming myself over and over again, but you know what? I'm okay with that. I'll start it off!! Staring at my empty inbox: Realizing my life is built around checking GradCafe for new daily results submitted: "Won't you find out about your applications soon?": Talking about future plans with anybody who will listen: Actual future plans: Surviving grad school: unræd, hreaðemus, TeaOverCoffee and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhefflol Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 How I feel when I check my email and there isn't anything new: How I feel about stress eating during the waiting process: How I think my SOP sounds in hindsight: OH GOD THIS IS FUN! gradswag, angel_kaye13, TeaOverCoffee and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hreaðemus Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The three stages of checking my email/GradCafe results: 9 AM, with coffee: 3 PM, after coffee has worn off: 10 PM, when coffee is not an option: christakins, angel_kaye13, TeaOverCoffee and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snyegurachka Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) December 2–March ??? When I think about getting in to Stanford (or insert any other program with an acceptance rate below 10%): And when I think about the reality of the situation: When my advisor/boyfriend/friends tell me they know I'll get in somewhere and everything will be fine: but I keep telling myself Edited January 18, 2015 by snyegurachka iwontbelyeveit, queennight, __________________________ and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwontbelyeveit Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) What I keep telling myself: And yet.... Edited January 18, 2015 by iwontbelyeveit jhefflol, TeaOverCoffee, queennight and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlycoffeeiscertain Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 When my phone alerts me of a new email: When said email is a fake-out (reminder of deadline, receipt of transcript, etc.): When I re-read my writing sample/SOP: "It can't be that hard to get in somewhere, can it?" When non-academics tell me to relax and smile: onlycoffeeiscertain, 1Q84 and queennight 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Q84 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 You're awesome, queennight! Here's gif mania -- DRAG RACE EDITION (thank you onlycoffeeiscertain for opening the library!) What everyone in my life who isn't going through this process has been telling me: My response: What I look like thinking about getting into any of my dream schools: How I think I'll probably look when I get my results: onlycoffeeiscertain and jhefflol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queennight Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Trying to contact the department at your school for transcripts: Trying to contact your professor for LORs: Trying to contact ETS about sending your GRE score reports: Dr. Old Bill, iwontbelyeveit, psychsquirrel and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queennight Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 What I look like thinking about getting into any of my dream schools: DETOX WAS MY FAVOURITE QUEEN, I can't stop laughing at this! 1Q84 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Old Bill Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 About the extent of my self-talk right now... Applemiu, hreaðemus and rhetoricus aesalon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlycoffeeiscertain Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 You're awesome, queennight! Here's gif mania -- DRAG RACE EDITION (thank you onlycoffeeiscertain for opening the library!) The RPDR-themed post slayed, darling: Everybody deserves a little drag in life: 1Q84 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hreaðemus Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Trying to distract myself from the waiting: ilnomedellarosa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwontbelyeveit Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Every day when I check my email: Followed by: hreaðemus and 1Q84 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Q84 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 ^ Upvote for Fox! When people tell me "Oh you'll get in somewhere. You're so smart!": When I get an unwarranted burst of confidence about my chances of acceptance but then reality returns: When I look at my application status page and see "under review:" TeaOverCoffee, iwontbelyeveit and __________________________ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drownsoda Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) When my friends/family/co-workers tell me, "Oh, you're going to get in. Don't worry." Me thinking about my future if I get rejected by every school: 2am when my confidence hits an all-time low: Each time I see that there is a new email in my inbox: Edited January 21, 2015 by drownsoda Applemiu, ilnomedellarosa, Scarlet A+ and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Old Bill Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 When people ask me: "Have you heard back from anywhere yet?" When people question the logic of a potential career in academia: When I'm feeling particularly existential about the process... ...And when I just plain want to see an acceptance or two in my inbox (a.k.a. right about now): hreaðemus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Put a cat on it Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 My fave gifs (in no particular order): For those people you just loooooooooooooooove: When my mom wants to talk to me about my future plans: When someone posts something infinitely confusing: When someone posts something that's gonna result in wank: When someone posts something embarrassingly dumb: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drownsoda Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) Woke up this morning with an email in my inbox— FROM NYU. Turns out it was a ruse though. It was just a confirmation email that gave me an "ID number" and confirmed that my application had been processed through their system. Ugh. Edited January 22, 2015 by drownsoda gradswag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhefflol Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Not at all a GIF, but entirely appropriate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0 1Q84 and onlycoffeeiscertain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Q84 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Not at all a GIF, but entirely appropriate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0 Hahaha amazing. Me when I rush to the computer after an email notification to find it's only spam: unræd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unræd Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Oh, Jean Luc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Old Bill Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Oh, Jean Luc. This statement in this thread is not valid without a .gif of Beverly Crusher. There you go. Incidentally, I've been making those same facial expressions for the past week. Edited January 24, 2015 by Wyatt's Torch unræd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unræd Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 This statement in this thread is not valid without a .gif of Beverly Crusher. I was saying it in her voice, too, in my head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Old Bill Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I was saying it in her voice, too, in my head! Knew it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurayamino Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I love this thread! I hadn't even realized it existed until this morning. What grocery shopping feels like when you're entire future is hanging in the balance: What I want to do to every email that has nothing to do with acceptances or rejections: What my mind felt like thinking about all the possibilities (and thus why I can't sleep): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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