milara Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Who will accept you? Who will wait list you? Who will reject you? Take a gamble, make a prediction! (Idea stolen from a thread from a few years ago)
milara Posted January 18, 2012 Author Posted January 18, 2012 2 acceptances 2 wait lists or acceptance without funding 4 rejections + 1 known rejection I feel like that's realistic. To expand a little more... I think I'll be surprised if everyone outright rejects me. I But I'll also be surprised if I get a lot of acceptances. I've come to expect disappointment.
Networc Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Rejection: UIUC Coin Tosses: Purdue, UVA 2 out of 3: UNC-CH, Duke, NCSU Accept: CU-Boulder We'll see... I have a sinking feeling that any response to this thread is bad luck... I will now receive nothing but rejections...
cunninlynguist Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 You're a braver soul than I. It's not that I'm superstitious, but there's something about this whole process that scares me, and I don't want to offend it. snes, habanero, bikefarm and 2 others 5
contretemps Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Hah. I don't want to jinx it. But surprisingly, last year, I got into programs which I'm sure won't accept me and got waitlisted to two other programs which I'm sure I have a chance of being accepted. (What happened after that is a different story)
OnceAndFutureGrad Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Ready for this? I'm gonna get accepted to both programs with full funding. Then I'll have to spend a few glorious days re-visiting both campuses and programs, counting up my options, making a Pros and Cons chart, and having all the power over my app season, for once. Mwahahahaha! imisscoffee, Hegel's Bagels, Grunty DaGnome and 5 others 8
Helpplease123 Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 You're a braver soul than I. It's not that I'm superstitious, but there's something about this whole process that scares me, and I don't want to offend it. Hahaha Hope i'll get into at least one but I've started making a list of programs that have app deadlines in April just in case...
snes Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 You're a braver soul than I. It's not that I'm superstitious, but there's something about this whole process that scares me, and I don't want to offend it. THIS! Every time I even tell people the full list of schools to which I've applied I feel like I've done something terribly inauspicious and I have to knock on wood and cry about it.
LLajax Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 THIS! Every time I even tell people the full list of schools to which I've applied I feel like I've done something terribly inauspicious and I have to knock on wood and cry about it. Me too. And people always ask! I try to ward it off by telling them I applied to nine, but usually I have to go through the whole list. I feel like I'm invoking the spirits of bad juju or that saying the list aloud is some incantation wrought by the evil wizard of applications. snes and jerzygrl 2
UnlikelyGrad Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 I went looking for the old thread, because I wanted to see how well I predicted my own outcome. Alas, I couldn't find it. IIRC, I said "3 acceptances, 3 waitlists, 3 outright rejections." And I got 3 acceptances and 3 outright rejections. Of my 3 waitlists, one turned into an acceptance and one ended up as a rejection (but not until July!)...The last school emailed me in April to ask if I wanted to stay on the waitlist. I said I already had 4 good offers at that point, of which I would probably take one before they got around to accepting me (I was on the verge of accepting one anyway, at that point). So I'm not sure how to classify that one? In any case, predicting my outcome didn't seem to jinx me at all...so predict away, people! I actually think it's fun to see how close people come.
Italophile Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 My guess is 2/4. Now technically, my two "reach" schools are actually better fits for me. If those two turn out to be my 2/4, I'll be ecstatic!
gellert Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Rejections (or silent rejections): everyone. I'm not having a very optimistic week, sorry. :/
Grunty DaGnome Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 UVA, Columbia and Boston College will reject me outright on the basis of the not ready for prime time sample I sent. Brown and BU will accept me. They will, dammit!
Pitangus Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 With some recent information I've pretty much lost all of my optimism. So, 1/3, if my interview goes well, 0/3 if it doesn't. I would bet money on this.
imisscoffee Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 Rejected: Berkeley, Washington Accepted: Kentucky, UNC ??????: U of A, Syracuse, Clark
BreathingSister Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) I'm literally losing my mind thinking through this, and despite minimal superstition screaming at me not to: Rejected: UC Irvine Accepted: University of Western Ontario Edited January 20, 2012 by BreathingSister
Bats Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 At least 4 outright rejections. Two interviews, and if they go well, i get into 1. 2 wait list. 2 outright acceptances. This is a mix of optimism and pessimism. Or I will get into everywhere. Yeah, probably that. Actually, I'm guessing all rejections. I'm all over the place. It's a blood bath.
BreathingSister Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) At least 4 outright rejections. Two interviews, and if they go well, i get into 1. 2 wait list. 2 outright acceptances. This is a mix of optimism and pessimism. Or I will get into everywhere. Yeah, probably that. Actually, I'm guessing all rejections. I'm all over the place. It's a blood bath. Woahwoahwoah, where are you applying?! I'm applying to UC Irvine's Drama & Theatre program! We're severely underrepresented on here! Edited January 20, 2012 by BreathingSister
Bats Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 Indeed we are. Are you only applying to one school? I have aimed high... Berkeley, Stanford, ucla, ucsb, northwestern, ut, brown, ucdavis Bloodbath
BreathingSister Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 Two schools, Western Ontario in Canada for an MA in Theory & Criticism. I don't have a particular interest in Drama/Theatre but my POI encouraged me to apply to the program he's on the adcom for lol, so I did. I am not hearing good things about UCI's drama program from hardcore drama students, but after thorough research I'm really jazzed about it, so interdisciplinary and flexible. Do you know anything about it's informal reputation? What are your interests/programs?
abc123xtc Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 I think I'll get at least 2/8. Hopefully, one of those schools will be in my top 3, but I'll be pretty happy at any of the schools I applied to.
Seeking Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 3/3 rejections My "Dream School" is the best fit for me, but also the toughest to get in and hence, not much chance there. My "Reach School" has my POI in another department, not where I applied and he is the only one there who works in my area. My "Safe School" is not a good fit for me and I am not a good fit for them either. In addition, there are many problems in my application. So, you can see why I'm so negative about it. I thought I was the only one who believed in the jinx of talking about my application details, but it is comforting to know I'm not alone in this!
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