Mondays & my GradCafe obsession

For some reason, I've gotten it into my head that all grad school admissions departments get together on Mondays and send out acceptances en masse. (I refuse to let myself think about their rejection scheduling). So as if I didn't hate Mondays enough, I've taken to checking my inbox first thing Monday morning to see if I've been accepted anywhere.


Nope.

Like any self-respecting would-be student, I seek information. Enter GradCafe. People can list interviews, acceptances, and rejections. There are also forums so people can talk to others in the same neurotic boat as them. It's emotional cutting to watch people rave about their acceptances to places that you've also applied to or talk about all the things they've done that clearly make them more competitive candidates than you. It's also masochism that I engage in on an almost daily basis. I can't help it. I want to know what's going on, and my obsessive checking of university websites doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere (despite my diligence). I check the results page for who heard from what programs. I look at previous years' trends to gauge how long I have to wait still. Then I go look at the forums to see if anyone has anything interesting, hopeful, or heartbreaking to say there. 

Sigh. Maybe there will be something this afternoon. The temporary job is slowing down, too. Not a great recipe for sanity.