FreakingOut

Oh, well. Grad school karma will bite you in the ass for this. *puts voodoo grad curse on Minnesotan* POOF! Your funding is gone!

I'll stick with focuses, thanks.

Where is everyone going and what do you plan on studying? WashU 20th/21st ce. British/American with focuses on contemporary fiction, gender studies, cultural studies, postmodernism, and the Avant Garde

Yeah, waitlists suck. I was on two but got a rejection from UMass the other day. I'm still waiting on Temple; they should have some more info for me by tomorrow.

WashU, English M.A./Ph.D

Optimistic, you might be waitlisted.

He basically said that if everyone (in 20th Ce. American lit) accepts their offers, then I may have to wait until the summer to see if any of them change their mind.

I haven't heard anything else from Temple and UMass. The director at UMass said that it's possible not to hear anything until mid-summer!

You can still do it, and most schools will release you. It's just considered to be in bad taste. You could, however, position the schools against each other and try to get one to up their funding.

Actually, I think you still need a release letter; in this case, however (funding v. no funding), they usually give them out without any problems.

It probably would've been smart to start e-mailing them before the application deadline. I wish I had done that.

Right. Everyone is supposed to make their decisions today. Hopefully, we'll hear something tomorrow; however, we could be on the waitlists well into the summer. ? I'm going to accept WashU's offer of admission. It's a great school, and I'd love to live there.

So, it's finally April 16th...Deadline Day. Who else is still waiting for responses from schools? I'm dealing with two waitlists right now and am kind of freaking out.

If Cornell has a better rep, go there. Spend your summer brushing up on their sensor thing.

Tom, it's generally considered to be in bad taste to accept another offer when you've already committed to a school. However, the exception to this rule is if the new school is offering funding, while the first school is not. I'm on two waitlists, one with funding, so I'm hoping that they'll get back to me on Monday.

Waitlisted at two schools...one with full funding. I was told that I have a good chance of getting in...slightly less than 50/50.

Wait list etiquette: http://www.uni.edu/~gotera/gradapp/results.htm I'm on the waitlist for two schools, both of which I'd like to attend. I talked to them both today. One told me that I have a great chance of getting in, but little chance of receiving funding. The other, which I'd love to attend, told me that I could be admitted right now but without funding; however, the director said I have a good chance (slightly less than 50/50) of getting a TAship. He told me I should accept another offer I have (without funding) and if he can offer me funding, I can decline the first offer. To sum things up, being on the wait list blows.

Hmm..in that case, I'd probably go with UMD. MD (the state) isn't bad--you've got Baltimore and you're pretty close to DC and Philly.

I'd go with UCSB. They seem to offer the best support, and Cali is a better place to live than MD and Purdue. How are the programs ranked against each other?

I've got one acceptance without funding, one acceptance with half-funding, two rejections, and two waitlist positions. I'm just really hoping that I'll make it off of the waitlist(s) with funding.

I'm assuming you don't have a master's degree yet. If the program to which you've been accepted offers the option of leaving the program with a terminal M.A., then I don't believe it would be unethical to take that and leave. Plus, while working on your master's, you'll be able to create a stronger writing sample and, perhaps, foster relationships with influential faculty that can give you excellent recommendations. I don't think I could stand another year of waiting to enter a Ph.D. program. I took a year off, and it's been great, but the whole application process has been so draining. I started studying for the GREs last summer, had all my apps in by Christmas, and expected to know by now where I'm going in the fall. I still don't know. I've been accepted to a great program, but with no funding until year 2. And I'm on the waiting list at two other schools that would probably provide funding. There's no way that I'd be up for doing this all again next year.

I originally wanted to say Boston College, since I'm waitlisted at UMass...haha. But then I realized that you're in the terminal MA program and I'm waitlisted for the MA/Ph.D. program, so it wouldn't really matter anyway. I'd go with UMass. You don't want to leave an English program with massive debt, and Boston's tuition + living expenses would be insane.

That's what I've been doing. It's worked for everyone but UMass. They're just rude in that office. They finally sent over a mass e-mail to me and 44 other people telling us that we're on the waitlist. When I e-mailed to ask where I was positioned on the list, I received no response.

From what I understand, you can be on the waitlist even after the acceptance deadline has passed. I'm on the waitlist for two schools, both of which I'd like to attend.

I'm still waiting on two schools (English). Temple told me three weeks ago that I'd have the results in 2-3 weeks. I e-mailed them yesterday and still have not received a response. UMass has me on the waitlist, but will not e-mail me back telling me where I'm at on the list. I've been accepted to University of Washington (w/out funding of course) and to the University of Rochester's MA program (with half funding). However, half funding at U of R = one year at UW (where I'd rather go). And I agree with OPTIMISTIC...the highlight of my day is checking my mail..or having my parents check it and call me at work. I hit the refresh button on my e-mail page every 12 minutes at work. I'm going insane. I really am.