Katia_chan

Woke up to a rejection Email from Northwestern. Since they started calling Friday, I can't say it came as a surprise, but I'm still disappointed. Here's to the other 7... But at least they're nice enough not to withhold rejections for months and leave us all wondering.

Me too. The phone is silent, but I still can't set them aside. Last year their rejections seemed to come right around the same time as their acceptances...so maybe we will know soon. Good luck!

I haven't either. And there is a possibility that 3 of my schools have started notifying (I say "possibility" because it seems way too early for one of them, so I'm suspicious/delusional). I actually had to stop going to the results page altogether, and only allow myself to come to the forum once every day or two, because the waiting was driving me into emotional breakdowns. But I'm living in hope until someone comes along to crack my bubble. Implicit rejections can screw themselves--if I haven't seen the rejection letter, it aint true *puts fingers in ears*

Northwestern is calling. I can't take my phone off silent...I just can't. I hate phone notifications so much...it's so much easier to look away from my Email. I'm going to go gibber in private now.

I so do. Though I have resisted the temptation to link my "Grad apps" Email to my phone, and remind myself that that way lies madness every time I'm tempted. But, alternatively, I've started putting my phone on silent for no reason for hours at a time, and get irrationally upset when I see I have a missed call and it's a number I recognize. My mother has received many of my internal grumblings which she does not deserve...

Hello, all I guess this is sort of a re-intro. This is my third application season, and I didn't come here much last time around because it tends to make me an anxious mess. But I was already having a panic attack today, so it didn't seem like it would do much harm. I've been trying to be very zen this time around, as I do have a teaching job in the fall should all else fail. But I miss school--this was the first year in 22 that I haven't been in some school, and I want to go back. Not to mention the bank-breaking apps do every year. And...I'd like to be the one receiving congratulations-mixed-with-soul-sucking-envy, instead of giving it, for once. Anyway...I really didn't have much more to say than that. I'm going to go back to refreshing the results page now. Good luck to everyone here; there are some awesome people on this forum.

I really, really just have to second/third/millionth the props for BBC Sherlock. The first season was amazing, and the second blew my freaking mind. It's probably been one of the best things I've seen in the last few years (I may or may not be a little obsessed, take this commendation as you will). Otherwise North and South was really fantastic, and the LoTR movies took over my entire summer.

Um, so I'm very confused. I got a rejection directly from Pamela Caughi about a month ago, telling me there wasn't room etc, and that I could apply to the MA if I so chose. So I checked my mail today (waiting to hear from my last school,) and...letter from Loyola...an acceptance letter from Loyola. I don't understand. I wasn't on a waitlist or anything, it was a flatout rejection. And this letter definitely said acceptance to the PHD program, even if it was a conditional one. Anyone have any clues what this might be about?

I don't know if this is for everyone, but results seem to be up on ISIS. Best of luck to folks. I'm off to lick a few wounds and slightly-less-excitedly check the mail to see about my last 2 options.

I'm trying to stay optimistic too, probably leading to a horrid crash and burn later this week. But as someone said elsewhere on this thread, there's no guarantee how the acceptances were made, so there could be letters in the mail or something. And I'd say, for those of us who haven't heard anything yet, there did seem to be that slew of rejections this weekend. I'd say not being on that is a decent sign, and am clinging to "no news is good news" at this point. Mostly because I can't spare the mental energy to fall into a pit of despair just now, but there you go.

They really need to get their act together. I mean, not that I'm eager to get any form of rejection, but every Email noise I get makes me twitchy, and the fact that I get no mail on weekends (stupid college campus) makes me neurotic until Monday, when I storm the mailbox.

I've gone from being a nervous wreck, to a very "meh" state. I've gotten 2 rejections, and while they were both good programs, and ones I would have liked to go to, I was not as upset as I expected. I think maybe part of that was resignation; my confidence has been utterly absent during this whole process. But now one of my top choices is making decisions, and I haven't heard a word, so I'm back at being ready to throw up with anxiety. I think getting rejected from this program would be one of the decisions that would really hurt my heart. It's a good location, faculty look pretty good, and I just really liked the feel I got from them. Does anyone else feel like this process is making them a bipolar mess?

Ok, cue me officially freaking out. This is one of my top choices too. And they don't seem to be consistent at all about the way they're notifying...way to twist the nerves Iowa, way to twist the nerves. Also, random question, but on anyone else's Isis, is the "Email:" slot blank? They've sent me mail, when I submitted my application, but that spot on my admissions profile is empty, and I feel like that shouldn't be...

Congratulations! That school looks wonderful, and if you decide to go, I hope it's fantastic. [Also, rereading my previous post, I realized I sounded very snippy. That was *not* directed at anyone. I should stay away from the boards when I have unrelated grad school crises. ]

I'm pretty sure the secretary said they wouldn't be making notifications until March 7...I'm really confused, and thrown for a loop. Colleges need to stop this, or people need to stop messing with the results board. But if it was someone legit, I definitely send lots of congrats.

There's a hawkeye ID and password in that letter they sent out [i got mine in early February,] and you go to the uiowa homepage, click ISIS, and then enter those numbers etc in. There's a link for admissions profile, and you click that, and it'll probably say "admissions decision: in progress." I don't know how quickly before or after a decision this is updated, but it's something else to check compulsively. I'm a medievalist too, so hopefully we both get in, and can end up in the same department. I hope you hear something really soon, and I hope it's good news!

I'm wondering the same thing...I've been checking my ISIS thing at least thrice daily. On the results page for last year, it doesn't look like they did a lot of their notifying until March or so. So I don't think we should be in complete and utter panic yet, even though we probably all are. There's still a little time before breakdowns should occur.

It was an outright rejection, unfortunately, even though this MA thing is making me feel like it was a half-assed rejection at that. And the whole thing galls me a little, but I also have a prof there I'd really like to work with and get to know, so it might not be the worst thing, especially since she says the program is only a year. Do you have any idea what the protocol for this would be? Do I have to make my decision about whether I want to be considered for the MA right away? I suppose it can't hurt to be considered, and then make a yes or no decision of whether I want to be in the program at a later time. But this is the first place I've heard from, so I don't want to commit to too much.

So, more weirdness on Loyola's part. I got an Email from the DGS today, saying there's no room in the PH.D for me, but "the committee recommended you for the MA." Unlike the post above, she says the MA is "generally unfunded," but says she could move my application there, so I wouldn't have to go through the application process again. I don't know how to feel about this [talk about an anticlimactic Email decision,] and wanted to know what you all thought. I'm also wondering, when she says "considered," but also "recommended," if that means I'd just be reapplying for the MA, or if it means that I'd definitely be accepted there. Not that I'm sure if I want to, with no funding. So yeah, confused, and a little disappointed. But at the moment, mostly confused.

I've got the same problem. And it has made me so very compulsive; every Email I freak out. Hopefully we'll start hearing something fairly soon, to avoid the inevitable snapping that's bound to occur.

I know the feeling! The occasional acceptance sneaks onto the results page, and I have a mini panic attack. Almost none of my schools have notified anyone, and no one's sent me a thing, rejection or otherwise. One place has been notifying for a good solid week now, I know people who've gotten rejections and acceptances alike from there, and their silence is killing me.

That doesn't bode well...sigh. Guess we'll see soon how this pans out, even if they are being shady. Good luck to everyone!

It's good to hear this, except I'm a little concerned, because I didn't get the Email. Weird...

The worst, I think, is for those of us who haven't heard from any schools, but keep hearing about everyone's rejections and acceptances. We don't even have the comfort that our own personal letter flows have started. I know, for my part, as soon as I heard quite a few schools were starting to notify, I turned into a major headcase. But I definitely agree, hearing nothing at all is good, as long as the people around you aren't starting to hear and you're not. Ignorance must be complete for it to be blissful. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go check my status on 5 different websites.

Haha, that website is ridiculously confusing! I spent several hours there the other day, even before coming here for answers. I very much appreciate your digging, and I'm glad to have the chance to still apply. I don't plan to linger there for the D.Phil or the M.phil [i'd like to be able to come back here and do a PHD.] Now, to figure out that funding...sigh.