ClassicsCandidate Posted January 21, 2021 Author Posted January 21, 2021 I'm in the same boat as most of you. Not knowing when we'll hear back is the worst. I'm just trying to focus on the fact that the University of Chicago said I would know by mid-February and hoping other schools will notify me around that time. Otherwise, I'm throwing myself into work for the most part and watching way more movies and television than I usually do ? Trying to pretend grad school doesn't exist is definitely a challenge right now! ClassicsApp21 and Chaplin 2
Persae Posted January 22, 2021 Posted January 22, 2021 Hi! Long time lurker, first time poster. I thought I should add in my news. On Tuesday I was invited to UCLA's 'virtual recruitment' event which runs for 3 days towards the end of February. I was told that decisions would be made the week after. On Wednesday I was accepted into UNC's PhD program without an interview (ahhhh!) and no clear idea of funding. Still waiting to hear back from 4 other programs. Best of luck to everyone! ClassicsCandidate, ClassicsApp21, TaciturnTales and 1 other 4
ClassicsCandidate Posted January 22, 2021 Author Posted January 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Persae said: Hi! Long time lurker, first time poster. I thought I should add in my news. On Tuesday I was invited to UCLA's 'virtual recruitment' event which runs for 3 days towards the end of February. I was told that decisions would be made the week after. On Wednesday I was accepted into UNC's PhD program without an interview (ahhhh!) and no clear idea of funding. Still waiting to hear back from 4 other programs. Best of luck to everyone! Congratulations on your acceptance and good luck with your UCLA recruitment meeting! Hope you hear back from the others soon :3 Persae 1
ClassicsApp21 Posted January 23, 2021 Posted January 23, 2021 Congrats, @Persae!!! And best of luck with UCLA!l! I am also waiting to hear back from UChicago, NYU, Yale and Toronto, but so far I wasn't invited to any interviews... Sorry, may I ask what does a 'virtual recruitment' mean? I was only "prepared" for interviews, I think I have never heard about recruitment days before. ClassicsCandidate and Persae 2
Persae Posted January 23, 2021 Posted January 23, 2021 @ClassicsApp21 I also applied to UChicago! I haven't heard anything besides the email that they have started reviewing applications. Hopefully we'll get more info soon! This is how the virtual recruitment was described to me: "This event will give us a chance to get to know you a little, and to have you meet a selection of faculty and students in the program. You will have an opportunity to sit in on our graduate classes (via Zoom) and learn about our program, housing, life in LA, and our campus via a series of videos and discussions." To me, this seems to be their COVID-safe alternative to an open house/prospective visits. ClassicsCandidate and ClassicsApp21 2
ClassicsCandidate Posted January 23, 2021 Author Posted January 23, 2021 14 hours ago, ClassicsApp21 said: Congrats, @Persae!!! And best of luck with UCLA!l! I am also waiting to hear back from UChicago, NYU, Yale and Toronto, but so far I wasn't invited to any interviews... Sorry, may I ask what does a 'virtual recruitment' mean? I was only "prepared" for interviews, I think I have never heard about recruitment days before. I'm waiting to hear back from everyone too; I applied to Chicago, NYU, and Yale as well. Maybe some of us will be in the same cohort! I haven't gotten any interview requests, either. Some places will admit without an interview, though, so don't fret too much. ClassicsApp21 and Wafflotron 1 1
Wafflotron Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 No better way to kick off the anxiety of the season than with an offer of admission! I'd been telling myself (relatively successfully) that I shouldn't expect any decisions until Feb/Mar, and so I'd managed to avoid a lot of anxiety and dread for the time being. But I heard today that I'd been accepted into UC Boulder's Classics MA program! I'm 16th on the waitlist for funding though, and I thought that Boulder would be more of a safety school. While I'm thrilled to know I'll at least be going somewhere for grad school, now comes all the self-doubt and anxiety about all the other applications. 16th on the waitlist is also somewhat intriguing- it sounds like there were a lot of applicants and a lot of offers of admission. Just letting you guys know, am I right to think that maybe Classics has also seen a surge in applications this season? Marcus_Aurelius, ClassicsApp21, ClassicsCandidate and 2 others 1 4
TaciturnTales Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, Wafflotron said: No better way to kick off the anxiety of the season than with an offer of admission! I'd been telling myself (relatively successfully) that I shouldn't expect any decisions until Feb/Mar, and so I'd managed to avoid a lot of anxiety and dread for the time being. But I heard today that I'd been accepted into UC Boulder's Classics MA program! I'm 16th on the waitlist for funding though, and I thought that Boulder would be more of a safety school. While I'm thrilled to know I'll at least be going somewhere for grad school, now comes all the self-doubt and anxiety about all the other applications. 16th on the waitlist is also somewhat intriguing- it sounds like there were a lot of applicants and a lot of offers of admission. Just letting you guys know, am I right to think that maybe Classics has also seen a surge in applications this season? Congratulations! I wish I could get into Boulder. lol I really hope there isn't a surge of applicants this cycle, because if so I'm probably screwed. I can't afford graduate school without funding. Wafflotron 1
PeppermintTea Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 Congrats!! Colorado is so beautiful!! So much great hiking, biking, and general exploring to do!
exhaustionandtoast Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Wafflotron said: No better way to kick off the anxiety of the season than with an offer of admission! I'd been telling myself (relatively successfully) that I shouldn't expect any decisions until Feb/Mar, and so I'd managed to avoid a lot of anxiety and dread for the time being. But I heard today that I'd been accepted into UC Boulder's Classics MA program! I'm 16th on the waitlist for funding though, and I thought that Boulder would be more of a safety school. While I'm thrilled to know I'll at least be going somewhere for grad school, now comes all the self-doubt and anxiety about all the other applications. 16th on the waitlist is also somewhat intriguing- it sounds like there were a lot of applicants and a lot of offers of admission. Just letting you guys know, am I right to think that maybe Classics has also seen a surge in applications this season? Congrats! I applied to Boulder but I haven't heard anything yet. Now I'm so nervous to hear back haha but fingers crossed! and again, congrats!
Wafflotron Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 2 hours ago, exhaustionandtoast said: Congrats! I applied to Boulder but I haven't heard anything yet. Now I'm so nervous to hear back haha but fingers crossed! and again, congrats! Best of luck! After receiving another email from the professor who informed me it sounds like they're making a lot of offers- probably 40 something. It wouldn't surprise me at all to hear that they're still sending emails and notifications. ClassicsApp21 1
ClassicsApp21 Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) Hi y'all! Congrats, @Wafflotron, I've heard so many nice things about Colorado! Thank you@Persaefor sharing with us what a virtual recruitment is, it sounds super interesting! And thank you all for sharing how you've been dealing with the wait. I feel much better now, I think I've accepted that anxiety is part of the process lol Edited January 25, 2021 by ClassicsApp21 ClassicsCandidate and Wafflotron 2
21Classics Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 Hi everyone! Been lurking here for a long time, and finally decided to post! I saw that someone has been wait listed at Berkeley. I guess they started to send answers? Anyone here have heard something from them? The anxiety is killing me... ClassicsApp21 and ClassicsCandidate 1 1
ClassicsCandidate Posted January 25, 2021 Author Posted January 25, 2021 Anxiety is definitely part of this process. I just wish mine would calm down, lol. I hope folks hear back from people soon! I'm not sure if anyone I know heard from Berkeley yet, either. Wafflotron, 21Classics and ClassicsApp21 2 1
PeppermintTea Posted January 26, 2021 Posted January 26, 2021 I must not have gotten one of those Princeton interview requests because they plan to just admit me with no interview! *laughs nervously* Wafflotron, Catalystica, ClassicsApp21 and 7 others 8 2
ClassicsCandidate Posted January 26, 2021 Author Posted January 26, 2021 2 hours ago, PeppermintTea said: I must not have gotten one of those Princeton interview requests because they plan to just admit me with no interview! *laughs nervously* This is what I'm repeating to myself as well!! Wafflotron and ClassicsApp21 1 1
Catalystica Posted January 26, 2021 Posted January 26, 2021 Yeah, concluding I didn't make UCLA if I didn't get invited to that weekend interview, which is depressing. Counting them as a rejection I'm 2r and haven't heard anything from the last two now. It's taken a few days to come to terms with it. ClassicsCandidate 1
PeppermintTea Posted January 26, 2021 Posted January 26, 2021 19 minutes ago, Catalystica said: Yeah, concluding I didn't make UCLA if I didn't get invited to that weekend interview, which is depressing. Counting them as a rejection I'm 2r and haven't heard anything from the last two now. It's taken a few days to come to terms with it. Don't give up hope! What other rejection have you gotten?
ClassicsCandidate Posted January 26, 2021 Author Posted January 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Catalystica said: Yeah, concluding I didn't make UCLA if I didn't get invited to that weekend interview, which is depressing. Counting them as a rejection I'm 2r and haven't heard anything from the last two now. It's taken a few days to come to terms with it. I'm so sorry! I hope you hear from the other two soon! I've heard from no one yet, personally.
exhaustionandtoast Posted January 26, 2021 Posted January 26, 2021 That moment when your application portal checklist just disappears and all that's left is confirmation of submission and payment. I'm not freaking out, I'm totally cool ? ClassicsCandidate 1
ClassicsCandidate Posted January 26, 2021 Author Posted January 26, 2021 It looks like the results page has 2 folks getting interviews for Princeton (congrats to them!!!) I'm gonna try not to sweat it ?
exhaustionandtoast Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 Accepted to Boulder! Unfortunately, no offer of funding, so I probably won't be attending
ClassicsCandidate Posted January 27, 2021 Author Posted January 27, 2021 49 minutes ago, exhaustionandtoast said: Accepted to Boulder! Unfortunately, no offer of funding, so I probably won't be attending Did they indicate funding offers to follow or just tell you that there was no funding available?
exhaustionandtoast Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, ClassicsCandidate said: Did they indicate funding offers to follow or just tell you that there was no funding available? The letter said that they'd sent separate emails to those with funding offers or waitlist funding offers and if you didn't get one of those it's unlikely that they'll have funding for you ?
ClassicsApp21 Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 Hi! Congrats to those who have had interviews or got accepted! @exhaustionandtoast I think you should still try to contact them and explain the situation. ClassicsCandidate 1
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