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I'd written to her about nothing in particular and asked, hey, btw, heard from any of the schools you applied at? (She was applying to neuroscience programs.)
She replied that she'd been rejected from all of them and was completely crushed. 
Late last year she was laid off from her position at a pharmaceutical company, but we were all figuring no biggie, she could relax on her (rather generous) severance until September. Not sure what to say now.
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Ouch
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Is she just looking in the states?
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How many did she apply to?
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I forgot how many she applied with but I think it was around four or five in various areas of the country. Yes, she only applied within the United States.
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Is she hot?
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Dark_EternalFF posted:
Is she hot?
not really.
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ouch that's rough.
I know my brother was denied to a few places because he only applied to places that were also going to give him some sort of monetary amount for coming to the school. He couldn't afford it on his own, so he had to go this route, and you have to be pretty intense/special to get 'a free ride'.
Maybe she did something similar?
All I can say is if she has the grades for grad school to keep slugging it out, apply to other schools and she'll get in somewhere. Whether it's the caliber she wanted...that might be another story, but if you're top say 3? 5? places don't let you in...apply to the next 5 you would prefer...
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Probably because she ended her sentences with a preposition.
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-Accident- posted:
Dark_EternalFF posted:
Is she hot?
not really.
Damn. There goes my 'comfort plan'
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JD_HOGG posted:
Probably because she ended her sentences with a preposition.
That is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.
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Grad schools are pretty packed right now with so many people out of work going back to school. It might take a while unless she looks at really unusual options.
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only 4-5? man keep trying. what schools was she trying to get into?
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don't know and my husband tells me I'm wrong, she had applied to like 15 schools.  so I think the grad school idea is probably over for now.
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Can she go back and re-take those courses she got a D in and see if she can bring up the GPA, or is that not allowed?
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JD_HOGG posted:
Can she go back and re-take those courses she got a D in and see if she can bring up the GPA, or is that not allowed?
no idea what her undergrad transcript looks like. she'd been working as a scientist for a pharmaceutical company for a number of years.
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most people don't get into a PHD program <1 year after they've decided that's what they want.
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Suicide Watch!
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Four or five isn't a whole lot. Can't really talk because I only applied to one. Wish they would hurry up and reject me...
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I think I go to a better university than any one on here, and I'll be getting into a Ph.D program for neuroscience in a year or two.
Probably at a better grad school than any one here.
Don't know why I wanted to mention it, but meh.
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I probably should be nice. 
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I think I go to a better university than any one on here, and I'll be getting into a Ph.D program for neuroscience in a year or two.
Probably at a better grad school than any one here.
Don't know why I wanted to mention it, but meh.
Accident went to MIT, still think so?
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.-Vega-. posted:
I think I go to a better university than any one on here, and I'll be getting into a Ph.D program for neuroscience in a year or two.
Probably at a better grad school than any one here.
Don't know why I wanted to mention it, but meh.
Too bad you have mush for brains when it comes to politics lol
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.-Vega-. posted:
I think I go to a better university than any one on here, and I'll be getting into a Ph.D program for neuroscience in a year or two.
Probably at a better grad school than any one here.
Don't know why I wanted to mention it, but meh.
You do know that you will have to stop posting here when you are going for your Ph.D right? All the Ph.D's in my family have made it clear that they are too smart for the 'average person' and would never be caught dead interacting which such.. well, you know...
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