It's (Not) About Me

SCORE!

Yeah, I've had this weirdly warm feeling towards IU! There are obvious reasons why I applied there, like the awesome program and faculty, I also feel drawn to the school for pretty much no reason at all. Maybe it's just a fear of moving too far from my beloved Chicago, haha. Plus I have a really good friend in Indianapolis, so it would be very easy to visit him. Anyway, at this point I think Indiana and Rutgers are the only other bites I might get, so I'm curious to see whether I'll have a "decision" to make or if I'm UNC all the way! I'm not sure how it would affect my decision if I did get accepted to either of those places.

That is basically how my internal monologue went! Ps. Where can I get that sweater she's wearing at 0:13...?

Check you out! I will join everyone else in thanking you for notifying those departments so quickly. It's thanks to good citizens like yourself that I have my acceptance, quite possibly my only one of the year. And gaaahh, how exciting to have made your decision! OK, first things first--did you announce it to Facebook? Hahaha. Add me to all of the Rutgers stress and anticipation! Also, IU-Bloomington? I haven't heard many people stress about them, but I'm anxious to hear! There was one acceptance on the results board, from someone who was nomination for a fellowship(?). Otherwise, silence. Is anyone else waiting on them? Any gossip?

They were not very classy, either! I am the person who quoted from the letter on the results board, haha. I don't get how any proficient speaker of English would think that it sounds good to say, "[we] did not approve your application for admission." They couldn't have said, I don't know, "select"? "Choose"? It's like they're actively trying to make us feel shitty. I am embracing the sour grapes part of me that says I didn't want to go to a school that is so ROOD to its applicants anyway. Nope nope nope, and I'm wondering when the heck we will hear! You just inspired me to check my online app, which also says "No decision." I'm almost positive that that's the same thing it has said every time I've visited, but I could be wrong.

WELP, this basically sounds heavenly! Now I'm even more excited to visit! I've been wondering whether a diehard liberal like me can cut it in the South, but I figured/hoped I'd find that the university is in a nice liberal bubble. That I can handle. Gaaah, I still can't believe I'm gonna be moving to a completely new city (and state)! So many things to explore! This is really, really great to hear. I feel like I've been spoiled by living in Chicago for the past ~5 years. I forget that not all cities have virtually every kind of world cuisine available around the clock. In NC I've only ever visited Charlotte for a couple of days (and for a wedding, so very little sightseeing went on), but Chapel Hill looks great! What area were you in? If I'd gotten accepted to Wisconsin, it would've been a pretty hard decision... I am almost equally enamored with their faculty as I am with UNC's. Maybe I should be glad that they made my ultimate decision that much easier! But it stings to know that I just barely missed out on the opportunity. Ah, well. Haha! Kick ass!! So freaking happy for you. Looks like you'll have some awesome schools fighting to get you in their programs!

Ooooh, OK, I'm with you, but what if you're someone who doesn't eat meat? Are my delicious food options cut in half? Lol. And yup yup, I have frequently done the "take a shower because it's the only way I can regain body heat" dance. Most recently: last night! Haha. I really like everything you're saying. I always said I wanted to live somewhere with no winters... 'Gratz!! Yeah, argh, the fall is so freaking beautiful here. IT'S TRUE. But I'm having a very hard time remembering that right about now.

Oh god, what the hell? It feels like someone is just screwing around with the English applicants this year!

Same here!

.........Food? Please, do tell me about this food. And omgzzzz it was literally 8° in Chicago as I was walking home last night. Suddenly it dawned on me that I may very well be living in North Carolina this time next year. My satisfaction. It was large.

Not gonna lie, I thought I had a decent chance of being waitlisted, too! Which is why I really wanted them to return my freakin' email already. Haha. I will comfort myself by telling myself that I was soooorta close--I was waitlisted for the waitlist. Anyway, I'm glad that they finally notified you! I hope it becomes an official acceptance!

Hmmm! I'll take it--that's only a week away! Haha. Thank you for being brave enough to contact them, and for sharing the response you got. I hope we hear sooner rather than later.

Whoa, how did you know? I *just* got an official rejection (boo!) but there aren't any posts about it on the results board yet. Gonna add mine right now! Stupid Wisconsin; why didn't you just reject me straight out?

I really enjoyed watching this! Thanks! Yar, I want to know what's going on with them! I remember attempting to make a file of each school's official line on decision dates, and literally all Rutgers's website says on that topic is: "Individual committees within your program make admissions decisions, and this process may take up to several months." Gee, that's helpful. But their decisions seem to have been made riiiiiight around this time in past years. That bomb could drop any day now.

Shhhhhh! Shhhhh!! La la la la I can't hear you!

Me too me toooo! I'll take a spot on the Michigan waitlist! Hah. Let me know if you do. I'm not rabid for news from them, but I'd really like to know if they're done, if there's a waitlist, etc.

GO YOU!! Congratulations!

Awright! Yay waitlist! May your acceptance follow very soon.

No way! I don't know how much you meant that as a joke, but I am genuinely very pleased to hear it.

BTW, I still haven't heard anything from UW-Madison, despite emailing them last Friday. I wonder if my email got lost or looked spammy to them--I put my ID number in the subject line, because I thought that's what they wanted us to do! Oh well. I will wait as long as they want me to.

I such a fan of YOU. You, too. I will go to extraordinary lengths to use gender neutral language. To be frank, any scholar who can't (or won't) write in a way that avoids alienating half the audience is not a very good writer in my book. But I am very sensitive to this issue.

Coconut rum + pineapple juice (or alternatively, anything + pineapple juice) is probs my favorite drink of all time. I for one condone this behavior. I had some wine last night and it totally numbed me to the comments my dinner date was making about UNC. ("Well, you know, it's a state school, not an Ivy--but good for you!"). Lol jk, his comments wouldn't have touched me anyway, but I do like wine! ...In all seriousness, though, I hope you're hanging in there. I will echo what Gauche said: the school that recognizes your talent is the school that deserves you. I actually can't think of anything more appropriately Ohioan than OSU sweatpants. GO FOR IT. Bonus points if you make/consume buckeyes (if this treat is unknown to you:http://allrecipes.com/recipe/buckeyes-i/). Drooooooool. In fact, forget the sweatpants! Just make some buckeyes! I like your attitude.

23.5, lolol. My half birthday was a couple of weeks ago. I'll be 24 when I enroll. I get up between 6:40 - 7:20 AM erry day because I like to work out and eat breakfast and read the paper and smoke my pipe before going to work. You know. Hah, I work for a professor in an academic building that is used almost exclusively by grad students and faculty. I get mistaken for a grad student in her field (not English) on a daily basis. It actually kind of sucks to have to correct people: "No, I graduated in 2011. No, from the college. No, in English. English--you know, language and literature? Yep, I'm applying now. No, in English." PLEASE, make me tell you one more time that I am NOT a grad student! Haha.

Ahhh, no kidding! That does clear things up a bit. Thank you for sharing this.

I can dig it! I'm kind of the same way. When I post on here I have this overwhelming feeling of being among ~my people~. We all know how hard this shit is, so I really am rooting for everyone to find their perfect fit. My college could be a very competitive, cutthroat place at times, and I hated that. Congratulations to you! WOOHOO! Way to go! My sister went to Lehigh for her BA and MA (although not in English), and she really loved her whole experience. It seems like an excellent school. I hope you get a great funding package!