hopefulJ2010

there's always going to be *someone* who says something rude and that causes you to worry about your writing. a professor of mine last semester told me that my writing "worried her"-- i had over a 3.9 gpa and got into 5 grad schools. it just sucks that the person who said that to you was your advisor- not a comfortable situation. however, i think your advisor can be proven wrong just as i proved my professor wrong. good luck!

lehigh, where i am going. also pretty sure uconn does. udel too.

oh and if you don't hold an MA, fordham won't accept you directly into their PhD.

did you ever look into fordham's medieval studies? i have a prof who did her MA in english there and then switched to medieval studies for the phd. she was on a fellowship @ the honors college @ my school teaching a literature based course. if i remember correctly, her dissertation was on anglo-norman friendship.

hi guys, i know a lot of you are waiting on penn state as well. even though i have accepted an offer-- i am very curious! who wouldn't be? plus, we all did pay the application fee! my dad already demanded he'd like his money back. nevertheless... i spoke to the assistant DGS today, a very sweet british lady, instead of the obligatory "grad secretary." she spoke to me for almost ten minutes. she explained the 700 applicant situation we're all aware of. she also said they sent out a bunch of rejects but are holding onto a group for final consideration in case some of their first round admits decline. she then explained that since they only offer funded spots, they really have to make sure they HAVE a spot opening before offering one. she then asked where i have offers from and told me to take the funded spot-- that i'm lucky to have that and that the school i selected was a very nice place. she said there ARE still chances of acceptance, but they are in fact very slim.

I feel like a broken record but I'm trying to help everyone! Alan Singer told me all the funding decisions were already sent out-- I know I didn't receive one. I actually am one of the lucky ones who received a hard copy letter though!

hadunc, that's kind of crappy but amazing at the same time. i got my mail letter 3 weeks ago and inquired about funding the next day-- they already knew i had none. then the email on thursday said 2 weeks for funding and i double-checked and the DGS said there was none for me to confirm and that all funding decisions had gone out. they're a bit scattered, to say the least.

is the penn state online status check good for anything? does it ever change for anyone?

Lehigh! can't wait any longer for Penn State or Northeastern to make their decision on the MA app.

temple sent an email saying all funding offers have been made. so you're either out or in unfunded (like me) at this point. muffinlit-- as for northeastern i got invited to apply to the MA but haven't heard back. even though i accepted another offer, i told them to throw my name in the pool for curiosity (i think i told you this all haha). don't look for an updated status pg on their site though-- mine was an email address "NU Admissions Inquiry" and I'm wondering if she just looked me up bc i was asking. good luck guys! penn state also hasn't made a peep in my direction so it is indeed annoying.

Christian- almost positively so:) visited yesterday. please do PM me!

i got into basically 2 phd programs from the BA-- one being a direct track and one where they accept most people w satisfactory progress after the MA. 1 other program (NYU) bumped me down from the phd to the MA. i think some schools saw potential in me but that i hadn't blossomed to full potential-- but others felt i was sufficient for a direct track phd. who knows what goes on with these schools?!

yeah i don't know? i would think i'd get in for certain since i got into the NYU MA but then again I also got rejected from the UConn MA. no clue. anyways i called the office and asked about the max funding and they said it would be full tuition. so i threw my name into the pool just to see but will likely not go because i have a better offer. i got official emails from temple today (after the letter about 2 1/2 weeks ago), but like i said they offered me no fin aid as the DGS confirmed today. email alan singer @ temple and i would email melissa daigle @ northeastern. she's pretty helpful as well.

muffinlit, i got an email inviting me to apply to the MA rejected from the PhD though.

i'm fairly certain i'll be declining Fordham, NYU and Brandeis MA's and Temple's PhD soon! idk if anyone is waiting on these.

EKPhrase, i'm hoping for an acceptance to northeastern:) maybe it'll be yours! haha

linkin park-- "somewhere i belong." & i LOLed @ paparazzi.

no i did not. but i also can't afford to be waitlisted actually. i have to give an answer to my best offer by next week. eeek :X here's to hoping for good news soon!

i see some northeastern waitlist activity today. i spoke to the DGS and she said we'd be hearing by e-mail very soon. anyone have any info about more accepts/waitlists? i was in boston this weekend and got bit by the boston bug very badly and want to attend school there, if possible.

esmusssein, no i'm not going. i have a few other offers and one is 18928497x better. the unbearable lightness of being is AWESOME!! just read it in an e.european lit class. amazing.