catsandscarves

So much clarification to things that I bet we all assumed ha!.... of course they are only interviewing people they are seriously considering extending offers to...I guess what I got from your post is that they might do them at different times

I definitely meant all they are considering admitting not all that would be crazy! Probably a good way for the DGS to further narrow the pool. I just meant to suggest there might be different waves of interviewing. For example, they could have put 5 through to the next round already and have 10 spots left so they are interviewing 15 (or some number) for the 10 spots. Sorry for not being clear..maybe posting from my phone and while recovering from jet lag is making me suggest crazy things ha!

Maybe they are or have done them in phases or at the convenience of POIs? Who knows but good to know that they likely interview all applicants.

It was absolutely daunting on both counts. I ended up having a portion of my TA check "disappear" my first year as a TA which gave me enough money to pay for it while making me feel like I was running out of money in my other account ha! The rest took a lot of patience and food network, but once the main documents were done it was just tedious, not difficult. I figure with how hard things are it is better to go all out (as all out as you can manage that is!)

haha well at last you ended up somewhere better! Thank you for the reminder that it is not a personal rejection. This is a process that has so many factors going on. I'll likely come back and read this in between conversations with my advisor who also emphasized this as we planned my application strategy...hence the 17 apps ha

I was just going to go back and clarify that I definitely understand the reasoning for it in the long run, but right now, I wouldn't want to be rejected for that reason!

Thanks New England Nat. It still is unfortunate that it comes down to that rather than a professor wanting to work with you though!

That is the part that terrifies me the most! The professor (a full-professor at Madison) sent me a note saying that she was quite impressed and hopes that she will be in touch, but that she has limited control over the process at this point. Just gotta trust that if you can pass the professor test you can hopefully make it through the bureau[crazy]!

Thread made: Decision-Making 2014

This thead is here to discuss acceptances and to give each other feedback as huge decisions are made as to where to pursue graduate work! Let's keep all discussion of decisions to this thread and not in the Fall 2014 thread so as to not distress those still waiting for acceptances!

That is what I thought as well. Definitely the school I was least connected with though so not a surprise. I was able to meet and be in touch with potential advisors from all other schools so now the real waiting begins. Also, FYI Madison professors are in the late stages of reviewing applications... almost time for the bureaucracy to take over. My POI has been in touch and expressed great interest! what is everyone doing to keep themselves busy during the wait?

New to the forum. Been an avid reader and trying to avoid the public worrying, but I thought it was about time to join! I applied to a whopping 17 programs (applying the first time around really humbled me). My research interests lie in the American West in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, particularly in borderlands. What are your thoughts on UPenn doing interviews? Think they are interviewing everyone they are interested in since it is being run through the DGS?