# The Grad School Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grad-school-game/188930>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 16, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grad-school-game/188930 "2003-07-16T17:58:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AnnaLivia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@AnnaLivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLivia)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grad-school-game/188930/1 "2003-07-16T17:58:00Z")

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A little bit back I asked what people were wearing in Dublin because I had applied to some Irish grad schools…but I also recently heard back from Aberdeen. Only problem is, I can’t tell if it’s good or bad yet.

I received an e-mail which reads:  
"Thanks for your application, received safely and approved by me as Associate Director of RIISS You will get the official confirmation before the end of July. I look forward to meeting you. "

What on earth does this mean? Accepted? Interview? Am I expected to fly from Philly to Scotland to answer questions?

It’s July. This is for September, to sit for my MLitt. I’m getting nervous.  
AL

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grad-school-game/188930/2 "2003-07-16T21:41:32Z")

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Perhaps you’d better call?

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**Author:** ![Mithril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mithril/32/3517_2.png) [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grad-school-game/188930/3 "2003-07-17T01:07:50Z")

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It sounds like you were accepted. The same thing happened when I applied to grad school. I was assigned a funding project by a professor before I got the official acceptance letter.

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grad-school-game/188930/4 "2003-07-17T10:39:23Z")

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Looks like its an acceptance. My email acceptance from our Graduate Tutor was along the lines of “Call me please - its good news”.

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**Author:** ![AnnaLivia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@AnnaLivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLivia)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grad-school-game/188930/5 "2003-07-17T12:19:47Z")

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hmm…he followed the initial point by telling me he liked my e-mail addy and his cat’s name…so maybe I’m home free…

I just can’t let myself think that yet, or I’ll lose the will to be a book-slave at work.

AL