ComeBackZinc Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) You've got to remember, these departments are assembling their graduate cohorts based on their own needs. The process is often drawn out because they need to assemble a cohort that contains a particular diversity in applicants, and doing so takes time. It depends on the individual department, of course, but oftentimes that's the reason. This is the flipside to the "it's all about fit" philosophy: when it's all about fit, it takes a lot of effort and care to get those fits to fit together. Edited February 20, 2012 by ComeBackZinc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayo Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I got an e-mail that said something like "Brown University's Graduate School will never e-mail you directly. Go check your Embark account. You fail at life." ...or something like that... Sorry. It was the same process for CompLit. I wish they'd just email a direct rejection, because that minute span it takes to log in to the online application offers so much unnecessary false hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pynchonette Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Got an email. Accepted. CANNOT BELIEVE IT. DREAM PROGRAM. Going to go run down my street to get some of this energy off. Congratulations!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayo Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Oops, and another congrats to Mr Grimwig! Fantastic to see people around here making the cut at their dream programs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunty DaGnome Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 i haven't been able to login to my account for like 2 weeks now. and it used to work! no email though here either... also, note how many rejections were on the board from brown last year. they're definitely not done with their decisions. blah If you can't log in to Brown embark, try using Mozilla Firefox or the latest version of Explorer. Like many of you guys, my app displays no decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunty DaGnome Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Got an email. Accepted. CANNOT BELIEVE IT. DREAM PROGRAM. Going to go run down my street to get some of this energy off. That's awesome Grimwig! What is your area of interest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TryingAwfullyHard Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) This is torturous. Seeing all the rejections come up gave me hope that I would be receiving an admit e-mail soon. Of course they're doing it on a day when the office is closed so there is nobody to answer the phones. Congrats Grimwig! Edited February 20, 2012 by TryingAwfullyHard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafoam Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Just got the email directing me to my rejection. It was expected, at least the email was nicer than UMass' two sentences... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caitlee91 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Just got the email directing me to my rejection. It was expected, at least the email was nicer than UMass' two sentences... Same here - for both Brown and UMass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelbite Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Got an email. Accepted. CANNOT BELIEVE IT. DREAM PROGRAM. Going to go run down my street to get some of this energy off. Congrats, Grimwig! Considering I'm applying with a science-y approach to British Modernism/Woolf, I'm pretty sure you've nabbed any spot I may have had, though... chapeau to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takethiswaltz Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hasta la vista, Brown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunkyDory Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Just got the email directing me to my rejection. It was expected, at least the email was nicer than UMass' two sentences... Still nothing for me. God damn I hate being on the edge of my seat like this for so long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Aged P Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 ...and there's my rejection. It was such a reach that I can't say I'm even disappointed. Best of luck to those still waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeSuspicion Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Anyone else having trouble logging on to get their decision? I can't even reset my password--says an error occured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germaine123 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 My absolute favorite comment on the results forum about a Brown reject: "Dear applicant: LAWL, Brown." Yep. That's me right now. LAWL, ROFL, LMAO: nice try, kid. Good luck to everyone else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafoam Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Same here - for both Brown and UMass. same three rejections, sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DorindaAfterThyrsis Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Sad trombones for me, too. At least they have the decency to actually GIVE a decision unlike some programs I know.... *cogh*NYU&Rutgers*cough* Congrats to those who got in! Any Early Modernists among you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user_name Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 hello rejection, nice to see you again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunkyDory Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 And rejected. Womp Womp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahembree Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 So begins the President's Day Massacre... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent_G Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Well, my rejection finally came through. Super bummed :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isidore Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 First rejection - woohoo! Brown would have been a horrible fit for me anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgerows Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Also rejected. Brown was the best fit for me and my interests, but heigh-ho! I wonder if they received more applications than usual due to the "The Marriage Plot"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poeteer Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 damn, it looks like everyone applied to Brown! That results page is completely full of Brown rejections, and they keep on coming. Congrats to Grimwig and condolences to everyone else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deebee Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 wahhhhhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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