gooniesneversaydie 407 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, onerepublic96 said: Re: Boston... anxiety is driving me up the wall so I tore through the results thread back to 2012 and found a bunch of these comments: I had never heard anything like this about BU. Is it true? I have an external MA, too... would really hate to write this off as a likely rejection now... Woah! I've never heard anything like that (as if I would actually know anything). I've always assumed programs would prefer those with MAs because they wouldn't have to give out as much in funding and they would be better prepared to start teaching? My opinion would be not to read too much into it as 7-8 years is long enough that significant changes could've/would've been made to the program (unless some of those are more recent?). I still have hope for myself, for you, and for those who may be facing a shut out regardless of our backgrounds. Edited February 27, 2020 by gooniesneversaydie Fading_light and onerepublic96 2 Link to post Share on other sites
AnachronisticPoet 37 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 I have an acceptance I'm happy about, but I also am really hoping to get off the UT-Austin waitlist. I want to email back and ask them about the waitlist, if it's ranked by field and if they can tell me where I am on it, etc. The admissions email came from Grad Program Coordinator's email, but its signed by the Associate Chair/Graduate Advisor; so....do I respond to the email address it came from or to the person who signed it? Link to post Share on other sites
BetterLight13 18 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, onerepublic96 said: Re: Boston... anxiety is driving me up the wall so I tore through the results thread back to 2012 and found a bunch of these comments: I had never heard anything like this about BU. Is it true? I have an external MA, too... would really hate to write this off as a likely rejection now... I always wonder about this. I had a trusted advisor tell me once that they preferred candidates with MAs because they already have graduate experience / a portfolio of sample work to demonstrate ability. But who knows. As @gooniesneversaydie said, too, these comments were almost a decade ago already. onerepublic96 1 Link to post Share on other sites
gooniesneversaydie 407 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Also, I'm ready for my official Penn rejection. Checking the Penn portal is taking away precious seconds that I could be using to check the BU portal. Volodine1 and caffeinated applicant 2 Link to post Share on other sites
thoreaulymodern 24 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 I was just accepted to the MA at ASU! Excited to be able to say "I'm 100% going to grad school", even if I haven't heard back from everywhere yet! ccab4670, LitScript, olivetree and 5 others 8 Link to post Share on other sites
tinymica 238 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 13 minutes ago, gooniesneversaydie said: Also, I'm ready for my official Penn rejection. Checking the Penn portal is taking away precious seconds that I could be using to check the BU portal. Ok why is this ME gooniesneversaydie 1 Link to post Share on other sites
EffervescentMoon 6 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Harvard rejections are up. I randomly checked the portal; no email. That’s the end of a shutout season for me. AnachronisticPoet and vondafkossum 2 Link to post Share on other sites
gooniesneversaydie 407 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, EffervescentMoon said: Harvard rejections are up. I randomly checked the portal; no email. That’s the end of a shutout season for me. I'm so sorry to hear that. I wish you the very best of luck on whatever comes next. jm6394 and EffervescentMoon 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AnachronisticPoet 37 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) Penn rejections are up on portal, no email yet. Edited February 27, 2020 by AnachronisticPoet clarity Link to post Share on other sites
gooniesneversaydie 407 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Just got that sweet, sweet Penn rejection on the portal! tinymica 1 Link to post Share on other sites
tinymica 238 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Me reading my Penn rejection: ahhh the sweet release of death Volodine1, lotsoffeelings, olivetree and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
The Hoosier Oxonian 203 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Penn rejection on my portal too - thank goodness all my waiting is over! (I'm not even counting the implied rejection from NYU because I have zero emotional investment in it.) MichelleObama and jm6394 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Cryss 232 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 My application season ends with the official Penn rejection. Hope to never do it again. But alas, academia. Sending good vibes to everyone. MichelleObama, AnachronisticPoet and merry night wanderer 3 Link to post Share on other sites
gooniesneversaydie 407 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 11 minutes ago, Cryss said: My application season ends with the official Penn rejection. Hope to never do it again. But alas, academia. Sending good vibes to everyone. Out of reacts, but congratulations on your acceptances, I feel the disappointment with you on your rejections, and I hope the decision process goes smoothly! MichelleObama and Cryss 2 Link to post Share on other sites
poetryislit 57 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 And with that, my season is over. Thank god. 10 rejections, outted from all of my "dream" programs but one (Thank god x2). Its was crazy and nonsensical , and I'm grateful as hell. Time to decompress and breathe again. brownjournal, Rrandle101, jm6394 and 7 others 10 Link to post Share on other sites
onerepublic96 321 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 6 hours ago, gooniesneversaydie said: Info on the board about BU sending out notifications late Feb to mid March. Good lord, out of the 9,000 of us who are apparently waiting, how many will get in?! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Link to post Share on other sites
jm6394 93 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 I thought the rejection from Penn was sweet as far as template rejections go, even if they didn’t notify of the decision! Dogfish Head and merry night wanderer 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Kelsey1599 8 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Amidst the desperate cries for news from Boston, I am STILL trying to get a peep out of UCONN. I saw one rejection pop up the other day. I emailed the DGS, but I have not received a reply. Any suggestions or ideas? Link to post Share on other sites
digital_lime 80 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Anyone want to claim the Fordham acceptance on the board? 😬 Link to post Share on other sites
Hopeforthebest 3 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 28 minutes ago, digital_lime said: Anyone want to claim the Fordham acceptance on the board? 😬 Hello It's mine digital_lime 1 Link to post Share on other sites
digital_lime 80 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 9 hours ago, Hopeforthebest said: Hello It's mine Congratulations! I see that you're a medievalist, and can only hope that any Americanist acceptances simply haven't gone out yet! Link to post Share on other sites
alphabet soup 0 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) Just called Maryland- my app status still said “under departmental review.” She told me final results should come out next week. Just an update for those who are anxiously waiting cuz they saw the results people have posted of Maryland. Edited February 28, 2020 by alphabet soup Link to post Share on other sites
Jetpacked 12 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 If there are any lurkers here for the Cambridge MPhils or PhDs — I know there have been acceptances on the board but not sure anyone has posted — I’ve been told by the department following a question about college scholarships that they’re not releasing any further info on funding (nominations or otherwise) for now. Results are due out with the rest of the studentship competitions in March. There have been some people this year who’ve mentioned hearing that they’ve not been put forward for funding, and last year they did seem to notify some nominees that they were under consideration in mid-March, but not sure what’s happening this time. Link to post Share on other sites
BwO 25 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 22 hours ago, lotsoffeelings said: Does anyone know what kinds of questions are appropriate to ask when you're on waitlist somewhere (in this case, UW)? I am a novice to this whole process and generally afraid of emailing people in general. I mostly want to know 1) size of waitlist 2) general timeline for the process, but I'm not sure the best way to frame these questions. Reupping this, since I'm curious to know what the etiquette is for waitlistees to express their continued interest (beyond the initial "yes, I'd like to be on the waitlist" email). I'm also interested in knowing about how to ask/whether it is polite to ask about the size of the admitted cohort, the size of the waitlist, and one's ranking on the waitlist, in order to manage expectations. Small potato and Fading_light 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
gooniesneversaydie 407 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Holy crap that BU acceptance (not lit) on the board nearly made my heart stop and drop into my stomach. My heart/brain/head/waistline/wallet/mental health can't take much more of this. onerepublic96, Fading_light, BetterLight13 and 1 other 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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