subzoo

ouch

I can't believe I'm posting here, since I have nothing to do with Minnesota, and you'll probably find this out soon enough, but there actually was a Minnesota waitlisting reported.

Thanks, relieved to hear that. Incidentally, a theory of mine, based on the fact that Buffalo is apparently still reviewing applications, despite having made a number of decisions already: maybe some of these schools reserve one last wave of decisions, to be made after they've gotten some idea of how many of the accepted students will actually be enrolling. That way, instead of making, say, 10 offers of admission and 30 waitlistings, they can decide that, since they've already got 6 people enrolling, they'll only need to waitlist 15 people or so. In any case, as I've said elsewhere, it seems strange to me that the adcoms can have finalized their decisions when they don't even know how many of the students they've accepted will be enrolling - unless they have a huge waitlist, but in general there are very few waitlistings reported on the results page. I've certainly lost some faith in the reports about schools having finished making offers, because I personally contacted a DGS at a school reported to be finished, who said they were still reviewing apps.

I don't want to get anyone's hopes up here, but I received (by request) an e-mail from the Graduate Secretary in the English department at Rochester, and she simply said that they are on break this week, and that the adcom should finalize its decisions and send letters out next week. Frankly, I don't see how any of these schools can have truly finalized their decisions until they know how many spots they have open - which depends largely on how many of the accepted students enroll.

To SUNY Buffalo applicants: it's a little late for this now, but, when you check your status on the website, does it tell you whether or not your supporting documents have been received? Mine only says "not reviewed," but it says on the "Help" page that it should also inform you of the receipt of supporting documents.

seems like a great letter to me, the professor sounds like a very cool person

I'm just a PhD candidate, but I still haven't heard a word from Cornell. Anyone in the same boat?

But it's Friday already, and I haven't received a rejection letter yet, and I'm only an hour away from Rochester. (sorry to nag, chalk it up to desperation.)

Have they already notified people if they've been waitlisted?

I don't understand; did the grad sec. imply that they had sent out all their acceptances, and only had rejection letters left to send? Or will they send out acceptance letters March 15-19 as well?

However much we may disagree, Subzoo, I appreciate the fact that you’ve stood your ground and kept this entertaining back-and-forth going . It has provided a welcome relief from the stress of waiting to hear from grad schools.

I suppose that answers my first query well enough.

Would you mind pointing out exactly where I've stated that a) I hate academia; I don't want to be a scholar; and c) I want to be the next J.D. Salinger?