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There's only one Harvard acceptance up, did they actually send out notices yet? Or was that an informal notice. I know my POI is a no prior contact, you probably won't hear from me until we meet in person type of guy.

No problem. Princeton rejection was the first thing I heard back, waiting on Harvard, Penn, Toronto, and Georgetown at this point.

Congrats! It's a great school. I did my MA there, pm me if you have any questions.

Correct and useful information. I think the only school that got everything they asked for last cycle was Chicago.

Finally, heard back somewhere. Rejection from Princeton. Hardly surprising. Honestly, more of a relief than anything to finally hear something definitive back. Well five more chances. I just want an opportunity to earn a PhD in history at a high quality institution. So I'll be just as happy going 1/5 the rest of way as going 5/5. Patience and good luck to all, my friends.

Wtf.... It was 75 today in NC, sunny and unseasonably warm by about 40 degrees. NE has had some crazy weather this year.

Any chance we hear from Harvard tomorrow or sometime this week?

Argh. Anybody else experience trouble concentrating on work this week? It's been incredibly difficult to get anything done with all the anxiety/distractions. At least the weekend will bring the relief of knowing that no news will arrive the next two days.

If you can "masters out" I'm pretty sure that means you earn a MA along the way although I'm not 100% true.

Sending positive vibes everybody's way. May this morning be the morning.

Anybody else ready to flip if they don't hear anything next week? I've pretty much given up on this week at this point, but next week MUST be a big one. Right? Right?

Trying to focus on work. At least you've heard from somewhere. It really is frustrating when so many things are out of our control. At some schools if there is a major gender imbalance in some subfields they won't consider applicants of certain genders some years.

Truth. Question for Harvard applicants? Does your application say anything like under review or something like that? I logged on to the portal where I submitted my application and all it says is submitted.

You and I both. Haven't heard from a single school yet! Had an interview yesterday w/ Penn but I have no idea what their time table is. Oh well. Where else did you apply? Желаю вас удачи и терпения.

If I had to guess I'd say someone probably emailed and was informally told they were rejected. Personally, I'm not going to start worrying until I see acceptances being posted.

Although I did not apply there, my friend did, and they have informed their Russianist admits. However, it's a state school so there will likely be a second round of admits and wait list choices, etc. Also, although my friend got in, he isn't 100% going there which means a possible spot opening up. Трудно ждать, трудно ждать, все рано нам приходится ждать. Ждем ждем ждем

Thanks for the good lucks everybody. I think it went decently, but I suppose that remains to be seen.

UPenn. I always referred to as UPenn myself, but apparently faculty/students there just call it Penn, so I've adopted their language.

I have my interview with Penn tomorrow morning. Wish me luck! Congrats to all the admits thus far, hopefully I can join the ranks soon.

Me, every time I see there's a letter in my inbox and its not an acceptance: http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IqKRiMBEwT4BwDYncbLdNg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTUwMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2015-02-02/f8ce2a20-aa94-11e4-be83-fd12399ac8bb_shermanreaction.gif

I'm from NY, so to be honest something just feels wrong about it. Also we had three inches here last year (grand total) and UNC shut down for a week. I can only imagine what would happen if people couldn't get out of their driveways.

It's 65 today in NC. Surreal.

Seems like a slow day thus far, as far as decisions go anyway.

Hoping beyond hope that Harvard will. But at this point betting my wait to hear back from my first school extends into next week. Hoping that some hints will be dropped as to when Penn will send out decisions during my interview on Wednesday.