Wimsey

Big mood. I'm almost looking forward to that inevitable Harvard rejection, just so I can get closer to decision time. Yay, I'm so happy for you!

I just received a rejection from Michigan. A little disappointing, but it wasn't my top choice.

I am quite curious/anxious to know if UVA will be sending out more acceptances today.

I'm thinking of calling Princeton if we don't hear anything by Wednesday morning.... The impatience is wearing on my nerves.

There's a waitlist from Michigan on the board...?

My impatience is climbing to new levels. ? I thought for sure at least one of my schools would notify today.

I'm making some chocolate cake and raspberry sauce, because if I have to endure admissions uncertainty on Valentine's Day, I might as well do it while eating good food.

Discussion of "Sir Gawain" reminds me of the time my undergrad university hosted a reading of the poem. One of my profs not only wore all green but also attempted to dye his face and hair green for the occasion.

Cornell rejection. This one hurts. It was one of my favorite programs.

I know! I want to start my decision-making process, but I'm still waiting on a bunch of schools, all of which are highly ranked and could be game changers. The uncertainty is very frustrating!

Congrats! I did my BA at Rochester. They have some great resources for medievalists (assuming that is your subfield)!

I don't anticipate an acceptance from Brown, as I don't think it's the best fit research-wise, but that won't stop me from watching my phone like a hawk for the rest of the afternoon.

I feel this. I work an evening shift today, so right now I'm just sitting on the couch answering emails, reading, and getting an adrenaline rush every time my phone buzzes.

I am waiting on nine schools, some of which I expect to notify this week. They are all prestigious programs, so I'm keeping my expectations low. I just want to have the full picture so I can start figuring out which program I want to attend. Out of my three acceptances, I have a top two (largely based on funding), but deciding between those two will be hard, since both programs have shown a similar level of enthusiasm about my work. And to think I spent most of January assuming that I would be shut out....

Lol it's actually thanks to one of my family members, who is very interested in my admissions journey and did some sleuthing to figure out when I might get the decision.

Rutgers will apparently make their decisions on the 21st: https://english.rutgers.edu/news-events/events-98/icalrepeat.detail/2020/02/21/1167/-/admissions-final-meeting.html

Ooh, good to know! Time to steel myself for those results.

I'm planning to attend the Penn State visit! I haven't made official arrangements yet, though. I have booked my plane tickets for WashU at the end of February, so that will be my first campus visit.

My Yale disappointment was somewhat alleviated by an email from a prof at one of the programs that accepted me. They wrote to compliment my writing sample, the same WS I sent to Yale. It was a heartening message.

I received my Yale rejection. Congratulations to those who have been accepted! What a great accomplishment!

*refreshes email frantically*

I'll send you a request, too! I'm pretty active on Goodreads. Today I hope to start Affinity, by Sarah Waters. I've heard so many good things about her books, so I'm looking forward to giving her work a try.

Got my official Berkeley rejection. Thank u, next.

Got my Chicago rejection, with a referral to MAPH.

Yeah, I'm just marking it as an implied rejection and moving on. I wish they could send out the rejections more promptly. Same goes for Chicago.