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Actually, emoryenglishphd's mother is also pursuing her PhD at Emory.

I wish I could remember what book it was that I wrote "HOLY SHIT!" in the margins of.  I don't normally sell back my books, but I sold back that one because I thought my marginalia was too profane not to share.

Just received an acceptance email from Syracuse.  Now I actually have to make a tough decision even if Pitt. and Vandy don't take me off their wait lists...

Just received an acceptance email from Syracuse.  Now I actually have to make a tough decision even if Pitt. and Vandy don't take me off their wait lists...

Just received an acceptance email from Syracuse.  Now I actually have to make a tough decision even if Pitt. and Vandy don't take me off their wait lists...

Just received an acceptance email from Syracuse.  Now I actually have to make a tough decision even if Pitt. and Vandy don't take me off their wait lists...

Just received an acceptance email from Syracuse.  Now I actually have to make a tough decision even if Pitt. and Vandy don't take me off their wait lists...

Just received an acceptance email from Syracuse.  Now I actually have to make a tough decision even if Pitt. and Vandy don't take me off their wait lists...

This is for my fellow Buffalo people
 

Also in at buffalo... good lord, I can't even contain myself.  So much work finally paying off.  First school I've heard from.

I think this thread has officially jumped the shark.

I think this thread has officially jumped the shark.

I lol'd.
 
I wonder if Vanderbilt changes their method every year just to throw Gradcafe off, ha.  Looking at this year so far, with the rejections going out (apparently) before any acceptances; then last year with the strange "secret waitlist" stuff; then the year before, where the rejections didn't go out (apparently) until March; it seems like they like to experiment heh.
 
Speaking of which, last year the acceptance notifications last year apparently went out on the uh, 5th and 6th of February, which were, uh *cough*, the first Sunday and Monday of February 2012.  But hey, we really shouldn't read into that, right? 

I'm in the humanities.  I had coffee with two of my three recommenders, both of whom have sat on admissions committees, and I asked them "should I email professors in the programs I'm applying to?"  
 
Both of them told me, essentially, "don't do it unless you have a genuine question you want answered.  It doesn't really matter, though, unless you're obnoxious, it can't hurt you."  The way one of them said it (and he was a history prof, mind you) made it sound like it was a bit of a waste of time to do so, unless it was a really good question.
 
With that advice in mind, during the process, I've emailed one prof in applying to 10 schools, and it was the director of graduate studies about a legitimate question about which sub-program I should apply to.
 
Take that for what it's worth.  I've heard it's a bit different in the sciences.

I'm in the humanities.  I had coffee with two of my three recommenders, both of whom have sat on admissions committees, and I asked them "should I email professors in the programs I'm applying to?"  
 
Both of them told me, essentially, "don't do it unless you have a genuine question you want answered.  It doesn't really matter, though, unless you're obnoxious, it can't hurt you."  The way one of them said it (and he was a history prof, mind you) made it sound like it was a bit of a waste of time to do so, unless it was a really good question.
 
With that advice in mind, during the process, I've emailed one prof in applying to 10 schools, and it was the director of graduate studies about a legitimate question about which sub-program I should apply to.
 
Take that for what it's worth.  I've heard it's a bit different in the sciences.