ArcLight Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Good morning all, I want to try and allay some of the fear surrounding the Temple admissions. I urge applicant's not to surrender their hopes. Pennsylvania state universities are facing another proposed round of budget cuts for the upcoming year -- to the tune of 25%. I suspect that once the final budget has been passed, state schools, including Temple, will have a better idea of funding availability. Best of luck everyone.
sandyvanb Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Thanks wikichic, I am naturally a worrier and a planner. This uncertainty is killing me. I know that if this year doesn't work out I'll be fine and I'll reapply. I just need to know what is going on so I can move on and make plans.
Ganymede18 Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 so frustrating not to get any news this week (although did hear from toronto (medieval studies) over the weekend). most of the rest of my partner's programs are in religion departments, which typically notify later than history depts.
Kelkel Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Hahah I agree with Ganymede18. It's been over a week and nothing for me. I know it'll be probably two to three more weeks before I get any news at all. That KILLS me. Seriously. I want to know now now now!!!
crazedandinfused Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Good morning all, I want to try and allay some of the fear surrounding the Temple admissions. I urge applicant's not to surrender their hopes. Pennsylvania state universities are facing another proposed round of budget cuts for the upcoming year -- to the tune of 25%. I suspect that once the final budget has been passed, state schools, including Temple, will have a better idea of funding availability. Best of luck everyone. Hey ArcLight, Thanks for this. I was wondering if you might have any further info on Temple, such as when acceptances went out and if they went out in one fell swoop.... Any help would be greatly appreciated!
taybaxter Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I am just in tears, I am losing it over this process. I have so much to do and I can't focus, I feel like I am already grieving for this cycle. I just need to get results so I can move on and make plans. I am so tired of being depressed... Oh Sandy I'm so sorry you're upset. I've felt pretty down a few times this season myself. Please don't give up hope. I know NYU for one is still very much in the game right now and I don't think I've heard anything about Clark. taybaxter 1
New England Nat Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 What's the consensus on visiting a school that you probably won't attend? Waste of their time and resources, or an opportunity to network with others in your field at a different school? Under some pressure by my profs to visit a certain school before declining the offer, they seem to believe that you should *always* go to visits so you know what you're turning down. I defer to the Grad Cafe... If nothing else they will put you up in a beautiful hotel and they'll be a lot of free booze on offer for two nights. The campus looks like Hogwarts and it's not like it's going to cost you any money. I don't think it's a matter of wasting Princeton's money (I say this as someone sitting in the middle of that money and while they don't spend it infinately and they are cheap about weird things, but not this one). The question really is the wait list question. On the other hand I doubt anyone on the wait list would really turn down the offer just because they didn't get to go to the visiting days. Btw, I'm starting to think of it as the invasion of the mongol horde just for how disruptive it is to have that many visiters around... but I mean that in the most affectionate possible way.
sandyvanb Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Thanks everyone, I really appreciate your support. I put a note on my door and I'm just holing up during my office hours... I should be grading or doing something work related but I just can't concentrate...
goldielocks Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 Sandy, so sorry to hear that you're having a hard time. As others have said, you've still got time. Please have heart and know that we're all pulling for you!
TMP Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 If nothing else they will put you up in a beautiful hotel and they'll be a lot of free booze on offer for two nights. The campus looks like Hogwarts and it's not like it's going to cost you any money. I don't think it's a matter of wasting Princeton's money (I say this as someone sitting in the middle of that money and while they don't spend it infinately and they are cheap about weird things, but not this one). The question really is the wait list question. On the other hand I doubt anyone on the wait list would really turn down the offer just because they didn't get to go to the visiting days. Btw, I'm starting to think of it as the invasion of the mongol horde just for how disruptive it is to have that many visiters around... but I mean that in the most affectionate possible way. *gasp* They stay at the Nassau Inn!!?!?!
ArcLight Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Hey ArcLight, Thanks for this. I was wondering if you might have any further info on Temple, such as when acceptances went out and if they went out in one fell swoop.... Any help would be greatly appreciated! I wish I could provide you with that information, but, at this time, I too am only seeing what appears on the results board.
crazedandinfused Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Thanks everyone, I really appreciate your support. I put a note on my door and I'm just holing up during my office hours... I should be grading or doing something work related but I just can't concentrate... This is really bad for concentration. I've set up a very ambitious reading list to prepare for the Fall (please don't let it all be for naught!) and I'm already behind because I run out to the mailbox and check my email every five minutes. Oh, the agony.....
simone von c Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 The University of Toronto appears to be finished. Unfortunately, there are very few spots available to international (which includes U.S.) students. SandyVanB, are you waiting on the University of Miami in south Florida? They notified late-ish last year ... if I recall, toward the end of February. Sending best wishes to those who have been admitted, and good karma to those who have not. Don't lose hope, friends.
sandyvanb Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 This is really bad for concentration. I've set up a very ambitious reading list to prepare for the Fall (please don't let it all be for naught!) and I'm already behind because I run out to the mailbox and check my email every five minutes. Oh, the agony..... I know! And I am so behind on some of my work...
New England Nat Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 *gasp* They stay at the Nassau Inn!!?!?! Yes, they stay in the Nassau Inn. Last year and I have no reason to believe it will be different this year, there is an open bar in the hotel bar with current grad students, sunday night, monday breakfest, talkign to professors and visiting classes with some information sessions and lunch in Prospect House (my friends and I have decided that prospect house is really transported from Kenya in 1950 with all the serving staff and atmosphere intact, though the running guess also includes the Punjab, or Joberg, something colonial). They're taken for dinner that night at a local brew pub, and than another open bar at the Nassau Inn... I remember trying to calculate how much money was spent on booze alone and gave up trying.
Ganymede18 Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 My SO got chauffered around on a golf cart when she visited Princeton. I kid you not. wikichic, virmundi and TMP 2 1
Venexiano Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Regarding the University of Toronto: I am currently studying there and my understanding was that everyone who would be either accepted or waitlisted was contacted on Sunday. As has been noted, the slots for non-Canadian students were INCREDIBLY competitive this year - even amongst the international students already in the MA program, there were those who were not accepted as PhDs. Since the results board has been quiet lately for Harvard, I assume that all the good news has already been sent out? It seems as though most of the acceptances came via POIs and I wasn't sure if any official news had yet been dispatched - at this point, that's all I can hope for.
goldielocks Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 Okay everyone. In the spirit of trying to cheer up anyone who is struggling right now, I will begin posting obnoxious phrases that have gotten me through the past few weeks (between losing my grandmother, waiting on applications, and going through a very serious health scare that turned out to be okay). I have a billion of these saved, but I'll start with this one: simone von c 1
crazedandinfused Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) Thanks Goldie!! Apparently I'm at that point where I need inspirational quotes..... Edited February 17, 2012 by crazedandinfused
sandyvanb Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Is it wrong of me to be annoyed when my husband sends me an email?! And thanks Goldie!
Toulouse1 Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Is it wrong of me to be annoyed when my husband sends me an email?! And thanks Goldie! Sandy, hang in there! I definitely understand your anxiety about this whole process. Also, e-mails non-application related are really starting to get on my nerves too. I have unsubscribed from so many things in the last few weeks! Thanks Goldie for the quote.
goldielocks Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 I just declined my fellowship at SUNY Buffalo. I wanted to be as courteous as I could and let them know as soon as I decided the offer was out of the running. I hope this means someone can be bumped off of the waitlist! virmundi 1
Gene Parmesan Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Uh oh, there's a Univ of Washington reject up. Wonder if this is the first wave?
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