HBKss Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Just want opinion from you guys. Does anyone else here overestimate themselves or is it just me.
c m Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 I am sure some people agree with you, but it seems more people deal with the imposter syndrome! I tend more towards that.
Kleene Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) One moment I can think I am as good as in, the other I can be sure that I will never, ever get it. Bit of overestimation and imposter syndrome. However, I never had the illusion that I am the best candidate. That seriously not true. Edited February 18, 2015 by Kleene Salome's Beef 1
jeetlebuice Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 One moment I can think I am as good as in, the other I can be sure that I will never, ever get it. Bit of overestimation and imposter syndrome. However, I never had the illusion that I am the best candidate. That seriously not true. I am the same. I meet all the basic requirements for admission (even more so for some programs), but I still doubt myself constantly. Everyday I regret something new about my application (i.e. my SOP wasn't specific enough, my resume wasn't short enough, my research interests were too broad, etc.).
grad_wannabe Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 I for one am way, way over on the impostor syndrome end of the spectrum. All of the current cohort at the programs from which I'm still awaiting a response are freaking AMAZING, hyper-accomplished people.
TXInstrument11 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 These forums are definitely what you would call a "biased" sample. There are probably plenty of applicants like you out there, but all you see here are us anxious worriers, lol. caffefreddo 1
HBKss Posted February 18, 2015 Author Posted February 18, 2015 I think I should have been more specific when I used the word best. Here I am not referring to being best as on paper, which I certainly am not. What I am trying to say is that there are several things which cannot be gauged based on paper proof, like motivation, life experience, goodwill (probably shouldn't have written that)... in those things I fell like I am the best candidate and I am sure many of you would feel the same (obviously not about me, but about yourselves) :-)
grad_wannabe Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) I think I should have been more specific when I used the word best. Here I am not referring to being best as on paper, which I certainly am not. What I am trying to say is that there are several things which cannot be gauged based on paper proof, like motivation, life experience, goodwill (probably shouldn't have written that)... in those things I fell like I am the best candidate and I am sure many of you would feel the same (obviously not about me, but about yourselves) :-) With no editing or curating on my part, this is the latest cohort at the Columbia program from which I'm eagerly awating a response: ___ Rosalind Donald Rosalind is interested in the communication of climate change, especially the consequences of framing it as a national security problem--both for society and for scientific and political institutions. Before joining the PhD programme at Columbia, she was deputy editor of Carbon Brief, a fact-checking website focused on climate science and policy in the media. She also worked for several years as a reporter covering global antitrust. She holds an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy from the School of Oriental and African Studies and a BA in French and Spanish from Cardiff University. Shant Fabricatorian Shant’s research interests align at the nexus of communication, sociology and political economy, with a particular emphasis on the evolution of the media’s response to the global financial crisis. Key foci of his work include considering the extent to which narratives of neoliberalism and neoclassical economics are embedded within mainstream media frames, and investigating ways in which the media works to legitimize those narratives. He completed a Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney, before attaining a Master of Arts in Journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). He subsequently worked as a print and radio journalist and news editor in Australia and east Africa, and later as a teacher in journalism and communication studies at UTS and TAFE NSW. Caitlin Shure Caitlin studies Communications and brains. That is, her research addresses both (1) if and how the brain's natural language can be translated through modern neurotechnology and (2) the ways in which various communities (neuroscientists, journalists, engineers, laypeople) talk about neural activity. More broadly, Caitlin is interested in the life cycle of scientific "facts" and their movement between popular and scientific contexts. Not particularly inclined to move herself, Caitlin holds a BA in Neuroscience & Behavior and an MA in Science Reporting, both from Columbia. She has written for a variety of scientific and medical publications, most recently contributing to Scientific American Mind. Caitlin currently works as a reporter and content curator for Columbia's forthcoming Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. ___ Simply put, these people are amazing. No, there is no way on god's green earth I think I am anywhere close to being the "best" candidate. The only thing keeping me waiting for a response rather than assuming I simply won't get in is a possibility that they'd be interested in bringing in a fresh mind-set, my own belief that I can contribute in a meaningful way to their program, and a hope they that feel the same. Edited February 18, 2015 by grad_wannabe Kleene 1
Rose Garden Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 One moment I can think I am as good as in, the other I can be sure that I will never, ever get it. Bit of overestimation and imposter syndrome. However, I never had the illusion that I am the best candidate. That seriously not true. This is me. My thoughts fluctuate between, 'yeah, I'll get accepted to who are you kidding?' I can feel my anxiety kicking in now, so I've been tackling house projects to keep my mind off things. I find myself spending more time reading these forums; not sure what I'm looking for, but it's compulsive. I won't hear any news for at least another two weeks. My husband jokes that the phrase March Madness will carry new meaning for our family. lol No nightmares yet, but it's still early. TBH, I truly underestimated how stressful this process was going to be.
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