Acceptance Freakout Thread

[NowMoreSerious]

Thanks everybody. My scholastic/academic career has been a long rocky road full of much failure. My high school GPA was 1.4. It's amazing to be at this point I am with options.

[NowMoreSerious]

  On 2/7/2013 at 10:11 PM, Gwendolyn said:

Got accepted to the Gender Studies PhD program at IUB.  

Congrats that's outstanding!!

[Gwendolyn]

Thanks everyone  

[cicada123]

  On 2/7/2013 at 8:51 PM, ImWantHazPhD said:

I can claim the UVA acceptance. Phone call about two hours ago.

It's a fantastic place-- a friendly and comforting atmosphere, a nice city (even if small), a welcoming group of students. Honestly, you can't go wrong there. I'm there at the moment, and I don't have any complaints. Go for it.

[BrookeSnow]

Anyone claiming the Villanova acceptance?

[cicada123]

Has anyone else not heard yet from OSU?

[ishmael]

Congrats on UVa!!! I have a feeling I'll be lucky if I get even a waitlist there, haha. Fingers crossed.

[gradschoolwannabe]

  On 2/7/2013 at 10:06 AM, t1racyjacks said:

thanks. I'm afraid I'm not too optimistic myself though, and have opted for wine. I have to work tomorrow but I'm actually wishing to just pass out and not return. I can't imagine myself carrying on like this for an extended period of time. It's entirely possible however that I'm not built (or destined) for scholarship.

 

how am I going to celebrate chinese new year? I want to run into a corner and hide and never come back.

 

 

Last year I only applied to PhD programs, 10 of them in fact, and I got rejected from all of them. I honestly think that my scholarship needs to be beefed up by a good MA program, and that it will only help me when I go on to apply to PhD programs. I don't think people with a diverse background are looked down upon by graduate programs. I've been accepted to one program this go-around, which is super exciting to me. 

 

That would be my advice to anyone applying a second time, really take a hard look at the work you've done, and decide if it is PhD program quality work, or MA quality work. It has nothing to do with intelligence, but sometimes we all need a bit more skill building. I hope that you keep with it.

 

In other news, waiting for the other 8 is killing me! I think it's going to be a while before I hear back from the others. 

[jazzyd]

Congrats to whomever posted the recent UCLA and Berkeley admits!

[DontHate]

Fuck whoever posted the Berkeley admits! I'm jealous of them

 

But seriously, congrats everyone. You did good.

[t1racyjacks]

  On 2/7/2013 at 11:26 PM, gradschoolwannabe said:

Last year I only applied to PhD programs, 10 of them in fact, and I got rejected from all of them. I honestly think that my scholarship needs to be beefed up by a good MA program, and that it will only help me when I go on to apply to PhD programs. I don't think people with a diverse background are looked down upon by graduate programs. I've been accepted to one program this go-around, which is super exciting to me. 

 

That would be my advice to anyone applying a second time, really take a hard look at the work you've done, and decide if it is PhD program quality work, or MA quality work. It has nothing to do with intelligence, but sometimes we all need a bit more skill building. I hope that you keep with it.

 

In other news, waiting for the other 8 is killing me! I think it's going to be a while before I hear back from the others. 

I already have an MA.................................

[cbttcher]

  On 2/8/2013 at 12:04 AM, t1racyjacks said:

I already have an MA.................................

 

I'll have 2 by the end of this school year................... I really don't need a third one.

[purpleandgold]

Someone asked for a claim on the Villanova admit - that was me, got an e-mail from someone in the Department, they said official word would come shortly after.

[cbttcher]

  On 2/8/2013 at 12:13 AM, purpleandgold said:

Someone asked for a claim on the Villanova admit - that was me, got an e-mail from someone in the Department, they said official word would come shortly after.

 

Congratulations!!

[purpleandgold]

  On 2/8/2013 at 12:20 AM, cbttcher said:

Congratulations!!

Thanks!  I'm a Villanova grad as well - I'm holding out for some PhD programs (I was one of the FSU fellowship nominations without word on acceptance as well), but Nova is a great school!  Thank you again.

[BrookeSnow]

  On 2/8/2013 at 12:13 AM, purpleandgold said:

Someone asked for a claim on the Villanova admit - that was me, got an e-mail from someone in the Department, they said official word would come shortly after.

Congrats! I'm waiting to hear back from them and now I'm nervous.

[purpleandgold]

  On 2/8/2013 at 12:27 AM, BrookeSnow said:

Congrats! I'm waiting to hear back from them and now I'm nervous.

I wouldn't fret too much yet - Dr. Hicks told me they have rolling admissions with a large application pool so there's still time - best of luck to you!

[smilax]

In at Berkeley!

[lisajay]

congrats!

[kalliel]

Ahhhh that's so exciting!! Congratulations! :DDD

[dazedandbemused]

Whoa, who wants to claim the UConn acceptance? Damn it, I wasn't going to start worrying about them for another week!

[t1racyjacks]

  On 2/8/2013 at 12:56 AM, smilax said:

In at Berkeley!

ok I'm so calling them tomorrow the least they can do for me is to confirm the rejection for me so my POI and I know for sure

[practical cat]

  On 2/8/2013 at 2:05 AM, t1racyjacks said:

ok I'm so calling them tomorrow the least they can do for me is to confirm the rejection for me so my POI and I know for sure

I bet they're doing wait list tomorrow! No more assuming rejection!

Edit: also, congrats to all of today's admits!

Edited February 8, 2013 by girl who wears glasses

[smilax]

  On 2/8/2013 at 2:05 AM, t1racyjacks said:

ok I'm so calling them tomorrow the least they can do for me is to confirm the rejection for me so my POI and I know for sure

 

Don't lose hope! I started steeling myself for rejection when acceptances were posted yesterday, then got an email today. It looks like only a few posts are up for what I think is one of the larger cohorts (could be wrong about that, don't remember the source), so it's very possible that they are coming out in waves.

[BookGeek]

This results board is both a blessing and a curse. (Mostly a curse lately, especially since none of my schools have actually contacted me yet either way.)