EnfantTerrible

This is so brilliant - loving the good news! Congratulations, guys!

Congrats, Radcafe, UCLA is amazing!

Thank you! I am buoyant with joy. Can't wait for work to finish so I can have friends over for 3€ sparkling wine!

I was told that the original deadline (5pm on April 15th) still held. I'm not sure what happens if you get off the waitlist after that.

Thanks, everyone! I'm on a cloud of happy disbelief!

I declined an offer from Toronto this morning - maybe it will help someone here! Details in my signature.

Yeah, I just declined an offer so I expect that will have set off a little cascade of acceptances and withdrawals. Places aren't all settled yet!

I've just declined an offer from Toronto (PhD Medieval Studies). Hope it helps someone on here!

Wonderful, breaking news: Stanford just made me an offer. Yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee doesn't even cover it! Good luck to everyone waiting. IT CAN HAPPEN!

I agree with the above posters - take some time out to work, especially if you are eligible for teaching jobs that you might enjoy doing. I have taken two years out from education to work (not in a row) and both times it has really helped me work out what my next step should be. It has also broadened my experiences and my interests and allowed me to meet a lot of people I would never have met in an academic setting.

Thanks, everyone! This little corner of the internet has been so helpful over the past few weeks! I'm working in a small town in Austria, feeling very cut off from the academy, and I think without your help I would have driven my friends crazy with questions they couldn't answer.

Thanks for the advice. Emailing now.

Do you think it's worth sending an email to check in? I emailed last week and was told that I "certainly still have a shot" and would hear something by the end of the week, but I've been waiting on tenterhooks and nothing has arrived! Should I just try and distract myself or is politely asking for an update reasonable?

Are you checking in with them? I'm tempted to email the Student Affairs Manager, who has been dealing with the admissions communications.

I was told last week that I "certainly still have a shot" and would be receiving an email by the end of the week (i.e. last week). I haven't heard anything - can I email back to check in or is that pestering? Good luck to everyone still waiting.