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Anyone heard back from Oxford's M.St. programs?

No more news from UVa?

Anyone know if Stanford is done making acceptances?

Would you guys mind sharing your stats and fields? Thanks.

Noticed some Duke acceptances. Anyone care to share their stats?

To the people who got accepted to Northwestern: would you mind sharing your stats? Thanks.

I'd say it's the opposite. If you majored in English as an undergrad, you should be getting a good score. If you didn't major in English, a low score would be understandable.

Anyone heard from UVA English? According to the board, they're considering applicants in the finals. Any knowledge of how many?

Does anyone have any publications in academic journals? It certainly helps to have one, right? I just found out my writing sample was published in a journal in the U.K., so I wrote a letter to all the places where I applied informing them. Does anyone know how much weight committees put on publications? Please forgive me if there's already a thread about this.

Just a little tact. That's all it takes.

You're talking to the wrong person. I'm not the one who asked the question.

Thank you, artist_lily. I couldn't have expressed it better. When I read those first two replies, I felt ashamed to be an applicant.

Can anyone provide first-hand knowledge about the expected acceptance rate for any of the top twenty English Ph.D. programs?

Thanks. Does anyone have any other first-hand knowledge about acceptance rates for any of the top twenty schools?

Can you give us a citation for this? A .73% acceptance rate doesn't sound plausible. 2% to 5% maybe.

Ah, one repercussion so far.

Has it been agreed upon that to ask the "what is my chance" question is to be self-absorbed? Or, can I go ahead and do that without any repercussions?

making a decision over a typo or contraction is brainless. period. don't underestimate these professors. they're not brainless. not to worry.

Well, even if what I'm asking for is not of ultimate importance, my question is still a legitimate one, isn't it?

What are the scores of some successful English Ph.D. applicants in the past?

If you were a successful English Ph.D. applicant to the top ten schools in the past, please tell us your GRE scores, GPA, and other profile information. Thanks.