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I havent heard a PEEP from Columbia since I clicked that "submit" button the first week of January. Any thoughts? Prob got rejected.

So I caved and emailed the grad director at BU and got a response within 24 hours. Rejected from BU. Dammit. It was really dissapointing, since the professor who would be my advisor told me to my face that I would be a "perfect fit" and "enjoyed" reading my writing sample. I applied last year for various PHD progs and really do not know if I can emotionally do this anymore - and I have been on the fence even during the application process. I am still waiting to hear from Columbia (that annoying black monolith) but that is for a different department.

Has ANYONE heard anything for this year yet? I feel like Columbia is acting like that freaky monolith from that Stanley Kubrick movie, 2001: Space Odyssey

i almost had one last week in between my classes - it snuck up on me during the end of my first class and while i walked across campus to my second one, it pretty must started to overtake me. i ran into the bathroom when i got to my second class and almost knocked down a classmate who then chased me into the bathroom and she had to calm me down - if it weren't for the fact that i had a class right at that moment i would have just let it take over.

i have one cat who definitely thinks he is a dog - runs to the door, pounces on you, etc. etc. his name is oliver or ollie for short. there are also 2 cats at my parent's house who are more my sisters cats - we found them in the backyard almost 5 years ago. they are a brother/sister and named caesar and cleopatra (cleo). my sister, the classical studies major named them. caesar likes to loll about and thinks he is the king of the house, and cleo likes to bitch-slap caesar if he tries to go upstairs (which is her domain) and she is half his size. go figure.

Hey all, I am actually a "switcher" and maybe a newbie? I used to be in East Asian Languages & Civ/History, but applied to the Art History program at BU b/c of Alice Tseng who does modern Japanese art and architecture; I pretty much had an epiphany last semester here at Penn (where I'm getting my master's in EALC, specializing in Japanese architecture - anyone know Nancy Steinhardt? She is my thesis advisor) and discovered that I REALLY wanted to study Japanese architecture as opposed to Japanese history. I grew up in NYC so I always loved looking at buildings and whenever I travel, I always like to walk around the city as opposed to going to typical touristy spots. I always had this sinking regret about not majoring in art history in college (I did history instead) so applying to the art history program at BU (where they accept MA's in Asian Studies/EALC as an accepted requirement, woo! I pretty much took architecture and art history courses as part of my curriculum here) was a great relief but still waiting really really anxiously (in addition to PhD in EALC at Columbia). My secondary field would be contemporary Japanese art - as to what type I am not so sure.

Hey all, New here - I applied to BU for the Japanese Art/Architecture track...any news at all from ANYONE at BU? I saw the results list and one person posted a BU rejection back in Feb...I just called and they said that its Spring Break this week - ahh!!! Back to trying to write my thesis...at least that news will prevent me from checking my mail box (as much). Also I have a question to ponder about - BU doesn't require a writing sample, yet they requested one from me (which was no problem really)...any thoughts?