Kamisha

I’d never received that link before, but I logged in and verified that all my stuff was correct. Thanks for sending it out!

I don’t think you’ll be out of luck. I honestly think you’ll be fine if you contact them

I honestly would probably email the graduate coordinator (Michael Bourne) first. Departments don’t really like when you email them unsolicited, unless the graduate school advises you to do so.

Your application tracker lists your GRE?? Weird. Mine just says my application is “being reviewed” and asks me to list my “Degree Goal” and indicate if “Aid is Requested” (Fellowships). Below that, there is a transcript section, but absolutely nothing about GRE scores. Hmm...

Ugh. I feel for you.

I was also recruited by Irvine based on GRE scores. As such, I called to see if I still needed to send mine. The department told me that they don’t have your actual GRE scores when they recruit you; they receive a list from ETS for students who score in the 90th percentile or above. You are still required to send them in. If they already had yours, that is an awesome bonus. I wonder how that happened.

They are sent via mail =/ I’m sure things will be okay.

I think we’re all in the same boat. If Grad Cafe is representative of most applicants (which it likely is), it seems like all of us are applying to Irvine. =/ That makes me nervous. That being said, your grad credentials and GRE are super strong and I think you have as good of chance as any. I know how you feel, though....when most schools ranked in the Top 50 accept less than 10% of applicants, it’s really anyone’s game. Best of luck. Fingers crossed that we’ll both be at Irvine next year! GRE scores are important, but I’ve heard that they are used more to discount unqualified applicants, but they don’t really “help” all that much. As long as you didn’t bomb the test (lower than like 80% verbal), I think you’ll be fine

Snapchat ruined just about everything, didn’t it? Amen. I will like this tomorrow. I used up all my “Thumbs Up/Down” disliking posts on this thread.

This one I might be a little more concerned about as they update their website fairly regularly and tend to post admissions/rejections notifications during the first or second week of February. Plus, they average between 600-700 applications every year, so they are less likely to contact applicant with missing info. I would call them on Monday. They are actually really nice to talk to. My GRE scores hadn’t posted by the end of December, so I called them and we made sure everything was in the clear. With Berkeley, I’d always say better safe than sorry.

I’m sure you’ll end up where you want to, or at least at a wonderful university! Best of luck!

Irvine’s a fab school! Haha. It’s ranked 22! I applied there as well and would love to get in there. I wouldn’t panic. You should be okay if you call them Feb 1st

This sounds like an Irvine application. In that case, I’d wait until February 1st. Looking back on the history of these boards, they don’t typically send out notifications until late-February/early March. You should be okay.

This post makes an excellent case for all those out there studying Rhetoric and Composition. If this girl’s ability to argue serves as an exemplar of the rest of her generation (which, sadly, is also mine. Though I am 25...ancient by her standards), I foresee tenure track positions popping up in universities across the nation. On a completely unrelated note, I’m beginning to understand why acceptance rates for graduate programs are so low.

I would email (or call, if your program is okay with that) the school immediately, let them know what happened, and make sure they know that you already sent over a new copy. Sometimes schools will look over your application with just your self-reported scores, but if they have “Official GRE scores” listed as a requirement, then you are going to need them before they will finish evaluating your application. Good luck!

Haha I wasn’t when I started on page one

I think CorruptedInnocence and her fifteen pages of mind numbing, asinine posts just turned me into a feminist. Genuine advice: you shouldn’t be dating ANYONE until you sort out your priorities and gain a good amount of self esteem. Don’t drag anyone else into your laundry list of problems. I just hope you didn’t write all of this nonsense in your Statement of Purpose.

I somewhat disagree with the previous posts. I think it isn’t always a good sign, obviously, but it can be. On one of my applications, for example, I accidentally uploaded my Personal History Statement twice instead of uploading my Statement of Purpose. The director of graduate studies contacted me a few days later and told me that she had “read my application with interest” and wanted to make sure the error was corrected before it went to review because she felt like “I would be an excellent fit to [their] program, regardless of a one-time error.” So, again, I think it really just depends on the situation and how strong the rest of your application is. Best of luck!

Hey, sometimes the maniacal checking of your email really pays off! I got an email for an interview today Woot!

Haha I’m in the exact same boat.

Has anyone been able to check the status of their Baylor application? I keep getting an “Internal Server Error” message and am wondering if it’s happening to everyone or just me.

I love my iPad Air. It’s the perfect laptop for an academic and writer (just like all of us here). I am pretty rough on mine--I’ve dropped it about a dozen times in the last two years--and there still isn’t a dent on it. It’s easy to transport and functions perfectly. It also runs both pages and Microsoft word, so it is easy to take it to conferences and use PowerPoint and Keynote.

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