CarlsonRJ87

mine said that two candidates can't make a decision until the 13th, so we won't get info till the 14th...FML.

I (apparently) got the spot at Loyola that wandajune declined. Not shut out: Huzzah!! Thanks wandajune!

I'm on the UVA waitlist too. My placement advisor contacted Paul Humphrey to ask about the waitlist, and he said there probably wouldn't be much movement on it up to April 15th.

As one professor in my MA program I told me, an A in grad school indicates you're doing the right kind of work, an A- that you're close but not quite where you want to be. A B+/B is sort of a warning sign that you need to do better if you want a shot at good programs. It is plausible that someone could sleep through breadth courses and do extraordinary work in AOS/AOC areas, but you would want those lackluster courses/profs you took them from as far away from you as possible. It would seem difficult to have many of those lackluster courses and not have it creep in to the forefront of one's portfolio.

Anybody who was accepted to Loyola Chicago planning on declining their offer?

I would think the more important thing is that you're doing enough quality work that your professors think highly enough to write good letters for you. I can't imagine that happening and not having good grades, generally speaking.

Has anyone heard from Iowa or Oklahoma?