Warelin

I found that curious indeed. I've also seen it happen with other schools that people were previously discussing.

It's a shame that people don't post more information at times. Scores? Subfield? Publications? Teaching experience? MA degree? Favorite color? (Fine, the last one may not be relevant.)

And so the UPenn acceptances begin.

I think one of the most important things to realize is that there is a possibility that your interests may change. If they do change, is one school more likely to have a strength in things you currently have a side interest in? Schools in the top 20 generally do a good job of placing nationally. But the job crisis has caused a few shifts. Have you looked at where those schools have placed recently? Would you be happy at those types of areas/schools? Some programs struggle more than others with funding. More recently, UW-Madison have had budget cuts. http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2016/may/25/scott-walker/scott-walker-who-cut-funds-wisconsin-university-sy/ http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2016/03/university_of_wisconsin_and_the_aftermath_of_destroying_professor_tenure.html CUNY did face funding threats but it's been restored: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/03/28/cuomo-drops-plan-deep-cut-cuny Unfortunately, Public schools do have a higher chance of being cut off from state aid. When making a decision (with great fits), I'd consider the chances of funding issues in the future. If a school threatens to cut off tenure, there may not be a possibility that the professor you'd like to work with would be there in a few years. Are both packages full funding for your entire time there? Are there events in either place that you would like to do one day? Does one host a certain conference you'd like to present at? Could you live with both lifestyles? I don't see any reason to not e-mail the DGS about the possibility of doing work in other departments. I think it's fair to say that most programs now encourage interdisciplinary work.

I still have to teach and go to class so I'd guess yes.

Some people reported receiving results last Friday. There's a possibility that they aren't done notifying as some programs tend to stretch out acceptances over 2-3 days.

Dr. Martha Dana Rust at NYU has a focus in memory studies.

It's possible that the program has accepted people who aren't on GradCafe. Programs tend to notify rejections after acceptances.

If I remember correctly, the essays are graded by machine and by a human grader. The average (rounded up? down?) of the two determines your final score. If there's more than a point difference, another human grader is brought in to determine the score.

Needing to find new roommates in 2-3 months because your previous ones decided that they'd like to start a family.

Sometimes, programs don't have a ranked waiting list and instead divide it by subfield. If that's the case, they may be waiting for someone to reject before offering it to the next person in the subfield. They may do this in order to make their "prestige" higher by keeping the admits low. Others may do this due to funding concerns or to make sure that they don't have too many people in one specific subfield enroll or to make sure that too many people get the same adviser. Others may indeed leave it up to the graduate school to decide which often has their own schedule of things that must be done. There are lots of things going on behind the scenes that we may not be aware of.

I think Wyatt brings up several good points. I'd also like to add that acceptances anywhere aren't guaranteed by any means. Where you get into right now may not accept you two cycles from now. With that being said, what is your ultimate goal? If you're aiming for a R1 school then there's a good chance that you'll need a top 10 program. If the goal is a liberal arts, community college, or anything else, then the prestige of the college matters less than your teaching experience. Alternatively, you could take the MA program, develop your skills, do presentations and see how you change within the two years which is something that a PHD program wouldh't allow you to experience otherwise. You might find that your work interests and style do change. You may find that there are programs that are a better fit. You may realize that you may not even want to pursue a PHD. Or it may make you want to try a post-graduate fellowship or you may decide that you want to teach high school. There is no right or wrong answer but the Master degree can be pretty life changing by itself.

Congrats on your acceptance!

Aww. Thanks =) I have your avatar pic so associated with you that I forgot it's a tribute to Testudo. It will be interesting to see you sport a new avatar and name.

On the bright side, by this time next year; you'll be enrolled in a PHD program while you watch me struggle with waiting for decisions. This year off of applications hasn't kept me away from TGC.

In other news, it seems like Princeton rejections are starting to go out today per the results page.

I'd advise against contacting them. Admissions committees are extremely busy with other tasks and it can be seen as a huge turnoff from programs to be contacted inquiring about status updates.

Both schools are well-sought after schools on both the undergraduate and graduate level. Both schools are ranked 8th under USNew's ranking for English so it's hard to distinguish them. While Cornell is an Ivy-League, it's important to remember that it just refers to the sports conference that it belongs to. Cornell has about 3x as many undergrads than Chicago does, but Chicago is in the 3rd biggest city in the US if that makes a difference for you. Chicago tends to be less rainier and gets less snow than Ithaca. In turn, Ithaca has slightly less expensive food and less traffic.

Go through all English results and report all conversations not reporting an actual result. I think it resulted in 500 results of spam disappearing. :/

Congratulations on your acceptance and clean sweep. It sounds like you'll be extremely happy wherever you end up and make at least 3 people from the waitlist happy.

I think it's also important to note that the admissions committee also has responsibilities: In addition to being on the committee, other responsibilities may include: preparing lectures for class(es), grading essays, meeting with students outside class for help, develop new classes, supervise and evaluate graduate student teaching, evaluating teaching by colleagues up for tenure, attend department colloquia, write letters of recommendation for students on jobs, graduate schools, scholarships, and other programs, supervise graduate student research, read and evaluate Ph.D oral examinations, write grant proposals, monitor spending from grants, write papers for publication, read scholarly journals to stay current, edit academic journals, participate in faculty meetings and committees, respond to information requests from college administrators, give public lectures, participate in or host faculty searches, give presentations to promote university, supervise independent studies or master's theses, guide student research. This is not an exhaustive list and they may be raising a family or have other family obligations in addition to this.

UMass is tough to figure out. I'm not sure if they fully fund everyone. " Admission to the UMass English graduate program is highly competitive. In recent years we have usually had about 200 applicants for 12-15 available spots per year. " " The application process for TOships is competitive! Each year, in consultation with the relevant Graduate Program Directors, we hire 25-35 new TOs, but we typically receive three to four times that number of applications--mostly from prospective graduate students in English but also from currrent graduate students in English and other departments at UMass Amherst. " " Applicants who do not receive a TOship from the Writing Program but decide to come study at the University anyway are welcome to apply again the following year, though there is no guarantee that a TOship will be offered then. " I wish they'd include more specifics to give everyone a better understanding of the chances of funding. As it currently stands, it's unclear if anyone gets a guaranteed 5 year TOship.

From what I've heard, Irvine is one of the safest communities. http://www.businessinsider.com/irvine-california-is-americas-safest-city-2013-7 What are your interests?

Congrats!

UMB tends to pride itself on the diversity of its students coming from a variety of backgrounds including foreign universities. As a result, I don't think submitting scores will help your application.