ekant Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Trying not to freak out. When I called them on Tuesday they said that we definitely would not hear back until the end of next week (at the earliest).
Tinoply Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Second this. I really want Rochester and Oregon. Just one. I need an acceptance. Rochester is a great program/fit for me. My writing sample was on Blake... Morris Eaves is a professor at Rochester and he's a leading scholar (as far as I'm concerned) on Blake. It'd be wonderful to get into this program... it's small and it's a great school. This. Exactly. Now I have two schools to stress out over this weekend. If I don't get in somewhere, it feels like the world will end.
ekant Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 This. Exactly. Now I have two schools to stress out over this weekend. If I don't get in somewhere, it feels like the world will end. My world will end if I don't get into at least one school. I mean, okay, it probably won't end, but I've been rejected from 7 already, so it just seems like it can't get much worse, and whatever is much worse seems like it must be the end of the world. Okay, that made little to no sense. Too many hours spent in class today.
admirari Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Rochester is a perfect fit, and it's been my dream school. Keep my fingers crossed.
Jbarks Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 They should start to notify at the end of this week maybe? There still is that one random acceptance from last week.... At this point, I just want to know either way, so I can move forward.
Tinoply Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 They should start to notify at the end of this week maybe? There still is that one random acceptance from last week.... At this point, I just want to know either way, so I can move forward. Exactly. I would like to get this over with already. I have too many other things I should be focusing on.
ekant Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 I need a response from these folks. I'm antsy to the max.
hermia11 Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Ditto. Could use some good news right now. Or ANY news. I'm not picky.
ekant Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Likewise! I thought we'd hear from Rochester already. Nice username, btw, hermia11. I just finished reading A Midsummer Night's Dream for my Shakespeare course!
Jbarks Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 The past two years it has been March 3-5. So close, but I know these next few days are going to drrraaaaggg.
Galoup11 Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Note the recent entry of a wait list via postal service. And I wasn't going to check my mail today v_v.
GodzillaGrad Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 The past two years it has been March 3-5. So close, but I know these next few days are going to drrraaaaggg. Maybe not. A waitlist just went up . . .
Jbarks Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 Maybe not. A waitlist just went up . . . I know. As soon as, I posted my comment, I saw that waitlist.
ekant Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 What?! There is a waitlist up... Must run home to mail box... NOW. Too bad I can't... I have class from 5:30-8. Now I definitely will not be able to pay attention.
hermia11 Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Still nothing here, inbox or mailbox. ekant - Thanks! Midsummer is awesome and completely underrated among the comedies. Just spreading the word via username.
GodzillaGrad Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Nothing here either And the same here. Big, fat nothing.
ekant Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Nothing for me too. Hopefully within the next few days we shall hear word! hermia11- You're welcome! It is a wonderful play. I just finished reading Henry IV part I. Not nearly as lovely/enjoyable, in my opinion of course.
Tybalt Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Nothing for me too. Hopefully within the next few days we shall hear word! hermia11- You're welcome! It is a wonderful play. I just finished reading Henry IV part I. Not nearly as lovely/enjoyable, in my opinion of course. You would prefer the mischievous musings of Puck and the mechanicals to the hilarious belly of guts that is Sir John Falstaff?! Sacrilege, sir. Sacrilege.
ekant Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 But MSND has Bottom! Bottom turns into an ass! It's marvelously ironic. Falstaff is quite hilarious, though. The raillery that occurs between Falstaff and Prince Hal is good stuff. The play as a whole doesn't do it for me. I'm not a Shakespeare guy by any stretch, so my opinion is probably not as valid as those who study this stuff daily. I was very amused to find out that there is such a thing as Bardolatry, the unhealthy and excessive obsession with Shakespeare.
Tybalt Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 But MSND has Bottom! Bottom turns into an ass! It's marvelously ironic. Falstaff is quite hilarious, though. The raillery that occurs between Falstaff and Prince Hal is good stuff. The play as a whole doesn't do it for me. I'm not a Shakespeare guy by any stretch, so my opinion is probably not as valid as those who study this stuff daily. I was very amused to find out that there is such a thing as Bardolatry, the unhealthy and excessive obsession with Shakespeare. Definitely. It's all down to those goofy Victorians (you should check out the Shakespeare Jubilee that was put on by David Garrick in the mid 18th C. A three day celebration all about how Shakespeare was the best writer ever, and they didn't perform ANY of his plays, haha. Bardolatry at its finest).
ekant Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Another wait list letter went up... I can't run home to check because I'm currently stuck on campus due to a tremendous snow storm (I'm in central NY). The suspense....
Jbarks Posted February 29, 2012 Author Posted February 29, 2012 I'm still curious about acceptances. I know the board is not at all representative of the number of people actually accepted by a program, but I only ever saw one. Does anyone have any idea?
ekant Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 I called there today and they said that they were still working on applications and it's taking them longer than they thought it would... a lot of applications this year. I'm still very curious as well.
hermia11 Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 I called there today and they said that they were still working on applications and it's taking them longer than they thought it would... a lot of applications this year. I'm still very curious as well. You're a hero for calling! That news makes me feel a bit better, and less like I'm fruitlessly waiting for a rejection letter that won't come til April. So counterintuitive that waitlists have come in before acceptances!
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