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TheLadyT

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    Rhetoric and Writing

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  1. I don't know how others feel about this, but here's my take: While I think it is wonderful of people to release offers quickly, you also need to consider all of your options carefully and do what is best for you. If you need to keep your offers in your pocket until you know where you stand at other schools, I think that is perfectly reasonable. This is your future you're talking about!
  2. No problem! And in case someone hasn't already told you this - the best advice I received for a visiting weekend was "just be yourself." Seriously! (Sorry if this is annoying unsolicited advice) Also, be somewhat humble. I went to some visits with self-important "name-droppers" and they were insufferable. Even some of the profs seemed annoyed by them.
  3. Turned down Case Western and Michigan State last week (for rhet-comp). Hope this helps someone!
  4. Ok, my part in this process is over, but I'm feeling grumpy on the behalf of applicants everywhere who are still gnashing their teeth. It seems to me that this whole process is just a little bit cruel. In particular, having it extend into April just seems...unnecessary. It'd be great if all schools could make decisions and do visits earlier. I mean, waiting until April then throws some people maybe into May - which gives you very little time to pack up where you're living and start a brand new life somewhere else. I don't know about you all, but I have a house to sell. I can't imagine not finding out for sure until April, then having to clean it up and get it on the market...I think it would make the whole PhD thing just not happen... Not to mention, it extends the stress of this whole process for some people while they're trying to finish up their M.A.... BTW - Trip Willis - my earlier post was not meant to make you feel guilty in any way. I hope it didn't come across that way!
  5. I'm coming late to this conversation, but...thanks to some good advice from posters here, I held on to my waitlist offers until I had the official offer in hand from the school that ended up being my top choice. Then, I notified the other schools within the week. Fortunately for me, my top two choices had their preview weekends early (in February), and so it was easy to make a choice early. So, *someone* on those waitlists will likely hear some happy news soon! Outside of these rare early things, though, my impression from others is that there IS a massive domino effect in April... This *is* a big decision, so I completely understand people holding on to things. That said, considering how many people are in limbo, my hope is that people will let go of their "bottom choice" offers, or make decisions as quickly as possible, so as to reduce the number of grey hairs forming. Good luck to all - decision makers, waitlisters, etc.!
  6. Thank you all for your thoughtful responses. Honestly, the thought would never have occurred to me if I hadn't noticed something about this issue on the GradCafe. So, thank you! I've written to all of the programs and let them know to take me off their lists. ...a few people on waitlists will be very happy!
  7. So, a question (of course)... I have already accepted an offer from my #1 choice (yay!). I received an offer from another school (which I turned down), am on the waitlist for one, and am in this weird in-between place for another. (I was invited to a preview weekend and told that someone had to turn down their offer in order for me to be accepted - I was something like #8 on their list and they are admitting 7 people). Since I've already accepted an offer, should I somehow withdraw my applications to these two other schools? Or should I wait until they actually offer something? I'm not sure how to handle this. Thank you!
  8. It is definitely good news, but not a guarantee. I've been invited to two of these (two weekends in a row, the last two weeks before Spring Break - YEESH! I'm pressed for time), and after some digging, I discovered that one of them = accepted and the other = "high consideration." For the one that is "high consideration," they also noted that there would "be no interview" during the weekend; however, a current student in the program told me that the whole weekend is basically an interview. That said, I say just go and be yourself.
  9. Thanks to all of you for your responses! I really appreciate the feedback. My advisor told me to "go and just be myself." I'm going to try to ignore the jitters and anxiety and do just that!
  10. Ugh! Hope you can get it figured out. I think the notifications for them should come out in a few days, though...
  11. I don't know that I hold out much hope anyway...I just don't feel like I put my best foot forward on this application. Oh well! Really? The site I have to log into shows everything that they've received...after you completed the application, did you receive an email with a link to a site to keep tabs?
  12. I'm fairly certain I ruined any (already remote) chance of getting admitted to UMass, as I was horribly sick at the time I was working on the application...so I didn't notice that the writing sample had to be emailed until, well, the 15th. I emailed them and asked if I could send it, explaining that in my sick haze I got confused. I know I sounded terrible on the phone, so I was hoping for sympathy. They allowed me to email it, but still...I'm not holding out hope.
  13. I hope you don't mind, but I just totally stole this and made it my profile picture. Good luck to all!
  14. Hello, Bowling Green is a nice little college town. They have a great local coffee shop/bookstore right in the middle of town (not too far from campus and ironically located across the street from Panera). The Black Swamp Arts Festival every year is pretty nice, and there is a rather cheap movie theatre located there as well. I don't know much else about the social life around BG, but Toledo (about 25 minutes away), while steeped in poverty and fighting harsh economic times, has some very interesting entertainment/cultural options. The Zoo is top-notch (voted in the top 10 in the country, I believe) with a new Children's Zoo (Nature's Neighborhood) that is simply outstanding. The Museum is also highly rated, and often has incredibly amazing exhibits. The Toledo Symphony is also fantastic - in fact, they just played Carnegie Hall this past Spring. And if you like sports, there's a hockey team and a baseball team - the Mud Hens stadium is a lot of fun. There is also a number of great bars/clubs, and a thriving local music scene. Oh - and, surprisingly, lots of art studios. The weather sucks, the landscape is flat and boring...but I think Northwest Ohio has a pretty nice personality. Hope this helps.
  15. I've been pondering this question, and I think that everyone's experience is going to be different. Because really, you have to take into consideration the application process itself. Before coming back to school, I was a grant writer with a very high success rate. Honestly, that high success rate is largely because I chose very carefully where to spend my time and energy applying. I guess the reason I'm mentioning this is because if you are feeling low because of your acceptance rate, don't necessarily attribute it to your topics/writing. It could just be that the conferences were not the right conferences. I've only applied to one conference since starting my M.A., and I got accepted to that conference...but the theme was pretty much tailor made for a paper I had already written for a seminar, so it was a very good fit. (read: high chance of success)
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