# Yay! I've submitted my grad school application! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820 "2005-02-01T18:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/1 "2005-02-01T18:16:04Z")
Letters of Reccomendation: Check Personal Statement: Check CV: Check Transcripts: Check Application: Check Fee paid: Check 🙂 Now I have to sit on pins and needles for the next month until I hear if I’ve been accepted or not. I’ve wanted to go to this grad school since I was in High School, so I am quite nervous. ☹ Overall: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/2 "2005-02-01T18:26:08Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Letters of Reccomendation: Check > Personal Statement: Check > CV: Check > Transcripts: Check > Application: Check > Fee paid: Check > 🙂 > Now I have to sit on pins and needles for the next month until I hear if I’ve been accepted or not. I’ve wanted to go to this grad school since I was in High School, so I am quite nervous. ☹ > > Overall: 😃 A good feeling, isn’t it? Can I ask, what is your field of graduate work? And which school? Admission to grad school has become very competitive nowadays, especially to the really good ones. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/3 "2005-02-01T18:33:08Z")
I work as the coordinator of graduate studies at a college. If someone sent me a packet of info as complete as yours I would have it under the chair’s nose to be accepted the next day, and have the acceptance letter out at the next mail call. Then again, I only have 160 grads in the whole school to deal with… Good luck! Where are you going? What are you studying? :excited smilie: ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/4 "2005-02-01T21:41:04Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Letters of Reccomendation: Check > Personal Statement: Check > CV: Check > Transcripts: Check > Application: Check > Fee paid: Check **CynicalGabe** , your checklist looks just like mine. I just got word today that my law school applications, application fees, letters, transcripts, statement, CV, and other documents are all in the hands of the schools I’ve applied to. So I guess we’ll both be on pins and needles for a while. Good luck, **CynicalGabe**! ---
**Author:** ![MsPrufrock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@MsPrufrock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsPrufrock)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/5 "2005-02-01T21:48:24Z")
Congrats! I know exactly how you feel. I mailed the last three of my grad apps last week. I check the online status of one of them daily. Good luck! If you’ve known where you wanted to go and what you wanted to do, you’re probably phenomenally prepared. That rocks! Are you staying in the area or hoping for someplace further afield? Mine are all at least 2000 miles away. _gulp_ _does a good luck dance for **CynicalGabe** _😃 And good luck **Spoons** as well! ---
**Author:** ![\_xiao\_wenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b782af/32.png) [@\_xiao\_wenti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_xiao_wenti)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/6 "2005-02-01T22:07:08Z")
Good luck to you, as well. I am a bit jaded as I have applied and been accepted to the same graduate school 3 times. The funny part is – After I finished a PhD, I wanted to take more graduate classes, so I had to apply again. No fee, but I did have to get more letters of recommendation and write yet another statement of purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/7 "2005-02-01T22:22:39Z")
I handed in my fifth today. Online application Two letters of recommendation Writing sample (30 page thesis) CV Statement of Purpose Essay about my ‘best undergraduate class’ Application checklist Two official transcripts Only three more to go! And this one was sort of fun as it’s my current university - no mailing, I just went to the office I pass every day to hand stuff in. Scary to think that people I know are going to be reading it, though! ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/8 "2005-02-01T22:46:26Z")
You guys are so cute. I thought I had all four of mine fully submitted too. Now, wait a few months before you realize that you forgot to put the application for your financial assistance form in, and won’t be eligible for a TA or RA. Then, lay awake at night waiting for the call asking why a letter of recommendation for, say, UGA went to the graduate center at, say USC Berkeley. When you have your PhD, _then_ you can brag about being done with your apps. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/9 "2005-02-01T23:59:37Z")
Heh. I’ve gotten confirmation from two of the schools that my application was all complete and okay, plus the woman I handed it in to today looked it all over. I will recommence stressing now about the other ones, though! ---
**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/10 "2005-02-02T00:05:24Z")
I know what a relief it is to have been done with that. I went through all this last year. Best of luck to all of you guys, I hope you get into all the U’s you want. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/11 "2005-02-02T00:16:24Z")
Good luck to everyone in this thread who submitted grad school applications. I hope the same thing happens to you that happened to me- you hear back from schools earlier than you expect, and you get into more schools than you expected to. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/12 "2005-02-02T00:43:58Z")
Thanks **Anne Neville** and **maleinblack**. I’m pretty sure I’ll get into at least the one I’m at now. The other ones… eek. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/13 "2005-02-02T04:05:04Z")
Congrats, and good luck! 🙂 Do you really expect a reply in a month, though? When I submitted my grad school application this time last year, it took a month just to get the official acknowledgement of receipt; it was another 2-3 months before I got the acceptance letters (first from my degree program, then from the university). Talk about an interminable wait! :eek: But perhaps the place you’re applying to is smaller and can process applications faster, or you’re applying closer to the end of the acceptance window or something… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/14 "2005-02-02T06:02:39Z")
For those who asked: I applied to the [Monterey Institute for International Studies](http://www.miis.edu) . I hope to get a Masters in International Policy Studies. I am currently attending the University of California, Davis and Lord Willin’ and the Creek Don’ Rise, I’ll graduate in June with a BA in Political Science and Russian. Good luck to everyone, except any of you who also applied to MIIS. Then I shall find how to thwart you. 😉 Also: The application information they sent me stated that applications received by the end of the second admissions cycle for Fall 05 admission (Feb 1st) would be considered and a Yes/No for admission would be sent in March. So in theory I have 2 months to wait. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/15 "2005-02-02T06:15:12Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > For those who asked: > > I applied to the [Monterey Institute for International Studies](http://www.miis.edu) . I hope to get a Masters in International Policy Studies. I am currently attending the University of California, Davis and Lord Willin’ and the Creek Don’ Rise, I’ll graduate in June with a BA in Political Science and Russian. Good luck to you, 'Gabe. Oh, but you might want to watch the [written dialect](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300180). Apperantly some people get irritated about that. People…can’t live with 'em, can’t shoot 'em. Well, you can if you’re a Fascist, but… Anyway, good luck. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![MsPrufrock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@MsPrufrock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsPrufrock)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-ive-submitted-my-grad-school-application/287820/16 "2005-02-02T17:12:29Z")
I don’t even want to start thinking about what might be incomplete - I’ve gotten acknowledgements from two so far. And **Ilsa\_Lund** - **USC** - Berkeley? That could be the problem! 😉😃