tvethiopia
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On 3/1/2017 at 7:56 PM, orphic_mel528 said:
I'm still waiting on one program, but I've already made up my mind. UMASS it is! Very excited to work with Dr. Zucker and the rest of the people at MCIRS.
awesome! i'll be going to umass amherst also, though my concentration is comp/rhet. i'm honestly over the moon about it. i know a number of people who've attended and worked at the school and i've heard so many great things, and the professors and grad students who have reached out are so welcoming. they also provide so much pedagogical support for new teaching associates, i can't wait to get started!
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heads up to any of the UMass Amherst folks who got that interview email before the actual acceptance: it looks like the online portal has been updated with acceptance info! log in and ease your worried mind!
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13 minutes ago, Warelin said:
UMass is tough to figure out. I'm not sure if they fully fund everyone.
" Admission to the UMass English graduate program is highly competitive. In recent years we have usually had about 200 applicants for 12-15 available spots per year. "
" The application process for TOships is competitive! Each year, in consultation with the relevant Graduate Program Directors, we hire 25-35 new TOs, but we typically receive three to four times that number of applications--mostly from prospective graduate students in English but also from currrent graduate students in English and other departments at UMass Amherst. "
" Applicants who do not receive a TOship from the Writing Program but decide to come study at the University anyway are welcome to apply again the following year, though there is no guarantee that a TOship will be offered then. "I wish they'd include more specifics to give everyone a better understanding of the chances of funding. As it currently stands, it's unclear if anyone gets a guaranteed 5 year TOship.
hm, interesting. this is what the english dept website says about assistantships:
"If you have applied for funding, once you are admitted to an English graduate program, you will be interviewed by the Writing Program. The selection process is competitive, but nearly everyone in our MA/PhD program receives a teaching assistantship. Students who have been hired by the Writing Program and who are in good standing in English and the Writing Program are reappointed annually. Students can count on five years of support (if they are admitted into the PhD program) or seven years of support (if they are admitted into the MA/PhD program)."
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23 minutes ago, Lesleo said:
Really? What did y'alls say? Just stuff about TA interviews?
yup!
"Greetings!
First, I was recently informed you were admitted into your graduate program. Congratulations!
Second, I am starting the process of scheduling interviews for Teaching Associateship positions in the UMass Amherst Writing Program, which is the reason for this email today."
then just a bunch of stuff about days/times for interviews. i'm guessing the difference is because you're going for lit and the rest of us are probably comp/rhet?
EDIT: it actually looks like one other person said they were doing lit and also got the interview email so who even knows.
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6 minutes ago, Lesleo said:
Yeah I'm the most recent one. And yeah I got the same thing as everyone else. An email saying congrats on your acceptance but fill out the TA application to hear about funding. Not an official acceptance just an email from Dr. Nadkarni: "I'm writing to congratulate you on your acceptance into the Mass English Department graduate Program. The admissions committee was very impressed etc etc etc."
that actually sounds like a more legit acceptance than what we got! our email was just about scheduling a TA interview, no mention of admissions committee or anything like that.
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2 hours ago, orphic_mel528 said:
Anyone who got that email from UMASS: I just called DGS. The long and short is that the email we all received went out before it should have. It was a very funny, non-specific, avoidant conversation, like we were making a transaction in stolen goods.
"I got this email from the Writing Program, but I haven't heard anything from the department itself," I said.
"Ahhhhhh...well you see," said she, speaking out of the side of her mouth/through her teeth. "I'm not telling you you're accepted...I'm also not telling you you're not accepted."
"Should we pretend this conversation never happened?" I whispered.
"The news is............imminent."
"Ahhh, okay...."
thank you for following up on this! i figured since they are trying to set up TA interviews to start next week, they may have jumped the gun a little in their eagerness to move things along.
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12 minutes ago, Silabus said:
Ahhhh! I finally got accepted somewhere! I was starting to think I was going to receive a slew of rejections but NO, there is at least ONE acceptance!
I got into Texas A&M's PhD program!
Part of me was like: Maybe you should email them just to double check that they didn't get it wrong somehow.
But I am sooooo happy, I just finished running around my building screaming my head off.
congrats! there is too much good news today and not enough upvotes!
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On 2/13/2017 at 1:36 PM, FeetInTheSky said:
What's worse than getting an implied rejection from Northeastern and UMASS within a few minutes of each other?
Accidentaly sending your staff of fifty student workers the link to the Northeastern application portal when you meant to send them a link to a scheduling form.
Whoops.
Seriously, though, congrats to those who got into both those programs. They're awesome and you totally deserve it. I'm very thankful to probably have somewhere to go in the fall, so I'm glad opportunities rolled in to you.
for what it's worth, since you're applying with a BA, if they offer you an MA position you might not be getting the same TA interview email that's going around today. so i wouldn't count yourself out just yet.
oh, and i did finally get the damn rejection letter in the mail from pitt today.... just glad i didn't check the mail until AFTER i heard from amherst!
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4 minutes ago, orphic_mel528 said:
Me too, me too! Go us!!!
(Did you have a moment of wondering if it was sent by mistake like I did?)haha yes! i had to read it over several times to reassure myself. congrats and yes, go us!!!
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YESSSSS just got my first acceptance from UMass Amherst!!!!!!!!!
the email wasn't even the actual acceptance letter, but was from the writing program looking to set up interviews for teaching associateships. however, the first line of the email is: "I was recently informed you were admitted into your graduate program. Congratulations!"
SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!!!
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3 minutes ago, ratanegra19 said:
Seriously, what is up with these programs using postal mail? Like, for anything? It's just silly--especially if they're doing it in lieu of any electronic communication whatsoever.
I mean, at this point they could send a f***ing telegraph and it would be better...
right?! i mean, an online application status system ALREADY EXISTS, all you gotta do is update it. i'm trying to tell myself they if they don't have their sh*t together enough to handle admissions then maybe i'm better off, but that's just me being bitter and resentful.
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y'all pittsburgh is ON. MY. LAST. NERVE. people are getting rejections via the POSTAL SERVICE at this point and still no mail, no email, no portal update. i realize i must be rejected, but at least have the decency to tell a girl. damn.
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6 minutes ago, JeremyWrites said:
And so it disheartens me a little to imagine that the group will fall apart once the shared stress of application season wavers.
don't be disheartened! i think the drift away from GC after acceptance has more to do with creating new bonds with your cohort than it does with stressed-out isolation. i've made some amazing BFFs in my MA program, but since they aren't all going into PhDs right away, GC offers a different community that's going through the same kind of stuff i am. it's something i'm absolutely grateful for and i hope that i will continue to pop my head in regardless of where i wind up, but i also hope to form new support systems as well.
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1 hour ago, JeremyWrites said:
Real-time footage of me:
i. am. so. with you.
umass amherst is probably my top choice for a variety of fit-related reasons, and hearing absolutely nothing from them is so so frustrating. i promise if i hear anything i'll post right away!
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ugh yes thank you for this thread. i only applied to four schools and right now it's looking like implied rejection from two, but i still have heard absolutely nothing. i'd actually prefer a rejection at this point. i'll be fine i'm sure; i have some very supportive people around me, and this is not the first time i've had to push through a setback. you just get so amped up through the application process, researching schools and imagining yourself there... when those things stop being a possibility, it hurts. sigh. really grateful for this forum community lately, you guys get it.
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i am DYING to know more about the miami ohio rhet/comp acceptance on the board! anyone want to claim it?
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46 minutes ago, ChloeCriss said:
I can't seem to stop complaining about how bored I am and I feel like everyone is getting annoyed with me.
But, it's like all of my anxiety about Grad School combined with going from having 1,000 things to do for applications to just. waiting. is transforming into extreme, overwhelming boredom.
I am beginning to regret taking a gap year after graduating. I thought it would give me more time/focus on applications, and eliminate the burnt out feeling, (it did and it has), but now I'm going crazy with academic disuse. I work as a tutor and in retail, and I'm still feeling time crawl, empty and endless. Ugh. Any of y'all feeling this?
I can't wait until I get one positive response, so that I can start obsessing over something productive.
yes. yes. yes.
i just finished my MA in december, so going from the frenzy of my final semester and getting applications together to just.... nothing. waiting. i work as a library staff supervisor so my job is pretty low-key/boring and i haven't heard anything from anywhere yet. it's such a huge deal to get in somewhere, with so much to plan for and there is just NOTHING i can do about it but wait. it is figuratively killing me.
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6 minutes ago, Yanaka said:
I keep adding wild horses to my house hold and trying to have the most colorful baby ponies possible.
this sounds so excellent.
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20 minutes ago, rheya19 said:
72. Ask my husband for the 100th time, "What if I don't get in at all this year....?" and for the 100th time have him say, "Oh, baby, you're going to be fine either way..." but not feel better.
did this one today too! we decided if i don't get in anywhere he's going to teach me more coding and we can make websites together until the next round of applications. not a bad backup plan, to be honest.
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- start imagining worst case scenarios
- bake cookies to distract yourself
- consider how to tell friends and family if you don't get accepted to ANY programs
- eat all cookies
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if it makes you feel better, as far as i can tell today's admits were all lit people. the only rhetcomps seem to be waitlists, so maybe our acceptances haven't gone out yet. this is what i keep telling myself.
2017 Final Decisions
in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
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yooooooooo i will see you there, man!!! i'm going straight into PhD, but i'll be rhet/comp at umass also! i feel the same way about the community there, i think it's going to be an awesome experience. see you in the fall!