theory_junky

Dear Aileen Genaidy: We are in the process of making a decision on your application for admission. You may review the decision after 8:00 a.m. PST on March 19, 2009, by accessing your UC Davis application on the online admission web site. Please contact the Comparative Literature program if you have any questions regarding this decision. Best regards, Office of Graduate Admissions and Academic Services University of California, Davis ________________________________________ Hmm I can't help but careen from ecstatic hope, the "They're finalizing my application!" fantasy, to utter despair, the "If I was accepted they would've told me already! Has anyone ever seen a letter like this? Does the fact that it comes from the Student Affairs mean anything potentially pos/negative?

Why not just be happy that you got in? Enjoy it! Some people haven't been accepted anywhere. Congrats

thank you, sundv004. the uncertainty is quite awful. i have to admit though, on some level, im waiting for finals to be over before contacting uc-davis (should i not hear from them before then). it's my last shot, and upenn isn't looking very good, so I'd rather have the rejection at a better time. i mean, if they're going to take their sweet ass time with this, i might as well make the best of it

ok, so im basing this on wishful thinking, and the fact that i contacted an admissions person a week ago about an update on my application, and i didn't get a big fat NO. my hopes are dwindling.....

i hope you are, too. hi to you!!!!!!

I am so relieved that I'm not the only one stuck in this infuriating state of limbo. I can't help but try to analyze every tidbit of gesture (or lack thereof) from admissions people and it's bringing the Dr. Phil out of me in a scary way. So...I got my rejection from Duke today, and it didn't sting all too much, as I didn't expect to get in anyway. But at the moment, I'm waitlisted at UC-Davis, and UPenn is a big question mark of helll...... For UC-Davis, I corresponded with them sometime early last week, and I'm wondering if it might be pester-ish to contact them again and see where I am on the waiting list? I have this horrible mental image of the admissions committee person seeing my email, rolling the eyes all "NOT AGAIN!" style, then setting my application aflame in the wastebasket. As for UPenn, I received no indication as to whether or not I was on a waiting list, just that results will be sent out on the 16th. Is this a bad sign? Is it safe to assume that if I wasn't said to have been put on a waiting list, then I'm not? AGHHHH!!!!!!! Oh yeah....I think I'm losing hope for the waitlist thing at UC-Davis because when I told my advisor about it at school he kind of raised his eyebrows "oohhh!!...there's still....hope?" in a no chance in hell kinda way. I am glad that if I don't get in anywhere this year then at least i can blame economic misfortune..... However for UC-Davis I can't help but hope for it because I got an excellent recommendation from a professor that told me they're looking to branch out for a new subfield (mine being arabic literature, translation, poscolonialism and border studies). For UPenn I was in contact with a professor who showed interest in working with me, and he is a big DAWG all caps in the areas I'm interested in. Does anyone have any ideas about how such factors going to make any difference at this point? Sigh......