WendyWonderland

You're right, but it feels kind of bad. Just got an rejection from Columbia. I am not having big hope on NYU, but maybe they would consider me for MA? I wrote twice but they won't answer.

I just emailed them. It's hard for me to call them since I am international applicant:). Do u think we still have hope?

Just emailed NYU and Columbia for application status. I feel so anxious now. Ppl get rejected or accepted but I got nothing:( I hope there is still hope:(

Same boat here. I still did not get my formal rejection from Stanford. I still heard nothing from Columbia. Rejections have been posted on the board. Maybe they're taking time considering me for MA? Same with NYU. Same with other 3 schools. I feel I can't invest a lot of money and energy in applying MAs if I don't get my phd closure

Ok, I think I should also email Columbia and ask about it.

"Stronger"and "Try". I need something to make me proud of my rejections and try again.

I think they considered a lot of ppl rejected but maybe qualified for MA, that's what holding them up. I would like to email them again. I think they would send out results officially before MA decisions are sent out which is late.

Oh yes, I know 汉办!That sounds great since my BA was in Chinese language and Literature:)

Haha, well, trying to make life easier. Good combination of academia and fun~

Oh, really? I did not know that, thanks for sharing! No I want to apply to Freie Universität Berlin, it has a comparative literature program in German and an English program in English.

I chose US since there are so many different types from all over the world haha. But they rejected me. So I decided maybe another MA and then phd? Cute guys in US can wait. I need two years to get ready and improve my English lol. I am not sure if living in Europe would improve my English or not, but they do have late deadlines, and I think at least I won't move backwards always another way to be happy.

I want my formal rejections, I really do. I start telling ppl that I am rejected everywhere which include friends family members and colleagues and I am dealing with the " oh I am sorry". I am not calling my parents anymore since they don't have a clue of the process but keep telling me that I am too old to reapply or grad school. I am applying for masters, find out that requirements of low ranked schools are even more complicated than Harvard or Yale, u have to let agencies evaluate your degree or submit original transcripts. Can't afford unfounded MA. Yes I aimed too high this season, but I don't want to change from Ivy to ranking 200+. I guess I would apply to German MA and 1-2 American MA and prepare to retake GRE for fall 2015 phd. Life is hard. I want my rejections as closure so I can move on. I am grateful that I am not depressed anymore. To everyone who also feels unlucky this season: the game is not over, the DGS can reject u, but u can find another way. Best things in life are never easy to get.

Rejected from Princeton while Skyping with my German friend. Well, I decided I would apply to Berlin instead. Not the end of the world, Germany has cute guys. I am surprised I take it so well..... Maybe because it had last too long.

Thank you very much, I will do that today. I hope they won't ask me to evaluate my foreign degree. That cost a lot of time and money.

Oh, I am sorry to hear that! Too bad that you re so far away! But don't give up hope, I am sure that you can figure something out, maybe moving into a cheaper apartment or get a part time job etc. I started tutoring again, because I need money to apply for MA. Phd was an tragedy for me this season. I was somehow surprised that a lot of schools require that international students have to evaluate their degrees by some certain American agency! This alone would cost me 300 US dollars! I have to save money if the MA also did not work out so I have to retake GRE and apply again..... I have a full time job, but application makes me so poor that I consider to move to a cheaper place. Can u try to explain it to your landlord that u would pay a little bit later? I wish you good luck! Everything would work out eventually somehow , just don't drop your dream:)

Oh, somebody posted Princeton. I thought it is just 4 am in the US? And this post was posted hours ago.... Anyway, congrats if you are here! Last year they sent out acceptances and rejections at the same day! Where is mine?

Gained nearly 30 pounds here.... I am happy that this process is nearly over. I just want my rejections.

Btw. Horb, did u apply for English or comparative literature?

Haha, if they accept me I would go

Hey Horb, did you email them? I did it before they did not answer. I am thinking of calling. The good thing of calling is they might not even know who you are haha.

Thank you! It seems like a great program, only the deadline has passed Do you know any schools with spring admission? That would also work

Oh really? I heard that UCs are not in good condition now. I mean State University of California, English MA. I might apply to Loyola then:) my friend is in film studies there:)

Is it weird that I only got officially rejected from the program which had the latest ddl? HAHA. Where are my other rejections? Do they intend to come at the same day to crush my heart? I guess as soon as NYU starts to announce MA accetances, my phd rejection would come. Question: what if I apply to a phd program but am not qulified enough, would they automatically review my application again for MA or just throw it away? I think that NYU and Columbia asked about the possibility of taking MA in the online application, but what about other schools?

Dear Kamisha, thank you sooo much for your reply! Ever since I entered this Forum, you have always been supportive and your answers made me feel warm. I am sorry that things did not worked out as you hoped, but I think if you have an acceptance, no matter where, maybe you can register first and see what happens. I know that you have applied to a lot of schools, and the game is not over yet. At least you can transfer after becoming a graduate student if you really do not like it. I kind of feel sorry that I only found this website after I applied, I should be here earlier in order to know better. But as you told me in another thread, everything happens for a reason (I also believe that!), so maybe it is destined that I should find out that I am not as competitive as I thought and that I should focus more on learning English. And maybe it is better to enter a MA first this fall or start fresh to reapply, who knows, God works in mysterious ways:) Learning another language is because I thought it would make me more competitive. I chose French since I love French literature. I know how hard it is to work on different languages at the same time every day. To be honest, I really think that this confused my brain, and even affected my mother tongue. Good luck to you in learning languages, it is fun and definitely the key to another culture. There are also a lot of domestic Forums like this in China, and the funny thing is a lot of people know about grad cafe, but they do not use it a lot, even recommend others not to do it. Their theory is that it would not help since here are mostly US students. We count GPAs differently, you don’t have to take Toefl IBT and stalking it would hurt our egos etc. But I think I am quite lucky to be here because ppl here always share a lot of information. Also did I not know that fit counts so much in an application. In China we say Ph.D.=People have dreams. Maybe it is delayed, but better to keep dreaming and not giving up. Another question: do you think that age matters? I am in my late twenties. Personally I think that reapply this fall would be a better idea. But there are many voices telling me the sooner the better. That is why I am looking for schools with late MA deadlines. I have found some, but I am not sure what to think about them. Do you know anything about the State University of California or Loyola Marymount? Thanks! Have a nice day and greeting from meJ

Hey~ thanks for the tip. I did dig into the background of current students at Syracuse, most of them hold an English MA or BA and the degrees come from US colleges. Of course I know that there are Chinese students with Chinese BA/ MA at the top schools. I personally know people studying at Harvard who came from the same institute where I did my MA. But they had awesome exchange semesters at Oxford and Harvard when I did an internship at the British Council. I guess back then I wanted to work first and apply to graduate school afterwards so that I could experience both worlds. According to my parents this is a big mistake, but I can't say that I regret it. Taking a break from studying all day did offer me other possibilities to explore life from another perspective. Also my research interest has always been culture studies so I thought that first hand work experience might help. I am a little bit out of academic training I have to say, that's why I totally agree to your point that a MA in the States would help. Now here comes the question, where to take it? I don't even know how much the schools require for MAs. I wrote to a professor to City College of New York, he told me that I seem like a viable candidate, but I know that ddl was already passed for CUNY. I also love creative writing, so I would like to live in a big city where I can experience a lot to trigger the inspiration. But considering the cost... No fundings for international students, I really have to figure out what to do:)