Graceful Entropy Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 Hi Paul, congrats! But yea, I think you're definitely looking for this forum instead:https://forum.thegradcafe.com/forum/31-chemistry/ lol Good luck!
PaulMo Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 10:19 PM, JPReinhold said: Hey Paul We're in purgatory because this is a board for people awaiting decisions from creative writing programs. I see that's not your field, but thank you for the mini heart attack. ? Expand Woooops... how did I end up here? Sometimes my writing is "creative" but I'm definitely not a creative writer. I think I got a 3 or 2.5 on the writing portion of the GRE ?. Well, hello writers. Ydrl, TroyMcClure, Graceful Entropy and 3 others 6
PaulMo Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 10:21 PM, Graceful Entropy said: Hi Paul, congrats! But yea, I think you're definitely looking for this forum instead:https://forum.thegradcafe.com/forum/31-chemistry/ lol Good luck! Expand Thanks! Sorry for strokes/heart attacks. Lol JPReinhold 1
mrvisser Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 8:46 PM, eternalwhitenights said: Happy Sunday, y'all. Just wanted to drop in and see how y'all have been--no word on my application yet (no surprise there), but of course, I'm checking every couple of days. I got an email from "ThinkND" today, and my heart skipped five beats. It was just a newsletter, but OMG my heart truly leapt. I can only imagine what it's going to be like the day I find out. How's everybody doing? Hanging in there/anybody heard any major news back yet? Expand Oh man, I haven't even gotten anything from ThinkND...hope that isn't a bad sign. In all seriousness, nothing yet on my end. Seems like Illinois and Ohio State are the only two big schools who have given out decisions so far.
WolfMan Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 10:23 PM, PaulMo said: Woooops... how did I end up here? Sometimes my writing is "creative" but I'm definitely not a creative writer. I think I got a 3 or 2.5 on the writing portion of the GRE ?. Well, hello writers. Expand One of us! One of us! woweezowee, mrvisser, sylviaplate and 2 others 5
WolfMan Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 10:27 PM, mrvisser said: Oh man, I haven't even gotten anything from ThinkND...hope that isn't a bad sign. In all seriousness, nothing yet on my end. Seems like Illinois and Ohio State are the only two big schools who have given out decisions so far. Expand On facebook someone just posted they got accepted to U of New Mexico largeheartedboy, pattycat, CayceCamus and 1 other 4
Ydrl Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 10:27 PM, mrvisser said: In all seriousness, nothing yet on my end. Seems like Illinois and Ohio State are the only two big schools who have given out decisions so far. Expand There will be more soon. I bet something will happen by Friday (if not tomorrow) CayceCamus and mrvisser 2
mrvisser Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 11:29 PM, Ydrl said: There will be more soon. I bet something will happen by Friday (if not tomorrow) Expand I hope you're right. I'm also afraid you're right. CayceCamus, Ydrl, Greithe and 1 other 4
M-Lin Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 Based on what I'm able to find on the results page, it seems like all the schools I applied to have late February notifications at the earliest. Most of them notify in March. How is it not even February yet????? ?? pattycat and Ydrl 2
WolfMan Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 11:47 PM, M-Lin said: Based on what I'm able to find on the results page, it seems like all the schools I applied to have late February notifications at the earliest. Most of them notify in March. How is it not even February yet????? ?? Expand Yeah but I feel like every year the notification dates change. This year they could come out earlier.
pattycat Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 11:50 PM, WolfMan said: Yeah but I feel like every year the notification dates change. This year they could come out earlier. Expand You might be right. From what I see in last year's Draft group and gradcafe reports, Uni of New Mexico notified Feb 8 and Feb 14 the last two years, so this year is a few weeks earlier. Greithe and TroyMcClure 2
A Small Raven Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 4:52 PM, mrvisser said: I'm new to it, and I think I still like this site a little more for conversation purposes. But of course I don't want to miss any acceptances, so I check Draft fairly often too. Expand Okay I think I'm the only one on here who doesn't know about Draft haha. Someone please tell me what it is!
pattycat Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 12:10 AM, CCort said: Okay I think I'm the only one on here who doesn't know about Draft haha. Someone please tell me what it is! Expand It's a facebook group--MFA Draft '21
A Small Raven Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 12:11 AM, pattycat said: It's a facebook group--MFA Draft '21 Expand Gotcha - I suppose it won't be that helpful for me because I'm applying to PhD programs, but thank you! pattycat 1
mrvisser Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 12:09 AM, pattycat said: You might be right. From what I see in last year's Draft group and gradcafe reports, Uni of New Mexico notified Feb 8 and Feb 14 the last two years, so this year is a few weeks earlier. Expand Don't know if it makes a difference, but the notification on Draft was New Mexico State, not UNM.
pattycat Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 12:17 AM, mrvisser said: Don't know if it makes a difference, but the notification on Draft was New Mexico State, not UNM. Expand Oops! You're totally right. ?
mrvisser Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 12:18 AM, pattycat said: Oops! You're totally right. ? Expand But hopefully answers are still coming back several weeks early!
mrvisser Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 12:18 AM, pattycat said: Oops! You're totally right. ? Expand Looks like going back to 2018 people got acceptances between mid-February and mid-March, so this year is early! pattycat 1
pattycat Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 12:32 AM, mrvisser said: But hopefully answers are still coming back several weeks early! Expand I'm clearly looking for any sign I can! I'm so ready for this wait to be over. ? CayceCamus and M-Lin 2
Ophelias pansies Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/23/2021 at 9:59 PM, pattycat said: So now my daydreaming has moved on from looking at apartments and rental homes in my school cities to shopping for backpacks that I can't afford. Expand I thought I was the only one that does that! I feel like getting a new backpack is the best way to celebrate an acceptance! In an attempt to not spiral into a grad school anxiety fest I've been mentally planning my new wardrobe I'll have to get if I go to certain grad schools. I live in a place that has every season and I'm applying to places that are super cold or hot! It's fun to daydream about what grad school life will look like. Greithe, pattycat and Ydrl 3
mrvisser Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 12:45 AM, Ophelias pansies said: I thought I was the only one that does that! I feel like getting a new backpack is the best way to celebrate an acceptance! In an attempt to not spiral into a grad school anxiety fest I've been mentally planning my new wardrobe I'll have to get if I go to certain grad schools. I live in a place that has every season and I'm applying to places that are super cold or hot! It's fun to daydream about what grad school life will look like. Expand Oh if I get in you better believe I'll be that guy wearing tweed and corduroy jackets. FairleyAlfy, MDP, pattycat and 2 others 5
qwer2 Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 Decisions will come when they come. Don’t be the poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.
pattycat Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 12:45 AM, Ophelias pansies said: I thought I was the only one that does that! I feel like getting a new backpack is the best way to celebrate an acceptance! In an attempt to not spiral into a grad school anxiety fest I've been mentally planning my new wardrobe I'll have to get if I go to certain grad schools. I live in a place that has every season and I'm applying to places that are super cold or hot! It's fun to daydream about what grad school life will look like. Expand Me too! I'm in the Chicago area, so ending up in a warm spot like Gainesville or Austin would be such a change. New wardrobe would def be needed. I've been working as a wedding photographer for most of the last 13 years, so my closet is pretty much all black! M-Lin and Ophelias pansies 2
M-Lin Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 11:50 PM, WolfMan said: Yeah but I feel like every year the notification dates change. This year they could come out earlier. Expand I sure hope so! The earlier the better. I'm sure the schools are doing the best they can, since they can't gather faculty in person and all that. But maybe they can also consider how uncertain our world is right now in many ways and planning a change in life for many people might take longer than usual - thus, give us earlier notifications lol. Ophelias pansies 1
WolfMan Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) How does the admissions process even work? Do the faculty members read our work or do volunteering TA's read our work? Are the decisions reached by consensus or do separate people choose the admitted? I'm assuming that there is like a first screening where all the totally unqualified applicants are siphoned out based on not meeting length, GPA, or other reqs... So many questions. Edited January 25, 2021 by WolfMan
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