michaelgi
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13 hours ago, kyjin said:
I'm a current student at USC, and we do usually have a few people move from waitlist to accepted. Depends on the year, but I think the last few years have had at least one or two? It depends how many from the initial round choose to say yes. Just remember that you may be waiting right up to April 15th; I actually got in on the waitlist for Michigan on decision day my year!
Thanks a lot, that makes me feel slightly better. I was treating it as a 99% no, but perhaps there's some hope for me yet. Either way, I'm taking it as assurance that my application wasn't just thrown in the bin as soon as they looked at it, so that's nice!
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I've had an e-mail from the DoGS at USC letting me know that I was on the wait-list, the results survey tells me that there is another American historian who is in the same boat. Whoever you are, if you're listening I'd love to find out which sub-field you're interested in? We can compare notes and lose our minds together! For anyone else, any idea how often people make it from the wait-list to the starting line-up? I appreciate that this obviously differs from program to program, but any information as a way to manage expectations would be very helpful.
For everyone else out there, stay strong!
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Excellent stuff, this is now my third go at PhD applications so here's hoping for better luck. Modern US history (with all the dire prospects that come with that). Would love to speak to some fellow travellers and get the ball rolling!
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michaelgi - What school are you attending in the UK? I'm also thinking about applying to school in the UK.
I'm going to be starting at Northumbria in September, middle of the road university but the American History team is quite strong - working with Joe Street/Brian Ward - plus it's where I hail from!
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Hi Folks, I will be participating in this round of History PhD application season. My area of focus is specifically the activism of Black women during the Civil Rights Movement and generally Modern US and African American History. I am geographically focused on the US South. I am currently working on a MA in African American Studies from Ohio State.
I had a failed application season for PhD's last time out and I'm about to embark on an MA in African-American History in the UK, but will be re-applying for 2016. What's your list of schools looking like? It'd be interesting to compare.
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Have they let most of those candidates know already though? Saw a bunch on the results page a couple of weeks or so if I'm not mistaken (very easy considering how much I've been drinking recently).
It looks like they've let all their acceptances know, and will be notifying the rejected/waitlisted this week. Don't take that as gospel though, I could be wrong.
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I just hope that UPenn and Columbia put me out of my misery by sending out formal rejection letters tomorrow so I can finally cross them off of my list...
According to the Grad Director who I spoke to, Columbia have already completed their admissions process, so they'll be notifying this week. Only 8% of candidates admitted!
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So I had set out today as the day that I chased Grad Admissions with regards to my applications and here is the info I've managed to get: rejections from Rutgers, CUNY and Columbia, all of whom have now completed their admissions process for a PhD History program. So if you're still awaiting reply like I was, I'm afraid that it's bad news. However NYU or CUNY haven't yet made final decisions on their applications so there is still hope!
Here's hoping there's better news for others this week...
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I think out of all the schoold from which I haven't heard, only two have not made any acceptances yet (or at least that haven posted on the results page, those are UMich and UPenn, so I've sort of come to terms with the fact that those are the only two for which I still have a chance. At this point, I just want to know, whatever the answer may be, so I can start making solid moving plans and get on with my life. Not knowing is killing me, even if I already have choices.
A million times this, I feel your pain!
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Would love to know the breakdown by fields. US especially.
Yep I second this! Your time to shine, hazelmoor...
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I see your location as UK and I am sure you are going through the same experience of angst that I am being abroad during the process. It's a hard process to go through in general and, at least from my perspective here in Russia, it can all seem very gloomy at times (though admittedly in my case that might be because I live in a country in deep economic crisis where anti-Americanism is the new cultural setting of many people). All that we can do is hope that someone sees the value in our applications and offers us a place. As many people have said on this forum, a rejection is not usually a rejection of your abilities or achievements so much as of your 'fit.' I have had hours long Skype conversations with potential advisors who have read my work and love it; however, if the admissions committee does not think that you have the proper fit the potential advisor's opinion of your value as a scholar does not always help with admission. This is a relatively arbitrary process (due to the many factors which various programmes put emphasis on) and being outside the country, and all the difficulties that are associated with that, make the process seem even more arbitrary. All we can do is hope that we have the 'proper' fit with one of the programmes to which we applied and get that fateful email (or phone call, or letter, or carrier pigeon). Until then, we can but wait.
(BTW I've yet to be accepted anywhere yet, though have had a rejection from UC, Berkeley which means I've yet to hear from 4 schools)
Thanks for the reply, that's it, isn't it, it all feels so detached so no news is worse than confirmed rejections at the moment, it feels like you've been forgotten about! But yes, it's all we can do to try and not lose faith simply on account of no contact and simply put it down to 'fit' and bureaucracy. What's your focus chtodelat?
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I've had absolutely no news whatsoever, no admits nor rejections. I'm going to take this as evidence that I haven't got in anywhere? The radio silence is excruciating.
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OK guys so the wait is really getting to me now...
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Hopefully it brings everyone good cheer and success.
Anyone working on any personal research projects while they wait for decisions to be released?
I certainly am, working on an in-the-works travelling exhibition here in the UK telling untold stories of unheralded individuals in the Civil Rights Movement, and how the Movement had a direct impact here in the UK. It's pretty amazing and keeping me occupied while I wait.. and wait.... and wait.....
Anybody else?
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Thanks for the shared experience JTE, funnily enough just after I posted I received a reply stating that my Sample/Resume were missing! Which I completely believe was a mistake because I am obsessive to the point of neuroticism when triple and quadruple checking my apps before I submitted. Either way I've uploaded them again I just hope it doesn't cock the whole thing up! Oh well...
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Hi all, I am a newbie poster who regularly stalks. I'm just coming on because I've just had a strange experience with Rutgers and wondered whether anybody has had anything similar. I'm at full anxiety mode so I'm probably making mountains out of molehills as they say. On Friday I had an e-mail from the uni stating that my application was currently under review and that it was incomplete, to follow the link to make changes to it and upload supporting docs. Well having looked through the application I sent off and having followed said link there was nothing incomplete about it? I'm a little worried about it and they haven't replied to my inquisitive e-mail. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Would hate to miss out on an opportunity over something so minuscule. Cheers!
Favorite Rejection Quotes from the Results Page
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This my third cycle and I've only just discovered this thread. This is an excellent time, keep 'em coming!