This was sad. Pittsburgh had several people doing fun research in the areas of my interest, and is a cool town, to boot. It wasn't my #1 choice (more like #5), so the world hasn't ended yet, but a rejection from a school I would have actually be pretty happy going to is a little disheartening.
Albert Einstein:
9/9/09 (pilgrim paste - email), 9/15/09 (twilightzone139 - email)
Duke:
9/5/09 (SunnyBlues - email, MSTP reject; MD interview invite 9/7/09)
Harvard:
10/6/09 (alacast - email, MSTP reject; didn't take the MD interview),
10/6/09 (naijaba - email, MSTP reject; took HST MD interview [you can do an MD/PhD, funding is just more difficult to obtain])
University of Pittsburgh:
10/16/09 (alacast - snail mail, but I emailed to ask before it got here
Tri-I:
8/24/09 (alacast - snail mail)
8/27/2009 (naijaba - snail mail)
9/6/09 (pilgrim paste - snail mail)
8/30/09 (ladylightning - snail mail)
9/19/09 (ItalianGuy13 - snail mail)
9/10/09 (muchomaas - snail mail)
Johns Hopkins:
9/16/09 (SunnyBlues - snail)
10/1/09 (sanktank7 - snail)
Mayo:
9/23/09 (CielloStelatto- email and post)
Stanford
10/5/09 (ItalianGuy13 - snail mail)
10/10/09 (hugoyles - snail mail)
10/12/09 (Jeron - snail mail)
UCSF:
9/4/09 (pilgrim paste - snail mail, not even a secondary. ouch)
9/8/09 (thndr- email, MSTP reject, but MD Interview)
10/8/09 (TwilightZone139- snail mail)
10/15/09 (hugoyles - snail mail, no secondary)
10/10/09 (ladylightning - post secondary.)
UCSD:
9/29/09 (sanktank7 - email, MSTP reject)
University of Rochester:
9/25/09 (muchomaas - email)
University of Washington:
9/25/09 (sanktank7 - snail mail)
University of Wisconsin:
9/8/09 (TwilightZone139- email, IS and still no love)
9/22/09 (Ok2Panic--email. first one, damn..it burns a little.)
Vanderbilt:
10/8/09 (TwilightZone139- snail mail)
Wake Forest:
7/21/09 (xcrunner01- via email)
Washington University:
8/17/09 (SunnyBlues - thin envelope)
8/31/09 (alacast - absurdly thin envelope. MSTP reject; didn't take the MD interview)
9/8/09 (Remuneration- thin envelope)
9/8/09 (TwilightZone139- obscenely thin envelope)
10/9/09 (JJsmom - envelope so thin it was almost invisible)
Yale
9/30/09 (alacast - email. MSTP reject; didn't take the MD interview)
9/30/09 (thndr -email, MD interview invite 10/1)
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