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    2021 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    42 minutes ago, LtotheOG said:

    Looks like formatting fucked me. This is what I was written to by a PoI:

    While I cannot speak for the rest of the Admissions Committee, I can tell you that I thought your research project was strong.  However, the application itself did not appear to be well organized or written.  I'm not sure whether you had to convert your statement and your writing sample from one format to another, but it was very difficult to read.  I'm afraid that this issue prevented your application from making our shortlist, even though, again, I thought that your research project was quite interesting.

     

    I'd advise that you spend some time carefully reviewing and revising your statement before applying again next year.

     

    Thoughts, people?
    Do you think the real reason is something else? Can formatting truly fuck you? Should I have been given another chance to patch things up? (I had changed file formats for submission, and that did leave undesirable effects).

    Yikes that's rough, really sorry about this. I think it might not entirely have been formatting from the way this was worded (see bold). Also, may I ask what kind of file conversion you did? (since I'm pretty sure I uploaded my statements straight from word rather than converting to pdf :s)

    2021 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    33 minutes ago, lilgreenblatt said:

    It's so crazy...my house is fine but one of my friends in Austin is on day 3 with our power, has only trail mix left to eat, and was taking short intervals of sitting in her car for heat/power to charge her phone. A church close to her opened up it's rec center and she's able to sit inside there now, but it's not very covid safe...sacrificing social distancing for heat.

    My god that sounds awful... glad to hear your house is okay and wishing all the best for your friend 

    2021 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    31 minutes ago, 1 Pint of Ricotta said:

    Any predictions for which colleges might come out this week?  I'm hoping Rochester and Emory...

    From my list, I think Michigan will likely come out this week, and UT Austin should be coming out soon but they're already way later than previous years, so who knows. As for the maybe-this-weeks I've got UVA, it's possible Princeton will start releasing acceptances toward the end of this week, and Rutgers *might* start releasing acceptances this weekend (if not, I'm assuming next weekend, since they seem to mostly release on weekends). Irvine might release their rejections soon- I'm taking it as an implied rejection, since they seem to have released their acceptances.

    2021 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

    Posted · Edited by queenofcarrotflowers

    2 hours ago, elliec said:

    Where did you see that Stanford only took 2?!

     

    22 minutes ago, 1 Pint of Ricotta said:

    Someone posted on the results page that one of their acceptance emails for stanford said there were 9 accepted this year.  So I don't think the stat mentioned by the other poster is reliable info.

    I believe the 2 figure was for comp lit, not English, hence the confusion. 

    You can see on the results page for comp lit that someone was apparently told this by their POI who they contacted.

    2021 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

    Posted

    the waiting is just so! damn! excruciating! at this point. Anyone else kind of losing their general concentration? I feel like I'm usually pretty good at avoiding procrastination but it feels 10x more difficult to work at the moment. I have a backup plan, I know my chances are slim as heck and I'm not even really scared of what will happen if I don't get in anywhere, but the overwhelming uncertainty is getting to me big time. 

    2021 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    Movement for UMich English has got me antsy enough to forget about the (totally expected) Cornell rejection... Wondering if the posted rejection was actually for English and Education, since results for that usually tend to come out earlier, and nobody else from the general programme seems to have heard anything? Either way, hoping we hear back soon... best of luck everyone, happy to see some of y'all getting very well-deserved acceptances!!

    2021 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

    Posted · Edited by queenofcarrotflowers

    33 minutes ago, Bopie5 said:

    In at Davis!!! My first English acceptance of this cycle. Really exciting and particularly validating since I was rejected from their program in my last app cycle. I'm so happy! Funding details to come, but it feels amazing to have multiple good offers on the table.

    This just made my day-- have been rooting for you!!

     

    Many congratulations!!

    2021 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

    Posted

    1 hour ago, jujubee said:

    I don't advocate alcoholism by any means but it's been G&Ts for me this season (actually, the whole pandemic) and the occasional attempts at exercise. It's hard to stay optimistic with news of increased applications and smaller cohort sizes but there's hardly any choice, is there, haha. Chin up. We're in this together. ?

    And kudos to all who have acceptances so far! What an achievement to be chosen in such a competitive cycle!

    Ooo I haven't had a G&T in a while, will be stealing that idea...

     

    Massive congratulations to those who have been accepted, although it can be disappointing to see acceptances on the board it always makes me happy to know that someone out there has had a well-deserved win !!

    Also good luck to all of us in purgatory/with rejections, keep hanging in there (barely)!

    2021 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    1 hour ago, LtotheOG said:

    I think we have to take into account the fact that this cycle is poised to be exceptional in more ways than one: talk about cohort size, funding, delays...

    My guess is it does not conduct an interview for every admit, like many other schools and programs.

    Then again, I've heard otherwise on previous threads, and it seems all who've participated in grad cafe forums and are now attending UCI were interviewed. I'm not totally sure what the answer is, but if anyone knows for sure do let us know!

    2021 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    14 minutes ago, kirbs005 said:

    I am weirdly nervous about them. I think it's a pretty good fit for me, but it's also the least desirable city for me and my partner to move to on my list... but they have SUCH an excellent placement rate for their Rhet/Comp folks (like they placed 5/6 in professor positions last year, only one was an adjunct as far as I can tell)... but I also have convinced myself there's no way I'm going to get in... lol. I've reached a position similar to OSU I think where I just want to know either way. I won't be heartbroken if I don't get in, and I'll be excited if I do... but I just want to know.

     

    Literally same. They're probably the best fit for me, and I can't help thinking how much I'd love it there, but I've made myself think I definitely won't get in (which is always more likely with grad admissions, but still), which means I definitely won't get in anywhere that's a worse fit... I just want to know dammit!?

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