Who just got an acceptance call from Stony Brook?

[fedupofthewait]

I just saw that someone was accepted into the Stony Brook English PhD program? Does anyone want to claim that? This is one of my schools....and it is making me just cringe with fear of another rejection.

Congratulations to the lucky one!!!

[jma310]

curious mind here too! i'm a native ny-er and stony brook applicant. but it seems weird, since their deadline was jan 15th...

[fedupofthewait]

Does anyone want to claim the Stony Brook acceptance mentioned on the results survey today? Congratulations!!

Edited February 11, 2012 by fedupofthewait

[desaparecido]

I posted the SB acceptance (: Got a letter in the mail from them. It was dated February 2. Thanks for the congrats! It's the first acceptance I got (after a rejection from Duke and a wait list from Emory), but I'm waiting to hear back from a bunch of programs - I'm definitely excited about SB, though! A good friend of mine is in their program and she raves about it. Best of luck to the others!

[jma310]

hey readwrite, did the letter give any info on how many apps/how many spots?

[fedupofthewait]

Congrats Readwritenap! I have still not heard anything

[desaparecido]

No details on how many spots, just that competition was "especially stiff" this year... I know they let in four folks last year, though, after giving their PhD students a raise at the beginning of the last academic year (again, info from a friend in the program).

@fedup: Thanks! Best of luck.

[jma310]

Congrats readwrite! I'm from NY and Stony is a great place! What's your field?

[desaparecido]

Thanks, jma! I'm into post-1865 American lit, narrative studies, and cognitive-type stuff (trauma, affect).