Today's Mail Contained PhD Information:

[wolven7]

Official Rejection Letter from Rice, today.

Weird package from Exeter containing, of all things, my transcripts, and a note inside which says "returned with thanks." This is weird because I had my transcripts sent to them by GSU.

What the fuck?

So that's two full rejections, and one weird missive.

Carry on.

Comments

[momentai.livejournal.com]

i think it is more courteous than wierd.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

It's weird because there's no reason to return them, and no explanation of the purpose for their return. Very strange behaviour.

[momentai.livejournal.com]

maybe someone thought you'd want copies of them.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Maybe. They probably copied them, and didn't need them, anymore. *shrug* still odd.

[nerinedorman.livejournal.com]

Ah, the rejection mill... Something I'm reacquainting myself with this year. It still hurts, however.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Not as much as I'd thought, though.

I think I'm done with academia, for now...

Which is the big one?

[karishi.livejournal.com]

Who/where was the prof who you were mega-super hopeful about? The one you were told was a big user of understatement? I'm having trouble keeping track of their names/locations.

Re: Which is the big one?

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that was a professor at Emory. Alas.