So you've got your app in, now what? WAITING, LOTS AND LOTS OF WAITING
Step 4. Getting your response letters. No matter how awesome you are (or how awesome you think you are...) you are going to get rejection letters. And you can act tough, they suck. It never feels good when you've been busting your butt at school, going out less than your athletic training major friend, and taking more hours of work than your course credits realistically reflect and then have someone say sorry, you're not good enough and all the butt busting was a waste of time. It's not true of course, that butt busting means a lot in any competitive situation and that's all this is. Many factors go into choosing grad students, previous work, courses, networking, and "goodness of fit," or how well you seem to match up. I know it seems ridiculous since all this is based on a couple of emails, a crappy application, and (if you're super lucky) a phone interview. Take my advice, open your letters (or emails or phone calls) in your room. If it's good news run into the streets naked screaming and crying with glee (this may also be an additional expense tacked on to getting into school if you get caught though mind you). However, if it's bad news you can recenter yourself private and cry or punch a pillow or what have you without any pity faces staring you down.
"I'm extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end." Margaret Thatcher
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