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Same here. Only Viagra and XXXXX enhancement pills. I almost think my public image on the internet is synonymous with their targeted consumer

Another outright rejection. Not surprised but just sad.... not even a consideration for EAS...

Share the same feeling here Wish you good luck ... and so to myself

Congratulations! My heart is sinking again.. and again...

Columbia? Through Emails?! OMFG... I thought this is my last hope... But, yup, Congratulations!

Got my rejection from Princeton like an hour ago, ran out for a huge burger and feels a little bit better now.... I guess this is just the first formal rejection followed by a series of them... feeling so wrecked... sigh..

Congratulations again and I feel... very .. very ..... mixed..

Congratulations! Did they email you? I guess my east asian history application is now down in the water...

Exactly what I'm thinking... my chances of getting into somewhere are sinking...

You are not.. I'm not preparing myself to face a double rej from both Yale and Harvard... long shot anyway but I'd rather have them come separately..

I fully understand it. I am suffocating by the lacking of news..

Thanks for your information. This sounds interesting. Both of my potential advisors are on leave. I guess if by any chance (and any stretch of imagination) good news might arrive, it may not be soon. And also thank you Rustin, it's soo nice of you.

Congratulations!! Do you have further news on Harvard's admission? I'm really really anxious now.

I think someone has scored a Harvard history offer

Do they get a chance to send out invitation to campus this afternoon? I bet if they did, I'm done with.

Same here. on the verge of mental breakdown (not really)

Congratulations! I wish I could hear something...

Two days ago I dreamed I was rejected of all schools. Today I dreamed I was rejected by Stanford, TWICE...

I have my money on Princeton this week too

Wish you good luck and you remind me ... next week is a BIG week for me..

They probably made decisions before the end of last week and you should hear back soon - I didn't ask my professors but I see a sudden rise of availability and energy

One more thing from a very close professor. She told me that if I am tooo matching with one specific scholar, she would become concerned and might not want me if she were on the committee: scholars are constantly moving around and the department would worry if the right person is gone. For this reason, the best case scenario, at least in this single case, is you have multiple but (much) looser matches within one department.

Well after some afterthoughts I would say time matters too... But it varies on every and each professor. You may want to take a look at their CVs and see if it would matter.

IMHO match is very much a urban legend. It'll be very hard to imagine a scholar (supposedly of a variety of interests) will admit a cohort of same people year after year. From what I heard from many professors is that they are willing and happy to stretch themselves. What match realistically means is a general similarity in direction. And it's often much looser than that. Another point in the match is that by stating your and your professors' interests clearly (and correctly), you are showing you are well prepared, have some knowledge of the institution and have some reasons why you are going that particular institution (over other choices). In other words, it sounds like a dog-whistling (in a sociological/political sense). But you don't need to be doing exactly the same thing / same time period as your professor is. But region may matter. After all, the discipline history is heavily regionally segmented.

Congratz to the UCLA admit!