honey-bee Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 People always tell me that no news is good news. However, it is March 19 today, and I still have no news. Is this still a good news? Question: When should I start to panic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 About the time you made the decision to go to grad school. =) Honestly, I had two late (mid-April) acceptances last year, when I was applying. I know it's very, very difficult, but try not to worry too much. As long as you haven't received a rejection letter, there is still hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicdeac Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I recieved an acceptance yesterday (waitlisted for funding so still more waiting to do ) and still haven't heard from my remaining 4 schools (Did an interview with one last week). Like Minnesotan said, if you haven't seen the rejection, keep hope alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakingOut Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I'm still waiting on Temple and UMass. I should hopefully hear something this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdehn305 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 ...I'm still waiting on MIT for poli. sci. they sent rejections and acceptances a long time ago...I'm wondering if mine got lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakingOut Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Cdehn, you might be waitlisted. Maybe you should e-mail the department secretary or DGS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honey-bee Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 Thank you, everyone for your support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honey-bee Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Hey, Minnesotan! I'm a minnesotan, too! About the time you made the decision to go to grad school. =) Honestly, I had two late (mid-April) acceptances last year, when I was applying. I know it's very, very difficult, but try not to worry too much. As long as you haven't received a rejection letter, there is still hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I'm waiting on my 4. Haven't applied to anywhere super highly ranked - UConn, UDel, URI, UNH. Haven't heard a thing, they all had deadlines of Feb 1st and my confidence slips by the day. I really thought I'd be a shoe-in at UNH too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 A noble race of happy, hearty folk. I'd offer to buy you a beer sometime, but I'm studying in Toronto for a while. =) Hey, Minnesotan! I'm a minnesotan, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honey-bee Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 I got rejected by Stanford for their CS Master program. it's either no news, or bad news for me. don't know how much longer I can hold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 At least you're aiming high. I hope you included a backup school or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honey-bee Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 At least you're aiming high. I hope you included a backup school or two. Stanford was just a give a try school. I even only applied for their master program in stead of phd. I also applied to UCSD, UCLA, USC, UCI, UCSB, and UMN. (I'm from UMN) All PhD program. got rejected by UCSD and UCSB. This is not looking good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Does UMN = U of M? Why so many California schools - you realize you would have to live there for at least two years, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I'm waiting on my 4. Haven't applied to anywhere super highly ranked - UConn, UDel, URI, UNH. Haven't heard a thing, they all had deadlines of Feb 1st and my confidence slips by the day. I really thought I'd be a shoe-in at UNH too. The saturday post has come and gone and still nothing. Nothing tomorrow, and then we're into the last week of March This sucks so much. The one positive thing I have is that I haven't seen/heard anyone say they've heard from any of the schools I've applied to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I know what everyone means about this whole waiting thing. I thought for sure when I came back from spring break my mailbox would be overflowing with letters from graduate schools, but it turned out there were none. I go back and forth between saying that I don't care anymore to having this whole grad school thing be all I can think about. I've already been accepted at 2 schools and waitlisted at a 3rd, but am still waiting to hear back from 4 more, hopefully with money. I just want this whole process to be over with so I can figure out what I'm doing next year. On top of that, I'm finishing my last year as an undergrad and my senior honors thesis is due in 2 weeks. I don't think I've felt so anxious/stressed out/nervous/excited/miserable/ecstatic all at the same time before in my life! Good luck to everyone else still waiting! Hopefully this next week will bring some good news, although Sunday will be hard to sit through since there's no mail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honey-bee Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 Does UMN = U of M? Why so many California schools - you realize you would have to live there for at least two years, right? yeah~ University of Minnesota. otherwise, I applied for all CA schools. Yes, I do want to live there, not only for 2 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 The trouble with California is that it's inhabited by Californians! You can call me Longshanks. cnewell016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 The saturday post has come and gone and still nothing. Nothing tomorrow, and then we're into the last week of March This sucks so much. The one positive thing I have is that I haven't seen/heard anyone say they've heard from any of the schools I've applied to. Still nothing. I'M GOING INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I emailed the CS dept at UDel today and they told me I'd been accepted. Waiting to get the offical letter (hopefully with funding). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honey-bee Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share Posted March 29, 2007 I emailed the CS dept at UDel today and they told me I'd been accepted. Waiting to get the offical letter (hopefully with funding). congrat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlecheets Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I'm still waiting to hear back from UCLA and UCD for the Microbio PhD... this is torture. Is it typical for people to not hear anything, not even invites for an interview/recruitment weeking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Heard from the CS dept @ UNH via response to my email. Accepted, no funding Said they only had 2 assistantships to offer, whereas they normally have at least 6. Just my luck They were my first choice too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Heard from 2 so far. Both accepted - both with no funding. Why doesn't anyone want to fund me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakingOut Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I've got one acceptance without funding, one acceptance with half-funding, two rejections, and two waitlist positions. I'm just really hoping that I'll make it off of the waitlist(s) with funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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