whentostop

I say go crazy. What is inappropriate is this process, and all the blind systematic nonsense to it. Yes, yes, hundreds of applicants, only so many slots, things have to be done how they are done. Fine. But you paid money to be judged, and have not been (as far as you know, of course). Refund. I do not know why, but I become inspired with extremely small complaints based on principal (not to say your complaint is extremely small, but in a global sense, you know ).

Yeah, seriously, wow... You've got to do something, right? If your ap materials are right, can they do that?

Temple, English PhD Isn't it nice to be done? Well, with applying anyway.

I am in English and had two offers: 14, 600 for the first four years of a PhD, remission, and health and 16, 400 for two years of a Masters, remission

I am going for English. Anyone else headed to Philly?

Anyone? Anyone? Looks like I will be heading there in the fall. Would love to hear from someone who has lived there, plans to live there, has driven through, paused at a light, and said, "I am somewhere." (Is the stoplight thing a mistaken assumption? This is how much I know.)

Is anyone out there turning down a Temple funding offer. That would be nice for me. And I would probably buy you something, whatever you want really. My soul has already been hollowed out in this process, why not a little bribery. You win (the present), I win (funding).

Indeed, can we get a head count on this? Who else is waiting on these people, with no notice of any kind, at all, nothing, nada? *Raises hand with a fervor opposite of the apparent lethargy in Washington

Congrats!

I was definitely not prepared for this roller coaster of emotions--well, really just one, anxiety. I emailed school x yesterday, because I had not heard a peep from them since applying way back when, and they sent back that I was on a waitlist. Okay, well that is not so bad. But the two schools that I have been accepted to, that are making decisions on funding, or were supposed to be, have, neither one, said a word about that and it is now the 2nd of April. Is it too early to wonder if I have been placed on a silent waitlist for funding at one or both of them? The silent waitlist! For funding! Oh the unseen obstacles! I just want everybody that got an acceptance with funding back in mid-Feb to know, you are suspect. :wink: Is anybody else having these experiences?

Would somebody talk to me about this deferral business...is it what it sounds like, that is see if they will defer your acceptance until next year while you bone up stats and hope for funding and work, maybe even saving a little cashola? Or is that way off?

Ok, I got a piece of mail from a financial aid department, my stomach lurched through my mouth, and I found a letter requesting I turn in some strange form I already sent to my department, where they asked me to send it the first time. I'm in favor of a ban on inconsequential correspondence before all life and death information has been disseminated. Maybe that is just me. They have to tell me soon, don't they? I can't take this much more. I have other things that need my attention. Sorry, needed to vent a bit.

Yes indeed, all of my warm fuzzies have been stamped into the dirt, even those from the few schools that have accepted me. As I have not heard about funding, and as I was under the mistaken impression that my first acceptance would clear all anxiety from my life, the dull throb of waiting and waiting, and then, waiting has stolen the color from my rainbow, the song from my lark, the lead from my pencil, and it is having a poor result in the bed...well. Needless to say though, Washington could give my mirth rebirth, if they wanted, conceding how unlikely such an event is. (Ren. lit. eh? I'm excited about Yeats. Do you know what about ren. lit. you are interested in focusing on, a particular facet or author, type of criticism etc...?)

So, did anyone else get an e-mail like the one described on the results board. I'm assuming whoever that was e-mailed the department to ask. Really not sure why I'm even posting this, as I should be resigning myself to defeat and worrying about other things, but... you know.

Thanks for the encouragement CIIP. My confidence level is on a surprisingly large and sensitive spectrum. Some points in the day, of course, I either can't sleep from the sureness of not seeing money; or sometimes I feel funding is an imperative for the program (how could they not love me?); but most of the time, I am like a pong blip, back and forth, back and forth. I'll take what I can get in moving to the positive side of that spectrum, even if the "last ding dong of doom" is echoing its way towards me as I write.