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3 minutes ago, HomewardBound said:

@Carly Rae Jepsen Well, congrats! Let me know if they mention it. I've got travel plans finalized and stuff!

@Yanaka CONGRATS ON RUTGERS! I know that was your dream school, so yay! And thanks for the Pitt update. I think the quality of a cohort can be pretty subjective, and I'd imagine it changes drastically over time. I would have been more worried if your friend thought the faculty was awful or something.

@awhiterussian I don't know if this helps, but I was 100% positive that I'd bombed my Penn State interview, only to receive a fully funded offer of admission a few days later. We're usually a lot more critical of our performance than the faculty committee. You'll probably be fine. : )

Thanks!!

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Thank you, @HomewardBound! I did only apply to that one because I was strongly encouraged to, so I'm pretty relieved it worked out!I think they will send out answers next week.

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On ‎2‎/‎7‎/‎2018 at 3:47 PM, Yanaka said:

Semi international! I'm here! Yeepee!

Yay, yay, Yanaka!

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I've been wondering, is it necessary to have a POI at all the schools you apply to? 

Or does one also get accepted based purely on one's application without having spoken to a professor beforehand.

Just trying to figure this process out better, albeit in retrospect!   

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27 minutes ago, Green.Mango said:

Congratulations for Rutgers @Yanaka and @Carly Rae Jepsen

I got a rejection from them last week. Still waiting to hear from a few more so not completely bummed.

Thank you! I'm sure acceptances are coming for you, it is still early!

About a POI, I mentioned in all my applications two or three professors I could see myself working with, but I never contacted anybody in particular before submitting my application. After getting acceptances I've been talking with a few POIs, though.

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Congratulations @Carly Rae Jepsen!!

@Green.Mango I think I remember you saying that you applied to Harvard, and so did I! Do you happen to know if they do interviews or not? I've recently been told that they do, which is concerning (never got one), but I've never seen evidence of any interviews on prior boards... 

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7 minutes ago, Carly Rae Jepsen said:

Thank you! I'm sure acceptances are coming for you, it is still early!

About a POI, I mentioned in all my applications two or three professors I could see myself working with, but I never contacted anybody in particular before submitting my application. After getting acceptances I've been talking with a few POIs, though.

Thanks for the encouragement! 

You must have an awfully strong application to get so many acceptances! Really, congratulations! :)

And I've mentioned professors I'd like to work with in each of my SOPs too and I've spoken to a few profs but not in all the schools I've applied to and all of my rejections have come from places I hadn't spoken to a POI beforehand. I was just trying to see a pattern ( where there isn't one I guess. ) This process makes one introspect much too much! 

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9 minutes ago, madamoiselle said:

Congratulations @Carly Rae Jepsen!!

@Green.Mango I think I remember you saying that you applied to Harvard, and so did I! Do you happen to know if they do interviews or not? I've recently been told that they do, which is concerning (never got one), but I've never seen evidence of any interviews on prior boards... 

Haven't heard anything from them either. Total silence. No idea about whether they do interviews. 

This wait is a slow killer. 

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6 minutes ago, madamoiselle said:

@Green.Mango it seems that this week is when they send out first decisions. Crossing my fingers for both of us! 

Awww, you're sweet! Yes, fingers and toes crossed for Harvard and all other responses that are left for us! 

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@Carly Rae Jepsen congrats on Rutgers!

I'm starting to wonder what my status is at a couple schools. I haven't heard anything either way from Rutgers (and the online status check still says "No Decision"), so maybe I'm on some kind of unofficial waitlist?

Did anybody else here apply to Duke? Because I know somebody reported an acceptance, but I don't know if anyone has received rejections from them. That's another school I haven't heard anything from either way, and I just don't know what to think of that.

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12 hours ago, HomewardBound said:

@Carly Rae Jepsen Congrats on all the acceptances! Do you have even a tiny idea of which school to attend? I know I don't...!

@Green.Mango and @madamoiselle Good luck! You've got this!

Thank you! I have no idea right now, I wasn't planning on getting some of these acceptances. I think I'll decide after visit days.

34 minutes ago, Monsieur Vénus said:

@Carly Rae Jepsen congrats on Rutgers!

I'm starting to wonder what my status is at a couple schools. I haven't heard anything either way from Rutgers (and the online status check still says "No Decision"), so maybe I'm on some kind of unofficial waitlist?

Did anybody else here apply to Duke? Because I know somebody reported an acceptance, but I don't know if anyone has received rejections from them. That's another school I haven't heard anything from either way, and I just don't know what to think of that.

Thank you!

A Rutgers professor notified me informally of my acceptance over email. I think they'll send official decisions out this week.

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1 hour ago, madamoiselle said:

Just for laughs, :D

I got another email today from a graduate coordinator and got excited! Just to see that it was Penn sending me... another version of their rejection (thanks!) 

Exactly what everyone wants!

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4 hours ago, madamoiselle said:

Just for laughs, :D

I got another email today from a graduate coordinator and got excited! Just to see that it was Penn sending me... another version of their rejection (thanks!) 

I got the same email and got so excited! Then I started chuckling to myself in the middle of the library when I realized it was only Penn sending me their rejection letter again, haha.

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9 minutes ago, awhiterussian said:

@madamoiselle and @Monsieur Vénus sameeeee I totally got excited for a hot second.  

 

Good luck to everyone for responses coming this week!

Thanks! I'm finding it hard to function now. Anytime my phone buzzes with an email notification I jump a little only to see a mail from Fitbit or something. 

Hoping for some good news this week. Are most of you done with your results? 

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3 minutes ago, Green.Mango said:

Thanks! I'm finding it hard to function now. Anytime my phone buzzes with an email notification I jump a little only to see a mail from Fitbit or something. 

Hoping for some good news this week. Are most of you done with your results? 

Not even half way yet lol

Posted
1 hour ago, Green.Mango said:

Hoping for some good news this week. Are most of you done with your results? 

I still have 4 schools that I haven't heard anything back from, but hopefully this week will cut that number down!

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@Monsieur Vénus Congrats! I just got their email, too! So excited.

@madamoiselle and @Monsieur Vénus Ok, at this point, UPenn is just trolling. "Just a reminder, you're very, very rejected!" I don't think more than one notification is necessary, sheesh!

@Everyone Hang in there!

 

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