sebastiansteddy Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 The grad secretary at Florida replied to my e-mail: "It is a hard call for me to say if you will be admitted or not." No idea what that means... I think I'll still assume rejection unless someone tells me otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghijklmn Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 The grad secretary at Florida replied to my e-mail: "It is a hard call for me to say if you will be admitted or not." No idea what that means... I think I'll still assume rejection unless someone tells me otherwise. That sounds like a wait list to me! Though probably not a very high spot on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feraleyes Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Thanks @sebastianteddy and @mobydick Yes I know it has been a long wait for the UF notifications. I myself called them out of sheer desperation and was fully expecting to be told nothing of much use. Although Dr. Dobrin told me I'd been accepted, the pessimist in me wants to see the e-mail for concrete proof Coincidentally, 32 years ago,my parents got their PhDs from UF !! so this is doubly sweet for me @mobydick whereelse did you apply this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastiansteddy Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 That sounds like a wait list to me! Though probably not a very high spot on it. Hmm, I wonder. I guess I'll just have to wait (even longer!) and see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feraleyes Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 @ sebastianteddy I'm sorry to hear of the reply to your e-mail. But looking at your signature one can safely say you've come up trumps this season and have some great choices to choose from!! I still hope UF turns out to be an acceptance for you and will be rooting for you! sebastiansteddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastiansteddy Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 @ sebastianteddy I'm sorry to hear of the reply to your e-mail. But looking at your signature one can safely say you've come up trumps this season and have some great choices to choose from!! I still hope UF turns out to be an acceptance for you and will be rooting for you! That's cool that you were accepted there and it's where your parents did their graduate work!!! And thanks! UF is strong in my research areas (visual rhetoric/ graphic narratives, trauma studies, and critical theory) - that is why I am still somewhat interested in them. But if I am not accepted, I am not going to worry about it at all. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepriorwalter Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Oh, man. I am so tempted to email the department at UF. Everyday I think "today is the day UF will notify me." And every day, I am wrong. My nerves are frayed. sebastiansteddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Espressos Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Looks like NYU finally sent out rejections. But goddamn, the "Butler-and-Foucault-spouting dipshits" post was lame. There's nothing more pathetic than a self-loathing humanities student. Datatape, TripWillis, ZacharyBinks and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britomart Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Just declined Maryland's offer and managed to feel incredibly guilty about it. Hope the spot goes to someone who will love it there!! Hi Katja454, Don't feel guilty about Maryland! I notice you've been accepted to UC Davis. That's the only place I've applied for Fall 2013 (in an MA program now). When do you get your acceptance, if you don't mind my asking? Has anyone else heard from UC Davis for the English PhD program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
practical cat Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Looks like NYU finally sent out rejections. But goddamn, the "Butler-and-Foucault-spouting dipshits" post was lame. There's nothing more pathetic than a self-loathing humanities student. That post kind of made me want to apply to NYU next year. Datatape, Two Espressos and Cactus Ed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datatape Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Looks like NYU finally sent out rejections. But goddamn, the "Butler-and-Foucault-spouting dipshits" post was lame. There's nothing more pathetic than a self-loathing humanities student. For real. Those were the sourest of grapes. TripWillis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Ed Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Looks like NYU finally sent out rejections. But goddamn, the "Butler-and-Foucault-spouting dipshits" post was lame. There's nothing more pathetic than a self-loathing humanities student. That same malcontent would've been happily assumed the role of one of those "dipshits" had he/she been admitted... Two Espressos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestage Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I wish I could claim that NYU post. It sounds like me. Alas, I did not apply to NYU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Espressos Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 That same malcontent would've been happily assumed the role of one of those "dipshits" had he/she been admitted... Of course! That's the best part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Ed Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Of course! That's the best part. Don't we all live "precarious lives" in the panopticon that is the Grad Cafe? Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripWillis Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) "I'm sure they'll make you proud when their blog about animal studies and queer performativity reaches a thousand pageviews." Bitterness is an ugly thing. I'm sure the poster's general lack of humility, the competitiveness of the program, and his not getting in are some kind of correlated. Edit: Also, spouting Butler and Foucault, animal studies, and queer performativity? Wow, this person just described the general thrust of my work. Edited March 11, 2013 by TripWillis Cactus Ed and Taco Superior 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ategenos Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Some people are just arseholes. Unfortunately, I don't think this had anything to do with his acceptances/rejections. Such arseholes will be getting into programs ranked both highly and lowly... this one just happened to be rejected. For instance, I was told about someone else who accepted an offer at a top 40 program, because that's the best one they got into... but they were obviously just doing it to pass time until the next application season, because they are dropping out of their current program to go to Berkeley now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacharyBinks Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Looks like NYU finally sent out rejections. But goddamn, the "Butler-and-Foucault-spouting dipshits" post was lame. There's nothing more pathetic than a self-loathing humanities student. I thought that was hilarious, as a queer theory student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedandbemused Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Some people are just arseholes. Unfortunately, I don't think this had anything to do with his acceptances/rejections. Such arseholes will be getting into programs ranked both highly and lowly... this one just happened to be rejected. For instance, I was told about someone else who accepted an offer at a top 40 program, because that's the best one they got into... but they were obviously just doing it to pass time until the next application season, because they are dropping out of their current program to go to Berkeley now. Wow, that's unbelievable. Hopefully facing their former colleagues and advisors at conferences from now until the end of time will be punishment enough. Then again, some people can't feel shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w/ love & squalor Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Looks like NYU finally sent out rejections. So what does it mean to still not hear from NYU one way or the other? NYU is the only school I'm still waiting to hear back from and I've been assuming rejection for weeks, but didn't hear a peep from them today. What gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastiansteddy Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 So what does it mean to still not hear from NYU one way or the other? NYU is the only school I'm still waiting to hear back from and I've been assuming rejection for weeks, but didn't hear a peep from them today. What gives? Maybe you're being considered for their MA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w/ love & squalor Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Maybe you're being considered for their MA? Maybe..I already have an MA, though. Would they consider offering me an MA spot when I already have one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastiansteddy Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Maybe..I already have an MA, though. Would they consider offering me an MA spot when I already have one? If it meant bringing in money, then yes. No but really, I think (if I remember correctly) they had a spot on the application to click on if you didn't want to be considered for the MA. Who knows though? Maybe you never got your wait list notification or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHacSpeVivo Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Maybe..I already have an MA, though. Would they consider offering me an MA spot when I already have one? Is it in English? I have an MA in American Studies, and I asked to be considered for an MA in a couple of the English programs I applied to and it didn't seem to be an issue. Edited March 12, 2013 by soitgoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w/ love & squalor Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 If it meant bringing in money, then yes. No but really, I think (if I remember correctly) they had a spot on the application to click on if you didn't want to be considered for the MA. Who knows though? Maybe you never got your wait list notification or something? I don't totally remember either, but I would have clicked that box if it was there. I already emailed the graduate program administrator at the end of February trying to get the status of my application, and got the standard "committee still reviewing applications" response. Maybe I'll email her again. In all likelihood my rejection email is on its way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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