TripWillis Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 Okay, who's going to claim it? Hoping I hear something too Such an excellent program. Timothy Morton is awesome.
TripWillis Posted February 11, 2012 Author Posted February 11, 2012 (edited) Aaaand now there's two. I am staring at my phone and willing it to ring. Edited February 11, 2012 by TripWillis
anotherapplicant Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 TripWillis, Congratulations! Davis also accepted me for the Anthropology PHD. Where did you do your undergraduate degree?
TripWillis Posted February 11, 2012 Author Posted February 11, 2012 I haven't gotten an acceptance, but it looks like a couple people did...
TripWillis Posted February 11, 2012 Author Posted February 11, 2012 No word yet, but I haven't given up hope. Weird that people were notified on a Saturday. I wonder if it was the same POI for both people.
rubyrunner Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 I haven't heard anything, but I'd love to go to this program. It's worth noting that I got my waitlist notification last year on a Sunday.
woolferine Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Just got a phone call from my POI, also surprised by the Saturday notification!
TripWillis Posted February 12, 2012 Author Posted February 12, 2012 Just got a phone call from my POI, also surprised by the Saturday notification! Did he/she happen to mention anything about cohort/applicant pool/notifications? Just curious...
woolferine Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Did he/she happen to mention anything about cohort/applicant pool/notifications? Just curious... I didn't get any details, but the official acceptance is on it's way, so perhaps that will give some more information. According to last year's posts, acceptance calls seem to roll out over the course of a few days, so I'm sure they are still notifying! Good luck
TripWillis Posted February 13, 2012 Author Posted February 13, 2012 Hmm... starting to wonder if this is my first implicit rejection.
TripWillis Posted February 14, 2012 Author Posted February 14, 2012 And another dagger goes up on the results board. Ugh.
claptrap Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 That was me! It seems as though notification largely depends on your POI, so don't give up hope quite yet!
TripWillis Posted February 14, 2012 Author Posted February 14, 2012 That was me! It seems as though notification largely depends on your POI, so don't give up hope quite yet! Thanks! I see we both got into CUNY. Congrats on that. If you don't mind my asking, what's your field/POI? You can pm me it if you want.
TripWillis Posted February 14, 2012 Author Posted February 14, 2012 I just remembered that UC: Davis forced me to take the SoP I was using for most other programs and split it into separate 500 word documents (SoP and Personal History). Reading them now, they do not even come close to matching the quality of my other ones. Shit.
TripWillis Posted February 16, 2012 Author Posted February 16, 2012 As predicted, rejection number 1 is in. As I said before, I reread my SoP for this program and I am totally unhappy with it. Can't believe I wasted my money like that. Also, this is in their rejection letter and it kind of infuriates me: "your qualifications are impressive." Um, I'm sorry, but we all know this is a generic letter. Don't try to sugarcoat it with sweet phrases. "Oh, they think I'm super great; they just have such a small class size!" Please. Phil Sparrow, rubyrunner, Datatape and 2 others 2 3
TripWillis Posted February 16, 2012 Author Posted February 16, 2012 I've noticed a lot of people saying that they think the e-mail is nice or polite. I don't know... I guess I just don't appreciate the faux personalized style of rejection e-mails. I'd honestly rather just have the stale, cliché form letter. That is, of course, unless you really do have a specific compliment of sorts. TripWillis and Datatape 1 1
TripWillis Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 Hey look! It's me getting rejected by Davis! Datatape, intextrovert, TripWillis and 1 other 2 2
TripWillis Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 I can't believe it. I just got in! Congrats!
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