<p>I just want to get an opinion about something: it's normal to experience a fair amount of obsession with something like graduate admissions, right? I've been dreaming about getting packages in the mail and I seem to be thinking about it quite a bit. I imagine this is just because I'm in the middle of applications and I spend so much time getting everything ready that it's only natural that I think about it a lot. You know, assuming it wears off soon. </p>
<p>Haha, I'm the epitome of this. I have been having dreams every night of receiving acceptance emails and decisions flooding my inbox. I have heard from two and am eagerly awaiting the rest (approx 9 more). Even though I look every five seconds, on weekdays I constantly check my email.</p>
<p>It's a ridiculous obsession seeing as how i have no control over my fate at this point.</p>
<p>"oh yeah, i check email between a 100 and 200 times a day."</p>
<p>This is what a blackberry is good for. I have it with me 24/7 and everytime I feel that vibration in my pocket I jump and grab it. So of course my friends are sending me stupid forwards and things just to make me insane...nice huh?</p>
<p>I had a dream that I received a bubble-wrapped envelope in the mail from my current undergrad (to which I did not apply for grad school). Upon opening it, I found a copy of my SOP bleeding with red ink. At the end of the revisions was a paragraph-long comment about how my SOP was an example of poor prose. There was nothing else in the envelope, allowing me to conclude that this was a rejection dream. </p>
<p>My brain is all of a sudden keenly aware of the difference between weekdays and weekends, as well as the different 9am and 5pm marks for all U.S. timezones. It has separated life into two categories: "possible to hear from grad school" and its unrewarding alter-ego. </p>
<p>On the upside, I've read some good books while waiting that I would have otherwise missed. :) Good luck all!</p>
<p>Maybe we can all get together for support group sessions. My thoughts match most of the sentiments contained in this thread, with the exception of the creepy bloody personal statement dream. Consider taking some Tylenol PM for the next couple of months if you are having problems with admissions related nightmares. Best of luck to all in seeing this thing through.</p>
<p>Hm. I have never, as far as I recall, dreamed about picking up the mail. It's a rather unpleasant task, trudging through the snow and trying to get the itty bitty key into the lock with my gloves on....</p>
<p>I spend a lot of time planning for every possible outcome: which apartment complexes would be the best/cheapest to live in for each of my schools, whether public transportation will be sufficient for errands, how I would be distributing my courses and AI/RA hours at each etc. But I haven't thought too much about getting the actual acceptance letter, since I've already received one from my undergrad institution and I figure, if all else fails, I can work for a year and try again.</p>