In completing my graduate application process, I have succumbed to a combination of pacing anxiety and procrastination. A few days ago, I stayed up until 4 am completing transcript requests and score reports. Then the following day I was back to \”forgetting\” that my statement of purpose is still only half-complete.

In these times of desperation, I Googled and found other people applying the same schools as me. But, these people were neat and tidy – a timeline with details for each school complete with word counts for the sop and the application fees whereas mine is just a straight text file. And here is where I start to worry if I will get into any graduate school at all.