borromini's girl

I have a friend who applied to Michigan, and they are having their finalist/prospective student weekend this coming weekend. As far as I know, they haven't finalized any decisions yet.

I received the funding info in the mail about a week after I saw the website said I had been accepted. It came directly from the Graduate School. If you email the department secretary, she might be able to tell you whether or not you have funding because I know that the department got the funding info for me at the same time I received it.

Just an FYI on Emory: they already had their finalist weekend in early February and have given out acceptances to those who were there and who made the first cut. The wait-list, from what I understand, is made up of those who were invited to the finalist weekend but who were not accepted in the first round. I don't know if they have anyone on the wait-list who was not part of that finalist group back in February. I don't know why they haven't sent out rejections to those they are certain will be rejected, but I had applied unsuccessfully to Emory before and did not get my rejection until pretty late in the game. In regards to the finalist weekend, I was one of those in attendance and have since been informed that I am on the wait-list after that first round of acceptances (I had to inquire as to my status after that weekend and was not notified of my status until I made the inquiry). I think they only had four spots this year, as they only give offers to those for whom they have funding. Of course, don't lose hope and take this info with a grain of salt. I had not heard from some programs and had assumed I had been rejected because of the fact that I had not been invited to interview weekends and such, but then received offers anyway. I just had the info and thought you might like it shared. I sincerely wish you the best with either program.

Thank you, and I don't yet know if I will accept. I've received other offers so I'm weighing my options.

Early Modern European.

Not true in regards to Art History at Duke. I never contacted any faculty during the application process, I did not get invited to a prospective student weekend, I have never spoken with/met anyone from the department, and today I received an email from my POI and from the graduate school notifying me that I have been accepted with funding (the details of which are forthcoming). This came as a complete shock. I think the moral is that the departments seem to be doing whatever they want this year and it's pretty pointless to try and psych out what they are doing, and when they are doing things. What a long, strange trip this application season has been!

Would love to know what y'all know/think about the PhD at BU. I was accepted and of the programs I was admitted to so far I know the least about this one. Any info from y'all would be great!