riks90 Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 Well, after months of pretending not to hope, I got the rejection email today. I feel so crushed... did anyone get offered the masters?
spasticlitotes Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 NO. I got the rejection as well. It was my first choice and ideal match. I'm so depressed. Let's be friends. *sigh* How're you coming back from this?
hazelbite Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 Yeah remember that time we waited an ENTIRE MONTH for our rejections? (That said, I did have a hilarious, egregious typo in my NYU SOP and wouldn't have accepted me either)
Sokingsly Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 Recieved rejection email today. In tears, same situation. Ideal program, perfect fit. Bahhh.
spasticlitotes Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 Yeah remember that time we waited an ENTIRE MONTH for our rejections? (That said, I did have a hilarious, egregious typo in my NYU SOP and wouldn't have accepted me either) Okay, hazelbite. I'll bite. HOW DID YOU DO IT? If you don't mind me asking... I just want to know what the secret is. (Seriously, I don't mean to offend - I just really want to know what you look like on paper, because I want to know what Harvard wanted.) Also, what was the typo? Recieved rejection email today. In tears, same situation. Ideal program, perfect fit. Bahhh. So, what are we all going to do about this? There's gotta be something we can do. Let's STORM THE GATES!
DorindaAfterThyrsis Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 I've still heard nothing form NYU. I wrote them off as a rejection a month ago....but apparently, they're not even going to bother to reject me? Ouch.
pelevinfan Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 NYU didn't accept anyone who applied to the program that I did...I am no longer an NYU fan. (Except that I am and it would have been awesome to go there).
jma310 Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 Dorinda, do you have an MA? when I applied in 09, my consolation MA notification came out way later.
hazelbite Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 Okay, hazelbite. I'll bite. HOW DID YOU DO IT? If you don't mind me asking... I just want to know what the secret is. (Seriously, I don't mean to offend - I just really want to know what you look like on paper, because I want to know what Harvard wanted.) Also, what was the typo? Re: Harvard-- I honestly have no idea. I have pretty average numbers, but won some good fellowships/awards in undergrad, have some unique interests, and submitted a theory-free bordering-on-creative-writing paper on Woolf that they liked a lot (though not many others did!). I'M interested in arrivant's profile-- the 1 for 12 Columbia acceptance? Super interesting... The typo was Howard Send instead of Howards End! I feel like I owe it to myself to write a short story called "Howard Send" now. Any ideas for plot?
riks90 Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 spasticlitotes: I am coping by convincing myself that Boston is a way better city than New York... *sob* What is even more worrisome is the fact that I haven't heard from Boston College, UConn, UC Santa Barbara, or UKentucky... So I am mentally leaning towards BU's unfunded masters already.
vertige Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Re: Harvard-- I honestly have no idea. I have pretty average numbers, but won some good fellowships/awards in undergrad, have some unique interests, and submitted a theory-free bordering-on-creative-writing paper on Woolf that they liked a lot (though not many others did!). I'M interested in arrivant's profile-- the 1 for 12 Columbia acceptance? Super interesting... The typo was Howard Send instead of Howards End! I feel like I owe it to myself to write a short story called "Howard Send" now. Any ideas for plot? Yup, this. I applied to 6 schools and I got into one at the top of the list, and one at the bottom. I got into Harvard but got rejections from Princeton, Yale, Stanford and Columbia. Northwestern's acceptance was great, and by officially getting two funded offers from top-10 universities I have to count myself among an extremely rare group of applicants, for which I feel totally unworthy. But I can't help but think how effed up the system is if I didn't even get waitlisted at any of those schools and yet was directly admitted to Harvard with full funding. I keep having to repeat it to myself because a little part of my brain actually wants to waste time wimpering about my rejections. After all this, how do we just get on with life? For awhile it seemed to be dragging on, and then suddenly the *entire* game was over. Poof. Back to teaching English (I'm in Germany) and streaming episodes of The Big Bang Theory I guess?
pel Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Hey vertige, did you get into harvard comp lit or german?
vertige Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Harvard German, they did their admissions somewhat staggered, but I believe they're pretty much done. Are you waiting on Comp. Lit. decisions?
pel Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 yes i am but i think some acceptances are already out, so I lowered my expectations. i went to harvard as an undergrad and took two courses from peter burgard. he is intense but a great professor as well. vertige 1
vertige Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 sweet, good to hear if you have any particular insight, can you PM me? I'm going to have to live with him and the rest of the department for the next 5-7 years, for better or worse, so anything would help. have any other schools on the table as of yet?
veniente Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 I'M interested in arrivant's profile-- the 1 for 12 Columbia acceptance? Super interesting... Hah, yeah. I'd consider trading you a C for an H hazelbite, but know that H already took a guy/girl who looks like me. All things considered, when you know the percentages you're up against to crack the 'top 12' schools - only just over 2.0% admit rates at C and S, for example - you've pretty much got to expect to take a pummeling. Truly impressive are those who have a wide range of 'top 12s' to pick from.
Shivrk Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 hi all. does anyone know how the NYU reception went this weekend? Whether they seem might be accepting anymore people into their cohort? I still haven't received a rejection - don't know how to take that.. Cheers!
Stately Plump Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 hi all. does anyone know how the NYU reception went this weekend? Whether they seem might be accepting anymore people into their cohort? I still haven't received a rejection - don't know how to take that.. Cheers! You are potentially on the wait-list/going to be offered a spot in the MA (unfunded). I don't want to get your hopes up, but I do believe many rejections have already gone out. Although, I was rejected from one school over a week after they rejected many other candidates. I'm also waiting on a program that has sent out both admits and rejects. So who knows what's going on with this stuff (<--- sunglasses to pretend I'm not bothered by not knowing)
spasticlitotes Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Re: Harvard-- I honestly have no idea. I have pretty average numbers, but won some good fellowships/awards in undergrad, have some unique interests, and submitted a theory-free bordering-on-creative-writing paper on Woolf that they liked a lot (though not many others did!). I'M interested in arrivant's profile-- the 1 for 12 Columbia acceptance? Super interesting... The typo was Howard Send instead of Howards End! I feel like I owe it to myself to write a short story called "Howard Send" now. Any ideas for plot? Yeah, I'm really going to stop crying and be super thankful that I got into a fairly good school with funding. As for the "Howard Send" plan, I think you could write a fairly twisted story involving a library somewhere over which the rhet comp and literature departments of a university are fighting... throwing in some social commentary on the desperation of grad students could win you a pulitzer. Just sayin'. spasticlitotes: I am coping by convincing myself that Boston is a way better city than New York... *sob* What is even more worrisome is the fact that I haven't heard from Boston College, UConn, UC Santa Barbara, or UKentucky... So I am mentally leaning towards BU's unfunded masters already. If it helps, I'm trying to convince myself that Columbus, OH is a city. *sigh* I guess it doesn't matter, because we won't be leaving the library/our desks for the next four (deluded optimism at it's finest) to five years.
Shivrk Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 You are potentially on the wait-list/going to be offered a spot in the MA (unfunded). I don't want to get your hopes up, but I do believe many rejections have already gone out. Although, I was rejected from one school over a week after they rejected many other candidates. I'm also waiting on a program that has sent out both admits and rejects. So who knows what's going on with this stuff (<--- sunglasses to pretend I'm not bothered by not knowing) Ha, yes this is the sort of attitude I have as well, but I thought I'd ask either way. I've already been accepted to a few great-fit programs, but NYU just-might be a game changer. It is the single school left for me that both sent out notices to both its admits and so many of its rejects and yet I am still waiting. An MA, unfunded or not, is not a degree I need any longer. And with that said, "almost getting in" to NYU isn't the kind of validation I care for either. We will see! I appreciate the note!
kikalique87 Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 If it helps, I'm trying to convince myself that Columbus, OH is a city. *sigh* I guess it doesn't matter, because we won't be leaving the library/our desks for the next four (deluded optimism at it's finest) to five years. Are you going to be in the English PhD program at OSU? I'm about 99.9% sure I'll be ending up there as well. The library is gorgeous, so at least it won't be the worst prison hell hole to rot away in. Also, Columbus is seriously 20 times bigger than my current town (town is a generous noun, village is more appropriate), and I'm going to try to not be the country bumpkin in the "big city."
HunkyDory Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Applied for the PhD, and just got an email accepting me to the unfunded Masters Program. Wish I was a millionaire.
HunkyDory Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 I just got that email. A little offended. Eh, no reason to be offended. Besides, you got a number of offers already. I was always so so on NYU...they fit great with me, and studying Pound under Richard Sieburth would have been amazing...but for the cost of living in NYC, their funding is SUPER weak.
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