greenlee Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 This has been a loooong day. Time for wine and pizza! Thank goodness for this forum, otherwise I'd go crazier than I already have.
lyonessrampant Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 Hey! Condolences to the people posting rejections, but I've still heard nothing and I'm wondering a couple of things. How many of you have similarly still not heard anything? And what are the suppositions at this point as to what this means? Pending rejection, potential acceptance, at best waitlist? I had just decided to count myself rejected when those acceptances were first posted, and now I must admit that damn hope is starting to smolder in the ashes. . . I'd just really like to know what's going on!
Ex Nihil Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 Hi lyoness. I'm in the same boat as you. This is my guess: on Monday or even Sunday they will finish sending out the rest of the rejections/acceptances waitlists. Since we haven't been contacted yet and others have been accepted I'm assuming that we are at least not among the tip-top best applicants. We might be on the list for a personalized rejection email, we might be on the fringe of acceptance and they are waiting for some reason (maybe funding info or last weekend decisions), or we might be waitlisters. Beyond that there's no real way to know except waiting till Monday.
lyonessrampant Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 Hey WordFiller. That about matches my personal hypotheses as well. I guess we'll wait until Monday and see what's up. At least the grad sec. said we could contact her March 1 if we don't know yet so we can all pounce Tuesday if we don't hear by Monday! Good luck to you!
byronlover Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 Hey WordFiller. That about matches my personal hypotheses as well. I guess we'll wait until Monday and see what's up. At least the grad sec. said we could contact her March 1 if we don't know yet so we can all pounce Tuesday if we don't hear by Monday! Good luck to you! I got a rejection tonight. It's strange that no one else did; why didn't I get mine yesterday? Anyway, good luck to those still waiting.
lyonessrampant Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 SO weird. Sorry Byronlover. Best of luck elsewhere.
tortola23 Posted February 27, 2011 Author Posted February 27, 2011 Still nothing for me. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but I can't help thinking that at least they might still be considering me for the wait-list.
Ex Nihil Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 Sorry greenlee. What a strange time to be getting rejection emails! I've given up trying to understand UT's system.
woolfie Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 I still don't understand why we haven't seen more acceptances. There are only four and they're fellowship recipients. Do you think that they've finished with their offers, it's just that those acceptances don't use grad cafe? Or that there's another round of offers to be made? The email about contacting by March 1st if you havent seen word makes me think that, if you haven't been contacted by March 1st, you're rejected. Because if you were accepted, they wouldn't forget to tell you....
the giaour Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 I still don't understand why we haven't seen more acceptances. There are only four and they're fellowship recipients. Do you think that they've finished with their offers, it's just that those acceptances don't use grad cafe? Or that there's another round of offers to be made? The email about contacting by March 1st if you havent seen word makes me think that, if you haven't been contacted by March 1st, you're rejected. Because if you were accepted, they wouldn't forget to tell you.... I was accepted, but not with a fellowship. I don't think the other posters on the results page mentioned fellowships either, did they? I'm pretty sure all of UT's first-round decisions have gone out, but some schools just keep their 2nd/3rd/etc. tiers of applicants waiting for a while without telling them anything. Nobody's posted a waitlist notification, after all!
Chris83 Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 I'm out. I got one of those Sunday night e-mails. The awesome part? I actually SLEPT last night. Good luck to the rest of you!
courtniep Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 getting rejected is starting to feel as natural as blinking. sigh. got my email last night.
Waiting patiently... Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 I guess we all know where we stand at this point. Condolences to all the rejections. How many have posted that they've been waitlisted? It seems like they are basing it around specialties to have a more rounded department, which makes sense. It might be a good idea to get a feel for the specialties in the wait-list. I'm a medievalist. anyone else on the waitlist care to post their specialties?
emichelle Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 I guess we all know where we stand at this point. Condolences to all the rejections. How many have posted that they've been waitlisted? It seems like they are basing it around specialties to have a more rounded department, which makes sense. It might be a good idea to get a feel for the specialties in the wait-list. I'm a medievalist. anyone else on the waitlist care to post their specialties? Congrats on the waitlist! I just got my waitlist email as well. I'm a postcolonialist.
tortola23 Posted February 28, 2011 Author Posted February 28, 2011 Wait-listed! So bittersweet. If you're declining your offer or going off the wait-list to accept a preferred offer, please let the department know as quickly as you can. This is my top top top choice, favorite school, and I want to stay in Austin this fall so badly! Very strange to feel so much pride at being "unanimously voted for admission" at such a great school, as well as so much frustration at having to wait on a real answer for another month! I feel lucky, though, and this gives me so much more hope about all of my other applications. Whew.
lyonessrampant Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 Also waitlisted. I'm an early modernist. I'm hoping that it doesn't take until right at the April 15 deadline for notification about the liklihood of getting in off the waitlist, but with the late visit date, it seems pretty likely it will take awhile. Obviously would have preferred a direct admit, but I would agree, tortola, the unanimous recommendation for acceptance bit felt nice
lyonessrampant Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Soooooooo, don't mean to sound pushy or anything like that, but I was just wondering if there are any early modernists who were accepted to UTA who are considering turning down that offer for another. I realize that until post visit weekend, most people won't know, but I'd love, love, love to go here and would be interested in hearing if there is anybody with at least a potential alternate decision he/she would prefer. Thanks!
lyonessrampant Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Yeah, don't know. I'm hoping that there's like one per subfield on the waitlist so that if one on the first-round accepted list says no, there's room for the waitlisted in the field, but somehow, I think that's wishful thinking. I emailed Dr. Lesser asking for specifics after I got his waitlist email, but he hasn't gotten back to me yet I'll let you all know if I have any info.
medicine Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Yeah, don't know. I'm hoping that there's like one per subfield on the waitlist so that if one on the first-round accepted list says no, there's room for the waitlisted in the field, but somehow, I think that's wishful thinking. I emailed Dr. Lesser asking for specifics after I got his waitlist email, but he hasn't gotten back to me yet I'll let you all know if I have any info. I'm also an early modernist waitlisted at UT, so that right there means that there are likely multiple students waitlisted in all subfields. That said, lyonessrampant, you should know that the odds of me ending up at UT, even if I'm eventually accepted off the waitlist, are about 1%. (based on family considerations, NOT the quality of the program.)
lyonessrampant Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 So I emailed back with some questions regarding the waitlist on Monday. I have heard nothing back. Has anyone else on the waitlist received any followup communication?
tortola23 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Posted March 4, 2011 So I emailed back with some questions regarding the waitlist on Monday. I have heard nothing back. Has anyone else on the waitlist received any followup communication? I emailed on Monday to say that I'll be remaining on the wait-list for as long as I can. I haven't heard back, but my email didn't really require follow-up. They must be insanely busy right now, though!
lyonessrampant Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 Okay. Thanks tortola. I was just feeling a little neglected. . . I'm sure you're right about them being busy.
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