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Thank you, I was a bit hesitant about reaching out to them but I'll definitely do that now! I'm trying to plan, so knowing sooner rather than later either way is ideal. I agree, it feels quite rude to me to not have communicated anything at all essentially two weeks before the deadline. I understand programs are very busy and get many applications, but to me it really reflects on the school itself in some ways if they don't say anything at all! Especially since these decisions involve committing ourselves to a school for 2-7 years and applications are very expensive and time consuming to complete. I can't imagine a general 'we are working on decisions still, please be patient' email to everyone on a 'waitlist' would be that difficult to send? Or just any kind of acknowledgement that they are working on the apps? Idk. It's been extremely frustrating, so I completely agree!

Hi! I was just generally wondering if anyone has heard from Tulane Classical Studies MA? I've had radio silence and have yet to see anything on the results board. I wouldn't be worried but it seems typically they send responses by the end of February...it just seems a bit odd!

I also found, at least from what I was told by faculty at several MA programs (including Brandeis and Columbia Classical Studies) that even though many of the requirements could be done in a year, they prefer that students take two years - and either remit tuition the second year, or make it a very low number, or have students do the program 'part time' so they can ultimately take more classes over the entire degree (As in, full time would be 4 courses a semester over a year and part time is 3 classes a semester over two years...something like that. Then you get 12 courses instead of 8). So it is worth contacting professors at programs you are interested in to ask how the typical structure works with timing and with tuition! Every program is different so take my experience with a grain of salt.

Oh gosh that would definitely stress me out as well!!! That sucks. COVID has really slowed down museums/grad schools/just opportunities all around. Don't give up hope yet, you never know - the wait is the hardest part. ? Plus it helps me so much to know everyone else is stuck in the waiting limbo as well, that way we can all commiserate together!

I totally feel you! I think I've applied to most of the spring/summer/fall internships for the last 2/3 years (sometimes skipping a season or two) and I've only once made it to a finalist round and no further, so I'm anticipating a very solid rejection come mid April per usual. I'm still anxiously hoping though...I really hope you hear good news, it sucks that they might be considering international students less this year! What a brutal time for museums all around

No update to report, but my name has also been replaced with my email address. Everything else looks the same though!

Just bumping this to see if anyone has heard anything! I feel like I've heard (in past years) they usually do interviews sometime in March? Does it seem like that is still the case this year?

Every time I think I've accepted it and start think about having to move on or create a concrete back up plan I end up feeling so ick about everything! I think all-rejections is hard to stomach during a normal application season, and feels almost impossible this year because there isn't that much to distract me or to look forward to. Trying to hold on to the possibility of doing another MA (funded this time around) or maybe finding a relevant job...or maybe just applying again next year. No matter what, this has been such a stressful time for everyone!

Ahhh gotcha makes sense. Thanks for letting me know, that really helps. I wish schools were faster in following up then, it’s frustrating to be held in rejection limbo for weeks on end ??. Welp as soon as they and CU send my formal rejects I’m out for this round! I’m with @ClassicsCandidate, feeling very discouraged all around this year.

Amazing! Have you heard anything from U of T either? It's been complete radio silence for me since I talked to my POIs in the fall. I'm not a Canadian student so I think that could pose a problem with admissions/funding!

Oh awesome! My specialization is Roman art so I had two POIs for ancient. Wbu?

Agreed, it is very strange! That could be it? If your interview was good I doubt there would be any other reason. What I've learned this year is that AdComs work in incomprehensible ways...particularly with COVID. I've also been generally wondering what specializations Columbia admitted this year because if they only took 5 they are excluding so many different areas and time periods! LOVE the concept of declining Columbia. I did two years ago for one of their MA programs and it felt great. PhD this time! I applied to two other MAs (in Classics) and am only waiting on Columbia and Toronto Art History for PhDs. This seems to confirm that they've both sent acceptances/rejections are on the way so I'm going to start crossing my finger for the MAs and MA funding! Best of luck, I'm hoping you hear good news!

Oh wow, I'm so sorry! That's so bizarre...I bet they are waiting to send the mass rejections to the rest of us until later. I'm surprised they rejected people who interviewed, I would have thought they picked the waitlist from there! That's really rough. I'm disappointed, but I think deep down I know that I'd be a better fit in another Columbia program not taking students this year. Still, a hard pill to swallow regardless! EDIT: Saw your edit just now! Good to know I can lay it to rest. I still want the official rejection so I can move on with my day to day life but that helps quite a bit.

Beyond acceptances for Columbia (congrats!) has anyone received a rejection or waitlist at this point? The board shows they usually send the rejections quite late in March...closure would be nice!

True! I’m trying to not keep my hopes up because this cycle has been so unequivocally filled with bad news ?? but it’s always possible.

Ahhhhhhh okay congrats to those who heard back!! Anyone okay with sharing their fields? I’m assuming that means I’m out of the running but I’m glad to at least know now and not later!

Has anyone heard from Toronto yet? I saw an admit on the results page...congrats!

I loved it! I loved the inter-collegiate program - I took a bunch of classes at & with UCL and Royal Holloway which was amazing. I guess I'll wait until the end of this application cycle and then spend some time and research reflecting on next steps and looking at places abroad. I don't know if I have the mental fortitude to start this all again in the fall!

Exactly! It just sucks that it feels bad either way, even if I know it doesn’t reflect on me at all but it does help to know it really is outside of our control. I was at King’s College London! I also got into Edinburgh and ultimately turned them and two other US MAs down because I wanted daily access to the British Museum since my focus is ancient art. I’ve had friends in various related fields at St. Andrews, Durham, Exeter, and Edinburgh who all absolutely loved their time there. I’ve heard great things about the other schools as well. I also think it would be so cool to do a degree in Germany but I would have to improve my German by leaps and bounds...

That perspective really helps and I agree! It’s been a brutal year for this, and the number of schools that pulled applications was huge, especially for the interdisciplinary programs. I did my MA in the UK so if you have any questions feel free to message me! I would’ve loved to stay in the UK for a PhD but getting international funding was so intimidating and stressful. Maybe I’ll look into it for next year as well!

That’s an insane number, wow! At this point I only have a few left to hear from and it seems very likely it will be bad news. I’m holding a little bit of hope no matter what but I’m trying to come up with some backup plans! COVID really seems to have narrowed funding and admits significantly :(

Same expected but still...brutal.

Thank you so much, this helps lots! This is my second cycle but the first time around I only did MAs and it felt a lot more straightforward - with PhDs I feel so out of my element so I really appreciate it.

I had this same question. I’ve gotten one rejection already and while brutal feeling I’d love to know if there is an appropriate way to reach back out for advice on strengthening future application cycles! I feel like enough work and effort went into each app that it’s completely fair to ask for feedback, I’m just not sure how to go about it. Also, in reference to number of spots this year - I lowkey feel like the numbers changed between October/November plans and what they are now deciding in January! Professors were very clear with me in that it would be smaller cohorts this year, but I never imagined they would be *that* small. I agree it would totally help to know some stats just to feel less bad and stressed about the whole thing!

Oh wow, everyone is taking so few people! Good to know though. I did apply, and haven’t heard anything yet. Honestly this process has been more discouraging than I anticipated - not really wanting to go through it again either!