Enzian Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Congrats to the recipient(s) of the Emory interviews for Comp Lit and English! As an applicant to the Comp Lit program, I am very excited for you (read: jealousjealousjealous). And also a bit anxious. Does anyone know if Emory sends anything to those who aren't chosen for interviews (tacit rejection?) or do we have to wait and hope that they just forgot to e-mail us...until they reject us outright in February? It's hard to know for sure based on the past years' posted results, though it seems the latter option (with more suffering) fits the pattern. In any event, it's nice that the first posted 2012 results for "literature" on the board are potentially positive.
JeremiahParadise Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Yes, I'd love to hear about this, too -- also, when do they generally want to talk to interviewees? Next week? Next month? I'm not applying til next fall, but I'm interested -- just in case!
darjeelingtea16 Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Congrats to the recipient(s) of the Emory interviews for Comp Lit and English! As an applicant to the Comp Lit program, I am very excited for you (read: jealousjealousjealous). And also a bit anxious. Does anyone know if Emory sends anything to those who aren't chosen for interviews (tacit rejection?) or do we have to wait and hope that they just forgot to e-mail us...until they reject us outright in February? It's hard to know for sure based on the past years' posted results, though it seems the latter option (with more suffering) fits the pattern. In any event, it's nice that the first posted 2012 results for "literature" on the board are potentially positive. I also applied to Emory's Comp Lit program this year, and I looked at past topics in the lit forum here and elsewhere and it sounds like some people got in without ever having been interviewed (I think). Plus there's a waitlist and all, so, at the risk of sounding too optimistic, it's still a possibility that the news you and I may get could still be good!
lolopixie Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 The people on the board last year, including myself, that did not get an interview call did not get in. I didn't hear of anyone getting in without the interview, but the board is only a small portion of applicants.
darjeelingtea16 Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Here's hoping for a waitlist then! I'm curious how many apply to Emory's Comp Lit program. I know some places get many more applicants, like Cornell which gets like 120+, while others, not as much, like Notre Dame, which got like 50 last year...
lolopixie Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 I wish the schools would post this stuff up. It would make us all feel better.
Enzian Posted January 21, 2012 Author Posted January 21, 2012 I wish the schools would post this stuff up. It would make us all feel better. Yeah, generally. Although I'm not sure I'd want to know the numbers for Duke Lit or Berkeley Rhet. Thanks for the intel, lolopixie. I suppose darjeelingtea and I will keep some small hope alive for a waitlist.
Timshel Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 A couple of people I know got put on the wait list without an interview, but ultimately did not get in.
minourouge Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Half the people who got in in the last two years did not make the recruitment week interview list. Don't lose hope.
lolopixie Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 When is the recruitment weekend? Do they have a list of activities that you will be doing? I didn't apply to Emory, but I would like to know what these recruitment weekends entail. alexandra 1
JoJo55 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 There's one rejection posted on the results board for Emory, English Fall 2012. Is this real? Seems odd that there's only one, and so early.
Timshel Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 There's one rejection posted on the results board for Emory, English Fall 2012. Is this real? Seems odd that there's only one, and so early. If you look right above that post, you will see that that poster made an error and meant to put Northwestern, not Emory.
JoJo55 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Oh, I see--I searched "Emory" so didn't see that. Thank you!
flower303 Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Has anyone on the waitlist at Emory been rejected or accepted yet? Anyone taken themselves off the waitlist? Still a little ways to go before the 15th, but I'm curious if there has been any movement at all.
desaparecido Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Has anyone on the waitlist at Emory been rejected or accepted yet? Anyone taken themselves off the waitlist? Still a little ways to go before the 15th, but I'm curious if there has been any movement at all. I emailed Laura Otis a few days ago inquiring about the status of the wait-list. Here's the relevant information, copied directly from her email: Our situation right now is that we've made 13 offers for 8 positions. So far, three people have accepted, and three have declined. This leaves us with seven people still deciding and five slots left. I suspect they are going to wait until close to the 15th to decide. The chances that we'll be making offers to someone from the waiting list are quite good, and our waiting list has now been reduced to 10 people including yourself because of people who have told us they've accepted other offers. Who we take will depend on who has accepted us, since we'll want a balance among people from different fields. Hope that helps!
collikl Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Thanks ReadWriteNap! This waiting is SO NERVE-WRACKING so any news helps.
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