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With Stanford at least I know their welcome week is in April, so we've got another two weeks before that becomes really anxiety inducing I think. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you for Brown though. They may just be really behind this year. My own rejection from Columbia stung some because I was also wait listed at the Grad Center the same day. It would have been really really nice to not have to move out of NYC. I have some implied rejections from Chicago and Berkeley. Berkeley was the hardest though, even over Columbia.

Yes, congrats to the new admits!! It's hard to keep track of you all because of classes, but it's nice to see happy news. I completely agree about the unsolicited heart attacks that both cuny and Chicago have given me. It's pretty reprehensible in my opinion.

I've seen this one, which is moderately more useful than usnews. http://m.chronicle.com/article/NRC-Rankings-Overview-English/124728/

I'm not really sure personally. My gre scores are horrible. I don't mind sharing, because I think it's important to remember that these numbers do not reflect us, our drive, or our ability to do academic research. 163/143/4.0 and a pitiful 500 something in the subject. I do think that there's a correlation between high gre scores and acceptances, but it may just be resources/time/prep instead of numbers. It's potential they look for and you can't quantify potential. Also, throwing my hat in for a Columbia rejection. Seems as though there's quite a few of us. *hugs*

Congrats to the Brown admits!! I'm one of the cuny wait lists, but I'll most likely be removing myself from the list.

Hooray!!

Yay! That's definitely good news!

Alright!! Congrats!

For me personally it's exactly what WT said. I wasn't in the first round of acceptances and so I assume there will be a rejection in my email at some point. It's just for my own sanity so I can focus on the programs that haven't announced anything yet.

Yes, I thought I was anxious before, but I just had not been open to the idea of what real anxiety is. Now I know.

congrats obrial42!

I can't upvote you WT, but you deserve all of them. I can't imagine taking this step without being well informed about what the prospects are for gaining a TT job. Personally, the 5-6 years of guaranteed funding is much higher than the wages I'd been making for my last thirteen years in the workforce, so in that sense, it is also a step up economically, and I suspect I'm not alone in this. I've thought of a number of things I want to do after my PhD, and while gaining a TT job is one of them, it certainly isn't the only one. I plan on making sure I gain a number of other important skills for my resume while I'm in the program so that I can make myself a candidate for other career choices other than teaching.

Congrats!

I know I had considered applying to this: http://www.andover.edu/summersessionoutreach/ifroteachers/pages/default.aspxand the application isn't due until April 1st. I also looked into some paid internships in editing over the summer like at Ferrar, Straus, and Giroux http://us.macmillan.com/fsg/about There's also a list floating around here on fully funded MA in English programs which I had started going through to find ones close-ish with late deadlines. That being said, I wish you all the best of luck in these next couple of weeks.

What seeing an acceptance on the results page for your school and program feels like: and then there is nothing in your inbox: But you remember: And at the end of day you remember: you're going to fight till the end.

Congrats!!

Yay!! More good news! Congratulations!

Congrats Lycidas!!

Congratulations fancypants!!

Congrats Scribnera!!

Thanks so much for finding this WT, I had also been looking for it. I'm also sorry to see the all the red from UCLA. I hope there will be good news soon for all of you.

I know right?! I found out about gradcafe a year ago when I was getting serious about applying. It just magically appeared on my radar. I think though, that I would have been just as anxious without gradcafe. Here at least there's a "we're all in this together" sort of vibe, rather than being isolated and constantly checking my email/making sure my phone ringer was on/etc.

I ended up asking my adviser because I was really uncertain about this too. She suggested I respond with how thrilled I was to being admitted and that I looked forward to visiting the campus. She said that they know students are still waiting to hear from other schools, but that acknowledging the email with a positive vibe is a good thing.

Yay!! Congratulations!!

I hope you'll all hear some good news soon.