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@D13charlie and any others who haven't heard from UVA: I just e-mailed them asking what was up, so hopefully I'll hear something at least on Monday and I will post about it then.

Let me know what you hear!

Has anyone else not heard from Virginia?

Nothing on my UVA portal right now after those rejections. Can I hope that that means at least medium news? At 0/6 right now and could really use it.

I'll be applying to a few programs in Germany that are taught in English, in large part because I want to improve my German, but maybe you could look into those or other places in Europe. They tend to be less expensive which would offset the cost of such a big relocation and the applications won't be due until April. I'm not sure how US departments see those though.

Thanks for this info. I'm slightly comforted by the survey responder who was accepted with no interview (last year), but right now I'm praying for a master's referral

I started studying English because I thought it would be the best way to improve my creative writing. Things got out of hand, but I still write fiction, finished a (worthless?) novel about a month ago, and am now writing lots of poetry and short stories. As for reading… Currently trying to improve my historical sense, reading Orlando Figes's A People's Tragedy, about the Russian revolution. Got on a Russian history kick after reading War and Peace, which I'm convinced is the height of novelistic achievement, along with In Search of Lost Time. Is it obvious that I'm completely enamored with length yet? I hated her recent novel, but I'm somehow tempted to read something else. Any suggestions?

With you 100% on this. I'll certainly update if I hear any news from them and I'm sure there are others like me who aren't active posters but who will update at least the survey.

Congrats! I was an undergrad there and it would have been my first choice.

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!