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I removed myself from the waitlist at Iowa (Ph.D.) and Delaware (M.A.), and declined offers from Mizzou (M.A.) and Michigan State (M.A.). Attending: OHIO STATE, BABY!!!

I've heard from some professors who have served on adcoms that sometimes GRE scores come into play during final admissions decisions stages in "everything else held equal" situations--i.e., they need to decide between two seemingly identical applicants. I'm not saying that I think it's the best policy, but apparently it can (and does) happen.

Thanks for keeping us posted, byronlover, and congrats on officially accepting this wonderful offer!

P.S. I like corn.

Dear Iowa--Please put us waitlisters out of our misery. KTHXBYE.

Although I didn't apply to UC - Irvine, I find this post quite unsettling. But I definitely appreciate you looking out for us grad-school hopefuls, Blop!

To supplement DisneyLeith's helpful post, of course.

Thanks for keeping us posted, byronlover, and best of luck!

Are there any "English specific" bits of advice we can include in this thread?

I keep checking "Waitlisters' Paradise," only to have my ship of hope violently dashed against the rocks. . . to speak in understatement.

Not I. My ISIS status hasn't changed either. What about you?

Great insights, woolfie! *knuckle tap*

Everytime I see this thread, I start playing "Gangster's Paradise" in my head. . .

Thanks for the insight, margate. I guess I'll just have to wait and see. . .

Thanks for clearing things up, Rock, and sorry for any misunderstanding on my part. I'm glad to hear you're a fan of the reciprocal "complementary theory" we've discussed in this thread. *knuckle tap*

There was that one lone waitlisted via snail mail results board post. . .

Hmm. Thanks for this, woolfie. Most of the places I've found are in the Olde Town East area. Any insight there?

Woolfie, I thought I remembered you saying Victorian Village was pretty safe and pleasant? I'm doing prospective apartment searching now. . .

Point well taken, truckbasket. In fact, I have troubling viewing literature and rhet/comp as mutually exclusive; there's always some overlap, IMHO.

RockDenali, you seem doggedly determined to get a rise out of the literary studies folks, and I’m not entirely sure why. Granted, you could have meant for the comments you made to come across ironically, however they don’t naturally lend themselves to that interpretation. Whichever you intended, I’m surprised anyone who studies languages and communication (literature or rhet/comp) doesn’t take extra special care to guard tone while participating in an online forum, where the absence of intonation and body language in conversation increases the likelihood of miscommunication. In any case, I don’t know why seemingly apropos of nothing you’ve chosen to post antagonistic remarks in a thread where people are legitimately trying to provide the OP and others with helpful advice. We all have varying interests within the English discipline (none of which, in my opinion, maintain an inherently superior or inferior status to another, but contribute to a collective understanding of the language), and whether they’re literature, rhet/comp, Early Modern studies, Victorian studies, or flying carpet theory, there’s no need to discredit the posts of literary studies GCers (especially on the basis that we can’t seriously consider their input because they focus on literature rather than rhet/comp—which, speaking of argument analysis, I believe is an ad hominem.). Personally, I view rhet/comp methodology as critical to my literary studies approaches, so I take particular offense at some of the assumptions you make about scholars in my field. What’s more, setting one field against another is unnecessary, unproductive, and worst of all, destructive; as society continues to dismiss the relevance of the humanities, those of us who recognize and believe in their intrinsic value need to band together and endeavor to put our best intellectual foot forward for the sake of preserving the discipline. We don’t stand a chance if we’re constantly bickering among ourselves. I assure you that I’m not trying to pick a fight here, RockDenali. I’ve read some of your posts in other topics, and I sincerely appreciate your contributions. I think you’ve made many insightful, down-to-earth comments that others have undoubtedly found helpful—hence why I’m particularly confused by these aggressive bursts. Sorry for the monologue: I just want the sandbox to be as amiable an environment as possible.

Couldn't have said it better myself, Rhet Man.

Re: Benton Article--It's nice to know that one of the fantastic fortunates in the field who holds a tenure-track position didn't even really want to have a career in academe in the first place. . .

Me!

Does anyone happen to know how Urbana's waitlist works? All I can gather from the results board is that they have some sort of informal system (i.e. they don't notify waitlisted candidates until they have a definitive decision.)

That's awesome, ahlacruz! Congrats again!