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The best of luck to all those waiting on waitlists tonight. Hopes and prayers! ??

Hi! Sorry about this. I can imagine how you must be feeling. I think the outbreak also has a role to play in this. I’ve heard from two different programs (this week) that they won’t be pulling anyone from the waitlist because they’ve been asked to not make any more funded offers. Since I’ve already accepted a better offer, it didn’t make much of a difference to me. But what if it did? Surely, this isn’t right! Why are academic fund cuts such an easy decision to make?

Awesome. Thanks guys! By when does one find out the courses that are going to be offered to us? Oh and I know I sound like an insufferable nerd here, but trust me, I just love making plans! I’m only going to accomplish like 5% of it! Best case scenario. and now that I’m thinking about it, maybe I just like to make myself feel bad about all the things I should be doing instead! ? well, whatever! ??‍♀️ Anyway, thanks guys! I guess language acquisition shouldn’t have to wait till I join the program. And good tip about saving monies! Although with an international conference next month, I’ll have to begin from scratch. ?

Hey! (To the current students and others) Based on your experiences, how would advise someone to use their time before graduate school? As in, how can we prepare ourselves better for what lies ahead? Some essential reading or something? Thanks!

WHAT IS HAPPENING! WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE?

Thank you so much! Let’s see how it goes. Oh and goodluck for today!

They have 10 spots this year. Said so in the waitlist email.

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I just want to add that the reason I’m so fond of this forum (apart from the admission updates obviously) is because unlike the rest of the internet, the mask of anonymity does not bring out the trolls within us. I’ve only ever perceived it as a positive space. And that, folks, is something! When I read @caffeinated applicant’s post yesterday, I just kept looking at the screen for a few minutes at least. It captured everything I had felt last season, and everything I had struggled to suppress ever since. A few days ago, I couldn’t access the website because of server issues for around 10 mins, and I legit freaked out. I truly value this space. Let’s just actively try and keep it the way it has always been: POSITIVE, SUPPORTIVE, EMPATHETIC.

Waitlisted at Virginia. There’s another one (not me yet) on the results board. Will probably take myself off the CUNY waitlist in the next couple of days.

@CanadianEnglish @caffeinated applicant @meghan_sparkle Thank you so much! Will take some time to register. Thank you so much.

just got my Michigan offer. 6 years funding. Fuck.

What’s up with Virginia, by the way? Only three acceptances on the board!

Yep.

Hmmm... ? So what happens if you haven’t heard from Michigan yet? HOPE! The kind of possibilities that I’m conjuring up! Maybe Brown will send their final acceptances this week. Maybe they can only inform 1-2 people everyday! Maybe I won’t get in anywhere, and then I’ll get an offer from Harvard! How this messes up with our heads! How we let it!

Binge watching stuff every waking second to forget about this for a moment! Not as effective as I’d like it to be. goodluck y’all! ??

UC Irvine should also be this week, I guess.

Wow! Sundays too?! Congratulations! ?

Oh yes! ?? I think all my schools are going to notify around the same time (13-15 Feb). One way or the other, it’s gonna be intense, folks! Really intense. Is it even possible to brace oneself against that unknown inevitability? ?

Yes. Please. Take it easy, guys! The specifics in this case are specific to her. I understand that this is a difficult time for the rest of us, but this hounding is uncalled for.

Wouldn’t be true to your name, would you? ?

All this helplessness/hopelessness is sending me on some really bizarre and agonising existential trips, man! I mean, is this all that there is to my life? Is there any other way really? Why can’t we afford to not succeed? To not make it? I mean I obviously know that these acceptances/rejections are no reflection of who I am etc., but boy are they painful! There needs to be a sustained debate on these now global attacks on higher education. Why should the kids even take this up as a career if there’s no light at the end of the damn tunnel! wow! this can actually be a good place to vent.

Congrats! ?

Yayy! Congratulations! ? And goodluck to everyone else. It has begun. ??

Just needed to hear that from someone. Thanks!