WendyWonderland

At this point I am kind of done waiting. I just emailed a school: Dear XXX Good morning. I would love to ask about the status of my application. I understand that the process takes time and effort for the admission committee, and I really appreciate their work. However, I have seen people posting their acceptances online a while ago. I wonder if the committee has finalized their decision at this point. Thank you very much for your coordination. Best XXX I think since it's the last week of February it's not rude for me to ask.

Hug. I received mine as well.

Woke up this morning with a rejection in my inbox from my Top 1 dream school. Since I was accepted at my top 2, I feel much more at ease now. As long as I can afford it ( it's killing me they won't tell me about funding)I don't really care about the other official nos/ waitlist/ acceptances anymore. It's time to live again after a whole month of depression.

could also be fit. I really wish they could all let us know before March. I don't want to look weird during recruitment weekend. If the professor ask, are you attending, I don't want to say, hmmm, still waiting.

Your verbal score is fine! My American peers who are also English majors have the same scores. I think as long as you are over 160 you are good. Mine was miserable. I didn't study so it's totally my fault. If I am given one more chance I would study as hell.

Hi. May I ask you a question, do you have a MA in English? 2 years ago I was an applicant for fall 2014, and I got flat out rejected from 8 schools. They were almost all Ivies, however, part of my failure was because of my ignorance of how academia works in the States. I knew nothing about how to write a sop, or a writing sample. MLA style? Never heard of it. Conferences? Nope. I had some publications and a MA in Chinese literature and comparative literature from the most prestigious university in China, speak a couple languages and had some work experience. I thought that's enough. It was not. So I sucked it and reapplied for another MA in English in MARCH. I did not have any hope in it, at that point my confidence was in the basement. However, all 3 places I applied accepted me, including CUNY. I chose somewhere else and reapplied for phd for 2016. I wish I could have done more research at that time, because as I heard, there are some funded MA here and I didn't know that. I want to say I understand how hard it is for you to go through this process in another country. And if chances are bad for this year, you can start looking for a funded MA in English. I learned so much since I came here and my English has improved a lot. It is still far away from being native, but way better than it was in 2014. Of course I wish that you are lucky and get in this year! I just wanted to share some insights if luck is not on your side. Get prepared for the worst and maybe it will lead to the best of your life. Good luck to all of us!

My GRE verbal score is very weak. I read a personal email 10 min before the exam started in the ladies room and my head exploded during the exam. I am also an international student, English is not my native language. So, if some kind of cut off existed in order to make the commitee's work easier, I think I did not even make it to the second round. Sad, but true story. I have so much to tell fall 2017 applicants NOT to do while applying lol.

I second these requests. I am also very curious. Is it a better GRE? Or a different writing sample? These are the only things that could be changed within 1 year according to my opinion. If I reapply, what would I do differently? I might have different LORs, since my advisor was on personal leave when I applied. I had to ask professors whose work wasn't very similar to my research interests. I would def. shoot for a better GRE score, and my writing sample would be stronger because I am developing it now for my capstone. But I can do nothing for my GPA. We will see. Who think that they might end up reapplying? I really want to enter this year, as long as I am funded.

There are two acceptances on the board. Kiss bye Columbia, kiss bye NYC.

Got my Harvard rejection. So next year I will apply for summer school?

Oh congrats! Even if it is waitlisted! Hope you get in! I just hope that they can tell me the results. I am just wondering about the rejections. Maybe ppl have called or emailed the department, which I have to do next week.

Thank you for sharing! There is another rejection out there. Do they do EVERYTHING in waves?

I have a question, anyone heard from Johns Hopkins' Humanity Center? There is so little resource about it on gradcafe. And the department has been so silent...

Thank you! Let us hope! Fingers crossed! It is so stressful I am soooooooooo behind my coursework!

Yes I do, it is in 2 weeks and I am super excited! Can you pm me more information about the funding? I am accepted to the German track. It is one of my top choices since I want to do research in Germany haha! I am very scared because my GRE verbal score sucks. I am an international student and I did not have time to study for it. It might influence my funding opportunities.:(

Thank you! I wish you the best of luck too! How many schools do you have left?

Thanks! Big hug! I am still weeping, it was one of my dream school.

Awwwwwwe, I just got my Berkeley rejection. ?

Thanks for sharing. So my first rejection is on its way.

Oh Thank you! I passed the over exercising phase. There were 10 days or so I only had one meal per day. Two days ago I switched to the stress eating phase. Today, trying to get up early and finally do some homework. I am 400 pages behind on Moby Dick.

It is the third week of February, people, I started stress eating. Not funny, I was kinda hoping to loose weight before summer. And I live in LA. Mission failed.

Me too.

To be honest, I don't think grad schools bother to change the status of the applications online. It is killing me that I have 15 to hear back from. I hope they can just flat out reject me or tell me where I stand in the game. I have been unproductive for a month and I feel sorry for myself. I feel that 1/2 of my February is wasted on staring at my inbox and watching Netflix to ease the pain.

I am going to Texas soon for the annual grad conference in April. Anyone heading there too?

Hey guys! Whoever posted the Harvard acceptance, that's HUGE! Congrats!!!