mityak

That seems imprudent and little defeatist because at least a few schools out there have wait lists. I really take issue with Rutgers changing applicants's statuses on their website but not sending out emails for weeks afterward. They do it every year, and it's always in poor taste. Poor Cornell had that CC faux pas, too.

I don't really like the way fields are broken down. I'll say 19th/20th C American.

I had also assumed implicit rejection for about a week before I got the email. I don't really know that I have any information that would be helpful to you. The season is far from over.

I got in!

I applied, too. No need to fret until you get the skinny envelope.

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/29lavelle.html

The anxiety just hit me today. I've been too busy to think about it. This is the first time I've even checked TGC this year. On an unrelated note (but related to me wasting time at work), did you guys ever notice that staple removers look like little terrifying bat monsters?

I'm just wondering what kind of jobs you guys are doing if you've graduated and haven't yet matriculated into a grad program. I went 0/8 on PhD apps this year, so I will be working in IT for the summer. Who knows where I'll be come September? There's no real point to this thread except to divert myself from the tedium of my job that increasingly resembles Office Space.

I was rejected from PhD. but accepted to MA. There is no chance I'm going to drive myself deeper into debt. I'm confident that I'll get picked up by a PhD. program eventually. There's no sense in blowing $20,000 when two more application seasons would cost less (fewer?) than $2,000, assuming it takes me that long. Maybe my reasoning makes sense for you.

I still haven't heard anything from them. What should I be thinking? Please, give form to my madness.

I wasn't asking a question. The professors are good and the students are smart in VCS. Job placement is a real issue to consider though. That aspect guided my applications, and I haven't gotten any acceptances, unfortunately. Rochester is definitely not known for it's humanities but there are some really, really smart professors in the English department: a MacArthur fellow (Joanna Scott), a Breadloaf program professor (Jennifer Grotz) and a few flat-out geniuses in James Longenbach, Ken Gross and John Michael. I'll end my spiel on that, but you're right. The job placement is not great.