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Waitlisted for Oregon state's MA.
I guess my application isn't total trash after all ?

Guys! Just randomly checked the portal for University of Texas (Austin) and it says I’ve been accepted! No email or anything though, fingers crossed it’s not an error....?

Wow just got an invite to Duke's 2nd round! I was totally convinced I was out. Anyone else got news?
 
Not really enough funding for me to actually attend though, coming from Europe...

i'm not sure if anyone here's a fan of hamilton, but on the note of chicago's polar vortex... 
 

Out of upvotes, but that’s amazing @arbie !!

Hi everyone! I was accepted into OSU's MA/PhD and, while I haven't officially accepted the offer, I'm pretty sure I'm will! I just wanted to say hi on here to anyone else who might be going to the visit day in April or who might want to chat about why they may or may not be accepting their offer. Also, if there's anyone like me who's almost for sure going, I'm already living in the Columbus area, (though I will be moving closer to campus if I accept the offer) and would be happy to give any advice about moving to Columbus or finding a place in Columbus at some point if that would be in any way helpful to anyone. Congrats to all who got in...I'm super excited to meet you!

Duke English holt ShIT I can’t BREAThE

Duke English holt ShIT I can’t BREAThE

Duke English holt ShIT I can’t BREAThE

Duke English holt ShIT I can’t BREAThE

OMG I got into Duke English too!

Lol I'm in at UT Austin too! Congrats to everyone. Will you all be attending the visit weekend? Hook'em ?

UT Austin!!! Can't breathe!!!
 
Edit: that is, I GOT IN!

Sooo...I just received an email saying I've been admitted at UT-Austin's PhD program! This is all happening so quickly, yet so slowly!

!!! It is!! One of my favourite songs by her

@spectrum-in i've been trying to get myself to check this site less, but every time i get off it, i wonder if i'll miss out on something important (i'm not even one to experience fomo usually, but this process has just been so nerve-wracking...) 
(on a side note, is your username based on florence and the machine's "spectrum"?) 

DUKE INTERVIEW I AM ECSTATIC

for everyone panicking, i emailed the dgs to clarify if they're carrying out interviews for this application cycle (because they did so a few years ago) and the answer is no. whomever posted about their invitation to interview on the results page is either mistaken, or trying to mess with us, or there might, perhaps, be special cases that necessitate interviews. otherwise, they "should be able to start notifying people next week". (fingers crossed!) 

Longtime lurker, just making an account to reply to this. A professor of mine was supervised by Berlant, and this professor told me Chicago would not interview candidates they were certain they wished to accept; doing so, after all, would be a waste of resources. She said that the candidates who are interviewed are candidates which the university is "on the fence" about—candidates with, say, a lower GPA or GRE, but an interesting SOP. (Or vice versa.) Hence why, on another forum, an individual who called Chicago said something along the lines of "interviews don't indicate application standing. They're for extra questions about projects."
This is all to say: the candidates that the University of Chicago accepts are not always the candidates that are asked to interview, or who receive interviews. So, don't fret if you have not received an interview; if you have, good luck. Rejections are rejections only when they're finalized. 

I had the same thought :( now I am not having a good night’s sleep 

@Pnwonder it was to Literary Studies! Specific interest in Caribbean folklore :)

I also got in!! Longtime lurker :). I ended up applying to the Bridge Program and didn't hear anything back, they might let us know later! I know they said more info would be coming in a separate email.

@Pnwonder it was to Literary Studies! Specific interest in Caribbean folklore :)

To any of the Madison folks that have received acceptances so far ( @Englishtea1 @spectrum-in ) would you mind specifying if it was the Lit or Rhet/Comp program you applied to? And congratulations! ?

I also got in!! Longtime lurker :). I ended up applying to the Bridge Program and didn't hear anything back, they might let us know later! I know they said more info would be coming in a separate email.