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Lol I rarely feel like a starry eyed kid but this statement really made me feel my naïveté

Duke: Feb 21-23 University of Alabama: February 28-March 2 Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL): February 28-March 2 CU Boulder: Feb 28-March 1 Indiana University: March 1 Queen's University: March 1 U Wisconsin-Madison: March 3-5 SMU Interview Visit: March 3-5 Illinois (Urbana): March 4-5 Stanford: March 6-8 UC Irvine: March 7-8 Northwestern: March 7-9 Saint Louis University: March 8 UC Santa Barbara: March 8 Florida State University: March 12 University of Minnesota: March 14-15 UC Santa Cruz: March 14 UC Berkeley: March 16-18 Kansas: March 17-19 UVA: March 18-19 UPenn: March 19-21 Vanderbilt: March 21-22 Rice University: March 21-23 USC: March 24-26 Penn State: March 24-26 UT Austin: March 28-30 UC Davis: April 2 UNC Chapel Hill: March 21-22 BU: March 22 SUNY Buffalo: April 2-3 NYU: April 3-4 U Oregon: April 4-6

I just got invited to BU's visit as a waitlisted student, with possibility of some small assistance for travel. I doubt the visit has anything at all to do with likelihood of getting in off the list. As for that last question- I don't think there's any way to know! All of my waitlists have been presented to me pretty hopefully, but at the end of the day, no one knows what students are going to decide regarding their offer. Good luck to you!

I cried a lot, haha. But next month I’m throwing myself a bowling party, because I like drinking beer and throwing heavy shit around in really ugly shoes ?

That’s so awesome, enjoy it! I have a good feeling about your prospects

Talked to my friend again and she did confirm that all acceptances for the PhD have gone out. Apparently the MA offers are going to go out in a couple weeks. I don’t really know about their waitlist process, if they notify or if it’s invisible ??‍♀️

Would you be willing to add your funding info to @Warelins funding spreadsheet?

like I had a 162 verbal and a better (but still super shitty) quant score and got rejected from the same program. I’m sorry but I don’t think GRE scores do (or SHOULD) mean that much. also every program is different.

I am STOKED for you!!! You deserve it!!!

I was also told on no uncertain terms to not accrue further debt for grad school. Not only because (I was told) going to school without getting professional experience was not cool, but also because the admissions sitch for PhDs AND the job market post PhD are such shit-you should not have more debt coming out of your program. Last year I was shut out of phd programs but got into the MA at Denver with 50% tuition remission...it was VERY hard to say no to my dream of grad school right after undergrad...but it was the right choice. Im really rooting for you. Also @Dogfish Head was generous enough to share with me some fully funded MA programs in the US, perhaps they would be willing to share those with you as well. Good luck! synopsis: Do not accrue any more debt! (Is my advice ?)

Thank you, honestly, this is inspiring and reassuring.

Sorry Cardigan, but I know you have great things ahead of you, within the academy and without. @optimistic_nihilist I didn’t personally pick a fave beverage for a name because a) I didn’t get that anonymity memo but also b) it’s hard to tell a bunch of internet strangers just how much you like bourbon ?

Congrats!!!

Speaking of knowing...Just got my rejection from UW. Were they listening? ?

My application for UNL legit showed progress as being two steps before departmental review up until a couple days ago, even though I got notified of my acceptance by the DGS weeks ago ? You don’t know until you know, haha.

That’s what a lot of my portals are like too ??‍♀️

Yeah I’ve kinda got my fingers crossed for a waitlist scenario-hopefully we’ll know soon!

A friend of mine doing post bac there was told that the decisions would go out at the end of this month. The person she spoke to believed it was their job to alert students to acceptances, and said that decisions and funding still had not been completely figured out so they had not alerted anyone. This was the same day the acceptances went up on the board, so, I really don’t know what the hell is going on, haha.

CONGRATS!!!!!

Yes, goddamn tuna/egg salad!!!! Haha, but this is a near weekly occurrence. The other day someone ordered nachos with no mustard...they thought the nachos were a sandwich.

Columbia University English, PhD (F19) Rejected via Website on 20 Feb 2019 A 20 Feb 2019 Dreams-- crushed. Hours and hours spent courting Columbia POIs-- wasted. To the poster below who wrote: "Columbia was my safety school"-- My eyes cannot roll far enough back into my head. Columbia University English, PhD (F19) Rejected via E-mail on 20 Feb 2019 A 20 Feb 2019 fu**ing finally Columbia University (GSAS) English And Comparative Literature, PhD (F19) Rejected via Website on 20 Feb 2019 ♦ A 20 Feb 2019 Received email telling me to log in for decision. GPA is for a recent standalone MA. Columbia GSAS English, PhD (F19) Rejected via E-mail on 20 Feb 2019 ♦ A 20 Feb 2019 Email to check portal. Disappointing. It says I will be considered for a masters without funding and hear soon from that--so it'll be cool to have another rejection to look forward to. Columbia GSAS English, PhD (F19) Rejected via Website on 20 Feb 2019 20 Feb 2019 To the person below who called Columbia their “safety school” ... eat poo Columbia University English, PhD (F19) Rejected via Website on 20 Feb 2019 20 Feb 2019 That’s really so adorable. They’re probably using my application fee as toilet paper Columbia University (GSAS) English, PhD (F19) Rejected via Website on 20 Feb 2019 ♦ A 20 Feb 2019 Columbia University English, PhD (F19) Rejected via E-mail on 20 Feb 2019 ♦ I 20 Feb 2019 report spam Columbia was my safety school lmfao but am very relieved to finally receive an email

Columbia University English, PhD (F19) Rejected via Website on 20 Feb 2019 20 Feb 2019 report spam *Valentina voice* This doesn't fit with my fantasy.

You’re probably right, I’ve been working in customer service too long, lol, I often believe the worst. But I mean today someone ordered a chef salad and was mad as hell when it came out that it wasn’t a sandwich soooooooo perhaps my cynicism isn’t entirely unreasonable ?

Sorry but “Columbia was my safety school” ???? Some people are really out to get that anonymous internet hate today.

No one seemed to mind but of course I wouldn’t phrase it as an obligation at all and people can omit whatever parts they want ??‍♀️ I also asked wayyyyy after application due dates so it’s not like I was increasing my potential to be competition.