Demeter Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 @Neist It isn't over until there's a letter in your inbox! Don't lose heart just yet. @rosali Pizza is the best. I love pizza. I hope it brightens your night and your in the morning, should you have leftovers. Pizza for breakfast cures many an ill.
iloveOM Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Neist said: Aww, man. Cornell STS just posted an acceptance. Well, my heart just sunk a little. Think it's time to get drunk. You will be fine! Just drink on Friday night, and you will fly to the sky ....
flop Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 (edited) Guys, it's past midnight on the east coast, but I'm still logging on to my application portals to see if any of the statuses have changed. What has my Friday night come to? Edited February 20, 2016 by flop legendary, Demeter, med latte and 1 other 4
MarineBluePsy Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 Lol you're not alone @flop because I was doing the same thing. What I can't seem to make sense of is a few schools I've applied to have held interview weekends that I was not invited to (bummed, but life goes on) and some applicants have already received rejections, yet my status still says "under review." If I wasn't chosen for an interview then it would seem I'm to be rejected, but then why not just send one? The delay seems odd and it would also be odd if they were still reviewing my materials without an interview. Just seems like unnecessarily dragging out the process.
flop Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 6 minutes ago, MarineBluePsy said: Lol you're not alone @flop because I was doing the same thing. What I can't seem to make sense of is a few schools I've applied to have held interview weekends that I was not invited to (bummed, but life goes on) and some applicants have already received rejections, yet my status still says "under review." If I wasn't chosen for an interview then it would seem I'm to be rejected, but then why not just send one? The delay seems odd and it would also be odd if they were still reviewing my materials without an interview. Just seems like unnecessarily dragging out the process. Yup, knowing that notifications have been sent out is the worst. If I were on the admissions committee, I would just send out everything at the same time. We can only wish... I lost my mind earlier and decided to make a fake email account to email the admissions director. I feel like l'm the craziest one here.
Euler Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 21 minutes ago, MarineBluePsy said: Lol you're not alone @flop because I was doing the same thing. What I can't seem to make sense of is a few schools I've applied to have held interview weekends that I was not invited to (bummed, but life goes on) and some applicants have already received rejections, yet my status still says "under review." If I wasn't chosen for an interview then it would seem I'm to be rejected, but then why not just send one? The delay seems odd and it would also be odd if they were still reviewing my materials without an interview. Just seems like unnecessarily dragging out the process. I know that feeling! NC State sent out what seem like a lot of acceptances/wait list notifications for pure math, and I still haven't heard anything. I'm pretty sure I'll be rejected there, but I don't have my heart set there more than my other applications, thanks goodness!
MarineBluePsy Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 2 hours ago, flop said: Yup, knowing that notifications have been sent out is the worst. If I were on the admissions committee, I would just send out everything at the same time. We can only wish... I lost my mind earlier and decided to make a fake email account to email the admissions director. I feel like l'm the craziest one here. Omg you didn't?! What on earth did you say?! I pondered emailing them, but decided not to bother. Good news seems to arrive early and not so good news arrives eventually so rushing it doesn't seem to have any benefits.
hippyscientist Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 A lot of the schools I applied to are on the results board, but the only one with anything even in the broad college has already let me know "thanks but no thanks". It's a real guessing game right now because I have no idea when they'll start sending stuff out. Apparently graduate assistantships are decided "early in the spring semester" but it says nothing regarding notifications of decisions. No fair haha. Wine helps, and agreeing with @rosali so does pizza! Mmmmm pizza (I had some last night - it was delicious)
rhombusbombus Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 Got my funding letter from penn state yesterday and i almost cry everytime i see it. Shit is real, yall. I would have never thought a student job would ever lead me to this. iloveOM, Demeter and med latte 3
Neist Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 33 minutes ago, rhombusbombus said: Got my funding letter from penn state yesterday and i almost cry everytime i see it. Shit is real, yall. I would have never thought a student job would ever lead me to this. I'm glad it worked out for you.
Neist Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 13 hours ago, Demeter said: @Neist It isn't over until there's a letter in your inbox! Don't lose heart just yet. I appreciate the kind words. However, the results page lends little hope. I know that the results probably don't represent a statistically significant portion of the applicant pool to that program, but the results always show early acceptances followed by a week or two of rejections. I know there's a possibility that the results are not completely representative, I'd be shocked if I was wrong. In other news, I'm going to pitch my new backpacking tent this weekend at a local park and get some initial impressions. It should keep me occupied for a few hours.
wine-ing Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 (edited) Does anyone have any positive experiences with the "no news is good news" thing? One of the schools I applied to has acceptances, wait-lists, and rejections posted on the results... and I have no news... :/ Ughhhhh Edited February 20, 2016 by wine-ing
rhombusbombus Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 Thank you @Neist Theres still hope! Maybe theyre holding out for funding!
floatinggreenskull Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 1 hour ago, wine-ing said: Does anyone have any positive experiences with the "no news is good news" thing? One of the schools I applied to has acceptances, wait-lists, and rejections posted on the results... and I have no news... :/ Ughhhhh I'm in the same boat...a reach school for me just posted an email acceptance in my program. My status on their website remains unchanged, and I've yet to hear anything from them. Fully expecting to be rejected from this one, but still...
bugabooo Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 so, my rejection letter wasn't even sealed when it arrived. My dad read it before I did because it was open. I mean, I think I knew I wasn't going to be accepted there after I found out they were only accepting 3-4 people, and I've already been accepted to my top choice, but it still kinda sucks. But hey! now I know! No more waiting for that school.
raaawr Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 Pass the wine please. I think even a whole bottle just won't do it cause it was a looooong and rough night. It's 8:30am here and I haven't slept yet. I got a work email at 3am. Who does that? So exhausted. :/ BooksCoffeeBeards 1
Pink Fuzzy Bunny Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 7 hours ago, wine-ing said: Does anyone have any positive experiences with the "no news is good news" thing? One of the schools I applied to has acceptances, wait-lists, and rejections posted on the results... and I have no news... :/ Ughhhhh Yeah, for me it was UIUC. Didn't hear anything, not accepted or rejected or waitlisted when I saw plenty of results on the board for all 3. Then I got an acceptance like a month later
rhombusbombus Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 @Pink Fuzzy Bunny How are you going to decide!?!!
wine-ing Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 36 minutes ago, Pink Fuzzy Bunny said: Yeah, for me it was UIUC. Didn't hear anything, not accepted or rejected or waitlisted when I saw plenty of results on the board for all 3. Then I got an acceptance like a month later Oooh, well. I'll hold a tiny bit of hope. (It's so much better now that I have acceptance elsewhere so that would be nice from this school, but it doesn't make or break me.) Also: I have a glass of wine right now and it is glorious.
Neist Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 2 hours ago, Pink Fuzzy Bunny said: Yeah, for me it was UIUC. Didn't hear anything, not accepted or rejected or waitlisted when I saw plenty of results on the board for all 3. Then I got an acceptance like a month later I hope this happens to me. But I'm not holding my breath. You've done well this cycle!
flop Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) 20 hours ago, MarineBluePsy said: Omg you didn't?! What on earth did you say?! I pondered emailing them, but decided not to bother. Good news seems to arrive early and not so good news arrives eventually so rushing it doesn't seem to have any benefits. I just asked them when would be a reasonable date to expect a decision. I was told to be patient. LADY, I'VE BEEN PATIENT FOR MONTHS. DON'T TELL ME TO BE PATIENT. Edited February 21, 2016 by flop
sjoh197 Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 1 minute ago, flop said: I just asked them when would be a reasonable date to expect a decision. I was told to be patient. LADY, I'VE BEEN PATIENT FOR MONTHS. DON'T TELL ME BE PATIENT. Why is "patience" a virtue? Why can't "hurry the f*ck up" be a virtue? MarineBluePsy, Pink Fuzzy Bunny, iloveOM and 4 others 7
flop Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 Oh no, I just realized tomorrow is Sunday, which is seriously the WORST day of the week (only because barely anything gets sent out). How the application season has changed my perspective on life: weekdays = GREAT, weekends = HORRIBLE.
MarineBluePsy Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, flop said: I just asked them when would be a reasonable date to expect a decision. I was told to be patient. LADY, I'VE BEEN PATIENT FOR MONTHS. DON'T TELL ME BE PATIENT. LMAO! Well at least they don't know it was you.
flop Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 Just now, sjoh197 said: Why is "patience" a virtue? Why can't "hurry the f*ck up" be a virtue? I want to pin this post somewhere.
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