Mar 21 2009
Graduate School Applications - Many Still Waiting
Tis the season…. I’ve been hanging out at the Grad Cafe quite a bit lately, and am struck by how many people are still waiting to hear back from the places they’ve applied.
I feel for them all…. the people who have no information at all yet, as well as those who have heard but the responses were less than what they’d hoped… i.e. out and out rejections, or acceptances without funding, or wait list status. Any of those would just suck soooooooo bad!
At least there’s a possibility that no news is good news… but even so, that’s a lot of stress for people to have to sit with for a very long time.
I am so very glad that I know where I’m going …. I can’t imagine trying to keep up with all of my work, write major papers, jump through hoops (Ethics application - 17 pages + appendicies of hoops - ick!) while waiting.
I have not yet heard from York University , but I expected that …. they and U of T were both incredibly slow last year as well, plus York had their strike this winter as well, which I don’t imagine helped any. Since I am not seriously considering York now that I know that I got into my first choice, it really doesn’t much matter to me…. but if it were the other way round, it sure would! And I would still like to know whether I got in or not, of course :)
Anyway… here’s hoping that everyone who is still waiting …either for answers or to move off waitlists and into admissions gets happy news and SOON.
Waiting can be such a challenge. I’m glad you know.