2019 Rhet/Comp Applicants

[Junebug01]

Hi all - I thought it was high time for the rhet/comp folks to have their own thread this year. Share your hopes, fears, news (good and bad), and questions below!

[tacocat211]

yay! i was just talking about this on another thread yesterday.

 

So far, MSU-rejection, UT Austin-waitlist, still waiting on Penn State, Chapel Hill, and Texas A&M (alma mater).

UT is definitely my top choice, so I'm hoping for some movement there. Staying in Texas is really important/necessary for me, so fingers crossed!

Congrats on your acceptances so far

 

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the rhet/comp applicants come out of the woodwork hehe

[Junebug01]

Yes, I kept seeing folks post about it in other threads, so I thought a centralized location for us would be helpful, as it seems that literature notifications are going out at different times than rhet/comp ones, even within the same school.

And thanks for the congrats! Once the shock wore off, I've been alternately excited / terrified at what I've gotten myself into. ?

[rr732]

Yay thanks for making! @tacocat211 fingers crossed for you for UT!

I’ve been accepted at temple, waitlist at Maryland, and rejected from northeastern. Still waiting on a few , including my top (Amherst). If nothing else I’d be thrilled to go to Temple, so I’m very happy about that. I’ve been out of school for several years now and I kind of can’t believe this is all happening and I’ll actually be going back to school! 

Edited February 4, 2019 by rachel11nyc

[Pnwonder]

Yes @Junebug01 thank you for starting this thread! Always good to get in touch with my fellow Rhet/Comp fam. As more announcements roll in and it gets closer to decision time I'm sure I'll have questions to throw out here!

For those who have heard back from Michigan State, when did those emails go out? I had expected them to be one of the first to contact applicants because of their early deadline.

[tacocat211]

17 minutes ago, Pnwonder said:

Yes @Junebug01 thank you for starting this thread! Always good to get in touch with my fellow Rhet/Comp fam. As more announcements roll in and it gets closer to decision time I'm sure I'll have questions to throw out here!

For those who have heard back from Michigan State, when did those emails go out? I had expected them to be one of the first to contact applicants because of their early deadline.

I heard back from MSU almost immediately. Rejection email around Dec. 10, not even a two-week turn around lol :')

[NAL]

Thank you so much for starting a discussion thread! @Junebug01

It's good to see so many rhet/comp fellows out there!

So far:

Acceptance: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Rejection: CMU, MSU, and UW-Madison

Waitlist: OSU

Still waiting to hear back from a few. Fingers crossed for all of us!!!

[JuliaStelmach]

Hey, rejection from Duke and UTK. Waiting on others. On the lit thread people are posting about UNC Greensboro acceptances, anybody heard on the rhet comp there? Also waiting on Alabama, University of Florida, and Florida State. 

[righttowrite]

Thank you for starting the Rhetoric/comp thread!

I'm curious if anyone's heard from Penn State, ASU or Purdue yet, specifically for the Master's program? 

[tacocat211]

10 minutes ago, righttowrite said:

Thank you for starting the Rhetoric/comp thread!

I'm curious if anyone's heard from Penn State, ASU or Purdue yet, specifically for the Master's program? 

no word on any of them  there have been a couple penn. state acceptances but none for rhet/comp

[righttowrite]

3 minutes ago, tacocat211 said:

no word on any of them  there have been a couple penn. state acceptances but none for rhet/comp

I saw the few acceptances but didn't realize they weren't for rhet/comp! That's good to know though. Thank you!

[Pnwonder]

14 minutes ago, righttowrite said:

Thank you for starting the Rhetoric/comp thread!

I'm curious if anyone's heard from Penn State, ASU or Purdue yet, specifically for the Master's program? 

Got an automated email at 3:00 am this morning notifying acceptance to ASU's PhD, but no mention of funding or anything. Not sure about the MA though, but hopefully you'll hear soon?

[katieno]

Hello Rhet/Comp family!  

My girlfriend is the applicant, not me, but I have banned her from Gradcafe and r/gradadmissions.  She's got enough stress at the moment, so if I can help block some of it out, I'm all for it.

Rejected from Carnegie Melon, Emory (WGS), Waitlisted at U of Alabama, and waiting on Auburn, Louisiana State U, and Brandeis.

I'm so stressed over all of this, I can't even imagine how you guys feel!!  Congrats on the acceptances, and good luck to those that have been waitlisted and/or are still waiting to hear!

[righttowrite]

36 minutes ago, Pnwonder said:

Got an automated email at 3:00 am this morning notifying acceptance to ASU's PhD, but no mention of funding or anything. Not sure about the MA though, but hopefully you'll hear soon?

Congrats that's amazing! Yes, crossing fingers. 

[Gradbean]

So glad to find this thread! So far accepted at MSU and Wisconsin-Madison, rejected at UT Austin, waitlisted at Maryland, still no word from UNC-CH. 

[tacocat211]

1 hour ago, Gradbean said:

So glad to find this thread! So far accepted at MSU and Wisconsin-Madison, rejected at UT Austin, waitlisted at Maryland, still no word from UNC-CH. 

You’re the first rhet/comp acceptance to MSU we’ve seen!! congrats!!

[Gradbean]

3 hours ago, tacocat211 said:

You’re the first rhet/comp acceptance to MSU we’ve seen!! congrats!!

Thanks!! They were my top choice, so was so excited to get their email!!

[Pnwonder]

@Gradbean congrats on MSU and UW-Madison! I've been waiting to see when Michigan would finally start contacting folks, glad it seems like it might be about that time!

[CulturalCriminal]

I’ve been pretty silent this year, but can’t help joining on the convo. I did apply to Texas Tech’s distance-based TCR PhD (haven’t heard anything). It’ll be interesting to see, as I kinda redefined my self as a multimodal and visual rhetoric person this year, after some time in my current position (Lecturer & Writing Center coordinator).

[CulturalCriminal]

Update: I'm in at Texas Tech! 99% sure I'm going to say yes!

[tacocat211]

15 hours ago, CulturalCriminal said:

Update: I'm in at Texas Tech! 99% sure I'm going to say yes!

congratulations!!! i’m sure that’s such a relief

[StamfordCat]

Hi everyone...Rhet/Comp PhD applicant here. I only applied to 3, NYC area schools. So far: 

• Rejected from CUNY Grad Center
• Waitlisted at UConn
• No word from Stony Brook.

Stonybrook's app was due on January 15, and it looks like, historically, they send out acceptances the second week of March. Anybody else applying to these schools?

This site is making me crazy, so I am only allowed to log in 3 times a day

Edited February 27, 2019 by StamfordCat

[CulturalCriminal]

On 2/26/2019 at 12:24 PM, tacocat211 said:

congratulations!!! i’m sure that’s such a relief

Thanks! It is! I emailed back my acceptance today, so I guess I’m going to be a Red Raider. Looking forward to working with folks like Kendall Gerdes!

[StamfordCat]

How are all you Rhet/Comp folks doing? Anybody else still waiting? I'm still banking on my waitlist at UConn.

[bumbleblu]

I've been off GC since last year's cycle, but wanted to check in and see how everyone's faring. @Pnwonder and @Gradbean I know UW-Madison just had our Welcome Days, and I see you both have some tough choices to make, but if I can answer any other questions for you, please let me know!!

Way to go, everyone! It's almost over! ?