The Wordsworthian Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 May or may not have just torn a telemarketer to shreds in my anxiety-ridden anger at them calling and giving me false hope that it's a school notifying. havemybloodchild and disidentifications 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placeinspace Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Just now, The Wordsworthian said: May or may not have just torn a telemarketer to shreds in my anxiety-ridden anger at them calling and giving me false hope that it's a school notifying. Omg hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disidentifications Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 (edited) Received an invitation from Oxford's Graduate Admissions... ...to complete an "application survey". *shakes fist* Edited February 13, 2019 by flungoutofspace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havemybloodchild Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 3 hours ago, flungoutofspace said: Received an invitation from Oxford's Graduate Admissions... ...to complete an "application survey". *shakes fist* That is just cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musmatatus Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 CUNY just set a marketing email from the "Office of Admissions." C'mon, CUNY, you know this is the week where people are jumpy!!!! jadeisokay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santraash Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Exactly! 14 minutes ago, sugilite said: C'mon, CUNY, you know this is the week where people are jumpy!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaffeineCardigan Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Email about what studying at Brandeis can offer you from dean of grad college right about the time my estimation says they'll be sending acceptances. They have to know how stressful that is, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vondafkossum Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 3 hours ago, CaffeineCardigan said: Email about what studying at Brandeis can offer you from dean of grad college right about the time my estimation says they'll be sending acceptances. They have to know how stressful that is, right? My experience with administration at the K-12 level leads me to say, no, they’ve probably never even considered that their emails may be ill-timed, and even if it were brought to their attention they’d still fail to see the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaffeineCardigan Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 3 hours ago, vondafkossum said: My experience with administration at the K-12 level leads me to say, no, they’ve probably never even considered that their emails may be ill-timed, and even if it were brought to their attention they’d still fail to see the problem. Yikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruel optimism Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 It's not even 2020 yet, and we're already getting shellacked by NYU. onerepublic96 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indecisive Poet Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 5:00 PM, tiredderridean said: It's not even 2020 yet, and we're already getting shellacked by NYU. Are we? What have I missed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruel optimism Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, Indecisive Poet said: Are we? What have I missed? just an email about the portal (basically the application site) on which we can check our application status... ...in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indecisive Poet Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 5 hours ago, tiredderridean said: just an email about the portal (basically the application site) on which we can check our application status... ...in the future. Ahh yes, I think I hadn't registered this as a shellacking since it's so early yet. Hopefully there won't be any of this nonsense come February... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruel optimism Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 8 hours ago, Indecisive Poet said: Ahh yes, I think I hadn't registered this as a shellacking since it's so early yet. Hopefully there won't be any of this nonsense come February... haha, i've turned my notifications on for my university email (which i hardly use at all now that i've graduated), so anything that comes through that inbox these days startles me somewhat. (evidently, i won't be sleeping well for the next few months.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nęm0 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 We need to revive this thread! I know there has been some shellacking happening! People please share your anguish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeinated applicant Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Baby's first shellack--University of Chicago emailed me with the subject line, "Your application has been received." I applied early December, so part of me thought maybe this meant news?(!!!) Not sure how I thought they'd be ready on January 7th--more likely someone just moseyed into my file and manually marked it "complete." At any rate, they're reporting all decisions made by middle of February. Only another five weeks to go! Indecisive Poet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
politics 'n prose Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Ha, I was just coming here to post the same thing, @caffeinated applicant. As far as shellackings go, this one was relatively tame for me: I’ve read through enough old GradCafe posts to have had a faint recollection of a similar email going out from Chicago around this time last year. I was, however, shellacked by my own subconscious last night when I dreamed I’d be “recommended for acceptance” (not even actually accepted) by Pitt’s English department. Even in my dreams these schools can’t give me a straightforward answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryss Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, caffeinated applicant said: Baby's first shellack--University of Chicago emailed me with the subject line, "Your application has been received." I applied early December, so part of me thought maybe this meant news?(!!!) Not sure how I thought they'd be ready on January 7th--more likely someone just moseyed into my file and manually marked it "complete." At any rate, they're reporting all decisions made by middle of February. Only another five weeks to go! Same. ? Edited January 8, 2020 by Cryss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wimsey Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I got that Chicago email as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indoorfireworks Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I got an email from Pitt's university press about new poetry collections. Of course I only saw the sender, not the subject line, before I started freaking out ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital_lime Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Buffalo just sent out a lovely notification letting me know that my application is complete, even though it's been complete for weeks. I about jumped out of my skin. I'd be ecstatic to get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noneckmonsters Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Is anyone applying to the English program at Northwestern? The deadline was December 1st and it sounds like the kind of school that would send out early notices.... Has anyone heard back from them? Thank you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vondafkossum Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, noneckmonsters said: Is anyone applying to the English program at Northwestern? The deadline was December 1st and it sounds like the kind of school that would send out early notices.... Has anyone heard back from them? Thank you!!! Last year I got my decision from Northwestern on 2/4. From looking at the Admissions Results, it looks like everyone last year and the previous two years received notifications during the first week of February. Edit: I should update, I got a wonderfully concise and empathetic rejection email from the darling Nate Mead on 2/4. The University officially notified me of my rejection on 2/6 Edited January 16, 2020 by vondafkossum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wimsey Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I was startled to see an email in my inbox with the subject line "Graduate Studies." But alas, it was just my undergraduate university suggesting that I apply there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indecisive Poet Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Shellacked so hard by Chicago's interview email!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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