The waiting may kill me. And I should not get on message boards that talk about if people have gotten interviews yet. Why not, you may ask (or you may not care, and if that is the case you should find something else to do with your time)? Because I see things like someone getting an interview invite from one of my safety schools. Argh. Let us hope that I won't be getting an interview invite from them because I am clearly so awesome I won't need to be interviewed and will just get accepted. I also should stay off these board because I am pretty sure most regular posters have a mild case of NPD and like to wax poetic about how fabulous they are. Others scare me as it is their 3rd year applying to programs. Even others scare me because they sound perfect on paper and are still getting rejected. I feel as though the odds are stacked very much against me not being a traditional student.
*Deep Breath*
I can try again next year. I can try tricks to up my quant score. I can actually study for the Psych Subject. I can be less me and more what schools think they want. I can give in to the evil Kaplan empire. I can take the LSAT. I can take my perfect writing score to different programs. I can calm the hell down and refuse to give up until I have 12 rejection letters. I can still GTHOB without it being for school.
*Deep Breath*
This is not the be all end all of life. I am going to remember that even though it appears my whole life is made of chaos when I want it to be made of win. At least my ducklings still love me (even if they show it in odd ways) and the sticky-handed ones still worship me with germ infested hugs (which is a good thing even if it doesn't sound that way).
Spa day planned for Saturday...
3 comments:
As somebody who washed out of grad school only to fall ass-backward into a completely different career four months later, and somebody who didn't get so much as a nibble on resumes for a year only to post 45 minutes late for the interview when one finally answered - and got the job anyway, all I can say by way of advice is - patience; when it happens, it happens fast, and usually out of a clear blue sky. And GTHOB without a situation already in place isn't the worst thing you could do...
As a fellow grad school washout, I have to second that one. Patience is frequently the most difficult trait for us to display, but when it happens, it's going to go from "oh, the waiting" to "oh, we have to move how fast?"
Just remember: we always have options, and we's marketable as all get down, especially outside the B.
There's really nothing for me to add that you didn't already say (or these fine gentlemen already added). Keep on inhaling pink and exhaling blue, and keep on reminding yourself (or listening to "Dat Guy!") that you are totally marketable, competent, intelligent, and fabulous. Besides, if I had to guess, some of these people who seem "perfect on paper" on these boards probably aren't. Good, sure. Great, maybe. Better than you? Improbable.
Enjoy the spa day!
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