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Hey, is anyone else still waiting to hear from UNC-Chapel Hill? I haven't heard anything at all.

Anyone accepted to Syracuse and/or Pittsburgh planning to decline? =)

Claiming a Syracuse waitlist. I wonder if there's a polite way to ask a department how many people need to decline their offer for me to get in off the waitlist

Haha, that's a great picture. I know.. The waiting is getting really old. Come on Syracuse and UNC!! (And Pittsburgh waitlist!)

Indeed. "Equality of opportunity" my a**. But you certainly do get an upvote for being a first gen college student, particularly a first gen phd! Nicely done.

My favorite rejection comment: Didn't even want to get in. I applied for the irony. These tears are from laughter.

Anyone have any reason to believe there's still hope for UNC applicants who haven't heard from the department??

Sadly, so do I. Cruel world.

I'm sort of just killing time, waiting to hear from them. I know of at least two people who are declining their offer, so I am hopeful, but who knows. I don't know what to do other than just wait.

For those of you waiting on Syracuse, enjoy =D http://www.weather.com/news/americas-25-snowiest-college-and-universities-20140225?pageno=26

Haha, it's true. The moment California became an option, it was checkmate. That actually does make perfect sense. Also, I mostly just want to get into more schools to have options. I would feel better about such a big change if I knew I made an informed decision, instead of having the decision made for me by the adcoms. If I do get into any more schools though, it's going to be really difficult to decide!

That is indeed a tough decision. I'm married, so I'm very aware of how not being single can affect this process! Yeah, I'm still waiting on UNC (I realize it's unlikely at this point, but I suppose I could still be put on a waitlist). I'm still waiting on Syracuse, though I don't know if I would pick it over Riverside or UCSB... pretty equal for me, and since my wife prefers warm weather, I imagine I'd go to California. I'm also still waiting on Pittsburgh (waitlisted), which would be very hard to turn down, considering I'm an IR Europeanist. The only one I'm waiting on that would not give UCSB and UCR some competition is GMU. It was my safety, plus I currently live in the DC area, so I thought it would be a nice option, since I really like the department and there are two great POIs. All that to say: Pittsburgh and UNC could trump the others, Syracuse probably wouldn't, and GMU definitely wouldn't.

CONGRATULATIONS!

I have yet to hear from 3 (plus a waitlist, so you could say 4)! I'm really ready to be done as well. What schools are you already in at? Aah ok! Any particular region(s) you're interested in?

paleblueeyes and lovelycat, what are your subfields anyway?

Aah, ok That was me. I emailed them a week or so ago and that was the answer I got. They said the goal was to have decisions by the end of February, but it didn't sound very definite. I'm with you, though! I really hope to hear something today!

Any particular reason to think Syracuse will notify today? Or just hopeful? I'm just curious, cause I'm waiting on them as well!

I mentioned this a bit ago, but Syracuse also still hasn't notified people. They said they were planning on sending out decisions by the end of the month. If so, should be in the next 3 days.

=D I guess neither of us are.

You do realize my comment was a joke, right?

Holy crap, packrat! That sucks. Next time you apply to something, if there's a section where you have to discuss how you overcame adversity...tell them about trying to keep it together at that dinner :|

I'm sure those of us that aren't very good would prefer to use the same logic in reverse and only be as bad as we are at our best? =P

Come ooooon, Syracuse! Give us some information already! =)

It is in no way funny when people get rejected from programs, but I love this Brown rejection's sense of humor: "Didn't even want to get in. I applied for the irony. These tears are from laughter."

Heard that Syracuse should be notifying by the end of this week. If anyone else has any more detailed information, please speak up =)