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I have a pretty good feeling that I'll be turning down my Rice wait-list, John_Duble_E.

Hey, I received an email yesterday with an acceptance and a stipend offer of $13,900 over the two years. I'm not going to take it and plan on emailing the grad director when I get a chance tomorrow - hopefully that'll open up a funding spot for some others.

Me too, almost! At least nominally! I'm interested in gender and queer performativity, but in early modernISM... i.e., end of the 19th and early 20th. Cited Colleen Lamos as my P.O.I.

I'm currently in the wait-list purgatory for two schools I really wanna go to. It's hard not to feel gutted about it.

Count me in as another waitlist. Just wondering to the other two wait-listed, what are your fields/subfields?

I'm also on the wait list for English Lit. Y'all should go elsewhere, just saying.

I'm not sure what it is about English majors and alcohol, but I'm glad to see I'm in good company here. Guess we all just wanna live like Hemingway and drink our days away

Shame I can't press that little green plus sign more than once.

I can tell you that you absolutely don't need your MA! I'm presenting at an undergraduate research conference next month at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL, this May I'll be presenting at a graduate research conference at the University of British Columbia, and I have an abstract currently under review for presentation at a graduate conference in Madrid. I still haven't even finished my BA yet and I'm presenting at a graduate research conference (they're aware of the fact I'm not actually a graduate student yet, too), and there's plenty of undergraduate conferences out there. Moral of the story is, go for it! Send some abstracts out and if it's something fresh, original, and exciting, you'll be a-okay.

Well that would just be fantastic, but keep away from elementary schools with that one on

Haha yeah, I've been doing the same this semester with a "What the hell does it matter, it's my senior year" kinda attitude. I actually had one Eng. professor ask us, after giving a lecture, "would you be able to spit that back out at me for your in class writing assignment next week?" Can you imagine?! I did my own thing anyway, but still...

Samesies. Just the thought of only reading and writing about what I WANT to read and write about without having to worry about assignments in things I just don't care about and gearing papers towards letter grades instead of my own interests --- well, all that just sounds mouth-watering right now.

This is AWESOME. I love nerdy chic. Thanks for sharing

Cry? ...I really don't know. I've got some money saved up in the bank, so I'm planning on doing any and all of the following: a) getting a new job because the one that I'm at is slowly draining my lust for life take community college classes in French so that I can say that I have that language in my back-pocket too (I'm currently taking French 1 at my undergrad) c) going to Paris, even if only for a week or two d) keep applying to and presenting at conferences e) try harder for next year As much as I want to, there's no way I'm giving up yet, because I honestly can't imagine doing anything with myself at this point. Plus, my advisor at my undergrad was rejected all-around her first time applying, and now she's got a cushy job teaching at my university, is totally happy with her life, is well-respected in her field, and just had her first translation published in book form. So, I guess the answer to your question is "try, try again". Oh, and DRINK HEAVILY AND OFTEN.

Thanks, that means a lot Oh and my glasses just broke! Gotta laugh -- application season is never dull, is it?!

My grandfather's in palliative care in the hospital and they're pretty much giving him between the next few hours and the next few days to live -- and they've been saying this for two days. Coming home from classes and staying at the hospital for most of the day only to find a rejection from Brown and an implicit from NYU didn't hurt as much as it would regularly since it's the least of my worries, but it certainly didn't feel good. I'm... just kinda numb about everything right now, but I know that once things settle down in a week or so and all it all catches up with me, it's gonna be rough.

Sighhhhh. Can't they send out the results now?!?! We're academics, we're probably staying up all night anyway.

I've been rejected from my top choice, wait-listed at my second, and checking my email on the quarter-hour to see if I hear anything from the other seven. I guess what I'm trying to say is... any Percs to spare?

I just know I'm not getting into Brown because... well, it's Brown... but yeah, I immediately checked my Gmail as soon as I saw the update. I'm thinking Ph.D notifications have to be imminent if they're already contacting MA applicants.

Glad I'm not the only one whose heart leaped up into their throat momentarily...

So exited, I was just accepted to present at my second conference in the next few months. The first is an undergraduate conference hosted by the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL next month, and I just received email confirmation for a graduate interdisciplinary conference to be held at the University of British Columbia in May. First time crossing the northern border of the United States -- definitely pumped.

Glad you posted, I've been worrying out about this too. Hopefully the emails haven't all been sent out yet, or that there may be more than one interview session, because the first weekend of February is mighty close.

For all those who held out on calling, scores are now available online!

19-20th Century English/French, Queer Theory, Psychoanalysis Columbia Emory NYU CUNY Brown Villanova Northeastern BC

Hmm. Is it an accepted practice to include detailed identifying information on writing samples / SOP's? I haven't run into a school yet that requests anything specific to be included, and I've just put my name, school, and program that I'm applying to on the header for each page. Should I be including a Title Page with my address, phone number, social, etc.? I figured that since my submissions were being uploaded with the application this wouldn't be necessary, but who knows..