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I'm probably going to sign off on GradCafe for the foreseeable future! This place was incredibly helpful to me throughout this process, but I think I'm going to dedicate the rest of spring/summer to just reading, relaxing, and trying to prepare myself for the next 6+ years. (Also I should start learning French.)
I do plan to check back in periodically (plus I'm sure I'll have questions or see a discussion I'd like to chime in on), but if any future applicants look back through this thread and have questions about applications/programs/etc, feel free to PM me! Hopefully I will check in frequently enough to see it and respond. I'm not sure how helpful my advice may be, but I thought I'd put that offer out there. Over the past few months, I've become really upset with the admission process and the way it makes applicants question their worth as scholars... I know my ass was saved a few times by people who were kind enough to sit down and give me pointers, so I'm happy to do that as much as I can for anyone else. 
I'm really proud of the group we had here this year. I'm not sure if this is common or not, but I was pleasantly surprised by the support we gave each other, and the genuine happiness we felt for others success even in the midst of our own "failures" (yuck, that's definitely not the right word). I'm really hoping this is representative of graduate students on a larger scale, but I guess I'll have to wait until the fall to find out more about that. Thanks for everything guys!! Hope to see you around.

Accepted my offer to Brown! ?

Officially starting at Columbia in the fall! 

Princeton, here I come!

Just accepted Northwestern’s offer. Anyone else? 

I committed to CUNY today. NYC here I come!

Yale Comp Lit!

Accepted my offer at Buffalo! 

Taking a class at the institution that rejected you being like... 
 

Officially going to Mizzou for a PhD in English/Creative Writing in the Fall! 
Congratulations, everyone! It's great to have made a decision. 

Headed to Rutgers! 

Just got an email that I got the tuition waiver + the stipend at Villanova! Will be confirming my acceptance of the offer tonight!

Just accepted Penn's offer!

I am officially joining the UC train again. Going to UCSC  

Will be attending UPenn in the fall!  ? 

It's looking like U Michigan for me, barring a status change on waitlists. 

Okay, the future is coming into focus.
Last week I declined York University's fully funded offer + fellowship (English).
Today I declined Purdue's fully funded offer + fellowship (American Studies).
I think the finality of the decision is what has been giving me trouble; the moment before deciding my life could go in multiple directions. By saying 'no' I'm giving up an alternate academic experience and a hypothetical life elsewhere. 

Your username made this a little...unsettling

Dallas bound y’all!

Just sent an email to accept the offer from the University of Mississippi's MA program!

Thanks for making the thread, @dilby! And, YAY, @mandelbulb!! I literally just made my decision official today. I, too, will be attending UCSD's Literature department in the Fall! So excited to be a part of such an interdisciplinary and transnationally focused department! 

Off CUNY's waitlist :') 

GOT INTO THE VILLANOVA MA! Funding pending, but I am OVER THE MOON! 

i feel like we should have a cross-UC facebook group lol

I agree, thank you for making this thread!

It's between U Missouri and U Nebraska, I think.  I can't decide!