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Got mine as well. Am relieved-- is funding the same among the cohort?

Hi all, does anybody care to share their general post-acceptance communication with programs? I've been getting very different "treatment" from programs; from one program, I've been getting several personalized emails and have been in frequent contact, while from another one, I've just gotten a "See you during the visit!" from the director and nothing else for weeks. In the latter case, should be mor proactive about contacting potential advisors to talk prior to visits, or let them approach me first? After all, I'm not even sure which of them is interested in working with me. If this Q has already been dealt with, sorry about the repeat, but any advice would be much appreciated

Noooooo and it's driving me crazy!!! Also, I've been trying to figure this out on the website..but does anyone know how much of the funding is comprised of TA-ing in the 3rd and 4th years?

Porridge, I saw your acceptance into the English program a couple days ago on the Lit forum. Yay, fellow potential first-year! Will you be attending the department's visit days?

Oh wow, thank you so, so much for all the congrats , sincerely appreciate it. My interests are in American 20th-c lit / Asian-American / U.S. empire.

I'm claiming the Upenn acceptance -- I didn't get confused [i hope lol] --- I'm an international so the results came to me via email Super stoked, wish luck to all!!!

Berkeley acceptance via web!!!!!! Heart was threatening to pound out of my chest while I was trying out a half a dozen passwords to get access. Good luck to all!!

Ohhhh this is extremely relieving news. I thought the links would just expire right after the deadline, because they seemed so strict. THANK YOU.

So, I have a situation where my best recommender has gone MIA for the Jan 2nd deadline. The other two are in. In my panic, I had Interfolio send out a so-so backup letter to these institutions -- (both these places said "gsas doesn't work with Interfolio" but I somehow managed to get them through!?!? ) The logic was that I'd at least have 3 letters, although perhaps not in the desirable form (interfolio's being generic and whatnot). I don't think the "good" rec is going to make it on the deadline. Problem now is-- Are adcomms generally nice enough to get rid of a rec on my behalf, if I asked them to drop the interfolio rec and consider a late rec? I mean..would they even allow dropping a rec, once they are in? Thanks guys for the help! I'm worrying myself sick over here. Lastly--has anybody per chance contacted Harvard or Yale about late recs? Seem adamant on website, but just wondering if they are willing to be generous as long as it's a couple days late..

Oh wow, "go by their house"! I'd be afraid that my prof would get so offended he'd refuse to write anything at all. I actually did think of trying to retrieve his cell-phone number, tho. But as the secretaries are on break right now, I was thinking of getting another prof, who's buddies with the one in question, to give me the number instead. Then I realized that if the prof realizes that I talked to his buddy to get the number, he'd probably get angry that I involved his colleague, etc etc. Anyways, now I have a new problem on my hands--namely that in my panic, I had an outdated so-so rec from interfolio sent out to the schools, after panicking for two days about a missing rec. And now I really regret it, and want that rec omitted from consideration. .......You guys think that schools will strike off a rec for applicants who change their minds?

Thank you for that. I will indeed send another email tomorrow. But the question now is, will he even read it-- I keep having horrible visions of him on a month-long backpacking trip across Europe or something. Ridiculous, but scary. Also, "pretty damned strict" is definitely VERY scary.

I mean, how firm are the departments on late recommendations..? Will they really throw a late rec in the trash?!?! The prof graduated from the place, too! Ugh.

Oh my goodness, can't imagine how frustrated you must be! And it's so nice of the department to understand that it's not your fault and the issue isn't in your powers. I actually came to this thread to share my worries too-- I have a professor who needs to submit a couple recs by Jan 2nd. For the past deadlines, I always reminded him a week before the deadlines, and he'd upload the doc a day before the closing. So, this time, too, I sent him a reminder on the 24th, thinking that it'd be the usual pattern, only to realize that this is the holiday seasons. I just simply forgot, esp. with a job where I work both Christmas day and New Years. I feel so stupid that I didn't even think about the possibility that he may not even open her email until well past the deadline. So now, I'm sitting with missing recs, just crossing my fingers that somehow he will remember. Both schools seem pretty firm on "no recs after deadline considered" deal. I wonder if the Dept will have some mercy if I call them up on the 2nd, OR if I should try emailing a different professor at this point to reuse the rec from last year. [ screams ]

I know this is diverges from the conversation thus far, but would anyone care to give their opinion on my dilemma regarding the CV? I'm including the title of my Master's thesis in my CV, and am wondering if I should include the supervisor's name if the prof is 1) super famous in the field 2) s/he is not writing my LOR because I didn't develop a particularly good relationship with him/her. As terrible as it is, I guess I'm just wondering if the prof's "name value," despite the lack of an LOR, will somehow get the adcomm to look at my app twice. Opinions? [Thanks! ]

I apologize in advance if this post comes across as too naive, emotional, self-pitying and all..but--I'm just going to be honest and say it: For the past couple weeks, I've been getting increasingly nervous and panicky thinking about the mid-Dec deadlines looming closer and closer. I wouldn't have any reason to be this anxious if I felt secure enough about my SOP and the WS, but the miserable fact is, I'm nowhere near done on both pieces (NOT as in "oh I need to edit here and there," but rather, "my thesis falls apart on a daily basis and I'm still reading sources"). And, the fact that I'm nowhere near done makes me panic even more, and leads to being even more unproductive. It's a bad cycle, and as much as I'm trying to cope with my anxieties, I'm starting to feel extreme doubts about whether I'm actually even going to meet the deadlines. I also heard, couple days ago, from someone in a program that the WS absolutely needs to be "journal quality/publishable" and this adds to the stress...does anyone know if this is true? I thought all this time that I just need to show potential as a growing thinker...? Well. Mostly, I just wanted us to commiserate together, if any of you out here feel similarly. If there are those on the other side of this horrific process, and felt anything similar to this, do you care to share your tales/ give advice on surviving+being ultra-productive these next three weeks? Thanks for reading. Good luck to everyone.