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congrats to all the recent acceptances! I'm glad to see so many people getting offers!

If it's not right for you, I would be perfectly happy to take your CUNY acceptance!

Vic lit and gender studies I actually had a missed call on Monday and had an agonizing wait until I got the 2nd call this afternoon. Good luck! I hope you hear good news soon!

Just accepted to University of Florida!!! fgweuiafvhuiawh34926tyn!!!!! Spoke absolute nonsense on the phone in my excitement.

I would do anything for Flayvors ice cream right now. My jeans are thankful that I'm not within driving distance. Well, not within a reasonable driving distance.

congrats to all the Mich waitlists!

Hate to be the harbinger of doom here, but I think that 2 acceptances per year is pretty standard for them because Women's Studies can only support so many... In my awesome rejection letter from that program last year, they specified two. So fingers crossed for you and dazed--maybe it'll be a GradCafe monopoly this year on that joint program!

Congrats somer and Porridge!

It's more fun that way, all the red. My office has decided to go for an extended team lunch and then do an early leave. I hope they don't mind that I'll be constantly refreshing my email/the boards on my phone underneath the table. The real question is whether or not this lunch will include booze....

This. This is exactly what I'm feeling right now. Wisconsin was a hard blow, but if I don't get slightly hopeful news from CUNY, that's going to be pretty heartbreaking. Do try to remember that numerous folks have gotten rejected and then received acceptances from higher ranked schools! That helps. For about 2 minutes. Then I get down again.

Congrats, DontHate! That's great news. Any chance they'll pick the same few days as Columbia so you don't have to fly out here twice? (I mean, not to overlook the frustration of getting interview requests rather than acceptances... but an interview is better than a rejection, right?)

Congrats to all the UMass acceptances! I went to undergrad in the Pioneer Valley and absolutely love it there. Not to mention the awesomeness of UMass English...

Congrats! I know several people currently at CUNY who are extremely happy with the program. I'm incredibly envious--I'm hoping to hear my own good news from them.

congrats, Dazed! what a fantastic program!

Congrats, Porridge! Which one were you?

After my Vanderbilt rejection, I went out and drank everything BUT rum. Explains why I didn't feel any better. I did, however, find myself standing in front of one of my top choice schools, pleading with the building to accept me. I'll be sure to let you guys know how that works out for me.

I'm so in this thread today. My coworkers were all concerned because I was basically mute as I watched several of my schools report. Logically, I've had ONE official rejection. And only a third of my schools are reporting. But it's more fun if you're defeatist, isn't it?

Congrats to all the acceptances/interviews today! A really big/exciting day on the boards! Ready for my own good news at this point, but after reading these boards for the last two years, I'm glad to see the work is paying off for some!

I went for 500, based on nothing but my penchant for following rules.

DGS strongly encouraged me to keep it to 500 when I spoke with her.

Yup--that seems to be the case this year as well! And letters are online. And they're a program that doesn't need official transcripts unless they offer admission, right? Because this is showing up on my status: Unofficial Transcript received; Official Transcript has not been received for School This is what drives me around the bend. The wording is so ambiguous.

Question about Rutgers app--we don't have to send anything via mail, right? It's all online? I've gotten to the point where I no longer trust my awesome excel spreadsheet and am convinced that the information on these program websites changes on a daily basis... Thanks!

I'm about halfway through submitting my apps and I've started dreaming about them: completing them, finding errors, becoming friends with various graduate coordinators/admin staff and going for coffee... of course I'm wide awake now because my subconscious got me all anxious about trying to finish an app I'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED. I probably need to drink more. that's clearly the solution.

anyone else take the Subject Test today? I love spending 3 hours on Saturday morning being made to feel like the most incompetent fool! Who knew that you could spend 5+ years primarily studying English lit and still not know anything? I'm just relieved that it's over so I can finally devote my time to my SOP and writing sample...

Wow. A lot of great advice and support on these boards. Thanks! So glad I found gradcafe *after* submitting this year. Ah, well. One big learning process.