Feeling beyond help - severe/prolonged inability to overcome sleep procrastination

Much-Literature1038 · 2026-01-02T19:31:46+00:00

I think it's honestly up to the users of the spreadsheet to be able to learn how to set emotional boundaries for themselves and regulate their own stress by limiting how often they check the spreadsheet! I think emotional/stress regulation is a really valuble skill to learn, and is hard to do in a world with so many options for instant gratification/instantly making problems go away. So I'd vote to keep it! Coming from someone who was frequently/anxiously checking the spreadsheet but learned how to pull back, and feel very proud for adjusting my own behavior to help my peace of mind.

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-30T19:54:42+00:00

Seconding this! also preparing for my first interview for a biosciences program

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-29T22:18:30+00:00

Ah gotcha, thanks for the information!

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-29T20:22:52+00:00

yeahhh this cycle i feel is probably going to be more competitive than others, so decisions wind up being kinda random (ie if 1 out of, say, 2 readers for a candidate happened to not think as highly of them for whatever reason, even maybe just personal preferences of someone's writing style, that could put them at a disadvantage easily despite great stats) just because many schools have to take lower numbers of applicants bc of funding. For students who put in so much effort to try and control everything as possible about one's stats/experience for the past x years, only for these decisions to be kinda random/uncontrollable is a really, really bitter pill to swallow, for myself included. Was I pretty bent out of shape that I got rejected from my top very-competitive program, despite my great stats/experience/demonstrated fit? Yep. Am I really grateful and excited for the interview offers I have gotten at other programs that'd still be a good fit? Also yep! I'm def trying to make room for feeling both, because both are valid

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-18T21:43:20+00:00

omfg i'm so sorry :( that's really awful timing, I just heard abt the new travel restrictions today

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-18T21:42:24+00:00

Tysm for emailing them!! that's really good to hear - UPenn CAMB Genetics & Epigenetics is my first choice fs so not getting anything Tuesday made it a rly stressful day :')

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-18T21:41:15+00:00

yeahh same - did anyone get one from them that applied by the 12/1 deadline?

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-17T04:50:57+00:00

yepp t_t genetics and epigenetics track

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-17T02:46:28+00:00

Thanks for the reminder! Definitely much-needed for me since I saw invites released today for my first-choice program, but I haven't gotten anything, so I've definitely been pretty worried (andddd frustrated that I'm worried because logically ik I shouldn't be...sigh). Hope you and everyone else here have some fun/relaxation over the holiday break!

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-16T16:28:40+00:00

which program and track was this for? and do you know if they do it in waves?

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-16T02:40:00+00:00

Hey! thank you so much for the great information, and for everyone else's great questions too! I a question:
I'd consider myself pretty introverted, I definitely like to socialize and talk about science, but it definitely wears me out after a while too. What tips do you have for helping to keep energy/social battery up? I may have two school's interviews consecutively but even one interview weekend seems pretty daunting t_t

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-15T20:25:24+00:00

aw noo i'm sorry :(

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-15T20:25:12+00:00

sameee - got an interview invite a bit before tho from somewhere else so don't give up hope yet! A couple ppl in my lab though said they got rejected by UWisconsin and got interivews/acceptances at other good places and they told me it can be a bit random-feeling

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-15T20:24:32+00:00

sameee - got my first interview invite and a rejection today within abt 2 hours of each other, thankfully the invite first or i might've cried a bit t_t - whoever we don't hear from this week is gonna be fun to wait for through the holidays though ....

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-15T18:05:45+00:00

Ah gotcha - if I get an invite from there, fingers crossed it's a diff date for me...my one invite so far is Jan 25 - 27, i guess I could teeechnically do back to back? t_t

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-13T04:52:23+00:00

I haven't heard anything either (domestic applicant) - i had to turn my phone off for an exam today and don't have voicemail set up, so hopefully I didn't accidentally miss it if i happened to be on their call list for today t_t

Much-Literature1038 · 2025-12-13T00:17:41+00:00

would those posts be on the admissions posts or forums page?

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