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I've been applying to grad school for the past, well, year. It's just been a waiting game.
Awhile ago I found out I didn't get into one school, but its ivy league and only accepts 4 people a year for the program I want (PhD in Linguistics), so I wasn't very sad. But then yesterday I found out I didn't get into another school and I am sad. Everyone who read my application essays and wrote recomendations really really thought I would get in to this school, its in-state, accepts more students. They're all just flabbergasted that I was rejected. My gpa is 3.95, and my GRE verbal was in the 98% percentile, so I really thought I had a chance.
So now I'm holding off graduation until August instead of graduating in weeks so I don't have to start paying off loans as soon in case I don't get in to the other two.
And I'm really really not good at not having a plan. I mean, what am I going to do? I'll reapply next year, but I just don't know. I can't think of anything that I would do for over a year aside from go to grad school.
Has anyone been in this situation before? What happened?
HELP
Awhile ago I found out I didn't get into one school, but its ivy league and only accepts 4 people a year for the program I want (PhD in Linguistics), so I wasn't very sad. But then yesterday I found out I didn't get into another school and I am sad. Everyone who read my application essays and wrote recomendations really really thought I would get in to this school, its in-state, accepts more students. They're all just flabbergasted that I was rejected. My gpa is 3.95, and my GRE verbal was in the 98% percentile, so I really thought I had a chance.
So now I'm holding off graduation until August instead of graduating in weeks so I don't have to start paying off loans as soon in case I don't get in to the other two.
And I'm really really not good at not having a plan. I mean, what am I going to do? I'll reapply next year, but I just don't know. I can't think of anything that I would do for over a year aside from go to grad school.
Has anyone been in this situation before? What happened?
HELP