sadevilminion Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Hard times! said: Woke up two acceptances this morning! Two emails at once--I honestly thought I was dreaming. I am an international student and unfortunately most decisions go out when I am sleeping. Sleeping is so hard these days. When I woke up at around 4 AM I pretty much thought it was a dream... That was strange too because (my)dreams are never this nice ?I am still trying to reckon if it is true or if something went really wrong and the acceptances ended up in my mailbox--haven't told anyone at home. I got a pretty nice acceptance mail from UConn's DGS (midnight mail) but didn't know how to put it up on the dashboard. Yet to hear from 7 places... I used two different proposals for the two schools but drew heavily on narrative ethics and the philosophy of time for both (post-1945 visual-verbal texts). I hope we all have something to validate our efforts and anxieties by the end of this cycle! YES! Congratulations! ???? I’m genuinely so happy for you! I hope you get some sleep tonight! s.renteria and Hard times! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetasp Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Sooo I saw a bunch of Cornell rejections today, and I still don't have one, which is leading me to be very cautiously hopeful that maybe I'm on the waitlist. What are the odds of that? Anyone else in this weird liminal space? ? plainblacktights 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonewiththepies Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Has anyone else heard anything from the University of Washington? I saw one acceptance on the results page today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordelipup Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 37 minutes ago, theonewiththepies said: Has anyone else heard anything from the University of Washington? I saw one acceptance on the results page today My phone won't let me click the "Submit Results" tab so I haven't been able to submit my own result yet, but I got an email stating I had been put on the Waitlist. I applied for the Language & Rhetoric track. The email said 4% of applicants were admitted. This is my dream program so I am really hoping that I get in eventually! PlacingJane1994, manolito, Hard times! and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgottenworks Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 53 minutes ago, theonewiththepies said: Has anyone else heard anything from the University of Washington? I saw one acceptance on the results page today Saw the acceptances on the Results page and then got so excited when I saw an email from the school — only to find a rejection. Stings a bit, but on to the next! Hard times! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so-it-goes Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 4 hours ago, OperaGhost said: Got off the phone with a university I was admitted to, and now I'm feeling a little deflated. In my admittance email they mentioned that they had nominated me for a fellowship for my first year but i was just notified I didn't get one even though 12 other people apparently did. My cycle started off nice, but between this and the UT Austin rejection, I'm scared that was a fluke and that I'll be rejected to the rest of the schools I applied to (I know i'm probably being a lil melodramatic, but the month of February really has been the pits) First off--CONGRATS ON THE ADMIT!! That's great! I'm sorry you didn't get the fellowship (especially if it would've made a big financial difference). i totally understand the fear, but remember in the end you can only attend 1 place anyways! plus, decision committees are so independent of one another, a rejection from one place really doesn't mean a rejection from another (which i understand can be hard to believe when we're in the middle of it). so don't stress/ get too down on yourself about hypothetical rejections you haven't recieved yet probably the most productive and comforting thing to do is think through your options and make sure you have contingency plans? like scouting out potential jobs if this cycle doesn't pan out? best of luck!! ashwel11 and OperaGhost 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OperaGhost Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, so-it-goes said: First off--CONGRATS ON THE ADMIT!! That's great! I'm sorry you didn't get the fellowship (especially if it would've made a big financial difference). i totally understand the fear, but remember in the end you can only attend 1 place anyways! plus, decision committees are so independent of one another, a rejection from one place really doesn't mean a rejection from another (which i understand can be hard to believe when we're in the middle of it). so don't stress/ get too down on yourself about hypothetical rejections you haven't recieved yet probably the most productive and comforting thing to do is think through your options and make sure you have contingency plans? like scouting out potential jobs if this cycle doesn't pan out? best of luck!! Aw thank you! This was a really sweet message to get on a very brain-scattered day. These application cycles really are a killer for all us perfectionists who feed off academic validation (presumably everyone who applies to grad school lmao), but it's important to keep in mind that getting into Every program is not the goal (and definitely not a feasible goal). Best of luck to you, and to everyone reading this! I hope we all get into a program that we love and that loves us (by giving a fat funding package ayo) Edited February 18, 2022 by OperaGhost Hard times!, PlacingJane1994 and Cordelipup 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainblacktights Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Hard times! said: Woke up two acceptances this morning! Two emails at once--I honestly thought I was dreaming. I am an international student and unfortunately most decisions go out when I am sleeping. Sleeping is so hard these days. When I woke up at around 4 AM I pretty much thought it was a dream... That was strange too because (my)dreams are never this nice ?I am still trying to reckon if it is true or if something went really wrong and the acceptances ended up in my mailbox--haven't told anyone at home. I got a pretty nice acceptance mail from UConn's DGS (midnight mail) but didn't know how to put it up on the dashboard. Yet to hear from 7 places... I used two different proposals for the two schools but drew heavily on narrative ethics and the philosophy of time for both (post-1945 visual-verbal texts). I hope we all have something to validate our efforts and anxieties by the end of this cycle! congratulations!!! just curious: what was the second acceptance? also, your research sounds really interesting! Edited February 18, 2022 by plainblacktights Hard times! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heterotopia Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Has anyone here heard from Michigan Ann Arbor (English Language and Literature track)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerialxav Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 7 hours ago, Hard times! said: Woke up two acceptances this morning! Two emails at once--I honestly thought I was dreaming. I am an international student and unfortunately most decisions go out when I am sleeping. Sleeping is so hard these days. When I woke up at around 4 AM I pretty much thought it was a dream... That was strange too because (my)dreams are never this nice ?I am still trying to reckon if it is true or if something went really wrong and the acceptances ended up in my mailbox--haven't told anyone at home. I got a pretty nice acceptance mail from UConn's DGS (midnight mail) but didn't know how to put it up on the dashboard. Yet to hear from 7 places... I used two different proposals for the two schools but drew heavily on narrative ethics and the philosophy of time for both (post-1945 visual-verbal texts). I hope we all have something to validate our efforts and anxieties by the end of this cycle! CONGRATULATIONS!! As a fellow international student, I just relate so much to the anxieties of sleeping and waking up. I've been lurking on this forum but just wanna say thank you for leading such a supportive presence here! So ?happy? for you!! taylorjunebug, Hard times! and Submarina 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard times! Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, plainblacktights said: congratulations!!! just curious: what was the second acceptance? also, your research sounds really interesting! Oh yeah sure! Rochester. My 'research' (if you can call it that) is a cross between comics/picturebooks and broadly, the philosophy of time (drawing both on phenomenology and action theory...). If I knew philsophy well enough I would have applied to a couple of philosophy departments. Edited February 18, 2022 by Hard times! plainblacktights, Submarina and heterotopia 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard times! Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, aerialxav said: CONGRATULATIONS!! As a fellow international student, I just relate so much to the anxieties of sleeping and waking up. I've been lurking on this forum but just wanna say thank you for leading such a supportive presence here! So ?happy? for you!! Many thanks! This whole season is so stressful that at the end of it you realise what it is like to be stripped of all the basics (food, sleep..., forget grad school and research). You wish if only you could sleep and eat! Have you found some respite yet? Edited February 18, 2022 by Hard times! plainblacktights 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard times! Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 6 hours ago, sadevilminion said: YES! Congratulations! ???? I’m genuinely so happy for you! I hope you get some sleep tonight! Yes, it has been like 'for god's sake reject me already and let me sleep' plainblacktights 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard times! Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, OperaGhost said: Aw thank you! This was a really sweet message to get on a very brain-scattered day. These application cycles really are a killer for all us perfectionists who feed off academic validation (presumably everyone who applies to grad school lmao), but it's important to keep in mind that getting into Every program is not the goal (and definitely not a feasible goal). Best of luck to you, and to everyone reading this! I hope we all get into a program that we love and that loves us (by giving a fat funding package ayo) Oh yes, 'feeding off academic validation'--that defines this whole process! Without that validation we feel like our whole existence is invalidated which honestly is so delusional and yet, for all the world, we can only see grad school! And seeing some people on the dashboard with 6 acceptances and no rejections doesn't help at all ? Edited February 18, 2022 by Hard times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake829 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 18 hours ago, Hard times! said: Woke up two acceptances this morning! Two emails at once--I honestly thought I was dreaming. I am an international student and unfortunately most decisions go out when I am sleeping. Sleeping is so hard these days. When I woke up at around 4 AM I pretty much thought it was a dream... That was strange too because (my)dreams are never this nice ?I am still trying to reckon if it is true or if something went really wrong and the acceptances ended up in my mailbox--haven't told anyone at home. I got a pretty nice acceptance mail from UConn's DGS (midnight mail) but didn't know how to put it up on the dashboard. Yet to hear from 7 places... I used two different proposals for the two schools but drew heavily on narrative ethics and the philosophy of time for both (post-1945 visual-verbal texts). I hope we all have something to validate our efforts and anxieties by the end of this cycle! I told you. I knew you’d be posting an acceptance soon. Congratulations, friend. I hope you can sleep easier at night knowing not only that you’re going to grad school but that you also have a choice! If you’re comfortable sharing, what is the second school? Hard times! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadevilminion Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 A couple people posted waitlists for Boulder. I'll start anticipating my rejection email Hard times! and medievalpeasant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medievalpeasant Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 25 minutes ago, sadevilminion said: A couple people posted waitlists for Boulder. I'll start anticipating my rejection email Same! I've been trying to figure out the pattern from past years. It looks like they sometimes send out the waitlists first but I hope we get more answers today so we don't have to wait for next week!! sadevilminion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illcounsel Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 12 hours ago, heterotopia said: Has anyone here heard from Michigan Ann Arbor (English Language and Literature track)? I haven't heard anything! heterotopia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OperaGhost Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 12 hours ago, heterotopia said: Has anyone here heard from Michigan Ann Arbor (English Language and Literature track)? I haven't heard anything new but their admissions page states that decisions should be out early March heterotopia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medievalpeasant Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Does anyone else still have a pending application for UoOregon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgottenworks Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 20 minutes ago, medievalpeasant said: Does anyone else still have a pending application for UoOregon? I do. Their timeline is a real head-scratcher this year, as far as the results page shows. medievalpeasant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffwaff Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 19 hours ago, zetasp said: Sooo I saw a bunch of Cornell rejections today, and I still don't have one, which is leading me to be very cautiously hopeful that maybe I'm on the waitlist. What are the odds of that? Anyone else in this weird liminal space? ? Same boat :/. Not sure if clerical error or soft wait list or what? Hopeful but scared lol zetasp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadevilminion Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 I was just accepted into another funded program and am now at 3a/1w/2p! Forgive me for not saying which school - it's really small, not famous or ivy league, and in the middle of nowhere. Also I have a phone call with them next week and I'm sweating already! No rejections yet (still feels unreal after all rejections last year), although my dream school, UIUC, is definitely an implied rejection at this point. Would be wacky to get in everywhere except there, which also has the largest cohort (i think?) and personally the best fit with my research+POIs. Well, a girl can dream! Hard times!, s.renteria, theonewiththepies and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phdapplicant321 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 wish berkeley could just hurry up and send me the inevitable rejection ? sadevilminion and Submarina 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordelipup Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 This is a long-shot but has anyone heard anything from Stanford's MTL program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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