GodzillaGrad Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Email from graduate secretary today: "The first round of letters has gone out. I expect to have the rest of the final decisions soon, and hopefully, will be sending letters out by the end of next week." So don't lose hope just yet. I also called and she said that notifications should be out by the end of next week as well. Didn't hear (well, nor did I ask) about the first round of letters. So . . . here's for another crazy anxious week?
Tinoply Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 I just spoke to the department contact, and she said letters went out yesterday. More waiting.
Jbarks Posted March 14, 2012 Author Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) I would assume that means rejection letters or, if you applied to the PhD without an MA, MA acceptance letters. Rochester is usually an email-the-acceptance school. I mean I could be wrong. I also don't mean to be the killer of dreams. Edit: Could also be wait lists. A little more positive. Edited March 14, 2012 by Jbarks
GodzillaGrad Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) I would assume that means rejection letters or, if you applied to the PhD without an MA, MA acceptance letters. Rochester is usually an email-the-acceptance school. I mean I could be wrong. I also don't mean to be the killer of dreams. Edit: Could also be wait lists. A little more positive. If they went out yesterday that means it's probably sitting in my mail box today (I live in central NY state). Well . . . that's going to be a long walk to the mailbox. EDIT: And nothing. The waiting continues . . . Edited March 14, 2012 by GodzillaGrad
hermia11 Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Nothing here. Just rip this band-aid off once and for all, Rochester!
lascosmo Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 Okay, I got my letter. I applied to Ph.D. but they're offering me an M.A. admission instead. I guess that's one of the nicer ways to be rejected.
hermia11 Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 Nice! Congrats, lascosmo! If you don't mind my asking, was this via email or via snail mail?
lascosmo Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) I can't take the offer though -- it only offers the "possibility" of partial funding, and I can't go through the hell of reapplying for PH.D.s again after a year-long MA. I just appreciated it as a gesture that my application wasn't entirely laughable. Edited March 15, 2012 by lascosmo
Jbarks Posted March 15, 2012 Author Posted March 15, 2012 Congrats, lascosmo. I was rejected. Even though Rochester was my top choice, I'm surprisingly okay with it. Now I can move on and start making some important decisions about where to go next year!
lascosmo Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 Looks like you got tons of great acceptances, Jbarks -- congrats for those!
GodzillaGrad Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 Got my rejection today as well. Was my top choice.
notabaker Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 got my r-stamp as well. good luck to the rest of you
lascosmo Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 Wherewolf, out of curiosity -- were you disappointed with Rochester? (re: "be okay with not going to Rochester") I'm not going anyway, so don't feel bad about criticizing ...
WhereWoolf Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 I mean to say Jbarks has some admissions to some vibrant, exciting programs. The program at Rochester held some surprises for me, to be sure, but education is a process of disillusionment...
Jbarks Posted March 16, 2012 Author Posted March 16, 2012 Thanks, Wherewoolf! I thought Rochester would be the best fit for me, but, as I talk to students and faculty in the programs to which I've been accepted, I see that may not necessarily be the case. I'm happy and grateful for the acceptance I have. WaldoWorld 1
hermia11 Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 And the band-aid is off. Joining the Rochester reject club. I'm fine with this, and even more so hearing wherewoolf's mention of a less-than-stellar experience. Lots of luck to everyone elsewhere!
WhereWoolf Posted March 17, 2012 Posted March 17, 2012 Rejected too...a sigh of relief. I can get on with my life now!
Galoup11 Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Okay, I got my letter. I applied to Ph.D. but they're offering me an M.A. admission instead. I guess that's one of the nicer ways to be rejected. Got this kind of rejection as well--won't be taking them up on it, though. As someone who lives near Rochester, if you don't like freezing winters--don't feel too bad!
johnturner Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 BUMP results board suggests acceptances should be coming out soon... anybody hear anything from the department re: timeframe?
semicolon2013 Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 I received an acceptance via email a few days ago. I didn't post to the results board though. Perhaps others have heard already as well? Not sure what their notification process is like.
Katia_chan Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 From what I remember last year, I feel like they did the notifying over one day. Strange that not one acceptance was a results board poster though. Waitlist notifications came out a week or two after acceptances, at least last year.
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