ReallyNiceGuy
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What a slow day.
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It's been almost 8 months since someone posted in this thread. Are any of the posters from this thread still active?
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Can we stick this?
Agreed. I'm going to need this thread in a couple of months.
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When this process started I was really just hoping for 1 "yes." Now I have choices between legitimately great programs. I'm pretty stunned really.
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Are all of the U of Toronto posters Canadian or no? Thanks!
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I've become quite fascinated by levoyous's google doc.
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I'm fortunate to also have this problem.
I plan on listening to my adviser's opinion.
Sorry if that's not very helpful.
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There's been some action on Saturdays thus far...not today it seems...
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Hi everyone!
I applied to Toronto!
Good luck!
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So I didn't apply to Madison but I look forward to seeing how many Madison posts end up on the results board as compared to Northwestern and Berkeley posts.
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Perhaps you could stubbornly hold out hope until you receive a definitive "yes" or "no?!"
You never know after all!
I'm sure you'll be fine. Good luck!
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I didn't apply to Yale but watching the Yale acceptances pop up is entertaining.
Congratulations!
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I got my first rejection mid-week last week (MSU). Not a good way to kick off the season, but hopefully there will be good news in the coming weeks. I normally get accepted at all places but one, but this year all my schools are of a higher caliber (MSU was the lowest), so who knows?
I can't even count the number of times I've been told "it only takes one!" at this point.
Good luck.
You mentioned "normally." Is this your second round?
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With Nat's comments in mind (RE: OSU's waves) were there any Europeanists among the first wave of OSU posters? Thanks.
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There's another U South Carolina admit up. Congratulations.
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I wouldn't say it's in the hands of bureaucrats as a decision making stage. To some degree it's at the mercy of numbers. How many students in what fields does a particular department want to or have the resources to take. A professor might want you, but if there are seven Americanists in a department and they only have room for six, someone's not going to get what they want.
Excellent perspective as usual. Thank you.
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Knowing that my fate, at some point, is out of the hands of professors and in the hands of bureaucrats is legitimately horrifying.
So it goes...
I guess?
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Everything for every school, including LORs, is officially done.
Time to wait...
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NewEnglandNat and telkanuru matter more than me by virtue of the fact that both of them are in outstanding programs.
That said, I've probably talked to around 30 professors (including 4 from universities on your (levoyous) list) about this process at this point. While they've all had different things to say about this or that, there has been one constant in all of their remarks: the writing sample is what students should worry about and what they should spend their time on.
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Just keep editing it down until you get to two pages, sorry. Changing font or margin size is never a good idea, especially when the department prints out a stack of SOPs and it looks obvious to anyone who sees yours. If everyone else can whittle their statement down to two pages, so can you. The best SOPs are cogent and concise.
Based on the answers I've read over the last 3 years of posting & lurking I have to say that I think the only reason this answer hasn't been given more often is because of the holiday.
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A note to anyone worried about professors getting their letters in time: while all YOUR materials MUST be submitted by the deadline, most programs won't care if a letter of recommendation is a bit late. They know that this is something largely out of your control and likely won't hold it against you. In most cases the departmental staff spend weeks putting the files together for the faculty to read so if a letter is late the admissions committee might never even know about it. Feel free to remind people, repeatedly if necessary, but if it's the day of the deadline and your application is still missing a letter I wouldn't freak out.
ETA: (I stressed so hard over this when I was applying only to later realize that it almost gave myself a coronary for nothing.)
I'm glad you mentioned this.
I noticed that one school's department web site suggests that their deadline is "hard." However, when I was contacted by someone working with applications I was specifically told that "so long as it gets here in the month of December you're fine."
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I'm very thankful that I have coursework, grading, and a study abroad in January to distract me for the foreseeable future.
I could not imagine having a lot of time to worry about what's happening.
I wish you guys the best. Let me know how you handle it because if I strike out this round I might need to know how you did it this time next year.
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BTW, since I've enjoyed being part of this community for a number of years now I'd just like to celebrate.
As of this morning when my dissertation prospectus was signed off... i'm officially ABD. Yay.
You're a really nice and helpful person. So- well done and congratulations.
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Could you please tell me your field?
Did they tell you break downs of total accepted and total accepted per field?
Thanks and congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!