BeeRuckus

Congrats on your other acceptance!

To the earlier poster, yes, the visit is paid. I don't know if that means anything one way or the other, but I know what it's like to be hearing crickets from a school when you see other acceptances posted, so I'm happy to share any bit of info I have.

Thanks for all of the congratulations, everyone! I should also have mentioned, to the extent it's relevant, that I applied to the rhetoric concentration. Tortola, I don't have an MA, but I do have a JD. My BA is from an Ivy, but my GPA was not setting any records. My JD was from a decent law school where I had a high GPA. As you can probably guess, I might not be the best person to use as a benchmark because my application is unconventional in a few different ways.

Hey guys, I'm one of the admits (just posted a few minutes ago). I heard via email which appears (?) to be a form email, though it's quite long. Invited to orientation weekend at the end of March. Also, I haven't looked at the board but saw a comment from someone here re: 27k/year? The total value of the package is listed as approximately 27k (including the tuition waiver/health insurance), but the stipend itself is a little over 14k. Of course, it's always possible that someone got a giant fellowship, but since the email itself mentions 27k as the value, my guess is that whoever posted listed that number instead of the stipend amount. I wish I had some information for you guys on whether or not they're still notifying, etc. Good luck to you all!!

I second this emotion. Snaps for the acceptance I would also like to remind posters that anyone who divulges their stats almost always does so at the request of others and in the spirit of sharing information. Let's not punish people for being forthcoming.

This happened to me, too, today with the Chicago Tribune spam! Not ok, universe.

Ha! They must have fixed it - this is what mine said: "I’m writing to congratulate you on your acceptance into the UMASS English Department’s Ph.D. Program for Fall 2011."

Good luck to you - if you haven't gotten a rejection, I don't think you should panic, since it sounds like at least some rejection notices have gone out (?). Also, the email was surprisingly personal, so I could see where it would take them a few days to contact everyone.

I don't know if they're done accepting, but the acceptance letter says that they had 275 applications for an entering class of 15. Also, it says that we will probably know if we have a teaching assistantship by March 7. No indication, unfortunately about whether all acceptances had gone out, but the message from the person at the writing center (re: TA application) implies that those interviews are happening next week (?). It's all a bit mysterious to me - I'm actually wondering how someone who gets in off the waitlist, for example, would get funding if all of the TA positions are decided so early (they must leave spots open for that purpose?). Anyway, good luck It seems like notifications are flying out all over the place this week, and it's hard not to be caught up in the frenzy. I have erred in looking at the Duke thread a few times, and now I am stressed out about that - and I didn't even apply there!

Hello! I'm new here, and nervously applying to the following PhD programs: UT-Austin UPenn U Chicago Northwestern Berkeley (Rhetoric) Vanderbilt UMass Amherst WashU Brown NYU (Comp Lit) Villanova (M.A.) Law and literature/19th and 20th century transatlantic lit/postcolonial (have a JD and have been practicing law for the past few years....)