jmb04
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Haven't heard anything from Yale. I talked to my POI in mid-January though, and he told me they received 220 applications for about 10 spots.
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Perhaps everyone should call the UT Austin Admissions Office? After resigning myself to a long week of nail biting, I just received an email (yes, at 10 PM EST) saying I was admitted. For what it's worth: I communicated via email with Richard Shiff in November and December, but I didn't receive the good news from him.
Congratulations! Are you coming to UT to work with Shiff?
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Hey Hicks,
That's definitely interesting. The UCI admit posted it as of 02/14 (tomorrow), so either that person is applying from overseas, or is psychic?
For what it's worth, I was interviewed and I haven't heard anything from UCI. Sheesh, now I'm thinking I bombed the phone interview. Great. Ahhh!!!
Alright, I'm over it. Back to grading.
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Am I just fooling myself by thinking that other acceptances may be sent out in the coming days? My status only very recently went from "In Review" to "Your Application Has Been Forwarded to the Graduate Committee" so I'm hoping there's still a chance?
I think UT finished reviewing the MA applications last week, but the acceptances seem to have come via personal e-mails from POIs. Perhaps your POI isn't the e-mailing kind, and the DGS hasn't finished sending out the more official notices?
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Has anyone seen THE ROOM ?? That movie is literally the only thing that would cheer me up today.
You're tearing me apart, Lisa!!!
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@cassanova - don't worry just yet if you're waiting to hear back for MA but you're seeing results for PhDs. My school reviews those apps separately, for example, and informs the applicant pools separately as well. I imagine other schools would do something similar.
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Okay, this is going to sound crazy, but I like to mash up half an avocado in its shell and then spread it on squares of really dark chocolate. I highly recommend it, if you're willing to be so adventurous.
Not crazy. I like avocado milkshakes.
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Thanks, tyler88. I e-mailed all the administrative people (grad student coordinators and the like) at the schools, and they all responded in a very friendly manner about how they would update my applicant file and inform the adcoms.
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@Hicks - yes, it was for UC Irvine. All the professor said in the e-mail is that I was shortlisted and they wanted to interview me with some informal questions and also give me an opportunity to ask them anything. I'm not sure if they were interviewing everyone they were considering or if they just wanted to talk to "on-the-fence" applicants. When I asked about a timeline for hearing their final decisions, I was told February for initial acceptance, and March for financial offer.
@222 - I saw you asked about Austin. I think UT is reviewing MA applicants starting this week, and PhDs after that, though I don't know exactly how soon after.
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I was short-listed and had a phone interview for a Visual Studies PhD program (art history is under that "umbrella"). Aside from that, nothing.
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I've submitted all my applications but today I found out that I will be speaking at a conference in March. I'm not sure that any of the schools allow for updates on the application though. Does this little nugget of information merit contacting the schools and telling them about it via e-mail? And who would I tell - the grad student coordinator, a POI, DGS...?
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I would recommend looking into UT Austin. Richard Shiff and John Clarke are there. As is Katie Arens (German Department).
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I offered to send supplementary materials, including another writing sample and rec letter, and the DGS said it wasn't necessary and I just have to wait.
Wait wait wait! Ugh.
I called an admin to find out where I am on the wait list, but all she could tell me is that there are about 5 people on it. Hopefully I'm the only modernist on it, and that the accepted modernist opts to go elsewhere... and decides it soon!
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To curiouser:
I too am on a waitlist. The advice I received is that you should contact the DGS right away to let them know how interested you are and to tell them they are your first choice (if indeed they are).
I also thought of visiting, especially since I've never been there and it would be tough to make a decision between programs as late as April 14. However, I'm not sure if I have the funds to blow on airfare and lodging for something that may not even pay off.
Best of luck to you!
If anyone has any other advice, I'd appreciate it too.
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I'm waiting for a modernist to decline an offer from Michigan so I can see what that does to me on the wait list. I will probably be waiting all the way up to April 15 for that one.
I'm also waiting for Texas to tell me what the funding situation is going to be like. Any other UT Austin admits out there who might know more info?
Technically, I'm also still waiting for Northwestern, but I think I know my fate for that one.
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Oh, and I'm betting on Harvard! Or Penn? I mean, they notified acceptances weeks ago, so it's about time they start mailing the rejections, right?
Same with Northwestern. I can feel it coming. (Or maybe that's just wishful thinking)
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Hey! Who put that Yale received 10,400 applications?
haha. I let out of little guffaw reading that (I wonder if that IS a correct number, then it must be filtered through the graduate studies department and NOT the art history?).
lol.
Right. I didn't put that on the results page, but I saw that number in my own rejection letter. I believe that's the number for the entire graduate school and not just art history. Watersnake posted above somewhere that it was more like 280 for art history.
On another note, congrats to the Duke acceptance!
Anyone have guesses as to who will be the next school to turn our quiet little community into a slaughterhouse?
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Congratulations to the Princeton acceptances!!!
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I'm on the waitlist, and the anticipation is killing me!
Me too. The letter we'll get is probably one that confirms that we're on the waitlist.
We'll just have to stay in academic purgatory for a while longer, I suppose!
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Thanks for the info! Do you know if they send both acceptances and rejections snail mail, or just rejections?
Not sure. All the woman told me was "the letters are supposed to go out today."
I don't think she's even the admin person with all the info. They're on spring break this week so no one is around.
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For anyone interested, Michigan letters are supposed to go out today, according to someone at their office.
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However, if you do get an offer, it may come fairly close to April 15th or even later.
Best of luck!
What if I accept an offer at School A, and find out after April 15 that School B has taken me off its waitlist and is now offering admission?
Could I go back to School A and say, "thanks, nevermind," and then attend School B instead, or is it too late?
What is the protocol for this?
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Just got my Yale rejection. I offer my condolences and commiseration to everyone else that received the same e-mail. Still waiting on 6 schools, so here's hoping.
Good luck to you on the remaining 6 schools.
I'm waiting on one (and a half) more.
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Let the Yale bloodbath begin!
Art History PhD Hopefuls: Any News?
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Congrats cokohlik! I don't post a whole lot but have some idea of your journey just by reading this message board. I am really super happy for you!