D13charlie
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5 hours ago, hng said:
Has anyone else not heard from Virginia?
I haven't. Checked portal multiple times yesterday. No update. Would have emailed them at this point if I had not already done so Monday. I will probably email again later today because they did say they were finalizing this week. I'm assuming it is an out and out rejection (1w, 5r, 3 implied) at this point, but surely it is unnecessary to delay it further. They have to know their rejections ahead of their acceptances.
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1 hour ago, automatic said:
Thank you for doing that!! Did you send that after people started hearing they got in? Well, good luck to both of us...!
Yes I did. The waiting is the worst...need to make plans and move on. Good luck indeed. I am waiting on that rejection though.
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5 hours ago, automatic said:
UVA is a rejection at this point, right?
I'm taking it as a rejection but I did email Monday? or Tuesday? about the timeline on a decision and the DGS for English said they were in the process of finalizing decisions this week...it wasn't a 'we've noticed all candidates'. So maybe...but I'm not holding out much hope.
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I'm waiting on Virginia...crushed by an implied rejection now from Penn.
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3 minutes ago, eliserichelle said:
Anyone starting to feel.... really depressed and hopeless? I applied to 10 schools and have been rejected from four, and am expecting rejections from two more. I know it only takes one, but I'm starting to feel like my chances are almost 0 of getting in anywhere.
Yup. Applied to nine. Got rejected from two right off. Waitlisted at my ‘safety’ school. Terrified I will have no where to go and will be so depressed I will screw up my final exams (which, unfortunately, are all that determine the outcome of my degree and mess up all future hope). But 6 more to go. Too early to give up.
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32 minutes ago, la_mod said:
In at Michigan! Will change sig when not on mobile. My concentrations are Brit Modernism and DH.
Congratulations!
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49 minutes ago, automatic said:
Oh well I think though that the point of it was that they haven't released notifications! One person just reached out themselves to ask. I don't think they've actually gone ahead and sent out their decisions, though. So don't be depressed yet!
Trying not to be. It’s tough though...lol.
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20 minutes ago, automatic said:
I am an impatient anxious MONSTER but I just emailed the Yale English registrar and she actually responded saying that no decisions at all had been made or released! Not sure what to make of that post! She told me they appreciated my patience as they continue to finalize decisions and will release them as soon as they're ready...
Phew! Thanks for the update.
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On 2/13/2018 at 5:02 PM, cafeduneant said:
Hi, I'm a long-time lurker and a current Princeton undergrad; I'm also applying for U.S. English PhDs/Oxbridge Master's programs this cycle.
I just spoke to one of my professors who sits on the Princeton graduate admissions committee, and she said results should be coming out this week (I assume at the end). I'm not applying there but wanted to pass along this (admittedly vague) information for anyone who is.
Thanks for the info on Princeton. Which Oxbridge? I’m an undergrad at Cambridge.
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3 minutes ago, automatic said:
Did you see the comment about how the department has finished their decisions and is now just waiting on dean approval before sending out? It was that thread, I want to say, and then there was this other comment about how they saw someone got news so they asked...perhaps I'm butchering this secondhand but pretty sure that was the gist of it.
Oh heck. That’s depressing, one of my absolutely best fits.
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1 hour ago, Warelin said:
In the past, Yale has spread out acceptances over several days
Is there anything from Yale yet? Other than the one post over the weekend?
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1 hour ago, automatic said:
First time poster!!! I can't decide how self-destructive or self-helpful making an account here was...
Re: the UPenn upcoming notifications, do they usually release acceptances and rejections all at once? I think I saw in another thread (though maybe it was Penn State? think it was U of Penn though) someone had called to inquire (and sadly heard they were rejected); is that because someone somewhere did hear back so it's now acceptable to ask, or can we do this at any point?
Which thread? I applied to UPenn and desperately awaiting any news!
Welcome, btw ?
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5 hours ago, AnxiousNerd said:
Yep.... I'm a US resident in Germany and it's miserable... especially because I always come to post on gradcafe when everyone else is asleep, lol.
That too. At least we can respond very promptly if anyone needs to know what time it is on the East Coast! Got that down.
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7 hours ago, hng said:
Doesn't seem like it. I got one e-mail right on the hour (7PM EST but from the west coast), so I get most nervous around then, but seems like personalized e-mails or phone calls would come at less scheduled times. Just glad I'm not international or I'd be waking up and checking my e-mail in the middle of the night even more than I am now.
Also, hello all… been lurking for a while now, congrats to those who have been accepted!
Lol. I'm a US resident but finishing up an undergrad degree in the UK while waiting on grad school application results. And yes, the time difference is an additional torture, I can vouch for that. Not at all conducive to a good night's sleep.
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On 2/9/2018 at 9:01 PM, Melvillage_Idiot said:
When I was an undergrad, I had two absolutely incredibly advisors who always pushed me to pursue conference presentations (even if they were often very small state-level affairs) and a number of other professors who were encouraging, supportive, and all-around excellent. If I wanted to go somewhere to present, the funding would be found; if I had any questions, they'd be there to answer them. I didn't have to ask or worry or fret -- the department was on it, sometimes before I even knew what was coming myself.
I lost that when I came to my MA school. The Creative Writing part of the department were amazing, and I got loads of great experience and encouragement from them, but on the academic front even the simplest of questions were often met with silence. I hardly presented at the Master's level, and certainly never published anything scholarly.
I think the problem was at least partially the result of me being so spoiled in undergrad that I never really learned how to politely prod a department contact into helping me get something started. I'm also constantly comparing my experience in grad school so far with that of my partner, who's in a STEM field and has this ENORMOUS support network in place for help with things like conference presentations, grant proposals, outside funding searches, etc. That kind of system seems to be in shorter supply in English departments.
Anybody have any advice on approaching faculty/advisors for assistance with things like grants or side projects, or even simpler questions like, "Hey, you've published a boatload of articles on this paper's topic, any journal recommendations I could submit to?" Wherever I end up for the Ph.D., I want it to be a really active and productive experience in a way that I don't feel like I got in the MA.
I had a similar issue going from a small community college to a much larger university. I had two professors at my cc who went above and beyond to help me with conference presentations and even a couple of publications. I was a mature student and I knew I wanted to go into academia at that point, so they were making an exception. One of them in particular would read anything and everything I handed to him, which is just incredibly rare and generous. At my current university, I have tried but never found anyone who is willing to mentor in the same way - or even read drafts for conference presentations. I get funding for conferences, which is great, but I was actually told to stop presenting and publishing a couple of times, including, in the first year, by my main supervisor. Thankfully I ignored the advice and my supervisor has since changed her tune, but the point I am trying to make is that support always varies from place to place.
Two slightly outside of the box solutions I found were to cultivate relationships with former academics and just to maintain the relationships with former mentors. I am still in touch with my cc professors and they occasionally read things for me. Going way back, I also occasionally email my high school English teacher for advice on papers and things. I am really selective about what I send but if I know it will interest them, I ask for their feedback, allowing plenty of time to get it. Because I have school age kids, I've also found that I meet people who are former academics (particularly women who took a break to have kids) on the playground and they have both the time and the inclination to do a bit of informal mentoring. I realize this doesn't work for everyone but again, the main idea is a good one I think; you don't just have to look for help within your university or department. Sometimes you can find willing mentors outside of the mainstream.
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On the waitlist for UT-Austin...so relieved.
Official rejection from Chicago, nothing official from Northwestern but unofficial rejection via email from grad student.
Currently 0a, 1w (happy dance), 1r .... 8 waiting
Congrats to all who got accepted...can only imagine (but a bit closer now) how good it feels!
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On 2/3/2018 at 7:06 PM, CulturalCriminal said:
Anyone else already strategizing for next year applications, despite still waiting to hear back from at least one program?
Yes...with no idea where I am going to be now, two kids to think about...and coming back from an undergrad stint in the UK I can’t really afford lol...happy times!
On 2/3/2018 at 3:42 PM, la_mod said:Hoping for is an understatement, ha
Same here.
Waiting on seven now.
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14 minutes ago, Yanaka said:
You'll be okay. You'll be able to finish your BA, trust me. April is still pretty far away
You need to allow yourself to be sad for a little while, so that you can get past it and carry on with your life. We're pretty disheartened with the process, but if we weren't some kind of strong we wouldn't have made it through the process. So... you'll be alright! My cheap two cents.
That's a good two cents.
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1 hour ago, Warelin said:
Welcome!
Northwestern may not be done notifying yet. And I'm not sure anyone does stay sane with all of this.
Thanks! Fingers crossed.
I already got desperate and emailed the grad student who emailed me about my application a few times. I haven't had a response yet but I took the same approach with Austin (emailed the grad coordinator for English) and they confirmed that they were done with their first round offers. I just need to try and cut down on the waiting time. I've got two dissertations to finish for April. At this rate, never mind the PhD; the undergraduate degree may be out the window if I can't stop with the obsessive email checks and application reviews. I am sure a lot of people here are in a similar boat!
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Hello all. Have also been lurking a few days but can’t take the stress of the application cycle alone...two unofficial rejections under the belt...Austin and Chicago (congrats to all who got in)...eight to go...and I have just about lost all hope already. Make that three unofficial rejections...haven’t heard from Northwestern either. How does anyone stay sane with this?
Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) / Projected Rejections
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I emailed too but assuming it is another rejection (1w, 8r) and asking for feedback. Can compare notes when I hear back!