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Petronius, do you know if that offer for Brown was for program in Classics? And might you know when that admittance was sent out? There has been no info about Brown's Graduate program in Classics on the search results this year, though another forum user has said that Brown has already done their prospectives visit.

I'm sorry for him/her too. But I'm also kind of jealous. At least he/she heard back. It looks like I'm not getting into Brown either, but no one has told me anything so far. It looks like Schools send out the rejection notices as the last thing they do in the admissions process. It's not a good feeling being left in the dark. Though I guess there is a sliver lining, I know that I'll likely not get in, so I can brace myself when the notice eventually comes (hopefully soon.) Also, I didn't know Brown has a Master's program in Classics.

Thanks for the information, anonumous. May I ask, were you one of the people invited, or do you know someone who was invited? Also, might you know if Brown did interviews for their candidates earlier this year?

I just want to hear from Brown's Graduate Program in Classics. We haven't had any information from their Classics department, save for that one piece of information from ScipioAfricanus about his friend who received an offer for their Ancient History program through the Classics department. But nothing about their Graduate program in Classics.......

Thanks birchleaf! Hope you all are doing well.

I do have one question though. Sometimes on the results page, they post that they were notified of the results "via Website." Do you guys know what website they are talking about? Is it the same website where we submitted our applications?

Ugh, the lack of news is really getting to me. I feel like Classics programs are moving really quickly this year, but also moving really stealthily too! We really didn't get any info on interview offers from the search page, but we did get some from the forums. That way, we could anticipate whether we would get a rejection letter or not. Personally, I would rather see the rejection letter coming beforehand, so that I can prepare myself But at this rate, I guess I will just have to wait and see whatever letter comes.......

It's been pretty quiet these past few days. Has anyone heard any news from programs, or from someone they know that might have information about Programs?

By the way Birchleaf, did Cornell interview you before sending the acceptance letter? I thought that Programs usually interviewed prospective candidates before sending out admissions offers, but it looks like some Programs are sending out offers without interviewing them. I haven't gotten any interview offers from Brown by this point. So I was wondering if I should give up, or if they could make admission decisions without interviewing candidates.

Disclaimer! That is all just my conjecture of course. If anyone out there has any alternate theories, I 'd be glad to hear them! After all, as academics we should always welcome peer-reviews.

As anonumous pointed out, Harvard has already conducted their interviews and told him that decisions will come out at the end of the month. I expect to receive my rejection letter either by email or postal service, or both, by the first or second week of March. Sending out the rejection notices are the last thing they do, as part of the application process. I actually applied to Harvard in a previous year, I remember receiving the rejection letter by postal service some time in early March. I believe Yale and UPenn will follow the pattern I mentioned above. I haven't heard anything from Brown's Classics department. Scipio told us that he knew someone who got an offer for their ancient history program, ​who applied through the Classics department. I don't know what that means for the applicants to the Classics graduate Program. Anyone here have any leads or inklings on Brown's Classics graduate program for this application year?

Thank you everyone! I'll give it a shot. Hope you are all doing well.

I do, but I am not sure if I should email him. I don't want to look presumptuous or overeager or anything like that. I also don't want to breach protocol, if that can be taken as a breach of protocol or something. Has anyone else in the History applicants emailed their POI ahead of time? If I do send that email, what should I say? How do I word my question?

Oh, ok then. Thanks so much for your help!

Hello Everybody! Hope you don't mind me dropping in. I'm an applicant to the Classics PHD program at Brown. I saw that there was a couple of people who had heard back from Brown's history department. Has anybody here heard anything from their Joint program in Ancient History? I know that the Classics department and the History department at Brown work on that program together. And there hasn't been any news at all from the Classics Department, neither in the Forums or the search results page. So I was wondering if anyone her has applied to the ancient history program, or has heard anything from the ancient history program? Since there has been no information from the Classics department, I was wondering if there were any applicants that might have heard anything from the ancient history program at Brown. I figure that this was the closest I could get to hearing some news about the Classics department, since these two departments work on the ancient history program together.

Hello Everybody! Hope you don't mind me dropping in. I'm an applicant to the Classics PHD program at Brown. I saw that there was a couple of people who had heard back from Brown's history department. Has anybody here heard anything from their Joint program in Ancient History? I know that the Classics department and the History department at Brown work on that program together. And there hasn't been any news at all from the Classics Department, neither in the Forums or the search results page. So I was wondering if anyone her has applied to the ancient history program, or has heard anything from the ancient history program? Since there has been no information from the Classics department, I was wondering if there were any applicants that might have heard anything from the ancient history program at Brown. I figure that this was the closest I could get to hearing some news about the Classics department, since these two departments work on the ancient history program together.

Congratulations Birchleaf!!! I'll just keep waiting. It is nice to see people posting, and knowing which schools I didn't get into, even if the schools themselves haven't given me notice.

Thanks for the encouraging words everyone. Like I said, I have had nothing but positive experiences so far on this website. As such, I'll try not to bring down the general mood with my pessimism. I'm just trying to stay positive, despite the lack of good news. And I do think that Universities like the are moving at their usual pace, even in the Ivy League schools in the North East U.S. We just aren't getting much information on this website. I see from the search page that Yale and NYU has sent out acceptances, and with the news we got from Harvard, Penn and Brown, my list of schools are growing smaller and smaller.

I thought that this might be the case. But like anonymous said, Harvard did interviews on February 7th, and the snowstorm was already in full swing at that time. Besides, what with the technology like Skype and Email we have at our disposal, and the fact that there are no electricity blackouts in the USA Northeast, I don't think the weather is the case. I'm just wondering if schools are moving at the same schedules as the previous years, and we just aren't hearing about it on this website. Oh well.

I think you're right poliorkein. I just wish that I had something, any kind of news. I was really hoping from some leads, since there seemed to be information available in the previous years on this site. I guess it's just the luck of this year, that we are applying for an academic year when information is scarce. Oh well, back to waiting! Hope you all are doing well.

This year seems to be very quiet, as in, there doesn't seem to be much information coming from the search results page. Previous years, results from interview requests and such were always being posted by this time, especially for the Ivy League schools. This year, no one has reported any results from these schools, and the only way we've found out anything is through the Forums. In previous years, we would have found out something by now, just by searching the results page. It looks like the results page isn't very informative this year. I wonder why information isn't coming as quickly this year. Is it because people aren't using the GradCafe results page very much this year? Or are schools being more secretive?

Hello! Has anyone heard from Brown, by any chance? I know somebody has posted an interview offer from their ancient history department, but I was wondering if anyone has heard anything else from them?

No Problem! It is nice to talk to someone, especially since I have no good news right now. In fact, day after day I keep realizing that I need to take another school off my list. And I still haven't gotten any good news yet. But there is still hope, I suppose. And to quote Andy Dufresne "hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."

Ah, that's good for me to know. At least now I know I can take Harvard off my list. Better to have this information now, rather than later.

But for the time being, I'm still waiting to hear from Schools. As of today, I have already received a rejection from Stanford. And I am giving up on Yale, UPenn, Brown, NYU and WashU.