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    So You've Been Waitlisted, Now What?

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    1 minute ago, bpilgrim89 said:

    I think these are all things you should do, especially if your advisor is encouraging it. Requesting to be put in contact with current graduate students is something all applicants should do anyway, even before getting waitlisted! Just make sure you maintain the same level of enthusiasm/professionalism with the graduate students in case the DGS asks them what they think about you.

    I am less certain how to reach out to a POI post-waitlisting. I would ask your advisor for potential things to say. If it were me, I would probably mention of that you're waitlisted, that you love their work and that it intersects with your own research in X, Y, and Z ways, and that you would like to speak with them about their work and the department in general. Emails take a long time to write, so offer them the opportunity to speak over the phone or to send them more specific questions via email.

    Thank you!

    Here Comes the Sun/ Waitlist Movements

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    13 hours ago, sugilite said:

    I'm wondering if schools across the board are moving towards smaller cohorts in response to the job market? I showed a current grad student (in a social science field) my acceptance letter to get feedback on funding and his first response was  "The warning about the job market was not included in my acceptance letters" 

    It would make sense, especially if they want to keep their placement percentages attractive.

    I really wonder what the future of our field looks like ?

    Second "Under Review Email?"

    in Waiting it Out

    Posted · Edited by kendalldinniene

    Could your application have been deferred from the PhD adcom to consideration for an MA instead? This has happened to me a couple of times. For UIC, for example, my app status changed from under review to pending addition review or something like that.

    2019 Acceptances

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    6 minutes ago, Warelin said:

    I think most programs that don't offer full funding to everyone really do want to be able to offer funding but they might not have the resources to do so. I know that private universities and public universities are subject to different laws which complicates things even more. 

    When I was applying to graduate school, my professors advised me against telling other programs about my acceptances elsewhere. Doing so, they said, would showcase that you're more interested in other programs and not as heavily invested in them. Professors and staff receive so many e-mails a day (from current students, alumni, faculty, advisees, etc.) that unless you have something incredibly important to say or add, you might be ignored. Expressing your interest can be a good thing, especially, if you have some new information to add. I'd probably caution against it elsewise though.

    Well I guess we’ll see, haha, what’s done is done.

    2019 Acceptances

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    5 minutes ago, Warelin said:

    I'd caution against this unless you have a funded offer in hand. In the past, there have been applicants who have tried to play the game of matching funds. Some schools have reached out to them requesting funding letters of the other schools so that they could forward it to the right contacts to see if they could better match other offers. If you have other funded offers, I'd only would e-mail the school that you're most interested in because funding is often tied to very particular things.

    Thank you for the advice. Wasn’t really thinking about matching funding (since I don’t have any atm) but rather just letting my waitlist program know I have acceptances ??‍♀️

    2019 Acceptances

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    1 minute ago, urbanfarmer said:

    @kendalldinniene  That's not a bad thing! UIC basically doesn't accept any candidates without an MA (their website says "Since 2000, we have only accepted two candidates to the PhD program who did not have a degree at the Master’s level.")-- so getting admitted there for an MA is still really good. I would definitely email all the DGS' of the schools you've gotten into, let them know you are REALLY interested, but that you have several offers and couldn't do it without funding.

    Very true, I forgot that line was from UIC, thank you.

    Also, haha, my UIC SOP was the one I had a typo in that I didn’t catch in time, I was totally expecting a flat out rejection from them ?

    The really funny thing is I got the UIC email literally one minute after sending emails to OSU and UNL sort of telling them about each other and affirming my interest in both.  So now I feel like I should wait a couple of days before I email again?

    2019 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, sugilite said:

    Is anyone else starting to lose their minds slightly? I just saw the UC Davis acceptance (congrats!!!) and I momentarily panicked before I realized that I had not applied to UC Davis ?

    Hahaha, I have done this so many times!  Or just gotten weirdly emotionally invested/reactionary about acceptances from schools to which I did not apply.  

    So You've Been Waitlisted, Now What?

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

    Posted

    My advisor has encouraged me to reach out to POI at UNL and OSU.  I was also thinking of emailing the DGS to see if they could put me in contact with a current graduate student so I could ask some questions about the campus, classes, and things to do locally.  Do you think it's too much to send both?  If so, which should I send?  I especially want to alert the DGS at OSU that I have an acceptance at UNL, in a polite and professional way, of course.  Help!  The idea of reaching out to POI is intimidating but I've read each of their work and would like to make some sort of connection to it and my own research interests, as well as just make connections in general.

    Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) / Projected Rejections

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    2 hours ago, victoriansimpkins said:

    my mother's already planning trips to Nebraska, no matter how many times I explain that if the funding doesn't come through I can't go there.. 

    Same. People keep congratulating me on that acceptance and I’m like yeah butttttt this very likely won’t happen. There’s no guarantee I’m going to grad school this year. Lol I need everyone to get out of the clouds and onto my slightly bummed level.

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