2020 Applicants

[Indecisive Poet]

Just now, Rrandle101 said:

I have not but that sounds fascinating (to me at least lol). I'll see if I can get it from my library and do some reading over Spring Break

Highly recommend!!

[meghan_sparkle]

Whyyyy has this week been so much quieter than expected? Where oh where is Princeton? 

[MichelleObama]

8 minutes ago, meghan_sparkle said:

Whyyyy has this week been so much quieter than expected? Where oh where is Princeton? 

I was just thinking, "If they had really finalized decisions on Thursday, why would they wait this long to start making phone calls?!" I woke up violently, frantically looking for my phone, and my poor partner looked SO over it ? 

Edited February 14, 2020 by MichelleObama
I apparently do not understand quotation marks or basic punctuation

[meghan_sparkle]

15 minutes ago, MichelleObama said:

I was just thinking, "If they had really finalized decisions on Thursday, why would they wait this long to start making phone calls?!" I woke up violently, frantically looking for my phone, and my poor partner looked SO over it ? 

Tbh that could have just been the final department meeting; my understanding is most schools need to then to go GSAS and get everything approved/finalized. But yes ... quite a long gap between last Thursday and now! Especially if we don't hear til Monday, which I'm starting to think is the more likely possibility unless they pop up in the next hour or two!

[ja.col]

20 minutes ago, MichelleObama said:

I was just thinking, "If they had really finalized decisions on Thursday, why would they wait this long to start making phone calls?!" I woke up violently, frantically looking for my phone, and my poor partner looked SO over it ? 

 

3 minutes ago, meghan_sparkle said:

Tbh that could have just been the final department meeting; my understanding is most schools need to then to go GSAS and get everything approved/finalized. But yes ... quite a long gap between last Thursday and now! Especially if we don't hear til Monday, which I'm starting to think is the more likely possibility unless they pop up in the next hour or two!

 

I've been thinking just this... I heard from Stanford over a week ago and have had no news since......... Zilch (probably not good but still)....

[onerepublic96]

Has anyone heard anything from Boston U yet? Last year they notified around this time, but there hasn’t been anything on the results board.

[noneckmonsters]

4 hours ago, Rrandle101 said:

I know some people including myself still have nothing in their UCLA portal and wanted to share some comments one of my profs had about it. I told him what was up and said that I suspected someone was going through and manually updating them and that within a few days mine would just be a rejection but he suggested that some schools have an 'internal waitlist' where they won't tell you that you're on it but they have you on the hook just in case (isn't that fun?). Not sure if that's the case but it is something that happens apparently.

Yeah, but how long could this waitlist be? I physically know a handful of people who haven't received acceptances or rejections.... hmmm.... 

[jm6394]

Wheeeere is Michigan??

[Lblack]

Has anyone else heard from University of Washington? I saw an acceptance post on the results board 

[jm6394]

2 minutes ago, Lblack said:

Has anyone else heard from University of Washington? I saw an acceptance post on the results board 

Nothing for me

[Wimsey]

My impatience is climbing to new levels. ? I thought for sure at least one of my schools would notify today.

Edited February 14, 2020 by Wimsey

[spikeseagulls]

I received an acceptance letter from UC Irvine. Whew!

[jm6394]

31 minutes ago, jm6394 said:

Nothing for me

JK—just got my rejection email. If anyone is worrying you won’t get in somewhere because a lower ranked program rejected you, DON’T. It’s fit and passion. Good luck everyone!!

Edited February 14, 2020 by jm6394

[merry night wanderer]

12 minutes ago, spikeseagulls said:

I received an acceptance letter from UC Irvine and a rejection from Notre Dame 4 minutes later. Whew!

lol, I had this kind of day - just got rejected from Seattle as well!

[Ida16]

35 minutes ago, Lblack said:

Has anyone else heard from University of Washington? I saw an acceptance post on the results board 

I got waitlisted. Got the email half an hour back...

[Wimsey]

There's a waitlist from Michigan on the board...?

[spikeseagulls]

6 minutes ago, merry night wanderer said:

lol, I had this kind of day - just got rejected from Seattle as well!

On the bright side that's one less decision to make! Congrats on JH!

[merry night wanderer]

That's definitely a good way to think about it!

[vondafkossum]

And with that, my season closes. After two cycles of shut outs, I want to be very grown up and mature about all this (like I said I was going to be). But I am just so sad. 

[Emailchecker]

Sorry to hear that! With you. This is draining and mad black. 

[ecogoth]

Just now, vondafkossum said:

And with that, my season closes. After two cycles of shut outs, I want to be very grown up and mature about all this (like I said I was going to be). But I am just so sad. 

There's nothing immature about letting yourself process your emotions! Take it easy on yourself, I'm wishing you peace + happiness through this all

[timespentreading]

I see a Brandeis acceptance on the board. I forget who was asking about Brandeis the other day...

[jm6394]

27 minutes ago, Wimsey said:

There's a waitlist from Michigan on the board...?

???

[poetryislit]

11 hours ago, MichelleObama said:

I am likely going to be doing the opposite switch as my undergrad institution operated on a quarter system and the programs I am considering operate on semesters, but I do know that whenever my professors have lamented the quarter system, it has often been due to the fact that although students have the opportunity to experience an extra course in an academic year, you don't get as much time to marinate with the material, desired texts for the curriculum get omitted because of insufficient time, etc. In WA, the majority of the public post-secondary schools in the state operate on the quarter system, so I haven't actually experienced a semester system since high school. I think I'm looking forward to it? I have been craving more time to dwell with course material, but another benefit of the quarter system is that when I have registered for a course I wish would be over already, the class is probably pretty close to its conclusion by the time I arrive at mine. 

Thanks for the response! It doesn't sound too bad though, especially for an English PhD program, which obviously would be rigorous regardless of whether its quarter or semester system. Hopefully the adjustment period isn't too rough! 

[thoreaulymodern]

Just got a rejection from Univ of Washington ? That’s my first actual response from a program so my stress levels just peaked