flowersandcoffee
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7 hours ago, Go Weast Young Man said:
Regarding waitlists - do people who have been watching this process for a couple cycles have a general idea about how the likelihood of getting called up from a waitlist changes as we get closer to the mid April decision deadline? My intuition would be that the odds go down a little each day as the pool of uncommitted accepted students dwindles, but not sure if is offset by a last minute rush of late deciders or anything like that.
I know that at any particular schools it's really just dependent on what a handful of accepted students decide, but just curious about the overall trend
An admin officer from Harvard told me that most students (even if they've made up their mind months ago) tend to wait until the April deadline to reject their offers. This seems to be the general trend and it must be a psychological thing. Even my friends who had numerous offers last cycle and KNEW which school they wanted to go to, waited until April to reject their other offers (even though they had accepted their main school ASAP). Anyway, that's just what I've heard/observed. Other people may have a different experience/understanding.
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Is everyone else on the Columbia waitlist invited to the Visiting Day?
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If by any chance the Modern Europeanist who was accepted to Harvard this cycle is on here, could they please privately message me? Would be greatly appreciated!
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Have Yale acceptances already come out? If so, do you mind sharing your sub-field?
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1 minute ago, Kashew_Nuts93 said:
Would you be willing to share your field?
Yeah of course Kashew Nuts! I'm a modern Europeanist
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Waitlisted at Columbia - just received the email to check the portal.
Lots of waitlisting for me. Harvard, Columbia, Berkeley
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3 minutes ago, Mad Scientist Malfrost said:
Being on the waitlist is better than being rejected! It at least means you're still in the running for a spot! I'd reach out to your PoI and ask about how the list looks and where you are on it. Hopefully you have better luck this year getting off it if Harvard is your number one pick!
Also, congrats to all the Wisconsin admits!
Thank you for the positivity Mad Scientist!
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Just got waitlisted at Harvard. Second year in a row. Not sure what to make of this, as I never got off the waitlist last year.
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6 hours ago, MatildaMedievalist said:
I don't have an offer in hand, but you're right. Stressing won't help.
Congratulations! I guess I'm just really confused that people have gotten acceptances and people have gotten rejections, and yet I have gotten nothing. I didn't think these things tended to be done in rounds, but maybe they are? I'd just never heard of something like this before.
Hey! I can imagine this is really stressful. I would try and spend some time offline tonight. Turn off your phone/laptop, give them to a friend/roommate. If you haven't heard anything by tomorrow, especially since rejections have come out via the portal, which is usually automated to everyone on the rejection list, then maybe you've been waitlisted?
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Hi! An oddly specific question - any Australians on here, who applied to Harvard and received an email this morning about the Robert Gordon Menzies Scholarships??
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Hi! An oddly specific question - any Australians on here, who applied to Harvard and received an email this morning about the Robert Gordon Menzies Scholarships??
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Hi! An oddly specific question - any Australians on here, who applied to Harvard and received an email this morning about the Robert Gordon Menzies Scholarships??
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Hi! An oddly specific question - any Australians on here, who applied to Harvard and received an email this morning about the Robert Gordon Menzies Scholarships??
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Hiii! An oddly specific question - any Australians on here, who applied to Harvard and received an email this morning about the Robert Gordon Menzies Scholarships??
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Okay an oddly specific question - any Australians on here, who applied to Harvard and received an email this morning about the Robert Gordon Menzies Scholarships??
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4 minutes ago, GradSchoolAndSuch said:
Hello all! I'm new here =). Stupidly decided to lurk 2-3 weeks ago, realized I was likely going to get rejected from Berkeley, and then vowed to take a few weeks off the forums so I don't drive myself crazy. I got my first acceptance yesterday, so am feeling like I can come out of the woodwork and celebrate everyone's good news! And cheer on everyone else!
My stats and background are oddly specific, so I'm more than happy to answer questions but please PM me if you do have them. I'm paranoid that professors are lurking here (as if they don't have actual research and teaching commitments to attend to, amiright?)
Anyway, all of that long preamble to say: hello! I got accepted at Princeton yesterday and a few hours later rejected from Berkeley.
Woohooo! Congrats!! What a massive achievement! Please tell me how you managed to stay off this website. Would like my life back x
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31 minutes ago, medievalpeasant said:
Hey! That was me, my subfield was medieval Europe
Columbia was a bit of a long shot for me in terms of matching with POI’s. I hope you get better news soon!
Thanks so much for replying!! That's honestly so nice of your POI to email you. I hope I don't have to wait until the end of Feb for a rejection...(Modern Europe subfield). Best of luck for your other apps!
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If the people who noted a Columbia rejection post-interview (so sorry to hear but at least your POI was kind enough to let you know early!) are on here, do you mind noting your sub-field?
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1 hour ago, saintesprit said:
I feel silly but I don't really know what a POI is haha! But for more context: I got an email yesterday from a Prof I'd been in touch with and he gave me "tentatively good news" re acceptance but warned me it is still not concrete until GSAS approves their recommended candidates on Feb.7th. I hope that helps!
Wow congrats!!! What an achievement! Did they say whether they are accepting more than 6 students this year? Also POI = person of interest, which usually means your potential supervisor. Did you have an interview/much correspondence before they emailed you yesterday?
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Wow lots of movement on the results page today. Congrats to all the NYU admits!
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1 hour ago, saintesprit said:
Hi! I had an interview with Yale really early, in the first week of January (before I knew this forum existed) - it was in the African history subfield, I was interviewed very formally/intensely by three professors...they said I'd hear from them in early February but also that they're only taking 1 person in African history, lol. It seems interviews go by subfield so that might not have bearing on your application!
Thanks for the info!! Best of luck
I believe they are also only taking 1 modern Europeanist as well...
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Okay I got a Berkeley waitlist about 30 mins ago... subfield: modern European history
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1 minute ago, fiddleleaf31 said:
Yes I posted my interview on the results page.
Thanks for the info! Much appreciated
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Just now, fiddleleaf31 said:
@flowersandcoffee I did receive a Yale interview which was during the week of Jan 11. Since then I have not heard anything. It was a very short interview but formal.
Were you the same person who posted on the results page?
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For anyone on UC Berkeley's waitlist, apparently 50% of admitted students have not accepted or declined their offer