viggosloof28 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Hm, okay, looks like it's definitely decision day at Columbia... Exciting times! Good luck to all of us! Hang in there, folks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKACaz Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I just got a call from a Columbia POI. I have an offer. 'History Day' for students to visit is March 8th. There should be a lot more exclamation points in there, I'm pretty sure, but to be honest I'm just gobsmacked!! virmundi, theregalrenegade, viggosloof28 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benedicite Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I just got a call from a Columbia POI. I have an offer. 'History Day' for students to visit is March 8th. There should be a lot more exclamation points in there, I'm pretty sure, but to be honest I'm just gobsmacked!!AHH. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafayette Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I just got a call from a Columbia POI. I have an offer. 'History Day' for students to visit is March 8th. There should be a lot more exclamation points in there, I'm pretty sure, but to be honest I'm just gobsmacked!!Congratulations! That is amazing. What a great program.(And I am mighty jealous. Time to sign off the ole gradcafe and get some work done). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czesc Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Congrats, aka! I wonder how long it's taking them to make these calls/emails and when I should give up hope... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieLe5 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I just got a call from a Columbia POI. I have an offer. 'History Day' for students to visit is March 8th. There should be a lot more exclamation points in there, I'm pretty sure, but to be honest I'm just gobsmacked!! Congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpipoli Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) I just got a call from a Columbia POI. I have an offer. 'History Day' for students to visit is March 8th. There should be a lot more exclamation points in there, I'm pretty sure, but to be honest I'm just gobsmacked!! If you don't mind me asking, what is your specialty? PS Congrats!! Edited February 7, 2013 by tpipoli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safferz Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) I'm not sure why they don't notify everyone all at once either, unless it is to consider who they are going to extend offers to enroll in master's programs with partial funding and the like. In any case, I am quite sorry to have been the bearer of this news -- I was on tenterhooks myself at the beginning of February last year... Virmundi, was that not the case with acceptances last year? They notified everyone at the same time, unless POIs jumped the gun and emailed their admitted students to congratulate them before the mass email from the graduate registrar went out. Unless that has changed this year, I wouldn't assume rejections just yet guys Edited February 7, 2013 by Safferz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKACaz Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Thanks so much, everyone! I'm still feeling overwhelmed by it. If you don't mind me asking, what is your specialty? PS Congrats!! I'm sort of a crossover between Early Modern European and Atlantic history; my undergrad honors thesis was on Elizabethan privateering. I'm hoping to work on the Dutch Revolt, and study the English Channel as a political environment in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. theregalrenegade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nextplay43 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 given that it's almost 3:30 EST, anyone still think Princeton will send out decisions today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bactrian Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Does anyone know if the two Harvard interviews on the board are meaningful in that if we didn't receive such a request we shouldn't be hopeful for admission? They strike me as pretty informal but it may be the norm in the department for professors to informally interview students they hope to admit.I haven't seen much discussion of it but the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign admit was me. I received an actual offer with funding details yesterday but I think my admission may have been pushed out early because I'm being nominated for a fellowship that has a paperwork deadline of today. There may be more admissions coming for anyone that is curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafayette Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 given that it's almost 3:30 EST, anyone still think Princeton will send out decisions today? Looking like no! Also -- there's going to be a major snowstorm tomorrow here in the Northeast -- or at least, the threat of one, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's relatively quiet in these corners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czesc Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) Ach, more delay. Where I'm from originally, a foot of snow would not normally shut down anything. Maybe at least Cornell will be used to it and notify... Anyway, I'm assuming the worst for Columbia anyway after today's calls. Edited February 7, 2013 by czesc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafayette Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) Ach, more delay. Where I'm from originally, a foot of snow would not normally shut down anything. Maybe at least Cornell will be used to it and notify... Anyway, I'm assuming the worst for Columbia after today's calls.I was actually taking a run, listening to music with headphones when my iphone started blaring this horrible emergency warning siren noise, letting me know that a blizzard warning is in effect. The only other time it's done this to me was during Sandy, so it seemed a BIT melodramatic. Anyway, I've crossed Columbia off the list too. A shame, it would have been a good fit. (& therefore I'm now officially feeling like my other programs aren't going to work out either). Mostly I'm bummed because this finally means I'm leaving NYC after a decade. I love this town, but I do feel I was hoping to have the excuse to PhD it somewhere cheaper & less distracting... Congrats to those who heard good news today. Lucky ducks Edited February 7, 2013 by lafayette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katzenmusik Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Art History results give me heart attacks every time I check the board! I think I need to go for a walk and calm my nerves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdunlop Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Search for "history -art" (no quotes) instead of "history" (no quotes) and you'll get rid of the art history results. lafayette, Katzenmusik and czesc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czesc Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) Wow, Lafayette, your situation sounds a lot like mine - Columbia was a good fit for me, and I got the terrifying iPhone buzz-blast too (and hoped it was a call). But at least you have an acceptance! (was JHU not so great a fit? That gives me hope that another program might still pick me.) I'll take some solace in the fact that I can still maybe stay in NY if NYU takes me...but it's looking more and more like my application must've been a huge dud and no one will. hdunlop - thanks. I can't believe how many art history results there are. It seems like some schools have more in the budget for that than the history of everything else... Edited February 7, 2013 by czesc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtstevie Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 congratulations on the columbia admits today...no email for me yet so i'm not optimistic, but it wasn't a great fit for me anyway so i'm pretty resigned to my fate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New England Nat Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 well, it looks like i shouldn't be a betting woman. I'm sorry for getting people's hopes up. The last two years it was the 9th and the 10th so i'll be any day. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafayette Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Actually. I JUST GOT THE PRINCETON EMAIL. So you win. Also is this a mistake?! Oh my god. simone von c and New England Nat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czesc Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Congrats! It was a mass email then? Sounds like another rejection for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benedicite Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Congrats! What a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcclellan08 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Nothing from Princeton for me yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafayette Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Well, it has a mass-esque quality to it (like not super personalized), but it was just to me and you know, had my name and such in the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcclellan08 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Well, it has a mass-esque quality to it (like not super personalized), but it was just to me and you know, had my name and such in the body. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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