Lit, Rhet, Comp - Chat Thread

[wintergirl]

  On 1/26/2012 at 4:02 AM, WellSpring said:

yes, please tell us about the Stanford skype interviews.

DITTO.

[rawera]

  On 1/25/2012 at 7:15 PM, takethiswaltz said:

Yes, and I've also made note of their area code: 650. Oh, god... what have I turned into?

I did this today. A poor decision on my part. I also wanted to bump the Stanford thread, but I didn't want to give anyone a heart attack.

[rainy_day]

  On 1/26/2012 at 4:16 AM, rawera said:

I did this today. A poor decision on my part. I also wanted to bump the Stanford thread, but I didn't want to give anyone a heart attack.

This was very kind of you!!! It most certainly would have induced a number of heart attacks, I fear.

[0000000000AAA]

So I've just setup my gmail account to forward a message to my (non-smart) phone every time I get an email from certain domains...like @ucla, or @unc, @stanford....

This has to end, right?

[thestage]

yeah, this stanford thing is kinda killing me right now

[0000000000AAA]

I'm trying desperately to forget the three digit area code for stanford. And also regretting that I didn't apply to Northwestern. What's one more school when you've got 15 already on your list?

EDIT: And it's now the 26th of January. We are in a realm in which it wouldn't be ridiculous to actually hear from schools.

Edited January 26, 2012 by WellSpring

[marlowe]

It is NORTHWESTERN DAY!

(as in last year, today was Northwestern Day). We need to rush the "Chat Room" en masse when shit starts going down.

[indalomena]

  On 1/26/2012 at 3:34 PM, marlowe said:

It is NORTHWESTERN DAY!

(as in last year, today was Northwestern Day). We need to rush the "Chat Room" en masse when shit starts going down.

omgz you gave me a heart attack. Anyone heard yet? I'm desperate for Evanston omgz aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrgghhhhh

[effess]

Just freaked out at the WashU posting on the results thread - "Other" postings are now my least favorite thing!

[indalomena]

I wonder if I should give up gradcafe for the next two months, I have a feeling this could get ridiculously painful

UNLESS I GET IN

[marlowe]

Sorry for the mini-infarction, indalomena.

[0000000000AAA]

There's a Northwestern admit up on the board. Whoever it is: CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited January 26, 2012 by WellSpring

[Timshel]

  On 1/26/2012 at 8:52 PM, WellSpring said:

There's a Northwestern admit up on the board. Whoever it is: CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was just about to post the same thing. I'm glad someone got an early decision that was positive. Congrats!

[marlowe]

Here we go...

Congrats to somebody!

[takethiswaltz]

Apparently someone has gotten wait-listed at Yale! Good luck!

[thestage]

isn't it a little weird to wait list people before admitting anyone?

[takethiswaltz]

Yeah, it does strike me as weird. Maybe they meant to select "Other"? Anyone care to claim this result?

[losingeffingmarbles]

Evidently, they didn't spell 'Yale' with a '6' on the SOP

[0000000000AAA]

...as much as I dislike waiting, this is better than applying! At least now we are delightfully out of control.

[rainy_day]

  On 1/27/2012 at 5:09 AM, WellSpring said:

...as much as I dislike waiting, this is better than applying! At least now we are delightfully out of control.

I believe this whole process tells us much about ourselves. For example, I am neurotic and an utter control freak, and find this excruciatingly more painful specifically because it is out of my control.

[0000000000AAA]

it's like a rorschach test...but one that costs thousands of dollars.

[koolherc]

  On 1/27/2012 at 5:41 AM, WellSpring said:

it's like a rorschach test...but one that costs thousands of dollars.

thumbs up for this line

[Refresh refresh]

Does anyone know which schools interview for comp lit, specifically do u michigan or ut austin interview before they make their decision?

[JeremiahParadise]

Just wanted to say that, as a person who's not applying until next fall, watching you all wait for these decisions is really exciting to me. No, I'm not a sadist or anything. It's just that I know it's crazy stressful, but you're at the verge of a major, life-changing event, and I think that's awesome/exciting. Keep it cool (as best you can) and remember to enjoy the interim -- if things work out, you'll never be back in this time/place in your life again! Savor friends/family/freetime (what little you might have) for now. Who knows, you might need to start planning a cross-country/Atlantic move pretty soon!

[Grunty DaGnome]

  On 1/27/2012 at 3:15 AM, takethiswaltz said:

Apparently someone has gotten wait-listed at Yale! Good luck!

Well, it wasn't me, but I did notice it was a "waitlist/other" entry and the comment stated that Yale doesn't do interviews for the English PhD. I think this comment was left by a Yale hopeful who called the department asking about interviews and thought they would share their info/spare the Yale English Department similar calls from Grad Cafe readers.