cafe0294 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Mile6 said: I haven’t (I’m an Americanist). Because of the smaller pool of admits, I feel like it’s most likely we didn’t make the cut and the people who did just aren’t on gradcafe. I’m assuming the same is also true for Columbia. You mean that you did not have an interview or you did have an interview? Did you not hear after the interview? I am sorry I did not understand. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mile6 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Just now, cafe0294 said: You mean that you did not have an interview or you did have an interview? Did you not hear after the interview? I am sorry I did not understand. Thanks. Sorry. I didn’t have an interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafe0294 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Mile6 said: Sorry. I didn’t have an interview. oh okay. Thanks. I will keep fingers crossed for you as many times students are selected even without interviews. I will be hopeful for you. Don't lose hope just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emeraldsapphire Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) @Mile6, I'm a Berkeley admit, but nope, haven't heard anything. I zoomed with a current student yesterday who said the base stipend now is around 34k. (Wasn't always that much, however...) Anyway, I think the department's just slow in getting the funding package info sent out. I'm also planning on flying out there to visit, hopefully soon, to expedite the decision making process. @Kashew_Nuts93, if you're applying in early modern for Notre Dame, I'm happy to talk. I was an early modernist in the History PhD program there for a few years. Edited February 1, 2022 by emeraldsapphire Kashew_Nuts93 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatildaMedievalist Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Okay....so if my portal for Brown didn't update, with all these rejections going on, does this mean it's an admit??? Anyone else have no update at Brown? Also, my roommate got a waitlist at Duke, but my portal hasn't updated there. Again, anyone know what's going on??? (I have class in 30 minutes and am dying inside guys, help.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mile6 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 8 minutes ago, emeraldsapphire said: @Mile6, I'm a Berkeley admit, but nope, haven't heard anything. I zoomed with a current student yesterday who said the base stipend now is around 34k. (Wasn't always that much, however...) Anyway, I think the department's just slow in getting the funding package info sent out. I'm also planning on flying out there to visit, hopefully soon, to expedite the decision making process. @Kashew_Nuts93, if you're applying in early modern for Notre Dame, I'm happy to talk. I was an early modernist in the History PhD program there for a few years. Thanks! Honestly I’m not rushing them, just glad to know I’m not alone. I know UVa made last minute increases to their funding packages (a family friend is a prof in a different dept), so I’m hoping Berkeley might be considering something similar. Inflation/rent increases are way outpacing stipend raises :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emeraldsapphire Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) @Mile6 dude, I know. Have been looking at rent prices in the Bay Area and it's crazy. Not to mention that grad housing is already filling up out there (one place started accepting applications today) but one can't put a deposit down on the grad housing without having accepted the offer, which I'm not ready to do yet (hence the visiting soon). Also, fiddleleaf31 (another admit) and I have a PM thread going on that you're invited to (check you GC inbox ?). Edited February 1, 2022 by emeraldsapphire Mile6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeCatsCorgis Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 4 hours ago, nws said: the second acceptance was me! British/Atlantic subfield. Apparently the department has voted on candidates but the dean hasn't formally approved them yet, so its totally possible that some POIs are waiting until it's official-official Huge congrats on your acceptance and thanks for the info! Really crossing my fingers on Chicago, seemed like a great fit and great connection/enthusiasm from my POI, but just haven't heard anything yet. TheWitWitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWitWitch Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 minute ago, CoffeeCatsCorgis said: Really crossing my fingers on Chicago, seemed like a great fit and great connection/enthusiasm from my POI, but just haven't heard anything yet. Same here, hopefully we will hear something soon CoffeeCatsCorgis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doce Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) 57 minutes ago, cafe0294 said: Has anyone else been interviewed for PhD in History at Yale? Have you heard anything from the POIs and the department yet? I received an email from Yale in December, asking to move my application to a different faculty. Last week I received a message that asked to transfer my application to the MA program. Full disclosure, I overloaded myself last semester and this application was not my best work. This was not a "full round of applications" Still, I am in my final semester of a different humanities MA program (not at Yale) now and felt a little terrible about the recent request to transfer my application to the MA program, and will probably be super depressed if I am not even offered that. Has anyone else experienced any of this? I don't know what to make of it. Edited February 1, 2022 by doce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mile6 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 hour ago, MatildaMedievalist said: Okay....so if my portal for Brown didn't update, with all these rejections going on, does this mean it's an admit??? Anyone else have no update at Brown? Also, my roommate got a waitlist at Duke, but my portal hasn't updated there. Again, anyone know what's going on??? (I have class in 30 minutes and am dying inside guys, help.) Sounds pretty promising to me! MatildaMedievalist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmsprof Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Northwestern is kind of stressing me out. I know that the dean approves all admits, so if English has theirs then History probably should as well... right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TagRendar Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 @charmsprof not necessarily. It could be that the English department got their batch of recommendations to the dean sooner than, say, the history department. Mad Scientist Malfrost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello2000 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) Hi Everyone! I am new to GradCafe, but applied for history phd programs this year. I received my first decision and was waitlisted at UVA. I honestly was not sure if I even had a shot, so I am pretty excited, but I was wondering if anyone knew what the odds typically are for getting off of the waitlist at UVA? Or if anyone has advice on if there is anything else that I should do to show interest in the program while I wait for a final decision (I was notified via an update on my application portal). Edited February 1, 2022 by Hello2000 charmsprof, wynntir and jpbends 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
history110 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Has anyone heard from any canadian PhD programs yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurelie426 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 hour ago, history110 said: Has anyone heard from any canadian PhD programs yet? Not yet! From going through results for last year it doesn't seem like UToronto will be releasing decisions until March? Which Canadian programs did you apply to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TagRendar Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Seeing some Princeton admits! Congratulations to them! Mad Scientist Malfrost and flowersandcoffee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wynntir Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Well, no better way to come down from the high of your first PhD interview than to get your first PhD rejection of the season. Only need one yes, right? ? CoffeeCatsCorgis, TagRendar, emeraldsapphire and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teathatisiced Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Got the rejection notice from Berkeley.. not too surprised, considering a fair number of people had already posted about being admitted. emeraldsapphire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanItinerant Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) Also got a rejection from Berkeley. Gotta say, getting an interview request in December with a top choice at a top school, and having the interview and being told you're in the final group only to end up with a rejection definitely hurts. Nowhere to go but up though! Re everyone who's rejected from UCB post interview: It was the #1 ranked history graduate school this year and was very selective. If you got to the interview stage, it means you have a great application, and I bet you'll hear good things soon enough if you have a wide net cast. Edited February 2, 2022 by BalkanItinerant flowersandcoffee, emeraldsapphire and wynntir 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trail_Blazer Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Hi! First-time writer here, haha. I have a question for those who went through the Penn interview: Did you hear anything about when do they plan to make/disclose their decisions? I wanted to ask in the interview about the evaluating process but ran out of time and couldn't do so. Thanks in advance! CoffeeCatsCorgis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikhailM Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 13 hours ago, cafe0294 said: Has anyone else been interviewed for PhD in History at Yale? Have you heard anything from the POIs and the department yet? Had an interview on 12 January. Haven't heard anything since. Sub-field is African History. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikhailM Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 On 1/21/2022 at 10:07 PM, saintesprit said: Hi! I had an interview with Yale really early, in the first week of January (before I knew this forum existed) - it was in the African history subfield, I was interviewed very formally/intensely by three professors...they said I'd hear from them in early February but also that they're only taking 1 person in African history, lol. It seems interviews go by subfield so that might not have bearing on your application! Hey - also a first-time user here. Just piping up to say that I also had a Yale interview in January, in the second week, with three professors for African History. They also mentioned that only 1 or 2 people are admitted for this field. Haven't heard anything back so far - have you? Best of luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaANDanxiety Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Hello. Posting for the first time but this group has been a big source of support for a long time. Wanted to ask if there are any South Asianists and if they have heard anything. Also, if one hasn't been interviewed, does it mean a definite rejection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikhailM Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, teaANDanxiety said: Hello. Posting for the first time but this group has been a big source of support for a long time. Wanted to ask if there are any South Asianists and if they have heard anything. Also, if one hasn't been interviewed, does it mean a definite rejection? Not a South Asianist, but definitely don't think that 'no interview = rejection' - it depends on the place and department that you applied to. Some places won't interview (in my experience Brown), while some do (in my experience Yale). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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