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Where else are you accepted? What do you like about Emory in particular? I've lived in Atlanta before and loved the area, for what it's worth:)
I was accepted to UMD, USC, Vanderbilt, and UCLA as well. Emory in particular was great because when I visited, it was very obvious that there were a lot of professors who were interested in my research and would be able to guide me through it. Everyone was extremely friendly and social, which is important to me, because I think the experience of writing a dissertation can potentially be very isolating. I have no backing in biocriticism and disability studies at all, but I do foresee my interests shifting in that direction, and Emory is probably one of the best, if not the best place for that, so there's truly a lot of room for my research interests to evolve with a hefty amount of faculty support.
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hypervodka I remember you got into Emory....are you planning to attend? currently weighing my options!
I really, really, really liked the program, but I think I'm going to be a lot more sure about my choices once I get all of the campus visits out of the way. It's a great school, for sure.
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Hanna: I e-mailed the director to inquire, so it was a response to that.
Congratulations~! I don't know if you've ever been to Atlanta, but GSU will put you in a fantastic area--cheap housing, cool and crazy music scene, delicious food, public transport that actually gets you places.There are so many college kids up in Midtown (which is like 7 minutes away from GSU, 15 by MARTA) because of Georgia Tech that you'd be able to find a great, cheap apartment with a bunch free amenities (to appeal to the Tech demographic) like free Wi-Fi and free laundry.
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been listening to more hip hop. Today, Childish Gambino's because the inter.net. Because if Donald Glover can be a great rapper, actor, comedian, and an all around good guy, maybe there's hope for the rest of us.
Also Kendrick
Noooooo... I meant to thumbs you up....
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Is anyone else in the same boat as me? I have yet to hear back from my remaining 6 schools. Is that a bad sign? If it is, I think I'll jump off the cliff NOW!
A lot of schools aren't going to release their results until later this month, or even March. One of my schools didn't start looking at applications until like two weeks ago, so they're obviously nowhere near done. Some schools have only just opened up for the semester/quarter. Some schools are still waiting to hear about funding. I know it's frustrating to hear nothing but radio silence at the moment, but it's nowhere close to being over.
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Ah! Hypervodka! Is it just me, or do I see a FIFTH acceptance in your sig line that you haven't announced on the thread yet?!?
Congratulations yet again! I'm totally flying down to Atlanta and stealing some of your brain cells.
Thanks! Scrape as many as you can find.
Hypervodka, if that's your Emory acceptance up on the results board, huge congrats!! I remember seeing your post about how much fun you had at the visit. One of my favorite professors did his degree there and always talks about the years he spent there as the time of his life.
(Also, sorry to call you out if you didn't want to post about it, it's just really encouraging to see people's hard work pay off when they get into their perfect fit schools!)
Sorry, yeah, I can never think of a non-awkward way to announce acceptances so I just... don't. Thank you very much!
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So, I have a question for a different kind of interview... I've been asked to interview for a fellowship, not for a position at the school. I don't need to worry about being accepted, it's for a better position if/when I get there. From my interactions with the person who will be interviewing me, I suspect that this interview will be more casual than some others' experiences, but I obviously still want to make a good impression because I'd love to have the fellowship. Any advice or others who are in a similar position? (It'll be an on-campus interview, fyi.)
Stay calm. Be charming. Those are the two most important things you can do. Do not get nervous, or, in any case, don' expose that nervousness to your interviewer. I tried my best to get in this headspace where I was interviewing with an old friend--a good buddy who's asking me about my research not to trip me up or quiz me, but because they're genuinely curious and haven't talked to me in a while and we're just catching up before he launches into the story of his new-found gluten allergy.
Just remember how much you would love to have this fellowship, how much you would love to go to this school, and be very sure to make every answer spring from this desperate love for this fellowship and this school. Keep in mind why you deserve this fellowship (financial constraints, groundbreaking research).
You will not be asked any questions you're unprepared for. You just need to remind your interviewer why you've been accepted to the university. You'll be completely fine.
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Wow, congratulation, everyone! A lot of schools that were obviously at the top of a lot of people's lists.
And, Andalus, UCLA misspelled my name in my acceptance email. Taking it as... a compliment... somehow...
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I don't know anything about Standord's Comp Lit program, but it doesn't sound like a formal interview. I would go ahead and ask (Palumbo-Liu's there, right?) how many other people were invited to the event. Of the schools that I've seen that invited people to an interview (UC, Emory, Columbia), somewhere from about half (for a smaller program, like Emory) to about three-fifths (for a larger program, like UC) who were invited were admitted. In any case, you have great chances. You were invited because they already like you.
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Also, all of the schools you applied to are well into the decision process. If you've already made it to the fourth round or what have you at this point, your updates really aren't going to make or break your application.
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Hey!
Quick advice question:
I've done a couple of academic-y things since I finished my apps (submitted a paper to journals and it's under consideration, helped begin a Literary Theory group for undergrads and grad students, am taking some new courses) and I'm wondering whether I could email department people at schools I haven't heard from yet to update them. Would that seem too desperate? I felt it might strengthen my case but would it seem too forward?
Thanks!
I agree with WT. I updated my application with a hugely altered writing sample this January, and the faculty at several schools (UMD and Emory) very obviously didn't read it, based on my interactions with them. UCLA didn't accept the update at all, and I was still accepted to the program. Any changes that you make will not tip the balance one way or the other, and it will just force you to be frantic.
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Just got my first rejection: University of Louisville. I didn't get an email, but I checked the website. Trying not to freak out too much or convince myself that I won't get into any program...
There are still so many schools for you to hear back from! Sorry that you have such an abrupt opening to the acceptance season.
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Holy cow! Is that 4 for 4 now? At this point I wonder if you'll have a clean sweep! Congrats again, Hypervodka!!
Last time I applied (different discipline), I was completely shut out, with one silent waitlist (no email or anything; they told me AFTER I was finally rejected that I'd been on the list).
Getting into to all the programs would be a miracle, but not a particularly useful one. It'd just turn me into that annoying humblebragger complaining about how HARD it is to DECIDE from ALL of these GREAT SCHOOLS
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I just got into UCLA.... omg? omg? This one is really throwing me for a loop. I just assumed the implied rejection because I didn't get an email this morning. So, let me continue to say: IT AIN'T OVER TIL IT'S OVER.
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I know we've talked a little about being more descriptive in order Results postings... would it be helpful if we tag our posts with our usernames or something, so that people will just be able to go to that user's profile and get more detail about their qualifications as an applicant? Is that even allowed?
(I'm day-drinking.)
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Have you guys seen this post?
It's for history, but I'd assume many similar patterns apply; most notably, it appears that notifications increase in number later in the week, reaching a Friday peak, before falling on Saturday and Sunday. So look towards Friday for that good news!
In this case "check your email" would be a better imperative, but can you believe there is no "look to the east" .gif??? The internet disappointed me today.
"Please note that the average acceptance rate over this period is roughly 35%." ....alright and they lost me. Kidding. This is extremely fascinating.
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I've been online shopping obsessively out of nervousness, so there better be a lot of
goodany kind of news this week
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fwiw, the person who posted their USC on the results page had a noticeably different funding package than I do. So I there will be some variation?
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email correspondences I'd had with them came in to play at times as well.
Oh, you're right! For example, I've talked about this before, but I changed my writing sample fairly drastically, and emailed all of the graduate directors to update my application. In my interview with him, the DGS wanted to know specifics about what had changed.
Basically, just remember everything that they know about you, because that's the sole inspiration for all of their questions.
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And yeah, I think you should prepare for them to ask you to demonstrate your familiarity with the language somehow. I talked about my familial background and my travels, which "saved" me from more direct performances, if that makes sense. I don't think they will make you speak any non-English language (because there's no way to ask that question without being weird and, frankly, speaking ability isn't nearly as important as language literacy and therefore prove little), but they'll ask you to prove it in other ways.
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Yes, I interviewed for Emory!
Yours is spread over multiple days as well, right? I did meet a couple of comp lit professors while I was there--there's not a lot of official departmental overlap imo, but I think it'd probably be similar. Thing is, though, my understanding is that the lit department changed their interview strategy very drastically this year. In past years you 1) met with a four- or three-person panel of the members of the adcomm, 2) met with one graduate student, and 3) met with one POI in your area group. Instead, I had like 7 different interviews, all scheduled for thrity minutes (though several went way over with chit-chat), all one-on-one.
Either way it goes, my experience at Emory was really more FUN than anything. I didn't have access to the internet the whole time I was there (wonky phone) and I was somehow still happy. They're not trying to trap you. This is really a recruitment week. They want you to be happy while you're there, not stressed, because they do want you to come back.
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Thank you very much! I didn't have cellular data/wi-fi when I went to my Emory interview, so it was a serious surprise when I came home at like midnight.
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I did get into Vanderbilt, but I didn't submit my results this time around, so idk who the commenter was. I was travelling when I got my acceptance. I do understand where everyone is coming from about the tone-deafness of the comment. But I've always been the kind of person who, when I was confronted with something bothersome, tried my very best to avoid that bothersome thing so it wouldn't bother me anymore?
(By the way, what does SLAC mean? Google is giving me four different options.)
Fall 2015 Acceptances (!)
in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
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Hm... They're placement rate is very mediocre (as in average--about 55%), but that's largely because a lot of Emory's graduates graduate intending to have alt-ac or corporate careers. Virginia Highlands/Druid Hills is also a kind of crappy area for people without cars (like me) because you have to walk everywhere and crossing some of the roads are a suicide mission. And Druid Hills REALLY isn't my crowd... it's one of the affluent Atlanta neighborhoods. Good sidewalks, but only the hint of personality.