Tanner Anthony Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Has anyone heard any information from Boston U on when they're notifying and/or how many they're accepting for their PhD program? They have no "Status Tracker" website, (I emailed in early January) so I am assuming they'll email all of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fall-11 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Has anyone heard any information from Boston U on when they're notifying and/or how many they're accepting for their PhD program? They have no "Status Tracker" website, (I emailed in early January) so I am assuming they'll email all of us. Did you apply for the PhD, or the for the MA-leading-to-PhD? In other words, are you applying with only a BA, or do you have an MA? If you're applying with an MA from another institution, like I am, they typically take only one student a year with an external MA. Last year, their PhD cohort had 7 people, of which only one had an external MA while the other 6 had just completed their MA at BU. But if you're asking about how many spots they have for the MA (leading to PhD), I don't have numbers for that. Either way, good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanner Anthony Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 I am applying with a BA (and a BS in psych, lol) to the MA/PhD track. Did you apply for the PhD, or the for the MA-leading-to-PhD? In other words, are you applying with only a BA, or do you have an MA? If you're applying with an MA from another institution, like I am, they typically take only one student a year with an external MA. Last year, their PhD cohort had 7 people, of which only one had an external MA while the other 6 had just completed their MA at BU. But if you're asking about how many spots they have for the MA (leading to PhD), I don't have numbers for that. Either way, good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortola23 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I'm also applying to the MA-to-PhD track, and haven't heard anything. Last year most of their notifications went out around February 25th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtniep Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I see in the forum someone posted a wait listed decision for the MA, but that's the first decision I've heard/seen. Suspense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortola23 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I see in the forum someone posted a wait listed decision for the MA, but that's the first decision I've heard/seen. Suspense! I am still enduring the suspense for all twelve of my schools. I thought that this week was The Week, but I guess not. p.s.- We're applying to three of the same places! Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortola23 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I see a PhD rejection on the board. Anyone know about it? Any others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crutch Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I see a PhD rejection on the board. Anyone know about it? Any others? I just received my rejection from BU. Apparently, they're in the process of notifying everyone that has been rejected because they don't want people to have to wait any longer. At least that's what the email implied. Good luck to everyone still waiting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortola23 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Rejected. I have a feeling that this will be the first of twelve. Jesus this is depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apieceofroastbeef Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I actually got in! And with funding too! I was SO worried that I was an applicant that would get skimmed off in the first round of decisions every time. I've been rejected by three other schools. But now it doesn't matter! Coming from the person who started the doom/unrest/insanity thread: please have hope that something will come for you! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Nothing this big has ever happened to me in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crutch Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I actually got in! And with funding too! I was SO worried that I was an applicant that would get skimmed off in the first round of decisions every time. I've been rejected by three other schools. But now it doesn't matter! Coming from the person who started the doom/unrest/insanity thread: please have hope that something will come for you! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Nothing this big has ever happened to me in my life. Congrats, Catherinian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortola23 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I actually got in! And with funding too! I was SO worried that I was an applicant that would get skimmed off in the first round of decisions every time. I've been rejected by three other schools. But now it doesn't matter! Coming from the person who started the doom/unrest/insanity thread: please have hope that something will come for you! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Nothing this big has ever happened to me in my life. Congratulations! That does give me a tiny bit of hope for myself . . . one admit is all it takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apieceofroastbeef Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Congratulations! That does give me a tiny bit of hope for myself . . . one admit is all it takes. Thank you guys! My email says that they accept 5-7 students coming in with an MA and 5-6 MA/PhD students. I can't believe that some people on the other side of the country decided that I was good enough to be one of those 5-6 people! Yey! Now I'm just worried that I won't live up to their expectations...but I won't rub salt in the wounds of other people who haven't gotten their acceptances yet by complaining at length about that here. Good luck to you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutualfriend Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I applied to the MA/PhD program but also indicated in my application that I would be interested in the MA-only program if I was not accepted into the PhD. I got an email today saying I was accepted into the MA program, but with no funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limelight Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thank you guys! My email says that they accept 5-7 students coming in with an MA and 5-6 MA/PhD students. I can't believe that some people on the other side of the country decided that I was good enough to be one of those 5-6 people! Yey! Now I'm just worried that I won't live up to their expectations...but I won't rub salt in the wounds of other people who haven't gotten their acceptances yet by complaining at length about that here. Good luck to you all! congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fall-11 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 (edited) That's awesome, catherinian -- congratulations!! My email says that they accept 5-7 students coming in with an MA and 5-6 MA/PhD students. I'm a bit puzzled by this information, though. I emailed the DGS in November and she confirmed what I had heard before, that they usually take 1 or at most 2 applicants with external MA's each year. So it can't be that they've suddenly switched to taking 5-7 students with external MA's. Can you double-check what the email you received says? Thanks. ETA: I haven't heard from BU yet... Are there others who also haven't heard? Edited February 19, 2011 by fall-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apieceofroastbeef Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 That's awesome, catherinian -- congratulations!! I'm a bit puzzled by this information, though. I emailed the DGS in November and she confirmed what I had heard before, that they usually take 1 or at most 2 applicants with external MA's each year. So it can't be that they've suddenly switched to taking 5-7 students with external MA's. Can you double-check what the email you received says? Thanks. ETA: I haven't heard from BU yet... Are there others who also haven't heard? Fall-11: I'm so sorry. I re-checked and, in my hazy excitement, I transcribed that incorrectly. It meant 5-7 students for the MA program instead. I'm sorry for posting this misinformation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fall-11 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Fall-11: I'm so sorry. I re-checked and, in my hazy excitement, I transcribed that incorrectly. It meant 5-7 students for the MA program instead. I'm sorry for posting this misinformation! Catherinian, no problem at all. That's what I guessed had happened Thanks for checking and letting us know, and congrats again. Dang, I wish I knew whether to be hopeful or not that I haven't heard yet... but with only 1 spot for external MAs, it's a really long shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtniep Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 thanks so much! you too! i got rejected from BU. now i'm really nervous... I am still enduring the suspense for all twelve of my schools. I thought that this week was The Week, but I guess not. p.s.- We're applying to three of the same places! Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fall-11 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Just wondering if there's others out there who haven't heard anything from BU. They sent out both accepts and rejects on Friday, but I didn't hear either way. Are there others in the same boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dulcinea Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Just wondering if there's others out there who haven't heard anything from BU. They sent out both accepts and rejects on Friday, but I didn't hear either way. Are there others in the same boat? I haven't heard anything from them either. Guess that's a good, definite "wait and see." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limelight Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I also have not heard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustquail Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I haven't heard either. I'm hoping no news is good news.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the once and future grad Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I haven't heard anything either. But now that I know how they feel about applicants who already have MAs, I'm not holding my breath! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sareene Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I have not heard anything either. It could just take a long time to send out rejection emails to the hundreds of people who are rejected. I'm not holding my breathe for a waitlisted email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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