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Thanks for clarifying what department you got accepted to, Aubergine! I almost had a mini-heart attack but you prevented it. And congrats!

Agreed! This is a much better place to celebrate. While it's great that people who had 0% confidence got accepted places (yay!) it's also really sad to expect commiseration and see celebration about something you're still waiting laboriously for... (Yes I ended my sentence with a preposition - at least I'm aware )

But at least you already have an acceptance so there is some comfort!

Oh, I know, right? When Princeton got back to me and said "by March 15th" I was thinking, you have GOT to be kidding me...

No problem! I figured we should all share in the slight comfort of knowing more details

Indeed it does - the MA/PhD track anyway. I don't know if I can wait that long! :/ Here's Princeton, who just got back to me today: All applications are under department review and you will be notified of their admission decision by email by March 15, 2012.

I know we all navigate the Results boards like pros, and have charts and graphs (in our heads if not on paper) of when our schools will likely notify us of decisions... However, I went ahead and emailed some of the schools I'm applying to. Here's what I found out, hope it's helpful! Feel free to add more if you know of more ETAs of schools! (Sidenote: the graduate admissions staff were all very friendly and helpful. It was nice to actually have contact with someone and remember they're not [all] soulless robots.) University of Michigan (English and Women's Studies joint PhD - assuming English is similar) "Decisions are still being made, and no notifications have gone out yet. We expect to have decisions and to notify students by next week." (received 2/8) Brown University, English PhD "Thank you for your message. We expect admissions notifications to go out later this month and certainly no later than March 15. Applicants will receive email notification from the Graduate School informing them that a decision has been made and is available to view via the Embark online application system." (received 2/8) Rutgers University, English PhD ]"We will begin making offers after February 17th." (received 2/9) (After the 17th is Presidents Day weekend, so I'm not sure whether they'll be notifying over the weekend or the next week...going to try not to obsess about that!) University of Illinois, MA-PHD track, English They said in their confirmation email that it would be early March, so I didn't bother them again University of Missouri, Columbia, English PhD They also gave a date in their confirmation email which I'm REALLY hoping is way later than they will actually notify - on or before March 31 (yikes that's late). OKay so again - feel free to add if you know more! I find this information useful and anxiety-lessening. Best wishes to everyone!

Congratulations, ahhjudy! So, did you apply for the PhD, or MA-PhD track? I think us MA-ers are confused about whether we'll be getting our decisions this week, or whether we'll still be waiting until March. Thanks!

Very true. At least knowing about rejections early would allow us to give up the energy and anxiety invested into those programs. Here's to better outcomes soon!

The typo (place instead of places), I'm assuming Also that email is pretty harsh...have mercy on us, graduate admissions/professors.

I wimped out and went the email route (to Kathy Psomiades). I'm expecting a rejection, which is fine, because anything is better than this purgatory of waiting. Once I know for sure about Duke, at least I can move on! Best of luck to everyone.

(I'm pretty new to the grad cafe boards - hello!) Can anyone clarify whether U. Illinois U-A makes PhD and MA decisions at the same time, or whether the straight PhD decisions come first? Since my MA is in Gender Studies, I applied for the MA-PhD track, and was told they wouldn't be notifying until early March. If they're early across the board, that's great (or not hah) - just wondering...