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Hello everyone, I have read that someone was accepted at Stanford off the wait list. Could they explain the process, what happened? I thought being accepted off of a wait list was a legend...
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Hi ! To be honest, I do not think it was an "interview" per se. I had contacted the Faculty member I wanted to work with, and she told me during the short Zoom meeting with her (about 15 minutes) that this was for potential PhD thesis supervisor's to meet the PhD candidate. The only real question I was asked was about the funding (if I was going to be able to pay for the tuition fees etc, spoiler: turns out I am not). She told me the Faculty had evaluated my application and they had to write a review of it. I do not think I am answering your question, but really I do not think this was an interview. Someone on the forum has been accepted to Cambridge, maybe they could share their exeperience, in case this is a specific Oxford thing ?
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Hi ! Finally something I can answer, I think. To be honest, as a French person, when I have been called "tu" by a Professor, I generally only adress them as "vous" anyway (because they are your superior they can call you "tu", but because you are a humble student it is preferable to use "vous"). In my opinion, I would only use "vous", even when being adressed "tu". It avoids sounding too familiar.
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Hi ! I have also received a similar email by the same University. I too was a bit confused by the "recommended for admission" (what is that supposed to mean?). I politely turned down their offer because I was made an offer by UVA, hopefully that might help if you're interested in the program ? To be honest, I applied there without knowing to much about the French Department... I have read online that their French Program is pretty good, but yes, I have also been told here that the funding is meh. Sorry for not being more helpful...
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Hi guys ! I have received last Saturday an email from UVA's DGS informing me that they had accepted my application. I am very excited. I do not know whether they are going to accept other PhD students this academic year, but if they do please feel free to send me a private message, I'd love to know who else was accepted and with whom I will have the opportunity to study. Best of luck to everyone
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I agree with you and understand the bitterness, it's the same for me with NYU and Stanford. I think the reason why universities do that is in case the candidates they have chosen refuse their offer (so that they won't fall short of potential candidates to interview). I suppose you will have an answer, but only when, for instance for Duke, they have chosen their final candidate and this candidate has confirmed their offer...
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Oh well. That makes me really sad. But I am happy for you two. Good luck !
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Congratulations to both of you and best of luck ! Do you think that since I have not heard from Stanford, I should consider my application rejected? Maybe there were too many applicants and they did not send rejection letters to everyone ?
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Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well and not stressing too much about you applications. We can do it ! I have applied for a PhD (or Dphil) in French starting in Fall 2021 with : Oxford, Stanford, NYU, UVA and University of Wisconsin. I have been accepted at Oxford (but if I do not have a scholarship I will not be able to go there...). I had an email from UVA inviting me to their Open House to meet with the Faculty and the Graduate students. Will I see some of you there ? I am so unfamiliar with the concept of Open Houses ! Best of luck dear francophiles
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Hello ! This might sound super dumb but what is a DGS ? (I am French and completely lost with acronyms English acronyms)... Since I applied to NYU too, I am interested in knowing what this means ! Best of luck to you all