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Indeed! I needed to read this. I am reminding myself that this organization doesn't care enough to let us know how many pages they want or other rather important application details. I shouldn't take it personally. I kind of regret mentioning the wait-list thing. I didn't mean to give anyone false hope. We had heard that we wouldn't hear anything until April. I was surprised to see "rejected" yesterday and I thought, "wow they must have hated my proposal!" until the other applicants started updating. I only know about it because a friend was rejected, but then was offered it in May when someone couldn't go a few years ago. She said it doesn't happen often and there is no official list. Good luck to all of you and your future endeavors!

It went right to rejection...unless it changed for 10 hours and I missed it. I have heard rumors that some rejected applications are wait-listed, but I doubt that is the case with me because it is so early.

Hi! Long time stalker of this forum. I'm from the States and I applied for funding for a German PhD program. My application says it has been rejected on the portal. I wish the rest of you the best of luck!

Thanks! I am experiencing less email checking anxiety now. I thought that I would hear from the others by now, but something tells me that IU will be the best offer. How many grads are going to try to change their state of residence and get in-state tuition? I know that there are a lot of complicated rules for undergrads who try to do this, but we are older and not dependent on parents... Thoughts?

Thanks! This is good to know! re postmen: I started to bond with them during last year's application season, as I would get home from work just as they were getting to my door. When I got the one big envelope, the postman knocked on my door so that he could personally hand it to me and see my face light up. Has anyone else gotten to this level? As I'm not living at home, I'm starting to get paranoid whenever I see my parents online, just in case something came in the mail. I'm also paranoid that they will put it in a pile and forgot to open it... Does anyone else not have access to their mail? Is it driving you crazy too?

Has anyone here heard from UC Santa Barbara or NYU? The previous years' posts in the results forum hasn't given me much to go by... Also, did anyone here go to one of the IU weekend interviews? I couldn't go in person, but I'd like to hear someone's take on the school and the information they gave. PM me? Please? I didn't apply to Princeton, but, wow, they are seriously not messing around this year... I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you guys who did apply!

So many people are relying on this site to keep them sane. I think Dante left out the circle of hell that is filled by people who are mean enough to mess with our fragile states of mind right now... I really hope no one is posting false results

Congrats to those who have gotten acceptances and interviews! One of my skype interviewers seemed really interested in my other schools and who I would want to study with there. This may be me getting a bit paranoid and buying into some rumors, but, since the interviewer knows the people at the other schools, would the person contact them? Or try to find out when the other schools make decisions?

I'm having the same problem. The admission department told me to have my referees send it directly, just like what you are doing.

Video game music, I now know why you are looking at Cornell Alas, I only have a Bachelor's. I'm trying to get into a PhD program, even if it is one that awards a Masters along the way. I know what I want to do, and I have research experience, so I'm going to attempt for a PhD! I feel very backwards as I seem to be doing my dissertation research before I've even started a program... I started this project as an undergrad for an honors thesis two years ago. I applied for a Fulbright to Poland because I didn't have the resources back in the states to finish it. Snes, I feel like I took your grad school approach to this project. When I found the manuscripts I just thought "Oh cool! something no one has studied before! I'll make a performance edition. la la la this will be fun!" Fast-forward and I'm suddenly in Poland eating mushroom flavored chips...

^I appreciate that! I'm also revamping everything. The neuroscience route sounds pretty cool. How were you linking your plan of study with ethno last year? My research has a lot of crossover, but I'm trying to stay in the musicology realm. I'm trying to find a program that lets me dabble in both fields. The schools I was looking at last year told me to apply for ethno, but I have no previous experience in that field...so I didn't get in. I'm currently in Poland researching Polish Catholic music that was written during the Holocaust. Some of it is folk music, while some of it is more traditional church music. I had a hard time finding a school that was interested in this topic, let alone a potential advisor. I'm a bit worried that I'm hurting my chances by researching something so uncommon and specific. I'm trying to combine it with my interest in early music by studying Polish medieval and Renaissance music while I'm here. On another topic; how does one go about interviews when they are abroad? Is skype considered unprofessional? I can't fly to the states for interviews as I have a limited number of days that I can spend outside of this country.

Hi guys! While it is nice to see familiar "faces," I'm sorry we're meeting again on the application forum. I can't believe I have to go through this process again! The school that accepted me wouldn't defer for a research grant... I'm picking a slighty different round of schools this time. I'm on the fence about UT Austin. Anyone know something about their musicology program or its funding? Other schools: McGill Maryland IU possibly Cornell?

Hi, I'm looking at the lab stuff. My doctor has the actual for so he can review it before hand. I spent the past few hours scrambling with my doctor's office to make sure I'd had everything in. I thought about scheduling a physical in advance, but I was afraid I'd jinx it (silly, I know). There is a TB test, hematology (Heatocrit, Hemoglobin, WBC, Granulocytes, Lymphocytes, Eosinophils, other?), the basics (cholesterol, blood glucose, Creatinine, Uric Acid, SGPT, SGOT, Alk Phos, Billrubin), and a urinalysis. The optional tests are: sickle hemoglobin and serology. It is a fasting test. There are some extra test for if you are over forty. The other part of the examination is the physical itself, but you can easily do what I'm doing and get the lab stuff done a week before to make sure everything is in. We have to look on the countries site (the government's site, not fulbright) to get the details of the immunizations. Hey Mgla, see you in Wroclaw! Assuming I pass all of the crazy forms and tests, of course... Good luck to everyone who is still waiting Crimson: Thank you keeping track of the spreadsheets! You rock!

Okay, so patience is not a virtue I posses and I didn't want to wait until Monday: I emailed Rachel about Poland and she said that they will probably be sent out next week!