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I did this! I emailed UI Urbana-Champaign with a detailed email of updates (academic and professional) to supplement my application. I also attached an updated CV. I sent that two weeks ago (near end of March) and heard back with an acceptance from the wait list on last Tuesday! So I say: go for it! PM me if you want to know how I worded it or whatever. Best of luck!

Congrats! Also, what does the 2-1, 1-2, 1-1, & etc. mean for teaching loads? I've also had some schools say 18 hours, 25%, or 45.5% appointments... can anyone shed any light on these terms for me?

For any of you in similar situations: What's the difference between being wait listed and being accepted but wait listed for funding? I have two schools that wait listed me straight out, and two others that accepted me pretty early on but have since told me that I am on a wait list for funding. The two schools that admitted me do actually keep wait lists for admission, too. I don't understand the difference between wait lists, though.

In the same position! I've been debating whether I should go ahead and call... I'll be in NY in a few days to visit CUNY, and if anything funky is going on with NYU, I'd rather know before/while I'm there. I have a feeling that the MA conjecture might be accurate, though, or that our rejections might be hanging in the balance--Duke's process took several days, for example. Best of luck to you either way!!

And you're sure? This would be infinitely better!

So this would mean that there is no tuition waiver? Just that the stipend almost fully covers tuition? That's not the same...

Thank you!! I'm rooting for you!! Best of luck! I'd like to think that they would contact you soon--it does seem strange to keep people waiting without an official wait list.

Hi Cactus Ed! Yes! I received a call from the Director of Admissions last night. They accepted me! Have you heard anything?

I just emailed them. I'll post any update I hear

Good luck!!

Nothing on my end yet! Fingers crossed. Good luck to you, Porridge! (You were admitted there too, right?)

Obviously. But if you're going to claim that we need to understand your supposedly multifaceted reasoning for your posts, then you can understand what I meant here. The types of judgement calls you made against other people can easily be read for what you think and how you feel about others. That's it. End of that. You can extrapolate as you see fit; you clearly seem to think yourself capable of high analysis. I'm done with this thread, though. On to people who are nice.

I still get that these were thinly veiled attempts to berate people. I don't think everything posted can just be chalked up to sarcasm--that's too much of a cop out. Sarcasm doesn't excuse callousness and/or ignorant assumptions.

It's this type of attitude that gives off the pretentious English scholar vibe. Are you really THAT full of yourself that you truly think people don't understand your attempts to laugh at and berate them? No, we get it. We just don't think it's funny. Many people (myself included) come to this forum for two reasons: information and encouragement. Most of your posts, as far as I've noticed, provide little of either. I don't know what you get out of your disposition, but I surely hope it's something more satisfying than how you have a tendency to make others feel. What's more, by the way, is that many of your past conjectures have been completely off-base. Name, for example, your ridiculously arrogant thread on wagers of acceptances/rejections. According to your formulas, I shouldn't have been accepted into a Ph.D. program anywhere, let alone have received the 6 acceptances I have (5 from top 30 schools). If you're sitting there thinking that people "just don't get" you, maybe think about how much you're not really "getting" either. These are real people on the other ends of these posts, you know, not robots (at least not most of the time).

I really don't intend to describe all my research here, especially to someone who seems so negatively predisposed toward it, but I will say that I find what you posted as insulting. Wishing that she had never read and instead birthed 12 children--I mean, come on (this is particularly insulting to Eliot's intelligence and femininity, by the way... not to mention my own. Should I stop reading have 12 children then, since I enjoy her writing?). I think you got a bit carried away there if your only complaint is that you don't like her writing style. Additionally, just because you don't like her novels doesn't mean she was a negative influence to society. This remark is incredibly ignorant and judgmental. You should do more research before you try to insult someone that is heavily influential to not only Victorian studies, but novel studies, feminist studies, gender studies, realism, and many more. I don't "get" magical realism, but I would never say that we're the worse for having it. Overall: didn't think that this thread was funny. (If that's what you were trying to accomplish.) My suggestion: read more. Research--including that of the historical background. Maybe even have some compassion.

You're welcome! I think everyone who's left might be in that club Seems to me that other than some big fellowship winners, they still have their general admits to notify--and the wait list. Hopefully we'll make the cut for admits, but either way, it seems we're unofficially wait listed for right now Good luck!!

I emailed the department a couple days ago because I also hadn't heard anything, and I was told that I'm a "finalist" for admission. Michael Stamm said that final decisions will be made next week. Hope that helps!

CONGRATS on the interview! No I haven't hear anything from them! I applied to Duke's English program, though, not the Literature program (since they have the two different tracks, I'm still keeping my fingers crossed).

Hello all! I disappeared from this forum for the length of my application process, but I'm back for a quick question, if anyone can offer an opinion Is there a way to submit fall term grade reports online to the schools listed below? (I found the link for Yale, but I'm not sure if there's a way for the others.) Have any of you done this already? Thanks a ton & GOOD LUCK to everyone! CUNY UC San Diego Univ. of Illinois- Urbana Duke UC Santa Barbara Univ. of Iowa Indiana Univ.- Bloomington UC Santa Cruz Univ. of Maryland- College Park NYU UC Davis Univ. of Oregon UC Berkeley Univ. of Colorado- Boulder USC UCLA Univ. of Illinois- Chicago Univ. of Texas- Austin Univ. of Virginia Univ. of Washington

Thank you girlmostlikely!! I've actually been steadily working on my list. I haven't fixed my fit-rankings, but below is an alphabetized list, haha. (My top five is basically the same, except that I've shuffled around and even added Univ of Michigan to the mix.) I had just added Rutgers earlier this week! I'm glad you mentioned more about them. Also, thank you for bringing up CUNY--I hadn't yet looked at them, and now they are definitely on my list. Thank you again for your post!! I *might* PM you to ask about some specific faculty if that's okay ---------------- The most current list--> Boston Brown Chicago Columbia Cornell CUNY Indiana Univ- Bloomington Johns Hopkins NYU Princeton Rutgers UC Davis UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara Univ of Arizona University of Colorado University of Michigan- Ann Arbor University of Oregon UPenn USC WUSTL

Great! Thank you butalas and margarethale! These posts are awesome! Yes, I'm dedicating much time and energy to making these SoPs solid. My letters of rec will be very strong, especially since I've developed good relationships with my professors and was even able to work with my favorite professor as a research assistant---and she's a Victorianist. I have some good samples, but I feel they can always be better, so I'm in the process of editing them again...and again. margarethale-- thank you SO much for your suggestion about emailing the professor(s) I'm most interested in working with in order to make sure that they will actually be available. I've found about 2-5 professors with my specific research interests at all the schools from #s 1-13, but emailing them is a great idea. Thank you also for your suggestions about other campuses. I will definitely look into other locations since my original (regional) plan has not worked out. I've given up on that since my interests clearly seem to be pulling me to the eastern U.S., which is totally fine Also-- I'll be PMing you soon because I'm doubly excited about your similar interests!

Hi! I'm applying this fall to doctoral programs! Eek! I'm very excited but incredibly nervous. I'm an undergraduate, English major and Women's Studies minor. I have a 4.0 gpa in my major/minor and a 3.8+ overall. I'm working on the GRE (general and lit subject test) and SOPs/ writing samples this summer. Before I get too heavy into that, I've been checking my "fit" at certain doctoral programs. Below is my ranking right now (based on my basic knowledge of fit, funding, location). Several of these are "tied," of course. However, I'm very intimidated by the *big* names on this list. Do any of you have any other suggestions for possibly solid fits for my interests? Have any of you applied or been accepted to any of these schools? (And if so, for which emphases, please?) Thank you so much for reading this! Please respond with any advice! ------------------------- 1. Indiana University- Bloomington 2. NYU 3. USC 4. Columbia 5. Cornell 6. Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) 7. UPenn 8. Johns Hopkins 9. University of Chicago 10. Boston University 11. UC Davis 12. UCLA 13. UC Santa Barbara 14. UC Santa Cruz 15. UC Irvine 16. University of Oregon 17. University of Washington

I've been able to look up information on average GPAs and GRE scores; however, I'd like to know if anyone can offer advice as to the rest of the application? What about work experience? Volunteerism? Other community involvement? Honors recognitions/ societies? Any suggestions for activities with which I can become involved for my junior and senior years as an English major? What about advice for course-load? Specific classes/ subject areas? Anything else that I might've missed despite my dozen questions? I'm interested in top-tier M.A./ Ph.D. programs, so I would like any and all input as far as preparation goes. Thanks in advance! Much appreciated!!