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No change on my end. Just checked and it still says "Submitted-Awaiting Decision". Probably a good sign that they're releasing decisions soon though!

SAME. Thank god it's becoming less apart of this process by the year. @kendalldinniene thank you so much!

Just got my acceptance letter to Indiana and I'm shaking. I almost didn't apply because they required the subject test. So incredibly grateful.

Right there with you. Not a peep but I was guessing that the school closures last week impacted it somewhat. I'd be surprised if they didn't send anything out this week.

Monique Allewaert's "Ariel's Ecology," or at least the introduction, is a resource for an ecocrit reading of The Tempest.

With the time zone I'm in currently, I'm most likely to get the decision emails in the middle of the night at like 2 in the morning. It is a truly terrible burden when I'm trying to get myself to fall asleep and makes for mornings filled with stress and anticipation. Might be a blessing in disguise though because during most of my day I know there's no chance that an email will come in so I don't feel the need to constantly check.

Yeah I can't imagine that it would be much larger than that

Dang, I wish they had been as transparent this year. No indication on position, just said "short waitlist."

Also wait listed for Oregon State! Had the exact same thought of feeling relieved that I hadn't said something totally heretical in my application to get me black balled everywhere, ha! Feels good to get some positive news. Congrats!

I, for one, welcome our new adcomm overlords.

I finished applying to Bucknell last week. They do require that you send a hard copy of your transcript from your institution. However, there would be no harm in emailing them and asking if they would accept it arriving after the deadline. They do have a very simple application process aside from that. No login portal, you just fill out an online form and recommenders send their letters directly via email (only two required).

I had the worst fake out this morning after receiving some solicitation email from Princeton Review with a subject line that included the words "Graduate school." My most anger-driven unsubscribe on record.

Was just thinking the same thing. They went out on the 19th last year. eeeeeek.

This is what it says on there graduate center site under "Prospective Students" --> "Admissions" --> "Gather your applications" --> "Learn More". On my application I uploaded my student score report but I did not send it through ETS. It will still say (not official) next to your scores, just like your transcript, because I think that even if you have submitted through ETS they don't cross reference that data base until you are accepted.

This is precisely the oscillation of my emotions with every passing day. Some days I'm thinking about how I would choose between different options, and other days I'm certain that I'm not getting accepted to a single program. I've already turned in my resignation to end my time at my current job this coming August--for myriad other reasons--but primarily because of my intent to attend graduate school. If this plan does not work out I am terrified and at once intrigued about what a "gap" year would resemble. I feel a lot of indirect pressure from family and friends regarding this decision, not that they don't want me to be happy or to pursue my dreams, but because it has been difficult to articulate to them the idea that being qualified to study with these programs does not mean being offered admission--that the arbitrary unapologetically courses through this entire process with reckless abandon. So if I do not get accepted, they would think I'd made a terribly uninformed decision to pivot my life and quit my current job. But yeah, it's a terrifying leap. I have a decent amount of professional experience and I think I could find something, but my time outside of academia has been soul sucking and I really do not want to do it. So uhh, fingers crossed and all that. I will echo @dilby with the Parts Unknown. Tony is my antidote for all anxiety. I've watched some episodes three or four times, ha!

@mandelbulb thank you! my primary field is 20c American. I’m particularly interested in mass culture and modernist aesthetics of the interwar period and narratives of US imperial culture therein. My top choice schools are UPenn, Duke, Stanford, and UConn. @dilby well at least there was one person enjoying that test!

Just wanted to drop in and say hi to everyone! I didn't know about GradCafe until a week ago and it has been a revelation. I'm making my way back to academia nearly five years after finishing my undergraduate due to a military service obligation and I've felt alone and afraid in this whole endeavor until now. Really glad I found some people to share this crushing anxiety with and to know I'm not alone in all of it. Also, small world- but I'm pretty sure I sat right next to @dilby during the GRE subject test this past September when I was still in Texas.