I bet a lot of you are in the same boat as me right now, tearing your hair out while you withstand the agonizing wait that universities put you through while they process applications.

I have applied to computer science PhD programs and fellowships, and am now waiting for the responses. Vent here, fellow grad school applicants, because I know you want to. And to those who have applied to undergrad programs, you can join the party too.

AHHHH my app is imba but it definitely has a weak point (GRE scores) which scares me.

Antipathy

United States222 Posts

January 15 2009 04:45 GMT

Just curious, what schools did you apply to?

strongwind

United States862 Posts

January 15 2009 04:47 GMT

On a semi-related note, job searching after grad school is also a pain. I'm tearing my hair out atm.

AcrossFiveJulys

United States3612 Posts

January 15 2009 04:50 GMT

On January 15 2009 13:45 DaleKim25 wrote:
Just curious, what schools did you apply to?

Stanford, Berkeley, Cal Tech, and U Michigan. I should have applied to more, but a lot of the apps were due during last quarter and I didn't have time.

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21245 Posts

January 15 2009 04:51 GMT

Well, I'm an undergrad applicant. Also painful.

The Waiting Game is a very uncool guy >.<

-huddles in a corner-

nAi.PrOtOsS

Canada784 Posts

January 15 2009 04:53 GMT

OMg my marks are toss ups what if I don't get into anything?

cgrinker

United States3824 Posts

January 15 2009 05:00 GMT

then you are going to junior college

Quesadilla

United States1814 Posts

January 15 2009 05:03 GMT

I'm studying for my GMAT right now... It sucks dude... I only need a 620 and admissions said I had a really high chance of getting in, so that helps a ton even though I'm an undergrad.

AcrossFiveJulys

United States3612 Posts

January 15 2009 05:10 GMT

OMg my marks are toss ups what if I don't get into anything?

You'll get in somewhere =] hopefully you at least applied to a backup school or two!

I'm studying for my GMAT right now... It sucks dude... I only need a 620 and admissions said I had a really high chance of getting in, so that helps a ton even though I'm an undergrad.

Where are you applying to? I feel your pain, studying for those tests is the biggest annoyance/waste of time ever invented.

IzzyCraft

United States4487 Posts

January 15 2009 05:13 GMT

#10

Standford Cal Tech lol best chances are with Berkley i just hope you have a lame duck school that is auto in like a state college.

Athos

United States2484 Posts

January 15 2009 05:17 GMT

#11

On January 15 2009 14:13 IzzyCraft wrote:
Standford Cal Tech lol best chances are with Berkley i just hope you have a lame duck school that is auto in like a state college.

I have that with Penn state LOL

Waiting to hear from Brandeis and Lehigh.

AcrossFiveJulys

United States3612 Posts

January 15 2009 05:26 GMT

#12

On January 15 2009 14:13 IzzyCraft wrote:
Standford Cal Tech lol best chances are with Berkley i just hope you have a lame duck school that is auto in like a state college.

FYI, for CS PhD programs, Berkeley and Stanford are tied for #1 (with MIT and CMU) according to the usnews ranking, which is primarily based on endowments. Cal tech and U Michigan are both top 10 but not quite S class.

And yeah, I do have a lower ranked school (Around #50 I think) as a backup, but my real backup is a full time offer from a good company.

benjammin

United States2728 Posts

January 15 2009 05:27 GMT

#13

i applied to 21 grad programs ;_;

wait, wait, wait

AcrossFiveJulys

United States3612 Posts

January 15 2009 05:31 GMT

#14

On January 15 2009 14:27 benjammin wrote:
i applied to 21 grad programs ;_;

wait, wait, wait

My god... med school I presume? I can't imagine applying to that many, takes too much time and distracts from coursework/research you know?

benjammin

United States2728 Posts

January 15 2009 05:33 GMT

#15

even worse, mfa programs in creative writing

i took the top 20 schools and applied to them all, plus 1 safety school

the admissions process can be so random in mfa programs that you have to hedge your bets

sadly, i ended up spending almost $1500 in application fees

OneOther

United States10774 Posts

January 15 2009 05:48 GMT

#16

UNDERGRAD

haha sup rob

shavingcream66

United States1219 Posts

January 15 2009 06:00 GMT

#17

undergrad for me...waiting for UC's and USC responses in late march/early april

can't wait for those rejection letters

United States6173 Posts

January 15 2009 06:15 GMT

#18

I remember those undergrad apps...those were pain in the ass just to complete. I totally stopped giving a shit after I submitted them...

...then got worked up again as more and more denial letters came in...T_T.

I didn't even get accepted into UCI when my dad WORKED THERE AS A PROFESSOR. That was bullshit.