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15 hours ago, WaitingGame1718 said:

Has anyone contacted UIUC?

Yes, i know that they've already sent acceptances out and i've been waitlisted. Not sure when I'll hear back but was told hopefully before spring break. It really depends on when students let them know their decisions.

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22 hours ago, BobBobBob said:

Yes.

With some of the incredible schools you have, I think you certainly can decline others.

Definitely!  I've declined WashU and Rochester -- I'm CP and Methods if that information will help anyone. But the imposter in me still says " Who are you to decline ?"  

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28 minutes ago, Sartori said:

 

I suggest we fill the 100th page exclusively with original poems about how the admissions process has made us feel... I'll start... 

 

Inbox (1)

"Congratulations! You have --"

Fuck you, PayPal. 

Me next!

An Ode to Graduate Admissions Office:

 

Dear admissions off-

icer, I love your school.  I

Will do anything

 

To be Admitted.

I will even write a bad

Poem.  Did I get in?

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56 minutes ago, Sartori said:

 

I suggest we fill the 100th page exclusively with original poems about how the admissions process has made us feel... I'll start... 

 

Inbox (1)

"Congratulations! You have --"

Fuck you, PayPal. 

Dear Mr.,

It is with delight I inform you,

The submitted application is under review.

Acceptance it is not,

As you may have first thought.

In fact,

Decision will be due,

In a month or two.

But we may place you on a waitlist,

Just to see if we are the school,

You really wanted to go to.

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Haiku Poem:

Current Yale Grad here.

Yesterday we got invites

To host new admits.

 

At April visits

For the prospective students

So, decisions soon?

 

I think you can take it that decisions are made and coming out soon. Yale does personal notifications from usually POI. Usually email. Some by phone.

Best of luck see some of you soon.

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12 minutes ago, Mwezi said:

Haiku Poem:

Current Yale Grad here.

Yesterday we got invites

To host new admits.

 

At April visits

For the prospective students

So, decisions soon?

 

I think you can take it that decisions are made and coming out soon. Yale does personal notifications from usually POI. Usually email. Some by phone.

Best of luck see some of you soon.

I wish I could give more likes to this.

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Unfortunately

Unfortunately, we cannot... Unfortunately
Are unable to recommend... 
We attract the best: brighter, younger things. 
We cannot extend
An invitation to you, unfortunately. 

Many thousands of qualified applicants — 
And then there’s you.
What’s a committee to do? 
Dossiers on dossiers, friends of friends
Commend them to us in the millions:
The quickest, steeliest, wiliest applicants you’ve ever seen, 
Sharp-elbowed and ravenous.
They’ve got the stuff, and what it takes. 
But not you.
We can’t say yes, and them’s the brakes. 
Somewhere else you’d do — 
Just not with us. Unfortunately.  
 

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Hi all. Thanks for being so great through this process. I was fortunate enough to be accepted at UNC-Chapel Hill (Theory) early on in the process. I accepted their offer this morning. I am still haven't heard from Georgetown, Notre Dame, Chicago (presumed reject), or Northwestern (presumed reject). If accepted at any of those places, I'll decline. That's just an FYI for people who like to know their probability went up by the subtraction of a single n. 

Anyone who is going to the UNC prospective student weekend, feel free to message me. And, especially feel free if you're definitely going to UNC.

Peace.

NOTE: I'm trying to notify those schools that I am withdrawing my application. Could take a bit though. 

UPDATE: Now withdrawn from the Notre Dame and Georgetown admissions pools.

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Man am I bad a poetry. But I can give it a go.

December
It is complete
A process, I hope to never repeat
Ten potential schools in sight
My future, hopefully, looking bright.
Waiting

January
Waiting, Waiting, Waiting
My hopes slowly fading
February the time expected
Still the fear of being rejected
Still Waiting

February
The first five letters come in
My head is in a spin
Acceptance, Rejection, a mixed bag
My future, dreams, and shoulder being to sag
The End, still waiting

March
What is to come, I do not know
Why must these final schools be so slow?
My dreams and aspects simultaneously high and low
Still waiting for those final crushing blows
Still Waiting

AND WITH THAT I have written my first poem since my junior year of high school AP English class.

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