BetterLight13
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2 hours ago, gooniesneversaydie said:
I couldn't say. It looks like Chicago is a bigger program, but who knows how that translates to how many applicants/spaces they actually have. I like the concept of a small cohort (especially after reading some comments on here about the benefits), but load a good it does me if I'm not in it! I will say, last year when I went to U of O's welcome days, there were about 20 people in the cohort and only 7 or so posted on GC. So, like @BetterLight13 said, GC isn't the best representation of potential cohort size.
Update: They take five per cohort. (https://www.bu.edu/english/graduate/phd-in-english-and-american-literature/phd-program-information/). Not great, but actually not terribly different than a lot of other comparable universities in the area. Thinking of Boston College or Brandeis when I claim this.
Someone earlier in this thread also commented that many universities, BU included, recently did away with the GRE Subject requirement. This probably did have an effect on the number of applicants, but we may never know how drastically.
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11 minutes ago, gooniesneversaydie said:
Okay, but no really...I'm starting to hate late afternoons/early evenings because it means another day has gone by with no news. I keep looking over BU's past notifications as if I'm going to gain some new insight. It's making me even more paranoid because aside from last year, it seems like they only accept 1-2 applicants each year (well, that post on GC that is).
Also being slowly driven insane. My boss went to campus to participate in an event this afternoon.
Also, also, though, I think these numbers have a lot to do with GC user numbers rather than a complete, accurate representation of admitted students. Last year it looks like four got in and a few more were wait listed. Before that, you’re right, only one or two.
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13 minutes ago, Rrandle101 said:
Trying not be salty rn but the coordinator at UCLA got back to me and said that I, and everyone else still waiting, should have been rejected weeks ago but weren't due to a massive oversight ? Congrats to everyone admitted though and always good to have closure!
I didn’t even apply there and I’m mad. This is why I’m a big proponent of temporary hires during busy or chaotic times of the year. That’s beyond an oversight.
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1 hour ago, onerepublic96 said:
Re: Boston...
anxiety is driving me up the wall so I tore through the results thread back to 2012 and found a bunch of these comments:
I had never heard anything like this about BU. Is it true? I have an external MA, too... would really hate to write this off as a likely rejection now...
I always wonder about this. I had a trusted advisor tell me once that they preferred candidates with MAs because they already have graduate experience / a portfolio of sample work to demonstrate ability.
But who knows.
As @gooniesneversaydie said, too, these comments were almost a decade ago already.
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59 minutes ago, gooniesneversaydie said:
Info on the board about BU sending out notifications late Feb to mid March. Good lord, out of the 9,000 of us who are apparently waiting, how many will get in?!
I was just thinking the same thing. I recall seeing that there are even multiple people (myself included) who would be saved from getting shut out of this round completely if they got in.
Like many others, I don't even want to hope at this point, but the pleasant thought still lingers.
On the other hand, I'm completely amused by the picture in my head of a horde of us, black circles around our eyes, peering expectantly into the windows of the building that the English department is housed in at BU
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Brown rejection party!! ???
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I really don't know whether to assume that Brandeis is done issuing acceptances or not. I knew their cohort would be small, but three acceptances and a rejection on the board are baffling. ?
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Welp, don't mind me, I'll just be sitting here in the corner listening to those crickets chirp...
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1 minute ago, onerepublic96 said:
If ya'll don't mind, I was wondering... has anyone else here not gotten an acceptance yet?
I have not this round. 0a/0w/2r/4p
Two years ago, during my first round, I did get in to one of the few schools I applied to, but they didn't offer me any funding (I could go on a diatribe about how irresponsible that is, but I'll spare everyone).
1 minute ago, caffeinated applicant said:No acceptance yet here, so I'm right with you in the "Am I going anywhere at all for grad school?" lifeboat in a grand ocean of anxiety. One waitlist that I'm clinging to for hope!
Like, what would I even do if I don't get in anywhere? Stay at my job now that, while cushy in terms of compensation and time off, doesn't have growth opportunities and is located in an area where I'd rather not be living? Take a new job that would almost certainly mean a pay cut and a move to a higher COL city? Do I apply for a second cycle, and if I do, is it better to spend a year in a limbo position or should I hedge my bets and move into a more career-leading position now? And I've got a partner with their own career to think about, too...
It's so stressful. I will say, though, if you don't get the desired results this round and you truly believe that the grad school path is the one you want to tread, reapply. Take the time between the rounds of applications to save money and strategically look for ways to revamp your application next time. I'm also stuck at similar type of job at a small college in New England and I have to say that, while it doesn't offer a fulfilling future, it offers time to redraft applications.
Either way, hang in there!
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1 hour ago, noneckmonsters said:
Another possibility is that they nominated a few people for fellowships, so they had to process their acceptances first. I'm wouldn't mark it is an implied rejection till monday. this cycle I had one implied rejection turn to an acceptance and another into a waitlist
Thank you for providing us with a life raft to cling to. ?
Much needed while sitting here twirling my thumbs and obsessive compulsively checking portals/this forum/email between tasks at work.
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22 minutes ago, timespentreading said:
Brown acceptance on the board! (not mine)
Literally just made an account to ask everyone what on earth was going on down in Providence, but I guess there's my answer...
2020 Applicants
in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
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I know it's not exactly the same thing, but throughout this whole mad situation, I just keep thinking of every story I've ever read about characters who were suited to / wanted to be academics, but their involvement in a war effort prevented them from realizing this on their ideal timeline. It's crazy. The prevalence of technology and science in our time gives the false perception that we're fully in control, but this is a reality check.
My heart goes out to everyone, whether involved in Higher Ed or not. It's going to be a rocky road forward.