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  1. Congrats everyone! I'm going to Rutgers to work on syntax/semantics. I've received tons of support and new knowledge from this forum. Thank you so much!
  2. Hi again everybody! I would like to share with you the good news that I finally got off Rutger's waiting list! Thanks for your prompt decisions! I wish all of you have heard or will hear good news too! I think I am displaying symtons of Phonolog-Syndrome: I can't really trust the news before receiving the official letter :-)
  3. Congrats 1000x Phonolog! But U Michigan does offer you funding, right? I ask this because you include it in the "all unfunded" group.
  4. Hey I feel you! Having been on 3 waiting lists since early Febraury, I felt frustrated at the beginning but busy work has maked things much easier recently. Can't wait to enter lucky April with all of you guys!
  5. I think last year (or a few years back) someone said in this forum that he got rejected by half of the PhD programs he applied but when his paper was published he got accepted into all the remaining programs. But I can't recall whether he applied straight from undergraduate or not. You can check the Linguistics 201X thread for more accurate information.
  6. Thanks ladyling and Phonolog! I will email Stony Brook and ask for a possible extension. Haven't thought about this option before because I really don't want to make them feel bad. It's clear now that it will be worse to me and to them if I withhold my situation. Honesty is always the right direction! I've just realize that I might be implicitly affecting other people's preference by telling them mine in such a way. I would like to clarify that Stony Brook is NOT a safety school for me (btw my safety has rejected me...) nor do I suggest anybody treat it as one. Their research is interesting and their atmosphere is excellent. Their graduate students are very kind and informative (of course, nobody can defeat fuzzylogician, in my opinion). I happen to know that they are hiring experimental/computational experts. I believe they will grow into a stronger program in the near future. If I finally land there, I will be very happy. My preference to go elsewhere is only based on research match and some other personal reasons (my boyfriend is planning to apply for a visiting position in MA). Lastly, there is only less than a month and (hopefully) every uncertainty will be cleared. Let me offer my best wishes to people that are still waiting (esp. Phonolog and mq1) or debating.
  7. It seems that this board has been relatively quiet recently. Maybe everyone's busy with decisions. I have a question that bothers me for a while and would like to ask here. Hopefully someone can help me figure out the dilemma. I've contacted some programs that put me on the waiting list and some of them told me that I had pretty good chances. However, they also told me that their decision could come after April 15. Having read too many stories about false good news, I am very cautious about whether or not I should wait after April 15 without accepting any offer at hand. Someone suggested to me that I could actually commit to an offer before April 15 and withdraw when I receive a better offer. I know that this can free most of the worries from me but I'm not sure if it is an advisable thing to do. Neither the person who offered the suggestion nor I is familiar with the U.S. system, so if this is something unethical, please pardon me.
  8. If I have any remaining luck with my other schools, let it go to you. I genuinely hope that you get into Michigan! Although I agree with fuzzylogician that you should sort things out with UCSC, I suggest you do it carefully and never let them think that you are desperate because of the recalled offer. Show them that you are a mature and respectful scholar and make them feel (without telling them explicitly) that it is their lack of luck in not being able to admit you. The academia is so small, a few years later you will be dealing with these people again to get a position. If there's no hope getting into this department now, tell them you respect their decision, plus that you will be happy to work with them even if you study elsewhere. This is basically how I deal with my wait-list notification. My impression with linguistics professors is that they are genially helpful and kind-hearted people. They might have some hard-to-mention reasons (especially if departmental politics is involved) in your case. So if they really can't offer you a good justification. Let them go. Lastly, give them another chance and don't sue them this time :-)
  9. How can this shit happen? Have u accepted the offer from UCSC and declined other offers? I would sue them if this is the situation! Definitely don't feel bad if you can still go elsewhere. It sucks!
  10. I just saw one for linguistics. Super nervous now. Hope you get into your dream program Afraymi. And best of luck for everyone waiting out there! I will keep all of my fingers and toes crossed.
  11. Oh thanks! I will definitely get a data plan. Hope my 4-year-old iPhone will bring me some good news so the data plan is worth the money Btw I just found another rejection from Rutgers posted on the result page. Not sure why they are kicking people out of the waiting list at this stage...
  12. Hi everyone! How likely will those programs call you to tell you that you get off the wait-list? I'm actually asking about the chance of being CALLED rather than the chance of being accepted because I have recently changed my mobile phone number (a bad idea, I know, but it's irreversible). So now my number does not match the one I put on my CV when I applied. Do you think I should email these programs and tell them this change? I know that MIT and UConn like to give surprise calls but I'm not waiting for their decisions. So far I have not been called by any of the programs where I am expecting some news. Another thing is that I'm going for a conference trip in early April for a week (1/4 - 8/4, a bad idea, I know, but it's irreversible) so I won't be able to reply emails promptly. I don't know how bad the situation will be but I assume I can check my email at least once a day. Do you think I should also notify them this matter? My common sense tells me that I should definitely notify them both issues timely. But part of me really appreciates the economy principle of procrastination and I definitely don't want to annoy those people who already have a lot of work to deal with. What would you do if you were me?
  13. Hi mq1 I think you need not worry too much. Have you checked the result page for more information? Judging from the fact that the only acceptance of last year came out on 11 April, I would entertain the possibility of "short-listed" over "wait-listed". In any case, I will prepare well and rock the faculty. If I were you, I would try to ask *politely* for possible financial/housing support. You may have some clue for the size of the short-list judging from their reply (e.g., if funding is provided, the number of invitees tend to be smaller...) Good luck! I wish you are greeted "Congratulations! You are IN!" when you land there.
  14. Nor did I. 340 applicants... Only slightly less competitive than getting into a decent PhD program.
  15. So Afraymi you prefer UMD to Cornell? But Cornell provides support for the summer too, according to what you posted earlier.
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