Jimleko
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17 hours ago, pro Augustis said:
I officially declined my Chapel Hill offer this morning, so if you are on the wait list there you will hopefully get some good news soon.
Where are you planning to go instead of Chapel Hill?
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I've decided to officially accept my offer to Cornell. I think the department was a great fit, and Eric Rebillard does exactly the kind of research I want to do. If I get off the Penn Waitlist, I will of course pass it off to the next person.
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4 hours ago, darlingviolet said:
Hey Jimleko - I actually recently graduated from there and heard from one of my old professors that they were already having prospective candidates up to visit, so I think they may have already made their offers. You should definitely still email just in case! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news
Hey Darlingviolet, it's all good! I'm happy with where I'm going to end up. The only thing I actually care about now is Penn's waitlist.
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I have yet to hear from Toronto, I doubt I will at this point. I'm still on the waitlist for Penn, I'll be emailing them in a couple of days to see if they have any news.
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The good news is that after Latin and Greek, German is nothing. It's an inflected language, but with an actual word order, which makes it easy to understand once you get the hang of it. Good luck!
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I've already rejected my MA programs, so those on their waitlists have already benefited. I myself am on the waitlist for Penn, and have been accepted to Ohio State University (History department), Cornell Classics, and Catholic University of America's Department of Greek and Latin. I probably won't accept Catholic's offer, and I'm currently leaning towards Cornell. Still waiting to hear back from Toronto.
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On 2/22/2016 at 2:01 PM, jwiebz said:
I see there's a wait list notification out there for Notre Dame. Has anyone else heard anything since the interviews?
I got my waitlist notification from them on Saturday. I imagine that they have sent out all of their acceptances and waitlist options by now.
On 2/22/2016 at 2:33 PM, Agrippina said:Waitlist at Rutgers.
Where have people heard from? Good luck everyone.
For PHDs, I've heard back from Penn (waitlisted), OSU History (accepted), and Cornell Classics (accepted). For MAs, I've heard back from WashU in St. Louis, FSU, Notre Dame, and University of Kansas (Accepted by all but Notre Dame, where I was waitlisted).
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7 hours ago, ClassApp said:
Haha yes. I'm still awaiting news about waitlists and any news at all from Toronto... Dying slowly. Oh so slowly.
Same! I'm assuming I won't hear anything about waitlists until April or so, which is fine... but where is Toronto? I'd like to know where I stand there!
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News is slow, man. I do wish we had more to discuss though.
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Congrats to anyone who got into FSU's MA program! It is a fantastic institution, and I highly encourage anyone to consider going there.
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10 hours ago, pro Augustis said:
One of the MA programs I applied to just asked for a Skype interview. As I already have the Chapel Hill (PhD) admit, the odds of my accepting their offer seem low, so agreeing to the interview seems like wasting their time. But declining to be interviewed seems so rude and abrupt, not to mention that part of me worries that as soon as I say no to this program I'll (somehow?) irreparably wreck the Chapel Hill situation. Anyone have any experience or thoughts on how to phrase this so that I don't come off sounding like I think I'm too good for their program?
I'm going to assume that this is Notre Dame, since a bunch of interviews for them went out yesterday. I'm in the same boat: PHD offer from Ohio State, but ND wants to interview. I think I'm actually going ahead with the interview, just because ND is a great school in what I want to do (late antique history). Getting to know their faculty a bit can only help me in the long run.
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3 minutes ago, ClassApp said:
Hi, everyone! I'm currently an undergrad at UNC Chapel Hill so feel free to ask about the school/area/department. I've applied to PhD programs at UCSB, U of Toronto, UWis-Madison, UWas-Seattle, UVA, and WashU St. Louis. I've been accepted to UCSB and UWis-Madison. I've been rejected from UVA and UWas-Seattle. I'm still waiting to hear from WashU and Toronto (it's killing me slowly). Has anyone heard updates about Toronto? Do they send notifications/acceptances to Canadians before Americans? I have a friend here who was accepted to their MA program around two weeks ago.
The only thing I can tell you is that I also applied to Toronto's PHD program (ancient history) and also haven't heard back yet. I'm an American as well. Also applied to WashU at St. Louis and also haven't heard back yet.
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As far as I can tell, the only thing you can do is express interest and wait. If someone with your interests rejects the school, they're likely to accept you; but it's still completely out of your hands.
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10 hours ago, cmakouri said:
Hey all! I just called in for an interview in a couple weeks for RISD's MAT program. Any advice or tips on what to expect/how to prepare? Any info would be much appreciated!
So far, I've only had one interview (with UPenn), but I found a lot of preparation unnecessary. They'll ask questions about you, to make sure you're a good fit for the program. You can only reply to each question succintly, substantively, and in line with how you think. I asked professors for advice, and I had a mock interview (which was helpful) but ultimately the only thing that really helped me out was to relax and just treat it as a discussion with a future colleague.
Of course, I'm on the waitlist, so take that for what you will.
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On 1/31/2016 at 6:24 AM, darlingviolet said:
Congrats to everyone who has heard back about acceptances and interviews! Just wondering if there were any M.A. or MAT applicants out there who have heard back about anything... I've been crazy-stalking old gradcafe boards and it seems like people don't hear back until mid-February at the earliest, but I'm feeling vaguely paranoid ;P
So far the only MA notification I've gotten is from University of Kansas. I turned it down because I have a better offer from OSU History, so the next person on the wait-list should be pretty happy! I also know that FSU's admissions committee has met and made decisions, but there seems to be a delay in sending out the results (I only know because I go there).
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Do we know if Toronto has different notification dates for international students?
What did you decide?
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I decided to attend Cornell for the Classics PhD. My interests lie in the intersection of Ancient Philosophy and Ancient History in Late Antiquity, and Cornell has a lot of people I can use for that (such as Eric Rebillard, Charles Brittain, and Tad Brennan). Even more than that, I'm looking forward to finally moving back to New York after 11 years in Florida.