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Good luck to you, too, QuentinComp. Any news today for you? As I said above, no letter for me today again.

Also nothing today.

Okay, so, I emailed again today, which was probably too much. Anyway, the e-mail said something about them e-mailing decisions "daily." Don't know quite how this can be possible.

Okay--no rejection letter yet, and I live in Texas. Further, I received an e-mail yesterday in response to my question about when to expect a decision. I was told that I would probably "hear from the Division" later this week or next week at some point. I am guessing this means my file was deferred to the MAPH program or that I was wait-listed?

No kidding--this is taking a long time.

I feel your pain. I'm going to need to make some decisions soon. But I was told maybe not until next week. How does one learn patience in a situation like this? I'm imagining my life in three different parts of the country.... It's making me anxious. If I'm leaving for Providence in June, I need to start making some living arrangements.

To the admit: Was it a form rejection? I was told that I was a hair away from getting into CUNY. So, I'm kind of crossing my fingers for this one.

Who knows, though, perhaps not so ludicrous--the school that rejected me without the fit paragraph was a state school and my funded offer from a private school. Go figure.

I would be glad to elaborate without directly mentioning the school or the person I spoke to, if that's okay.... I'm a little paranoid about who comes on these forums. The person I spoke from the school I was considered at but then ultimately rejected from and offered an MA went through the committee's evaluation of my entire file with me. The committee apparently thought everything was excellent, except they wished I would have had a paragraph about who I would want to work with at the school in my personal statement (which they thought was excellent except for that missing paragraph). Essentially, this is what it comes down to. The person I spoke to said that things like that are the only way they can really make decisions sometimes. In this line of thought, I was actually recommended NOT to write about professors I hoped to work with. From the people I've talked to about that, I gather there is a very split opinion on whether your personal statement should be: (1) well, personal historical, (2) intellectual/academic, (4) personal historical and school-directed, (5) academic and school-directed, or (6) personal historical, academic/research oriented, and school-directed..... Based off of the diverse opinions on this matter, even with the person's evaluation of my file, I still don't know if I should have really done that in my personal statement. I had several professors read it, and they thought it should stay as it was.

I also have one good acceptance and then a good yet unfunded master's offer from a Ph.D. (apparently, I was a paragraph away from being accepted to that Ph.D.) And I have five schools left to hear from. I will be happy going to the funded offer, if that is what happens. But I need to know first what my options are.... Hope all five come next week.

Glad to provide information. I can't stand waiting anymore for this anymore.

But she did say there would still be some wait list stuff to figure out after that.

Oh, one more thing: The program coordinator also told me that I could expect to hear in the next two weeks. Since that was last Tuesday, I'm hoping I hear this coming week.

I called them on Tuesday of last week after seeing rejections on the board but not receiving one myself. They told me that no decision had yet been reached on my application but that my application was under review at this time. I also asked them if there were two rounds of decisions, because I know that there are at some other schools. They said it does not work that way there.

I was told in an email that a decision had not been made either way on my application yet.

I'm told it could be a while before we know. All decisions have definitely not been made.

I called. No decision has yet been reached on my application. I was also informed that the admissions rate for the Ph.D. is 10 percent. Someone had said they accepted 10 applicants out of 500, but that is incorrect. It is 50/500.

I have not received mine either. What does this mean?

Sean, Do you happen to know how many people have been accepted so far? An estimate, perhaps?

Any news, you guys?

Do you happen to know if their will be any left for applicants who are accepted in the sound round?

I am beginning to jump to conclusions. Tomorrow is the last day of releasing decisions; it is also the day by which the accepted must accept or decline the visit invitation. And I have not been rejected yet. I should stop guessing, but I am tempted.

I wonder why she did not email me back. quote name='byronlover' timestamp='1298585198' post='204516'] I emailed the grad coordinator today to update my address, and she said decisions would be made "this week." I take that to mean by the end of the day tomorrow, unless they're going to contact people on Saturday (stranger things have happened). Good luck to everybody still waiting!

Jesus Christ. This is driving me nuts.

I emailed her. But I doubt she will get back to me before I find out the decision in some other way. quote name='tortola23' timestamp='1298578376' post='204311'] I'd just wait it out. It definitely looks like they're on schedule to let us all know by March 1st like they promised. Although, if I were on campus I don't know if I'd be able to resist the temptation to burst in there and find out!