Whoopsiee
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Duke: Feb 21-23
UC Boulder: Feb 28-March 1
University of Alabama: February 28-March 2
Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL): February 28-March 2U Wisconsin-Madison: March 3-5
Illinois (Urbana): March 4-5
Stanford: March 6-8
Northwestern: March 7-9
Saint Louis University: March 8
UC Santa Cruz: March 14-17
Kansas: March 17-19
Vanderbilt: March 21-22
Rice University: March 21-23
UT Austin: March 28-30
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22 minutes ago, mxiongturquoise said:
Not a bad news at all! Congrats. Hope you'll succeed in getting into the final final round.
Since I applied to their comp lit track I really have no idea how the admission process is like. Guess we'll also hear back from them next week then.
I also applied comp. lit and english! My impression is that they're very interrelated.
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20 minutes ago, trytostay said:
@3131 @Ruta my Columbia interviewer just emailed me to let me know I’m one of two being recommended for admission for eighteenth-century. I’m confused because I kind of thought I already was being recommended! It isn’t a bad thing of course, I’m just confused about the process now. Did either of you get an email like this from your POI? He said committee meets on the 15th and notices will start on the 18th.
On mobile so format is weird. Pls forgive lol
The person on the phone didn't really say anything about admission beyond telling me the (possible) decision date. That sounds like really good news though! Congrats!
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1 minute ago, Ruta said:
Good! (I had to reschedule it for today.) It was very relaxed, more of a conversation than an interview. The person calling me asked a couple questions about my research but mostly talked about the program (and was very nice). Good luck to you with yours!
Also they told me we'd be hearing back early next week, if anyone's curious!
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21 hours ago, 3131 said:
How did the call go?
Good! (I had to reschedule it for today.) It was very relaxed, more of a conversation than an interview. The person calling me asked a couple questions about my research but mostly talked about the program (and was very nice). Good luck to you with yours!
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14 hours ago, mandelbulb said:
welcome to the thread! from what i've read here, that's probably a good sign? maybe not super professional, but professors are often very busy and i think sometimes they forget a 9pm email to a prospective student is not the same as a 9pm email to their actual advisee. (though, if this is something that would bother you as their advisee, maybe keep that in mind? some professors don't really have appropriate work/life boundaries with students.) good luck!
Okay phew thank you! The email was no bother. It was completely lovely and kind. It just seriously made me consider whether I was being punk'd or not lmao
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Hey y'all. Long time lurker here (you seem like a lovely bunch! It's embarrassing how invested I've become in your individual application processes lmao)
Just had a question. I just got a strange email from Columbia asking if I'd be willing to talk on the phone tomorrow morning. I'm not sure if this is an interview request? The language in the email led me to believe they're interested in me, but interviews aren't usually requested at 9 on a Saturday night to happen the following morning. I realized recently that the POI I had listed in my SoP had retired the previous year (I am a Big Idiot), so I'm hoping they just want clarification about that? If anybody has any advice or any info about Columbia's typical interview process, I'd really appreciate it! (I'm a medievalist by the way. I hear it's typical that they interview that sub-specialty).
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I think this only happens at universities where there's competitive funding. They can't guarantee full funding for 5 years, and so the department has to appeal to the wider university (to whom the GRE Q is supposedly a quick and easy indicator of the student's viability). My advisor was adamant that I not study. I scored in the 30th percentile, but I also promised myself I wouldn't consider schools without incredibly good/ guaranteed funding packages. I don't know if that helps. I certainly don't have experience in an admission committee like bfat, so I would definitely trust their advice over mine!