lolita25

Thanks! I, too, would rather they just be explicit and say it - I don't like the sense of false hope. Luckily, I'm close so traveling to open house isn't a big deal. But perhaps we will meet in the fall, good luck!

I'm attending the open house! I'm a little confused about my status though. I got an email that says I'm a finalist, which I take to mean a sort of waitlisted position? Either way, I'm interested in the program and want to attend and hope for more concrete news soon (fingers crossed!). I actually visited in December and sat in on a class with a POI. It was very different than I imagined (in a good way). I don't know much about placement or funding problems though. I am intrigued by the seemingly considerable teaching opportunities in the program (I'm currently working as an adjunct at university and would like to continue in a similar capacity). Any info about the program would be nice! And if anyone can shed light on my ambiguous and kind of stressful position, it'd be much appreciated.

been lurking and too shy to post, but i got to feeling creepy so decided to bite the bullet this is my second rodeo and so far more successful than the last. i guess in the interest of disclosing acceptances: i'm in at syracuse and have an ambiguous (waitlist?) from CUNY, i'm a "finalist" there and will be attending the open house. i have a lot of other implicit rejects but still holding out a sliver of hope for 3 schools i've loved reading all the posts, it's so heartening in the midst of all the tension/waiting congrats to all who've been accepted!! and all the UPenn people, i did undergrad and masters in english there. fantastic program and great people, feel free to message if you have questions. so basically, the point is...thanks all