<p>Checked my mail box today, and I received an acceptance from Madison, WI. Yeah!</p>
<p>Unfortunately, they haven't decided on funding yet and I didn't have a chicken around to sacrifice to make it come any sooner. I knew I should have added a small chicken coop to the back of my car.</p>
<p>^ I got one a few days ago! Woot!</p>
<p>It said "Welcome to Wisconsin!" in the subject line, if the OP is still interested.</p>
<p>I was somewhat worried that, because I'm a vegetarian and thus can't bring myself to sacrifice a chicken, I wouldn't pass muster. Turns out that was wrong. I think you guys are lying to me.</p>
<p>You can always sacrifice an eggplant. Especially if you are a vegetarian not because you love animals, but more so because you HATE plants.</p>
<p>Most of my interview e-mails just said "Visiting SCHOOL NAME" or "SCHOOL NAME Visit". My acceptance e-mail just had the name of the school and program in the subject line and started with an introduction from the chair, that they reviewed my application and wanted to offer me acceptance, etc.</p>
<p>I am starting to wonder about these boards...killing chickens, cows...I think Mollie has mentioned more than once about biting the heads off of kittens...</p>
<p>Sick sick people.:)</p>
<p>Let me ask you all a serious question: How does one sacrifice a chicken, let alone a cow, in five seconds? I got my first acceptance e-mail today from one DeVry University, a school I had not even applied to -- good sign or no?</p>
<p>Umm... you can't unless you work for Tyson and have a machine designed for the job.</p>
<p>I think what we need to find -- vis-a-vis cows, chickens, and eggplants -- is whether sacrifices and acceptance e-mails are a relationship of causation or correlation.</p>
<p>This thread has become absolutely ridiculous.</p>
<p>This thread was born ridiculous, I think.</p>
<p>Homestar, an acceptance from a school to which you did not apply is a result of sacrificing the wrong type of fowl. Perhaps, instead of a chicken, you substituted a goose or pheasant? The grad school gods are easily confused (explaining the loss of application paperwork). They also have a cruel sense of humor. Tread lightly, my friend.</p>
<p>Incidentally, eggplants are not acceptable for sacrifice. You may, however, substitute a tofurkey. Actually, I recommend this anyway, since tofurkey is disgusting.</p>
<p>Good point DespSeek...but what about the schools that actually prefer substituted fowl?</p>
<p>Be safe. Stab a turducken.</p>
<p>A turducken is risky, as it is constituted of several fowl. It is an especially powerful sacrifice and must therefore be used sparingly and carefully. Usage on long-shot schools is the best use of a turducken.</p>
<p>On a related note, this thread has been extremely useful for distracting me from decision waiting.</p>