ClassicsCandidate

I took French for about 7 years myself (all high school/some university), but I was planning on brushing up with this sometime soon. They also offer other modern languages for reading knowledge online courses, so I'll probably tackle German - which I've never taken - the same way: https://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/classes/french-reading-translation-online/

It has been, but thank you @AncientAnnie567! I'm really crossing my fingers for something this year

Still waiting on NYU-ISAW, Princeton, Yale, University of Delaware (this one was Art History vs. Classics specifically), and Rutgers. Saw that a lot of times Yale will answer the Tuesday after Presidents Day, so I'm hoping to get more information on Tuesday at least!

Yeah, that's awesome for sure. I'm still crossing my fingers (I applied to ISAW as well) but haven't heard anything from anywhere else yet. But there's still some left to go, so we'll see!

Thank you for sharing! I'm stoked for you! ISAW is great.

Oh wow, that's awesome, congratulations!!!! ? Do you mind us knowing the places you're withdrawing from in case the waitlistees may be waiting?

Congratulations on your acceptance! ?

I'm sure you have, @PeppermintTea, but if you check the results board and search for the program name and school name, it'll give you an idea of who's heard back so far. My stuff isn't the lit side of things, but I've heard nothing from Yale yet, for what it's worth.

I would message the DGS and ask that person if they think the committee should be made aware of those changes; that way, you're not messaging the advisors directly, but going through the person who is handling a lot of this. They may let you know that it may not make a difference or they'll get it to the committee members if they think it will. I think it's ultimately up to you, though. I, personally, would just email the DGS and let them know the situation even though you know the committee members may be currently discussing the admissions, but felt you should update them on your current situation.

Thanks, @screwdriverfemme! I have yet to hear back from five more schools, so I'm crossing my fingers. At this point, I just want to know, I'm so anxious from waiting, lol.

Yeah, I had a feeling that that might be the case in general and this year is much lower because of more applications and probably more applicants than a usual year in general because many people might be getting "go to grad school because the job market is bad," which happens a lot (and something I heard in 2008, alas).

And @peploskore I totally get you about the mental fortitude. Part of me wonders whether I should take a year or two in between applying again tbh

Thank you! Understandable. I think MAs might be a little better off but I'm not sure how the funding will work out. I was incredibly lucky when I got the Tuition Scholarship a few years ago at Villanova. Not sure how many of those they're offering this year.

Oh, nice! KCL is definitely on my list as well, I just haven't perused a lot of its site yet. One of my friends is within walking distance of the British Museum where she goes to school, too, and I imagine having it right there is an enormous help. Germany would be really cool but I don't know any German, myself. It's why I'm going for the English-speaking countries or places that offer to do the PhD in English and have immersion lessons for the country's language (I'd want to learn it as soon as I got there and continue until I was relatively fluent!)

Yeah --- we all have to remember that the rejections this year might not be reflective of us as scholars but as the current situation everyone is in and the fact that there are a LOT of brilliant people applying right now and it's going to be a numbers game as far as getting in (I had someone I knew at Cornell inform me that no one who asked to work with the professor I wanted to work with got in, either, so that did help a bit) I'm looking into all possible funding for international students, including a Fulbright for the first year of the PhD (although of course that's not guaranteed, either), but I'll be digging into that type of research once I know for sure I haven't gotten into any program in the US. Which university did you attend, if you don't mind my asking? I've been looking into Trinity College Dublin, St. Andrews, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Durham, and Exeter thus far.

I think it was the combination of both the schools that decided to take no one, which drove up the applications at other institutions, which were all deciding to bring in smaller cohorts than usual, anyway. I'm personally looking into UK and Irish universities to apply to if I don't get into anywhere this cycle and apply to US, UK, and Irish (and possibly other international) universities for the next cycle. Just trying to keep up with my ancient Greek in the meantime. But yeah, a professor at Cornell informed me that in the 10 years she's worked there, they've never had this many applicants for an admissions cycle and they were only taking three people this year. So, we'll see. My plan is to keep applying until the admissions committees are sick of seeing me lol. But it is rather disappointing to only have a few schools left to hear back from; I'm almost half through my applications and have gotten all rejections thus far.

Yeah, the email said they got 10x the applications than the amount of students they could accept into the program. Pretty much what I've been hearing from everyone, really.

Just received my University of Michigan (IPCAA) rejection.

Congrats on your acceptance!! ? Maryland's a great school, I hope you get that TAship too!

Congrats!! ?

I just received my University of Chicago rejection; was recommended to the MAPH program.

Thank you!

That's excellent, I hope you get more good news soon! ?

That's incredibly frustrating! I self-funded my Museum Studies M.A. (not the best idea, but I did get some external scholarships), but I would be more keen to know about the funding before I went! I don't understand why they would hold that information, especially this year, when we know funding might be tight! And half the time if you inquire for more information, it's difficult to get them to tell you anything. I'm not really sure of the logic behind it (because personally it sounds illogical to me), but I'm trying to make sure I wait until I have all of my offers with as much information as possible before I make my decision, but I know that that's not possible for everyone.

So, not to be a Negative Nelly and rather a more practical person, has anyone considered what they'll be doing if they get rejections from everywhere? I'm trying to be realistic, especially because I applied to so many institutions that already get tons of applicants in a normal year, but have gotten so much more this cycle with smaller cohorts. So far, my only ideas are to do the Belfast Summer School for Greek because they'll be doing via Zoom this year, which means I'll be able to do it (vs. actually going to Northern Ireland). I'm considering whether I'll be able to swing any digs, but uncertain how travel will look, and costs and whatnot. I'm exceedingly stubborn, so I'll reapply next cycle if I get in nowhere but this waiting period has me sweating on what to do in the event of all rejections.