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University Of Chicago English, Masters (F19) Acceptedvia E-mail on 8 Mar 2019 ♦ A 8 Mar 2019 report spam accepted to the MAPH after a PhD rejection, offered a comically-small scholarship given the comically-high tuition. in the immortal words of the bard: thank u next. 2a/2w/3r/0p

I agree with you wholeheartedly but I would also give all my surplus organs to work with Berlant ??‍♀️

I can’t temember the site name but I put it in my thread about conferences. Sorry, I’m on my phone so I’m not sure how to link it.

This right here.

Got my “no thanks” from the MAPH program...how can it hurt to get rejected from a program you never intended to attend and didn’t even apply to?

Turned down MA at UNL (waitlisted for funding) and asked to be taken off the waitlist for Oregon state’s funded MA today.

I feel that way about all of you ❤️

YESSSS, SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!

TCD is so amazing, congrats!!! God I would sell an organ to be in that school and in that city. I don’t know how much work I’d get done surrounded by that accent though

Omg you are making me tear up ? Thank you!

Awwww, thank you. This board is so awesome and I have to thank each of you for making it that way. Ya'll are life savers.

Thank you everyone! To think 24 hours ago I was walking the campus feeling absolutely certain I'd flunked the interviews ?

Just got a call from Dr. Sae Saue offering me admission to SMU

That is freaking AWESOME!!! Congrats Bopes!

Thank you! It’s so hard to tell. I should hear Friday though!

Lol thank you, you’re awesome @illcounsel

Totally unrelated but the hotel SMU put interviewees up at is also being used for some kind of last round regional audition for Project Runway (overhead in hotel tavern yesterday). now as I’m waiting in the lobby for my shuttle to the airport I’m surrounded by over the top dressed creative types and the most obvious production assistant I’ve ever seen running around between them. I’ve been watching old seasons of PR the last few weeks trying to distract myself from the stress of waiting for results and now I’m trying to figure out if this is a good sign or a really, really bad one ?

Posting for future students: if you have questions about SMU’s campus visit/interview process, PM me

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Actually came up in several faculty interviews today at SMU so that was fun!

Sounds excellent!

2019 edition! I definitely wrote Penn State instead of UPenn on my SoP for that school. Three times. Was able to correct it last minute but holy hell I still feel ashamed. Wrote “additionally” twice in the last paragraph of my SoP for Loyola. Got waitlisted though so I guess they didn’t care? Better to think that than to think it was the mistake that moved me from the admit to the waitlist pile, which of course it couldn’t be. Of course ?

@NoodleKidoodle thank you so much for the info! I teared up reading it because I’m so excited for grad school (and clearly the biggest nerd alive). Getting insight into a typical week is so helpful!

Bumping this because I feel like there's a lot of good advice and might be helpful to folks in the next month or so.

I asked about funding and was told there might be some but they don’t know yet, and I should just book. Luckily my mom had a ton of air miles and Hilton points so my flight and stay came to about $20 out of pocket. I wonder though if current grad students might be willing to put someone up?

Just booked my flight and hotel! Thank you mom for your air miles! Lets get a drink GC friends!