Unamuno

In case anyone else applied to UW-Madison and is wondering about the interview, I just had mine. As I said above, it was described as an "informal" phone interview; that's exactly what it was. The purpose of the interview was just to verify that my Spanish was good enough to be teach. We basically had a casual conversation for fifteen minutes or so. She asked me if I had any questions about the school or Madison. It sounded like she hadn't even seen my application, so she didn't even bring up methodologies or theory or anything. She also mentioned that I had basically been accepted; the interview was just a verification of my Spanish. I was kind of worried about it, so I'm glad it's over with.

If you are curious. That's my OSU acceptance! First notification = first acceptance. Hoping this good news continues for me and you all!

YAY!

Congrats, busbus!

I just got my first response (thank god, I was freaking out) - an invitation for a Skype interview from Harvard. I am so happy, but so stressed, I hope I will not totally freak out on them during the interview :-S

Last year, l was rejected by all the schools I applied to. I was crushed. However, I spent the summer looking for a job and studying in order to retake the GRE (my last results were over five years old and so I had to retake them). I found an amazingly cushy job which at the same university where I just finished my MA where I have a lot of downtime. This allowed me to be much more effective this time around when applying. It also allowed me to study and save money. During this time I also got an adjunct position at a community college which helped expand my CV. Thinking back on it, I don't know if I would have been prepared last year, even if I had been accepted. So it turns out that, even though the sting of rejection is painful indeed, it was better this way. In fact, I drastically improved my GRE scores thanks to that extra time. Not to mention, it's been nice having time off from taking classes. I hate to repeat worn-out clichés, but sometimes you just have to turn a negative into a positive.

Congrats, Unamuno!

I'm waiting like mad too.
Wish you luck!

Congrats! I might start checking my email 24/7 now...

Congrats unamuno! You're getting all sorts of results- I'm jealous over here!

wlkwih2- I'm right there with you. Every single time my phone rings at work I'm grabbing it like a crazy person. My coworkers must think I'm insane.

Unamuno, congrats!

For UIUC, did you get accepted into the SIP program or general linguistics?

Yay, Unamuno! I wish you the best of luck!

@TTC - I'm going crazy. My cellphone became one of my limbs.

That's cuz diachronics is totally in the past. ;-)

I applied to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese (Hispanic Linguistics). No word yet, but all this talk of notifications is getting me excited!

I applied to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese (Hispanic Linguistics). No word yet, but all this talk of notifications is getting me excited!

I've been tempted to apply to Slavic linguistics, since Balto-Slavic languages are in my area of expertise, but somehow I don't like the philological (in de Saussure's sense) approach. It's a matter of taste, I guess. Congrats on your acceptance.

I'm surprised by the lack of historical linguists here.