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  1. Hi everyone! I'm very grateful to have been accepted to Buffalo's English Ph.D. last Thursday. Initially, I was rejected and offered an unfunded spot in the M.A; only after I declined the M.A. was I waitlisted for the Ph.D., so I'm pleasantly surprised by how things turned out! However, I also received some disappointing rejections today from my final two WLs at UT Austin (English) and Michigan (English/Women's Studies), so I've been going through some varied emotions. I sort of had my heart set on Michigan because of its dual focus, its faculty, and its location, and I was told I was at the top of the waitlist this year. Additionally, because I missed the deadline for the standard English program (don't ask), I was only considered for the dual, which accepted just 2 students this round. Apologies if I'm cluttering the boards by creating a new topic for this, but I'm curious about folks' opinions on the program at UB. I know a lot of people here applied, but I'm not sure how many (if any that I've read!) have accepted. I know this is a very individual decision which varies with academic focus/faculty interest, but for those who applied and/or attended accepted students day, I'm curious about your take on the program's strengths. I'd love to visit myself by the April 20 response deadline, but unfortunately my schedule makes this impossible. For context, I am currently finishing up my M.F.A. in Poetry and have no M.A. My primary focus is 20th and 21st century poetry/poetics with secondary interests in gender/sexuality and ecocriticism. I'm so thrilled about UB's poetics program and their available coursework in avant garde contemporary poetry, but I've also heard that several major players have left within recent years, leading to a number of changes. I've also heard conflicting things about their job placement (perhaps the statistics available online are less important than I think -- insight appreciated!). While I'm pretty sure I'll accept UB's offer because it's very tough to turn down, I'm wondering whether it might be at all more beneficial to reapply next year to a wider range of schools with a stronger WS and list of critical accolades. This year I applied to 15 schools (half of them Ivies though, woops!) and received 2 unfunded M.A. offers and three WLs. All of my pubs right now are creative and I haven't attended any graduate conferences for critical work, which I'm hoping to change in the next year (though that's easier said than done). Thanks in advance for any advice, and congratulations to those making final decisions
  2. Hi everyone -- first forum post from a forever lurker! I was just accepted to the Ph.D. at SUNY Buffalo after a wild ride!!! I was originally rejected from the Ph.D. and accepted to the M.A., which I declined due to lack of funding. Shortly after, I was placed on the Ph.D. waitlist. Just got the acceptance call today! I think one or two others on here may be attending UB I'm still sitting on WLs at UT Austin and at UMich for the Women's Studies and English Joint Ph.D., but I'm so psyched to finally have an offer on the table!!!
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