Rhet Man

Well, that's something. What was your area of study/subfield/whatever you want to call it?

Which subfield is this, if you don't mind me asking?

One other thought here: When drawing any conclusions...so we think that programs/areas-of-study/subfields should be taken into account? For example: The big one I'm currently wondering about is Ohio State (English-Rhetoric, Composition, and Linguistics). I have seen acceptances into "English" (very few) on the Ohio State thread. What's not clear is whether the Rhetoric people have made their selections. I'd have to assume that they're given a number of students they can take by the department on the whole, but then the decision-making process is left up to them beyond that. Therefore, I don't know whether any of my actual fellow applicants have been notified or not. Oy...sorry folks...crazy Monday.

Fair point. The MA consolation prize option doesn't apply to my situation, just to share...got the MA already. It looks like the conventional cliches w/r/t "assumption" fit well enough here. Might be food for thought for all the folks on this site with "implied rejection" in their signatures. Clearly...at least in the case of rejection..."you don't know until you know."

Ah, the whole picture...yeah, that'll be beautiful.

OK, so that's something. No assumptions of any kind should be made until there's solid evidence that they've accepted someone. Are we agreed on this?

Dear All: (I hope this thread doesn't exist elsewhere. I just got a little tired of looking.) I have read a lot about "implicit rejections" and "implicit waitlists" on this site and it prompted me to construct a few questions: 1. Do we agree that there is a time frame after which it is safe to assume one has been rejected from a given program? 2. Would this be three months after the deadline, perhaps? Four? Less than that doesn't seem reasonable to me, partly because I've only gotten two official notifications out of seven (the other two I lucked into over the phone). Maybe my experience is particularly messed up. 3. Accordingly, is it ever a good idea to assume rejection? 4. Do programs often construct waitlists, but notify applicants only if they make it in? Obviously: Anyone with insight into typical selection committee behaviors would be particularly helpful in response to these questions.

I've researched the matter a bit, and it seems that we're technically not applying to the same program (Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy appears to fall under a different umbrella than "English" {which would encompass stuff like literature, critical theory, and linguistics}), though I'm not 100% sure. I therefore don't know if we can help each other predict notifications. In any event, I wish you the best of luck.

I was once rather humorously accepted to an MA accounting program when in actuality I'd been chosen for the MA in English. It happens. Even if by some chance they don't want you, you wouldn't want to wait until August, after you've moved all your stuff and everything, to find out. Right?

Which concentration? (I assume they have a lit. program, although I didn't look into it).

I suppose an obvious factor is the application deadlines for each school.

1. Congrats on getting a maybe from Wisconsin-Madison...I got a flat decline. 2. We are in a very similar boat: I too am waiting on Washington and have been waitlisted by Carnegie Mellon. We should definitely keep in touch.

Hello! This is my first time in this thread, which I suppose I should've looked for before I looked for individual schools first. I have been waitlisted by two programs I'd be thrilled to go to and have been rejected by two. Still waiting on three others. Obviously, this is a bit stressful... Details in my signature.

Are there any Rhetoric-specializing PhDs here? I can provide you with a slight update, which is that I was told it would be March when I heard back.

Are you also an applicant for the PhD program in Rhetoric (the RCL program)?

I'm also still waiting (applied to same program). Heard anything? Tried contacting them? I think I'm going to check on Monday. I'd have to assume that this is a "we're seeing about funding" type deal at this point for me...and I guess you as well.

Was waitlisted by the Rhetoric program on Monday.