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Hi Ouibeque I'm not really in a position to answer your question, because I withdrew from Columbia quite early on It was essentially for the same reasons as you (not a great fit, not very fond of the city). At that time, I already had an acceptance from a school for which I had a much better fit, and I wanted to minimize the time I spent in visits, so it seemed like the right decision.

The schools will probably be done contacting the students very soon, so we'll all be settling into decision mode Good luck everyone with the decisions

Congrats Nedjamma for UPenn and Rutgers offers. Fantastic !!! I just got an E-mail from the DGS at Duke, I’m in. Good luck everyone !

Update for Stanford: Heard via email from a professor (one on my SOP) yesterday. Some awesome news. Can't wait for the visit

Ha. That was totally me 5 years ago, before I decided to go down the humanities path. Anyway, maybe I was just fortunate, but my experience with studying languages and discussing that with others has been quite positive. When people ask me why I major in French I simply explain I want to become a scholar of French literature and that usually evokes an intrigued but positive reaction.

Congratulations on your offers Joey !!! Accepted into UChicago via phone from a professor (one on mySOP) yesterday. Got admitted to Harvard via phone from the Chair of the RLL today. Good luck everyone !

Invited to French open house at Columbia via e-mail.

Thank you Nedjamma! I'm very very very happy riht now. The e-mail wasn't very specific, just congratulated me and discussed quite a few of the benefits Yale offered, as well as upcoming campus visit days. I didn't even get a phone call or anything, just BAM! A congratulations you are in e-mail. Needless to say, that was one welcome surprise GK, the French deadline was also January 2nd. I hope you'll receive news shortly

Just got an E-mail from the DGS at Yale, I'm in. My first acceptance. Good luck everyone!

Congratulations Joey on your offer !!! I am sure you will get other offers in the coming weeks. I am really happy for you.

Heard from Stanford (via E-mail), invited to a phone interview. Surprised.

Thanks Ouibeque and Nedjamma! Not quite sure what to expect from the campus visits though. It sounds someone less daunting than phone interviews, but who knows?

Duke UniversityFrench, PhD (F11)Interview via E-mail on 31 Jan 2011 31 Jan 2011 Campus visit in February

Congratulations Nedjamma, for the Rutgers acceptance And the Penn campus visit. That's awesome. Good to have you back too Joey.

Ouibeque, don't despair! I have to admit, I LOLed at the bolded part. Yeah, I don't think you are the only one fearing this worst case scenario... I honestly don't see what's so wrong about talking about the weather, though. Small talk always serves its purpose and I expect to be equally tense as you are for my first phone interview. Also, you have more interviews ahead, so all the experience will help you out along the way