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10 is a lot! I applied to 6, and I was offered an acceptance! I was a bit concerned at first that I didn't apply to enough places, but I chose to focus only on places that were really good fits.

congratulations! what other schools are you waiting to hear from?

Congratulations!! I hear stony brook is a great program! I grew up close to there, on Long Island

I work the evening shifts for a UK based company, so I work until 2300. I was working on a Sunday, which is always super slow because it's the weekend in the UK. Sundays are especially tough for me in terms of waiting, because it's just a regular working day here, but I don't expect to hear anything because it's a weekend in the US. I was super depressed all day, just thinking really negative thoughts and really doubting that I'd get in anywhere. The whole week before people were getting acceptances to programs I applied for, but not the same exact program (ie PhD instead of MA/PhD, and I applied for a joint program, but people got in to the linguistics program). So I was really unsure about everything. 30min before my shift ends I get an email inviting me to the recruitment weekend. It was an unofficial acceptance, but still. Thankfully I was the only one in the office, because I burst into hysterical sobbing. I literally almost had a panic attack because I truly could not believe what I was reading. I called my parents hysterically crying. My mom was like "I cannot understand a word you are saying" so I just forwarded her the email. This was the program that I felt I had the least chance of getting in to, and one of my top choices. I still can't believe it.

Don't mind me, I'll just be here, refreshing my email every 5 minutes or so

Congrats to the UIUC MA acceptance! If you hang around here, would you mind telling me (in pm if you feel more comfortable ) who your POI is, and whether you applied for the MA with intent to continue to PhD, or not?

They didn't :(. But the email made it out to seem like it was an invitation specifically for the ANLI applicants. I'm dying to know how many ANLI people will be admitted/were invited as in the past there's been some small cohorts for the program (only 1 in 2014!). I'll let you know if I get any answers

That was me!!! So excited! I wasn't technically admitted yet. I'm applying for the joint anthropology and linguistics program. The email said that the admissions process isn't complete but that it's "very likely" that I will be admitted. I very nearly had a stroke on the spot. Admissions or not I am just excited to have made it this far!

Thanks for your response! Yeah it makes sense that it would take longer. I'm just psyching myself out by spending too much time on gradcafe *fingers crossed*

Yellow Tail Shiraz is one of my favorite low price wines. No, my favorite. My parents used to buy it all the time when I was a kid, and it kept me great company on prom night (watching bridget jones' diary and drinking wine instead of going to prom). It's so cheap in the states, but here it's like $15 a bottle if not more, and sort of difficult to find. I don't like any of the cheap wines here Anyone else been sinking into fantasy in order to avoid the stress of applications? Unfortunately I just finished watching Buffy and Angel (my first time!) so now I'm looking for some good fantasy to sink my teeth into. Except that I'm actually still super busy with first semester exams and papers. After feb 11th I'll be more free, though. I'm thinking of rereading the outlander books and rewatching the show. Next semester I'm writing a paper on Scottish Gaelic, and so I can pretend that it's ~educational watching~. but yeah. Fantasy is what keeps me sane during these trying times.

Hey there! I saw on one of your other posts that you're in the ANLI program. I applied to the ANLI program. Do you happen to know if decisions have been made for this program as well? I sort of assume (hope! since I didn't get an email) that it takes longer because it's a joint program. Thanks!

I also applied to the MA (with intent to continue to phd) so I wonder...a couple of more acceptances/wait lists have been added but all for the PhD. Then again it could be that it is people who applied for MA with intent to pursue phd who just listed it as phd instead of MA. Either way, I'm sort of freaking out. I really am starting to panic and think I won't get in anywhere

soooo....if someone got waitlisted to UIUC does that mean that they've sent out all their decisions? because so far there's been that one acceptance and that's it. If the person who's gotten waitlisted sees this, who is your POI? And did you have some sort of skype interview? arghhhhh!!! ~anxiety~

On my SOP I wrote "amendable" instead of "amenable".... I know what both words mean, and use them often in writing, but haven't actually ever heard them said out loud. So I thought the second vowel in "amenable" was pronounced like the second vowel in "amendable". Turns out it's more like the vowel in mean. But I don't know if this is a dialectical thing, or I just don't know how to pronounce the word. Either way, that's why I made that typo. Hoping that after reading dozens of these SOPs, the adcomm reads it fast enough to glaze over that mistake. I just don't want to give them any excuse to think that maybe I should have taken TOFEL after all.

Technically I am a domestic student (cuz I have American citizenship) so I'm still hoping that it's a matter of certain subfields. And Pam Beddor is not my POI, so that gives me a teensy bit of hope.

So I just saw in the results thread that people got interview invites for one of my top choices (u mich, linguistics). *sigh*. I'm trying to tell myself that maybe I should wait until Monday before understanding that I've been rejected. When I first started this process a lot of people were sort of suggesting that it was a stretch for me and chances are that I wouldn't be accepted. My biggest fear was that no one would even talk to me and that my application would cease to be considered immediately. Then I had a skype interview with one of my top choices (UCSB). I got rejected ultimately, but it gave me the confidence that maybe my application was worth *something*. Now that doubt is creeping back in and I'm starting to think that something isn't enough. Or that UCSB was the only place to think I was worth something.

It was one of me and my brother's favorites as kids, too. During BBQs (and sometimes dinner, too) we would just eat whole onions. (on the grill, so not exactly raw....)

same here Though I'm giving it until Monday to assume the worst. Could be that they didn't send out all the invites yet, or that only certain POIs sent them out. And that the rest will be sent on Monday. Don't mind me in my corner of sweet, sweet denial.

welcome! now you can be nervously waiting with us If you don't mind me asking, what factors do you think led to you not getting in where you wanted the first time around? and what changed? just curious because I'm a first time applier and I definitely have many moments of "wtf were you thinking, there's no way you'll get in". So then I think about what to do differently if I have to reapply. (and then I have good days, too, where I imagine my grad school life in various states)

That's so weird! I wonder why it's like that? Oh well. Meanwhile yesterday I got an email from Illinois, but it was just to fill out their survey. My heart nearly jumped to my throat.

congrats to the person who got accepted to UIUC! I'm sweatin' here. The deadline was on the 5th; how are they getting back to people so early?! unless they begin to review apps before the deadline, if you submit them early. Which I guess makes sense. On my last app now, for Arizona (the ANLI program). This is the app that's giving me the most anxiety. And I just realized that my grades from my 1st year soc/anth double major is not reflected on my transcript for some weird weird reason. Obviously these grades are hella important for this specific program, and I don't know if I can fix the problem and get the new transcripts in time for the Friday deadline. So that sucks. But on the bright side, on Friday (or before!) I'll be able to officially say I'm done with these apps (ok ok, unless I decide to apply for Tulane).

I took your tone as "this is the kind of research we do in my field and I'm getting excited letting you know about it" which is an awesome tone. This probably happens a lot in sociology, when topics like these are mentioned. Some people's research passions just so happen to be related to "hot topics". The same thing happens to me when people start talking about language, but they usually state a really popular misconception and I have a hard time being patient. Anyways, what I'm saying is that often times in the social sciences the stuff we are passionate about are topics of every day conversation, so it's totally understandable to offer an academic perspective. That reminds me that one of my happiest moments was when someone ASKED me "is there any such thing as a difficult language?" instead of assuming that there is. I got so excited I nearly dropped my tea.

The deadline was December 1st. I was also surprised that they got back to me so soon. Seems like they're trying to send out invites for the campus visit/interview weekend before the holidays, which makes sense, since the website states that it's sometimes in January. On the other hand I just spoke to a post-doc (who is my sociolinguistic lecturer) and he said that when he applied like 6 years ago they only invited those that they accepted. But on the website it says "short-listed" people are invited. So I really don't know. I'm happy I don't have any apps due the next week or two so that I can properly be a bundle of nerves over hearing back from them.

So um, anyone else applying to UCSB? I was very surprised to hear back a few days ago from a POI requesting a Skype conversation. I think the conversation went well. I was told that in the next week or two they would be getting back to people regarding "where their application stands", but I don't really know what this means. I see on the website it says that all short-listed applicants are invited to a campus visit in January, so maybe this informal interview was to determine who they're going to invite or not? I'm (pleasantly) surprised by how soon I heard back from them. Of course I keep doubting the things that I said in the informal interview, and generally being anxious about it. I think I have some ability, usually, to tell if these things go well or not, but I really had a tough time telling either way. Anyway, has anyone else had similar contact from UCSB?

Hey there! I'm also applying from abroad from a 3 year undergrad program :). Yeah one of my professors said "I can't think of any reason why you wouldn't get in to all of the places you apply"......because reality?! hah! She just wanted to be really encouraging, and I actually really appreciated it even though I knew that she wasn't exactly saying that based on knowing how strong I am as an applicant. Anyways, I've posted here before, but here's my updated list (sort of in terms of preference? definitely top two, after that...not sure): UCSB (due on Tuesday! Waiting for one recommender to come through and then hit submit!), University of Arizona (joint Anthropology and linguistics), UIUC, CUNY, University of Pittsburgh, Tulane. My interests are in sociolinguistics/linguistic anthropology. Specifically language choice in multilingualism, socially meaningful variation in language contact. Stuff like that. Good luck to everyone!! ^-^