Shellacked again...

[a_sort_of_fractious_angel]

Phone call from unknown number - area code is Delaware. 

I don't pick up. No voicemail is left. Minutes pass. The sun moves across the sky. I wonder who called and for what purpose.

Out of sheer boredom, I Google the number - it's the UDel English DGS number. I Google it again - new tab. Same results.

I check my voicemail. Nothing. I check my email. Nothing. 

Did they accidentally call the wrong number? And realize when they heard my voicemail message?

Did they intend to call me but, upon hearing my voicemail message, think ... "oh. no thanks."

... Do ... do I call back? 

*dials Delaware*

"Hey ... it's me."

Edited February 6, 2018 by a_sort_of_fractious_angel

[punctilious]

3 minutes ago, a_sort_of_fractious_angel said:

Phone call from unknown number - area code is Delaware. 

I don't pick up. No voicemail is left. Minutes pass. The sun moves across the sky. I wonder who called and for what purpose.

Out of sheer boredom, I Google the number - it's the UDel English DGS number. I Google it again - new tab. Same results.

I check my voicemail. Nothing. I check my email. Nothing. 

Did they accidentally call the wrong number? And realize when they heard my voicemail message?

Did they mean to call but, upon hearing my voicemail message, think ... "oh. no thanks."

... Do ... do I call back? 

*dials Delaware*

"Hey ... it's me."

They will probably email you, they just emailed husband saying his phone wasn't working (it was dead) and asking to call him.

[Yanaka]

3 minutes ago, a_sort_of_fractious_angel said:

Phone call from unknown number - area code is Delaware. 

I don't pick up. No voicemail is left. Minutes pass. The sun moves across the sky. I wonder who called and for what purpose.

Out of sheer boredom, I Google the number - it's the UDel English DGS number. I Google it again - new tab. Same results.

I check my voicemail. Nothing. I check my email. Nothing. 

Did they accidentally call the wrong number? And realize when they heard my voicemail message?

Did they mean to call but, upon hearing my voicemail message, think ... "oh. no thanks."

... Do ... do I call back? 

*dials Delaware*

"Hey ... it's me."

Of course you should call back! Let us know!!

[FreakyFoucault]

20 minutes ago, a_sort_of_fractious_angel said:

*dials Delaware*

"Hey ... it's me."

I believe the standard expression is

“... you rang?”

Also, Cong!

(you’ll get the rest when you update us in the Acceptances thread!!!) 

[Warelin]

Congrats @punctilious and @a_sort_of_fractious_angel

[a_sort_of_fractious_angel]

5 minutes ago, FreakyFoucault said:

I believe the standard expression is

“... you rang?”

Also, Cong!

(you’ll get the rest when you update us in the Acceptances thread!!!) 

Th**ks @FreakyFoucault and @Warelin!!!!

 

[punctilious]

6 minutes ago, Warelin said:

Congrats @punctilious and @a_sort_of_fractious_angel

THANK YOU! The limbo is so stressful though!

[FreakyFoucault]

3 minutes ago, punctilious said:

The limbo is so stressful though!

Ain’t it, tho? 

[LexHex]

I get so many calls from strange numbers trying to sell me insurance or retirement plans or cruises or possibly steal my kidneys  and I have to answer them all

[EspritHabile]

I'm currently waiting to hear about fellowship nominations. I received an email with the subject line "Congratulations, EspritHabile!" 

...from PayPal. 

[M(allthevowels)H]

9 minutes ago, EspritHabile said:

I'm currently waiting to hear about fellowship nominations. I received an email with the subject line "Congratulations, EspritHabile!" 

...from PayPal. 

That's just cruel.

[EspritHabile]

3 minutes ago, M(allthevowels)H said:

That's just cruel.

Right?!

[ThePandaBard]

On 2/6/2018 at 10:30 AM, LexHex said:

I get so many calls from strange numbers trying to sell me insurance or retirement plans or cruises or possibly steal my kidneys  and I have to answer them all

So much of this. Last night I got a call with a Chicago area code and I knew I had already been rejected from Chicago so fuck that number.

Also when calls were going out from one of the programs, I got a call and got so excited then it was my dentists. I was also waiting for word that my car repairs were finished, so double shellacked. One non important phone call when I was waiting on two.

[renea]

A few weeks ago Georgia State sent me an invite to a preview event...for "people interested in applying to their graduate program next year".... 

Today they sent another one. The first time I thought this is an auto-invite for anyone in their directory. Now I'm starting to think they're sending me a message....

[WildeThing]

Woke up to an email from Oxford Graduate Admissions... it was a survey.

[EspritHabile]

11 hours ago, renea said:

A few weeks ago Georgia State sent me an invite to a preview event...for "people interested in applying to their graduate program next year".... 

Today they sent another one. The first time I thought this is an auto-invite for anyone in their directory. Now I'm starting to think they're sending me a message....

A program did the same thing to me, and after a few of those messages I almost deleted the admissions email because I thought it was more spam for the winter open house for "future applicants." I almost shellacked myself! 

[WildeThing]

Reviving this because I just got an email from Chicago saying they received my application (over a month after I submitted it and 2 weeks after the deadline). Anyone else? OR DOES THIS MEAN SOMETHING?!

[mandelbulb]

i got an email, too. i checked from last year, and it seems i got the same email on 1/4. it probably means nothing? or at least that's what i'm going to tell myself.

[Musmatatus]

I'm a staff member at a university, and we just got back from break yesterday...I am going out on a limb to say that it may have just been sent when the department staff got back into office because universities tend to close over the winter break. 

 

[Bopie5]

22 minutes ago, WildeThing said:

Anyone else? OR DOES THIS MEAN SOMETHING?!

Posted about this in 2019 Applicants before reading this thread, lmao! I got it too and it totally made my heart stop.

[WildeThing]

37 minutes ago, sugilite said:

I'm a staff member at a university, and we just got back from break yesterday...I am going out on a limb to say that it may have just been sent when the department staff got back into office because universities tend to close over the winter break. 

 

That was my thinking. They sent the same email last year on January 4th, so I would expect acceptances in about 3 weeks and rejections in just over 4.

[Bopie5]

15 minutes ago, WildeThing said:

I would expect acceptances in about 3 weeks and rejections in just over 4.

Even though they say mid-Feb in the email? I sure hope it’s 3-4 weeks and not 6-7.

[WildeThing]

I mean, last year’s email said the same thing and they have consistently sent notifications in late January to early February I believe.

[Warelin]

1 hour ago, Bopie5 said:

Even though they say mid-Feb in the email? I sure hope it’s 3-4 weeks and not 6-7.

Are we talking about Chicago? If so, I think there are a lot of implied rejections because they send out interview slots for their top candidates. In recent years, no interviews mean no PHD slot. Formal rejections happen 2-3 weeks after the interview requests.

[Bopie5]

1 hour ago, Warelin said:

If so, I think there are a lot of implied rejections because they send out interview slots for their top candidates. In recent years, no interviews mean no PHD slot.

Ah, I see! That makes sense for sure, I didn’t know that about Chicago.