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Punk28

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  1. Thank you, @Bluescluess! I'll be going to Old Dominion--only place I applied, as they're the only ones with the online program. WHEW. Called up my bestie to tell him. I was like, "Need to talk to you about an email for a moment." He's all, "Ugh, I hate it when you won't give me details, I hate it, it's the WORST and you KNOW I hate it and there's NO good reason and what is it anyway?" "Texted it to you." "What's WRONG with you, WHY would you text me something when I'm ON THE PHONE with you wait WHAT WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YAAASSSSSSSSSS." Pretty much all I could have hoped for, and I'm hoping you all get it too!
  2. HOLY SMOKES, WAIT LIST DREAMS DO COME TRUE. I'm not sure if I'm going to cry, laugh, pee, or puke, or just work all four into the next few minutes, but I got in! Good luck, y'all!
  3. Just got wait listed--well, insofar as I emailed to ask and was told so. They've said that their chosen candidates have until April 1st to accept, and that if I haven't heard by April 15th that I should contact them. Here's the thing: traditionally, this school sends out rejections around April 7th. You know, after they've filled their slots. So I'm pretty sure I'm so far down the wait list that this is what I'm waiting for. Dang it, that's the only program I could attend.
  4. Emailed. I'm wait listed. Told that accepted applicants have until April 1 to confirm attendance, and that if I didn't hear by the 15th to check back. Which likely means that I'm so far down the wait list that all I'll be hearing is a rejection when they send them out.
  5. I'm an online student. And my last car was very reliable, until the little flames incident... Even after that it still drove--it was just a little scarier.
  6. Still waiting. Now three weeks outside of the stated four week response period, and on the last day of previous historic acceptances--all three of them. I decided to tempt fate by spending my tuition money on a new (to me) car last night, and even that didn't flush out an answer. Still, now I have a car that should not catch fire spontaneously, which is something I never thought I'd have to put on my desired feature list...
  7. @ForTheLoveOfBrains I'm the same--I've been much harder working as a parent and student than I was previously. But I have three really good reasons to work hard. And it is hard, but it's possible. I'm the stay at home parent, I work online for a college part time, and I run my own writing and editing firm. There are days when I'm at my computer for over twenty hours straight trying to take care of everything, but my kids understand. In fact, they understand far better than I ever expected. My eldest is 14, my middle is 12, and my youngest just turned 9, but they have all been wonderful. They even read my writing. (Well, what's fit to read!) You can doo eet!
  8. Congratulations, @thepinkdragon76!
  9. @ForTheLoveOfBrains, I think you'll find that most of your professors have families, so while they may not be thrilled with all of your constraints, they get it--they're family people too. Thankfully, all the parents who have taught me have been perfectly reasonable.
  10. I applied at Old Dominion. The portal shows my application as complete and submitted, and I called graduate admissions, who said that they had some results back already, but mine was not one of them. I can't help but think that they just had the acceptances ready.
  11. Good luck, @thepinkdragon76! I haven't heard from the program at all--no interviews, no emails. I guess things are looking even more bleak than I thought. It would be nice to know, however, as this influences where else I apply for work.
  12. Still nothing here. The historical data for when admits go out is very limited, but someone got in on the 20th of March in 2009, on the 23rd in 2011, the 16th in 2015, and a rejection went out on the 9th of April, 2012. I guess worst case scenario I'll hear early in April, right before I take my comprehensives. Perrrrrrfect. I'm about ready to go sit in a corner and eat hair. (Dumb question, but have all of you been invited to interviews if a place was interested? Because if that's the case, I can go spend my tuition on loose women and drink now.)
  13. I work for a college. I have not told my immediate supervisor I've applied for a program as he already mocked me about going on to do "some worthless PhD." Very odd attitude for someone in higher ed, you'd think. However, my dean knows and wrote a letter of recommendation, some of the college VPs know (and one keeps texting me to ask if I've heard yet, so I've told him to be quiet or buy me Tums), and my department knows. I guess it would have been simpler to say that everyone except my supervisor knows! My dean is wildly supportive. She stated she plans to move me out of my current department and into a better role. Additionally, I edited her dissertation for her (I freelance as well) and she continues to throw clients to me so I have additional funds for tuition. I couldn't work for a better person while pursuing a doctorate. IF I get in. Tick tock.
  14. Applied to the one program that was online, in my field, and within my price range. *tumbleweeds* *crickets* *a door creaking forlornly off in the distance* I'm going to need some Xanax and some Zantac.
  15. Oops, clicked into the wrong thread. Sorry! Carry on, I'll see myself out...
  16. The online PhD is a concern if you wish to teach at a top tier school--but then again, any degree that isn't from a top tier school becomes an issue then. It is my intent to teach in the two-year system, and at the moment, my extensive experience in working with students online at my current institution, plus my online experience as a student, mean that at least in-house, I'm considered a resource for online best practices. It doesn't hurt that my last career was as a network analyst, so technology simply doesn't worry me. Could I teach somewhere amazing with an online degree? Likely not. But two access institutions in state have approached me, and that's what I wanted.
  17. It's a bit of a long story, but the issue is that I have three kids, a mortgage, and a husband who will not move. My nearest research institutions are only 30+ miles away, but in Atlanta traffic it can take anywhere between an hour and three hours to get to them. As I'm also the stay-at-home-parent, I work online for a college, and I'm an online freelancer (I write/edit textbooks, design courses, etc.), I have to balance all these constraints. Basically, there is nowhere I can go that is near enough to my home where I can either be back in time for the school bus or have enough free time to earn enough money to cover child care/tuition/my transport costs. Ideally, I would like to work as a professor. I'm beginning to apply for roles now as I finish my MA, and this may change where I am able to study if I do not get in to this program, as I'm applying to schools in a five-state area. If someone is willing to give me TAP I will take it with both greedy hands outstretched! And thank you! I've tried to be a good student, but I just don't know if it will be good enough to get me in to a program. We'll see.
  18. Poking my head in, as my bestie has threatened to block my texts if I don't shut up about waiting. Applied to Old Dominion University's online Ph.D. in English, as there appear to only be three online programs in the US, and this is the only one I can afford. (Online part-time students do not tend to get funding for anything.) I called admissions at the end of last week and they said they had some results already. Alas, mine either weren't among them, or they couldn't release them. Given the rate I'm biting my fingernails, I'm starting a pool as to how far up my arm I'll have bitten by the time I get the notification one way or the other. Anyone want in?
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