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Thanks everyone! So excited! Generic, but really nice.

JUST GOT INTO HARVARD!!! AHHHHH!!!

I think I could pretty successfully live in the woods.

Don't lose hope! I started steeling myself for rejection when acceptances were posted yesterday, then got an email today. It looks like only a few posts are up for what I think is one of the larger cohorts (could be wrong about that, don't remember the source), so it's very possible that they are coming out in waves.

In at Berkeley!

I also got into NYU (AAAHHH!). They called Saturday morning (and apparently before, but I never received it). I haven't had internet access until now so I couldn't post it here.

Very uplifting.

Ah, there was a thread specifically about this. Verdict is that department trumps online app.

I know this has been discussed before, but I can't find it. I was following the English department guidelines for Columbia, which say the statement of purpose should be 500 words, but I just got to the online application and that says the statement should be about 1000. I have both lengths ready, so either way isn't a problem. What do you guys think?

In which case, how do you justify your decision to go to graduate school?

I would definitely include them. Showing that you have writing/publication experience can only be helpful.

Thanks, that's what I was thinking. Follow-up question: do I include unrelated employment history (summer jobs and such)?

When there is a place to upload a CV/Resume on the application, but the program doesn't mention it as a requirement or anywhere else, what is everyone doing? I'd rather include a CV, since it's a simple, compact way of showing things I've done that I can't work into my SOP and that may or may not be in my recommendation letters. On the other hand, "The program to which you are applying may not require a Resume or CV. Please adhere to the specific requirements of the program." (UCLA) sounds pretty straight-forward. Still, not requiring it isn't the same as forbidding it, and if they don't want to look at it they don't have to, right?