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I posted the Temple acceptance - it was a really bare-bones letter from the graduate school in the mail. Basically it just said 'Welcome! Talk to your department.' I haven't heard anything else yet.

I wrote a thesis for the Honors College and for a departmental program, and I'm glad I did. Like diehtch0ke, though, I didn't use it for my writing sample because it was only partially related to what I wanted to do in grad school, and a new project gave me a big talking point. I have a double major in English and Classics, and it must have pleased one or two people at the schools that accepted/wait-listed me because it's had a huge influence on my English work and interests, and I talked about it a lot. But since I also have a lot of rejections, I'm still convinced a lot of it comes down to whether or not somebody just plain old likes your writing sample and SOP.