amphilanthus

hi all! I’m a current first year PhD student at UVA, and have been lurking on here a bit trying to message those who have been accepted/waitlisted just to say congrats and make myself available – but I’m sure I haven’t been able to catch every post, so figured I should probably say more publicly that I’m happy to answer any and all questions via PM! please reach out if you have any questions, or even just want to connect. I will answer all messages to the best of my ability and am maybe most qualified to talk about: UVA faculty/courses related to early modern lit or women & gender (a bit of 18th century + medieval knowledge as well) the waitlist process at UVA choosing a program sight-unseen grantwriting/the nonprofit sector as a path before or after graduate school moving away from one’s spouse/partner for a program (saw some discussion on this topic a while back in the thread I think) I also have a small amount of knowledge about Vanderbilt, Rutgers, and Michigan E&WS from last year, and would be happy to answer any questions that I can on those programs if (like I was) anyone is very desperate for information at this stage. wishing you all the best with a very, very long and miserable process! be good to yourselves.

today in surreal sentences: headed to UVA in the fall!

declined vanderbilt. agonizing choice - such an amazing, warm, brilliant community. unfortunately I’m not sure if this will help anyone as I know a fairly big group has already accepted, but fingers crossed!

yaaaay, congratulations!!!!

thank you both!!! very surreal! so, uh... related note, is there anyone who attended the UVA visit who wouldn’t mind messaging me? would love to be able to ask a few questions and hear impressions!

accepted off the waitlist at Virginia!!! screamed when I saw the email, to the horror of everyone else around me on the train...

I was told this by the DGS - early was his word, not mine! might not end up being the case but I want to believe.

anyone else feeling at least a little nauseous at all times as we enter the last week of waiting here? if not, that’s cool, I’m nauseous enough for all of us! it’s gonna be a loooong week (for the UVA waitlist crew: I heard movement is expected “early” this week, fwiw)

officially declined Rutgers today, pretty torn up about it. such a hard choice. hope it helps someone here out because it’s clearly an amazing program!

if anyone has questions about the details there feel free to message me and I can pass along exactly what was said! trying to preserve some small shred of online anonymity but happy to share what I have more privately

thank you! slowly but surely. hope you’re approaching something like clarity too - looking forward to hearing where you end up!

@The Wordsworthian unfortunately it’s the English/WGS joint program, so it’s a bit more up in the air. but thank you! fingers crossed all works out perfectly for you too!

@The Wordsworthian I haven’t officially done so yet because the idea of doing so makes me wanna barf (but I will before the end of the week, for anyone on the waitlist who’s dying for news!) but I’m going to be declining Rutgers’ offer. so, down to Vanderbilt and waitlists, particularly holding out hope for Michigan!

waitlist purgatory solidarity! the worst. finally made the choice between my two offers, which was agonizing enough already, and the idea of suddenly having to make another choice at the very last minute is my nightmare. two more weeks! we’re so close, y’all!

finally got the UVA waitlisted email too! got very excited (and terrified) to see an update but nothing new. glad that it’s at least official now.