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DePaul was 5 slots out of 166 applicants this year. Oregon is going to be very low this year given they are accepting just 1 student.

They also only accepted one person last year. Makes me concerned about the amount of funding their department is getting for it to be like that two years in a row...and I know there is COVID and all but still...

I have not heard from them either. Since someone got in last Friday, maybe we will be on the waitlist...would seem silly to not do all rejections on one day, but also possible.

Admitted to DePaul for Fall 2021!!! So excited about this!

Thanks for that! Very, very interesting. I hope you get whatever your second choice was. I really have to give it to Cornell for allowing our apps to be passed somewhere else if the first shot doesn't make it.

Actually I looked back to their prior admissions results and it seems like back in 2017 (I think) they rejected people a few days before they waitlisted a couple and admitted one person. I also saw a stray interview from many years ago. Their program seems to have very little consistency in terms of admissions reporting. One year someone seems to have been offered admission via phone call as well. We are just at the mercy of their process!

Romance studies! And who knows about the wait list potential. Guess we will just have to see. If we don't hear anything back in a week and see acceptances start to roll in, might be time to solicit. I am surprised though that only one person posted they received an interview. Just seems like someone else who got it would have gone on grad cafe.

I guess we will just have to hang tight and see. What was your second choice program? German?

On the topic of Cornell, is it possible our rejections are delayed because they are referring us to our second choice program to see if we get admitted there? Just a thought.

I have also yet to hear back. It's all quite confusing. I saw that in past years they did not allow people know so early on...so it also perplexed me to see how early all these rejections were coming through...

Thank you all so much!! Good luck with your applications!!

Hi all. I applied to Cornell's Comp Lit program and didn't get asked to interview, but did not get a rejection letter yesterday, which it seems a lot of people did. Thoughts on this conundrum? Not sure how Cornell usually goes about admissions. Assuming rejection and wondering if I should solicit if I don't hear anything back within the next week or so.

I'm going to be interviewing with DePaul as well @somethingwitty!! Here we go! I wonder how many interviewees they accepted.

He means this one: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yb_yciijFGEp5roVKYJ40U4eiREo3ZQTeSQkEjGMSsg/edit#gid=2087894254 @UndergradDad

@eleatics Exactly! Did you apply to Penn State for Fall 2021 as well? I thought I was a pretty good fit for their department, so certainly a bummer. Now mentally preparing for a full lock out, but hopefully something turns up!

@Penny_Power Thanks for the update! I guess it's today or it's never! Just gotta hang tight and see. Did it come directly from Len Lawlor?

I saw one person post that they got offered an interview by Penn State yesterday. Did anyone else? Guessing that I have been excluded at this point unless they take multiple days to release them. Thanks for the update!

Yeah, though I guess we will wait till tomorrow and see what happens! Could be that they are implying they will let most people know either way by mid Feb...because I frequently see those admitted finding out first.

Okay gotcha, thanks for the clarification.

Hi all. I saw that the predicted date for Stony Brook to send out admissions decisions is tomorrow, January 28th 2021. However, on their website they state: "Decision letters will be mailed out in early February." (https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/philosophy/graduate/phd/phdadmissions). What would be the reasoning for thinking decisions would come out before then?