fancypants09

Love the explosion of good news on a daily basis! Congratulations everyone!

Congratulations!!!!

Agreed on the sentiments expressed regarding rejections---when I applied for jobs in my last year in law school and immediately after graduation in the economically amazing years of 2008-09, I received upwards of hundreds of rejections before landing at the job I had before I went into teaching. Not going to lie, rejections suck regardless of magnitude, but you learn to weather them better. I've always likened job search and the application process to dating: You're trying to figure out if you're a good fit with the other person. But at the end of the day, you want to be with the person who wants to be with you!

Big hugs to you both, and wishing all of us good news soon! Still waiting on the official rejection letter from national lit department from yesterday...it seems like acceptances and waitlists were sent out yesterday/today.

False alarm on my part, I think---worked for me when I checked it just now, and no change in my status. Again apologies for the scare!

Congratulations to everyone!! One of the perks of being in the other hemisphere is waking up to the good news on GC It definitely makes up for waking up to 17 emails, none of them from the schools to which I applied. I mentioned this elsewhere yesterday, but just telling myself not to expect any communication has been really helpful---I've learned to refresh my inbox less, and I actually got some decent amount of sleep last night! And also, I second lyonnessrampant's suggestion on taking care of yourself during this process. I started cooking at home again last night, and I found that smashing tofu for my tofu scramble was the first thing that made me laugh in a long time.

Apologies if I made you jump! But it may be worth checking Wolverine Access---I can't log in to it all, it's giving me the error page.

OK, not to get paranoid or anything about Michigan but just noticed that my Wolverine Access is "unavailable"---I had no problems using it to check my status an hour ago (clearly hitting refresh but aren't you guys proud that I only do it once an hour?)... GAH THE AGONY!!!! And Katla, you're too sweet They were all for positions in the industry I left in the town/country that I'm currently at.

Congratulations to everyone who has heard great news!! To see our forum blow up reminds me that 'tis truly the season for hearing back.

I'm empty on the comp lit front as well. On the other hand, I see that a national lit department to which I've applied sent out acceptances yesterday, and I received nothing. Just thankful that it's not my first choice...?

Thanks! Also FYI to fellow Michigan applicants...I was told to expect decisions within February. And it looks like there's a Chicago acceptance on the results board! Congratulations to the person who got it!!

Big hugs...hang in there!

In other news LinkedIn has sent me three emails this morning all pitching job openings. Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something...

Strangely, I'm out of upvotes for the day at this hour, but thanks! And hope you get some reset soon, too.

I'm officially jetlagged and/or have anxiety-driven insomnia. It's almost 4AM here and I've been up for about a good two hours...and no emails. I think the easiest way for me to handle this whole situation is to just assume that I won't be hearing anytime soon---looking at the results from last year and trying to predict when the adcoms will get back is creating weird expectations. Perhaps I should get started on my syllabi for second semester classes while I'm up...

A short pause from the gifs to say, this thread is what is helping me keep it somewhat together.

I hope so! I am literally counting down the hours until 9AM EST...

Welcome, welcome! Huddling for warmth and comfort as February is upon us

Trust me it was super difficult to motivate myself to pull it together, especially after the Michigan interview. BUT I told myself I want to look and feel my best to face whatever that may be in store this month...

My contribution: This, you guys. Because we're not going down without a fight! http://youtu.be/PstrAfoMKlc (Yes, it's cliche, corny, and definitely not cool, but it's the best I can do. Blame it on the jetlag...)

OK, calling out the Michigan comp lit admit!! Where are you, you lucky duck?!

I booked an appointment at my salon this morning to take care of my hair (obvs) but also to kill time. Then it's off to checking out a new yoga studio before returning to clean the apartment and cook! Learning the hard way that cleaning the mess I made during the application process is a long and hard one, especially since I left for vacation almost immediately after I submitted all of my applications.

Awesome news! Congrats!!

Inbox completely silent. No website updates. Hoping for some news as it's the first Monday of February where I'm at! (I can wait the extra hours for it to turn Monday morning in the US LOL)

It was pretty tough, and intense! It was definitely a formal interview with the professors using most of the hour asking questions about my writing sample and about the research I proposed to undertake in my SOP. I didn't get the sense that they were doing this for everyone; I think the interview in my case was to see whether I had the requisite training and knowledge in literature (I'm a non-trad applicant---my BA is in EAS but my focus was on history, then I went to law school and worked for five years before applying) and where I fell along the national lit/comp lit divide. Congrats on Berkeley! Hoping to hear some news myself now that we're in February.