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There are results up for Lit and Creative Writing at Tennessee. Does anyone know if notifications went out for the Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics PhD? This was my earliest deadline (Dec 1), so I feel like I've been waiting forever!

That's amazing! I wish I could give you all of my upvotes for today!

@renea: Thanks for the info! Six and counting! Since then only accept ~4, that helps give some perspective.

So, four interviews and counting...

I've been trying to find a pattern on the results page, but I can't figure them out. I thought that yesterday was maybe going to "be the day" because there was an acceptance on February 17 in 2015 and 2017. They didn't notify until early March in 2016 though.

Well, I had my "conversation" with Syracuse this afternoon. I really feel like I did my best. Now I'm just going to chill and wait. They said they'd get back to me "before the end of the month." Good luck @klader and @midwest-ford!

Congrats @la_mod! It sounds like you'll get to stay in Southern California! Jealous!

I'm also currently sitting on only rejections, so I know that it can be difficult to read all of the threads and see all of the acceptances rolling in for other people. It's even more frustrating when they are getting accepted to schools that I wouldn't ever have considered applying because they are too high of a reach. It's easy to grow resentful and feel self pity. Don't let others determine your own self worth though. When I start to feel that way, I try to take a break from grad cafe. This whole process can be soul crushing, but grad cafe amplifies it. I think that most of us are overachievers, so our entire identities are called into question when we don't measure up to these other somewhat anonymous forum users. The truth is, it's a bit hypocritical to say that people can't feel bad about getting rejected if they already have an acceptance. If it's someone's dream school (or even towards the top of their list), it still sucks.

It's not that I don't believe in myself It's that I'm more of a realist than a dreamer.

Yes, I know that it's not all applicants. That was a bit of an exaggeration. It's just difficult to feel optimistic with the historic results. Anyway, I'm done being so doom and gloom. Good luck to everyone!

To anyone accepted to UCSD, you should ask your department to nominate you for SHORE (priority on-campus housing). Rent in San Diego is crazy, so getting a 2 bedroom for $1200 is insanely affordable for the area. If you don't have priority housing, you typically have to wait 12+ months for an on-campus apartment. SHORE also gives you a month-to-month lease that lasts for your estimated time to degree plus one year (for example, MA is 2 years + 1 extra = 3 total years). Living on campus is "cheap" and convenient. It's really difficult to find a parking spot on campus, so the campus shuttle is a life saver. I have a faculty parking pass (so I pay ~$100/month and can park in ANY spot), and I still have to circle the lots for 30+ minutes sometimes.

Last year: 3 interviews, 1 wait list, and 2 rejections (possibly those three interviews resulting in 1 wait list and 2 rejections)

I'm obsessing over the number of times "conversation" was dropped in the most recent email from Syracuse. I've now convinced myself that they just talk with all of their applicants.

Are you the other Syracuse interview on the results board? (I was using the search function to look for past posts and stumbled across this one.)

Congrats! I ran out of reactions for the first time. Too much good news, I think!

It would take so much self control for me not to check constantly if a school sent me that. Good luck @renea!

Thanks @mk-8. It is my best fit and my top choice right now. We'll see what happens!

Part of me wants to tell you to be quiet, but part of me recognizes that those visit days are really important if you are struggling to make a decision.

I saw a post on the results board, but it was for Lit. My status still says "In Review- Program."

I got an email this morning!

Confession: I found a POI's Instagram account, and I can't stop clicking the next arrow. Help!

fwiw My mom tried to guilt me into staying in my hometown/home state for years and was angry when I moved. My family never traveled. They were content with sitting on the front porch and watching the cars drive by. However, my mom quickly realized that it's relatively easy to visit me (and I live in a big city by the ocean, so she also discovered her touristy side). You can always stress the positive: Denver is one of the big airport hubs, so flights will probably be pretty affordable! My mom has come to visit me more times now (when I live 1600+ miles away) than when I lived 200 miles away for my undergrad.

You will probably be teaching first year composition, so the majority of your students will be 18 year olds. This might not feel like a big age difference to you, but I can guarantee that it feels like it to them. After a while, you will really feel the difference. They are all just so little! However, I can tell you that I felt exactly the same when I started teaching during the first semester of my MA. I was 22 or 23 and everyone always tells me that I look really young (even now when I'm 29!). I don't want to make any assumptions, but as a woman I also felt like I had to assert my authority more to gain respect. I obsessed over my wardrobe, thought about wearing my hear up, considered wearing my glasses again, insisted that they call me Ms. LastName. This all changed after my first semester when I realized that you automatically get respect by being the teacher (to some extent). You are in control of their grades, and they know it. I switched to my First name and relaxed substantially. You'll get the feel for it.

I'm trying to find patterns for Arizona State (Writing, Rhetorics, and Literacies PhD) and Tennessee (Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics PhD), but the results seem all over the place. Does anyone have info on these two? I saw an acceptance to the lit PhD at UTK, but I'm starting to think that many departments handle the concentrations separately?

Nooooooooope. I replied to their email on Saturday, but I haven't heard anything since.