GW University

[Kamisha]

p.s. I know my question is a weird one.  But I have honestly noticed this and been baffled.

 

The professor in question appears to have recently undergone gender reassignment surgery. 

[MedievalMadness]

On 3/7/2014 at 4:56 PM, Kamisha said:

The professor in question appears to have recently undergone gender reassignment surgery.

Ah. That's a good explanation. You would think she had been presenting as female for a long while before SRS.

[MedievalMadness]

Okay, not to sound demented... but I think maybe my certain favorite prof was the one googling me. (This is psychobabble...but join me for the ride...)

So, a couple days ago I noticed that someone in Silver Spring, MD had googled me. (Thanks, Academia.edu for making me neurotic.) At first I assumed this was someone from U Maryland. Well, they basically rejected me by email, so I kind of doubt it now. Yesterday, I emailed the DGS to ask about status. I never heard back, though this is likely because it was Saturday. Crazy person that I am, I was poking around the twitter feed of my favorite prof and discovered that he lives in MD. My timidly hopeful, rambling mind has posited to me that perhaps I have not heard back because they are still reaching a decision

I'm wondering if they make any contact on the weekends or not. In the past, I would have assumed that they don't work at all on the weekends, but GC results have led me to believe that they are working from home or at odd hours all days of the week to get decisions out.

[rachelann1991]

I've definitely gotten contacted at weird-ass times - the BC prof who gave me an unfunded MA sent me an email at 8:45 pm on a Friday night!!! But definitely don't give up hope! I know Albany mentioned they're possibly doing other rounds of admits, and my professors keep telling me it's not over until you get a rejection in your hand, so I'm rooting for you

[formofmyform]

I got accepted to the MA this morning via email. Details to follow. 

[MedievalMadness]

I got accepted to the MA this morning via email. Details to follow. 

 

Congratulations!! That's really exciting.

 

I have not yet received a response to my email from the other day... which leaves me wondering if I sent it to the correct email address. I wonder if I'm on some weird waitlist. Or perhaps she just hasn't had time to get back to me, which I find pretty likely. I have to imagine the DGS is utterly swamped right now. 

[MedievalMadness]

Right so... not that I'm stalking professors or anything... but JJC posted this to his twitter: "Annals of difficult honesty: helped our best PhD admit to come to conclusion best off going elsewhere. She had 5 choices."

 

A. Is this any of you?

B. I wonder if they've contacted all their accepted applicants.

[MedievalMadness]

After not hearing back from the DGS, I broke down and emailed the admissions department. In a relatively short turn-around, they told me that a decision had not yet been made on my application. This seems to be rather late in the game given the April 15 decision deadline.