Marshall Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 @DBear Yep! Letters too. Sigh. Your quick application decision does give me hope though! I'm glad this forum is here so that I have people who understand the level of terribleness that is a fully wiped application, lol. Nothing I can do about it now except get my nose back to the grindstone for a few days! They did say they'd waive application fees for those who were affected, so there's that silver lining!
DBear Posted January 26, 2017 Author Posted January 26, 2017 @Marshall It would be absolutely WRONG of them to take your money again after they screwed up! I really hope they were apologetic. Hopefully, this will be the only negative thing that pops up in your application process and everything else will be smooth sailing!
Charlsa Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 See large envelope in the mail. Heart rate goes nuts, blood rushes to brain, hands start shaking. Oh thank god, this is it. At least one place has accepted me. Everything will be okay and I can rest easy. Nope, it's a sample packet from a publishing company that my mother requested. Dammit. PhDorBUST 1
GunningForGrad Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 @Charlsa that is the worst! I think I'll just ignore my mailbox when I get closer to admissions decisions times. (Hahahahaha yeah right, like I'll actually be able to do that....) @Marshall I am so sorry to hear that! I hope all goes smoothly this time around and that you get an answer sooner rather than later!
eternalwait Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 First acceptance ..... I'M GOING TO GRADSCHOOL! :') Necrovex, stereopticons and GunningForGrad 3
stereopticons Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, eternalwait said: First acceptance ..... I'M GOING TO GRADSCHOOL! :') Yay!!!! Congrats!
eternalwait Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 10 minutes ago, stereopticons said: Yay!!!! Congrats! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ohhhh months ago when I first visited this forum!!!! Good luck to all! Patience pays out!
PhDorBUST Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 3 hours ago, eternalwait said: First acceptance ..... I'M GOING TO GRADSCHOOL! :') Yay! Where at????
DBear Posted January 28, 2017 Author Posted January 28, 2017 5 hours ago, eternalwait said: First acceptance ..... I'M GOING TO GRADSCHOOL! :') Congratulations!! You'e :') says it all!
Feanor Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Yesterday was a roller coaster of a day... Got nominated for a scholarship in Canada and rejected by Chicago (luckily in this order).
DBear Posted January 28, 2017 Author Posted January 28, 2017 53 minutes ago, Feanor said: Yesterday was a roller coaster of a day... Got nominated for a scholarship in Canada and rejected by Chicago (luckily in this order). Congratulations!! Judging from your signature I'm guessing it's McGill? Congratulations on getting in to a great school. This really is a roller coaster, isn't it? Hopefully the breaks work and this ride won't kill all of us.
Feanor Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Dalhousie, McGill is still sitting on my application (although they should say something anytime now). I guess a little bit of vomiting is worth it if we can survive the ride...
DBear Posted January 28, 2017 Author Posted January 28, 2017 11 minutes ago, Feanor said: Dalhousie, McGill is still sitting on my application (although they should say something anytime now). I guess a little bit of vomiting is worth it if we can survive the ride... Oh! Congratulations still! Yep, let's just make sure our seat belts are fastened so we don't fall out!
Feanor Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Congratulations for your offer as well, and good luck with the rest in case that was not your top pick
eternalwait Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 8 hours ago, PhDorBUST said: Yay! Where at???? 7 hours ago, DBear said: Congratulations!! You'e :') says it all! 51 minutes ago, Feanor said: Congratulations for your offer as well, and good luck with the rest in case that was not your top pick Thanks to all! I'm very glad to see you all 3 have acceptances as well!! Indeed it was one of my top picks: it's a great university in California. I'm extremely happy.
GunningForGrad Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Seeing all of these acceptances makes me so happy. I hope the grad school gods shine on me- I'm just never sure if hundreds of dollars in application fees, the tears of my soul, and a GRE test prep book burned at the altar is enough of a sacrifice...
DBear Posted January 28, 2017 Author Posted January 28, 2017 @GunningForGrad you're way nicer than me, seeing other people getting accepted made me nervous and envious :/ I told the grad school gods I'd give em my first born! Also, I heard they prefer that you pass on your GRE prep books to other students so that they have fresh new victims to take your place once you've gotten your acceptance!
GunningForGrad Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 29 minutes ago, DBear said: @GunningForGrad you're way nicer than me, seeing other people getting accepted made me nervous and envious :/ I told the grad school gods I'd give em my first born! Also, I heard they prefer that you pass on your GRE prep books to other students so that they have fresh new victims to take your place once you've gotten your acceptance! Hahahaha well to be fair right now I'm at a standing point. I have interviews the next three weekends and I won't hear anything about acceptances until after I see how those go. If two of them go well, then I would have to attend a callback weekend. So things are happening! But acceptance notices are a long way off for me. The only thing I can be anxious about right now is 1. Hearing from my fourth and final school in hopes I get an interview and 2. Hoping I don't royally screw up my interviews. Plus I think it's good juju to support the community as a whole! A success for one is a success for all! Haha I think the grad school gods may run along the lines of Greek gods where there is a different one for various departments and focuses! A first born isn't in my future so I wouldn't want the gods to think I'm tricking them with an empty promise. And my area of focus actually doesn't even require the GRE which is great news. I may just stock up on my sacrifices to my tried and true god, Dionysus (the god of theatre and wine). Those sacrifices usually involve killing a bottle or two of wine in a night- easy to do when you're waiting to find out your future! PhDorBUST 1
DBear Posted January 28, 2017 Author Posted January 28, 2017 @GunningForGrad That sounds like a long wait - good luck! I hope all the interviews go amazingly! I'm all for good juju, but since I couldn't control my petty side, I decided to give back to the community through good deeds - hopefully it'll work! And thanks for the image of the Grad school gods hahaha that's too fun!
Feanor Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 I'm still feeling bad about my rejections because those came from places where the conversations with the prospective supervisors were flowing and very positive. I wouldn't care at all to be rejected from places that don't speak to mere peasants, but for these ones it feels like I disappointed the senpai that noticed me T_T
DBear Posted January 29, 2017 Author Posted January 29, 2017 20 hours ago, Feanor said: I'm still feeling bad about my rejections because those came from places where the conversations with the prospective supervisors were flowing and very positive. I wouldn't care at all to be rejected from places that don't speak to mere peasants, but for these ones it feels like I disappointed the senpai that noticed me T_T Ugh..... I know what you mean... That's how I felt after the POI who interviewed me stopped replying to my email. We had a good conversation flowing before so I felt like I absolutely disappointed her during the interview. But as someone mentioned, there are many factors that may have gone into the decision and your POI may be just as disappointed as you are to not be able to extend an offer.
GeorgeC07 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 So I got an acception with funds on Monday, the first week I anticipated most programs start to send out admissions, which was absolutely a good start. The following weeks are going to be crucial.
DBear Posted January 31, 2017 Author Posted January 31, 2017 3 hours ago, GeorgeC07 said: So I got an acception with funds on Monday, the first week I anticipated most programs start to send out admissions, which was absolutely a good start. The following weeks are going to be crucial. Congratulations! It's good to have that but I found I'm still anxious after the first admit and even less patient...
caffeinatedK Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 24 minutes ago, DBear said: Congratulations! It's good to have that but I found I'm still anxious after the first admit and even less patient... Same here too! I am checking my email every hour..and also checking my spam folder as well!
DBear Posted January 31, 2017 Author Posted January 31, 2017 36 minutes ago, caffeinatedK said: Same here too! I am checking my email every hour..and also checking my spam folder as well! I'm glad I'm not the only one! I had an interview and an admit both on the 25th - in fact, the admit came while I was on the Skype interview. Then, absolutely nothing has happened. So the excitement of thinking the end of this torture is near has turned into more anxiety....
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