Gambaosaka1

Congrats

So all those emails got sent out today? Congrats to all that got in! I wasn't one of em but not that surprised.

Didn't get anything either. Just saw there were three acceptances sent out today. Guessing I will receive my rejection email by Friday. Congrats to those that got in

Thanks! I hope the Dean's office signature or whatever is just a formality. Too excited to think of anything right now but shall PM you soon. Thanks for offering. Where are you applying to?

Hey thanks! Cemil Aydin...had an interview with him last month which convinced me this was the place I would like to study most. He is the only one who knows my research area well. He emailed to say I was nominated for admission so more accurate to say that than "I'm in"! I was just so excited. He said the official/final decision is to come out next week. Fingers crossed nobody vetoes me! What is your area? Good luck with them.

I got into UNC!!! Nominated for admission...only thing might be that I am an international student so there is a tiny chance of there being an issue but he doubts it! So excited

I just got the rejection letter as well! Fingers crossed for the rest. Congrats to all the Brown acceptances and Ashiepoo!

I would judge them differently (read harshly) if I found out they were checking these forums out! Fair enough...probably for the best to be careful.

For your Heart to not implode alone, I really hope you get in.

You've already got two good offers. What are you thinking at the moment (besides waiting for the rest that is)?

Didn't expect to win the lottery in all honesty...expecting rejections from Stanford, Cornell, Harvard and Columbia in the next two weeks too. UNC is the one I really want! Need to wait another week for that. Good Luck!

Probably not eh

Same here...keep refreshing my email by nada.

Congrats to all the new admits! This week is looking busy

Yeah, I loved my time during BA/MA in the UK but like the idea of having more time to engage with the literature and academics to develop a project (along with time and funding to improve language proficiency). What are you planning on studying?

They are! One of the reasons I didn't apply there. Prefer the US PhD program/funding system.

According to my POI at UNC the process should be over by the 3rd week of Feb. So we still have some waiting to do! With writing occasionally and studying Japanese full-time, I haven't been getting much sleep so in that sense the time difference doesn't make much of a difference. Although it is odd that I still have my hopes up of getting some notifications when it is Saturday here but have to wait till bloody Tuesday for the American weekday to start back up again. Are you British as well? I moved here from the UK in October for Japanese and some early research.

That's fantastic news. No reason to feel guilty at all!

I'd be ecstatic to get into ANY of the 11 PhD programs I've applied for as well! UNC would be ideal because of Cemil Aydin. I have got into UCLA's East Asian Studies MA program which is a fantastic option if I get the funding. Love Marotti's work. Good luck with UNC and the rest.

Cheers for the kind words! I am still not completely confident as he did say there were meetings to take place and discussions to be had in the dept. Fingers crossed! It wasn't really a good fit at UW but I did get a nice email from my POI 4/5 months back so feeling a bit nervous after that rejection (plus expecting the Stanford one to be coming along shortly). Hopefully we both get into UNC. What is your top choice from the places you applied to?

Hi, I applied to the PhD program and anxious to hear back re the decision of course. Was wondering if anyone knew when to expect the decisions to be out? I saw there was one admit at least...how did that go? Were you in touch with the faculty. I have positive email conversations with three faculty members who were all very encouraging about my project. Seems like a great dept to be a part of. I decided to email the department coordinator just now to ask when the decisions might be out as I didn't want to email them at this late stage (despite really being tempted to)!

Has anyone here been accepted by UNC (F15) yet? I think I saw at least one admit. I had a long informal interview with my POI over Skype which went great and we have been in touch via email since as well. Decision is due 3rd week of Feb he told me. I think I am just feeling nervous after getting my first rejection (U Washington) but was wondering if anyone else had an interview with the History dept there (this or any other year). How did it go? How many people get interviewed there? My POI there is the only one doing anything related to my research in the US (really) so certainly my top choice.

I got my first rejection too...UW! Oh well.

They have some departmental funding available...the Terasaki Center has money for some MA students. Want to make it clear I have 0 idea if I got that! But I changed my application from a PhD to an MA on the basis that I would be "in line for recruitment funding" which of course does not mean I will definitely get it. What are you thinking re UCLA?

The East Asian Studies MA