omgjhong Posted March 11, 2013 Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) I received my UCLA acceptance in early February, and I believe all of the other funded/nonfunded offers have all been dispatched. Edited March 11, 2013 by omgjhong
anoveldave Posted March 12, 2013 Posted March 12, 2013 I received my UCLA acceptance in early February, and I believe all of the other funded/nonfunded offers have all been dispatched. Thanks for the info. I remember also seeing acceptances for the other schools spread out in Jan-Feb, but I've yet to receive any sort of decision on my app via email or website. Anyone else get frustrated when you open a thread for a school and realize that everyone's talking about the english phd and not comp lit?
omgjhong Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Has anyone heard anything from NYU? I was wait listed on Feb. 25th.
jiajia Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 I emailed UMichigan on Sunday; they didn't even get back to me:-(
Magical Realist Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 I can't speak for sure to whether all the acceptances/waitlists went out, but NYU's recruitment weekend is the week after next. I was phoned early February. Has anyone heard anything from NYU?
smellybug Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Hi all, I've been lurking for a while. It's been nice to not feel alone in all of this. I was interviewed twice by Michigan and my sense of it is that if they have not outright rejected you then they're holding your application for an unofficial waitlist.
getoutofmyhouse Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Can anyone claim the University of Washington PhD acceptance? Any other info?
anoveldave Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Can anyone claim the University of Washington PhD acceptance? Any other info? i can claim the uw acceptance. no funding. they say it might change in the spring but i'm not getting my hopes up.
anoveldave Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 Hi all, I've been lurking for a while. It's been nice to not feel alone in all of this. I was interviewed twice by Michigan and my sense of it is that if they have not outright rejected you then they're holding your application for an unofficial waitlist. Thanks smellybug. Question: what's it look like on your wolverine access? Is there a third link that appears once a decision's been made on your application?
ghijklmn Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 Thanks smellybug. Question: what's it look like on your wolverine access? Is there a third link that appears once a decision's been made on your application? My wolverine access still doesn't show anything for Comp Lit, but I was accepted to a different program from Michigan, and there was a "View Decision" link that replaced everything else. But that only happened after I was notified by e-mail.
smellybug Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 My wolverine access still doesn't show anything for Comp Lit, but I was accepted to a different program from Michigan, and there was a "View Decision" link that replaced everything else. But that only happened after I was notified by e-mail. Congrats on the Michigan acceptance! My account doesn't show anything new.
clitgrad Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 Hey jhijklmn, Can you share which program? That's interesting: so they're placing in other programs with a "better fit"?
ghijklmn Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 Hey jhijklmn, Can you share which program? That's interesting: so they're placing in other programs with a "better fit"? Hey! Sorry, there may have been a slight misunderstanding. I applied to two different programs at Michigan: Comp Lit and their Secondary MAC (education) program. I was accepted to the latter.
EliteUHopeful Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 Hi everyone! I'm interested in eventually getting a PhD in Comparative Literature, but I want to get a master's first to show that I can handle graduate level work and improve my ability to work with literature in languages outside of English. Does anyone know if there's any value to getting a terminal master's in Comparative Literature (before going on to the PhD) or if it's better to get a master's in one of the languages/literatures you're hoping to specialize in?
getoutofmyhouse Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 i can claim the uw acceptance. no funding. they say it might change in the spring but i'm not getting my hopes up. Gross! Yes, in the spring... This is for PhD, right? And not the MA acceptance?
Gustav Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 got a call from Penn State DGS this morning, I am in! my application season is finally over. no more waiting! many thanks to ghijklmn and Magical Realist for all the info and support. you guys made the waiting so much easier. Magical Realist and ghijklmn 2
ghijklmn Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 got a call from Penn State DGS this morning, I am in! my application season is finally over. no more waiting! many thanks to ghijklmn and Magical Realist for all the info and support. you guys made the waiting so much easier. Yay, I am so happy for you!!! There's no chance you'll be able to make it down to visit this Monday, is there?
anoveldave Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Gross! Yes, in the spring... This is for PhD, right? And not the MA acceptance? Yep. The PhD, or post-MA program.
heliogabalus Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Hi everyone! I'm interested in eventually getting a PhD in Comparative Literature, but I want to get a master's first to show that I can handle graduate level work and improve my ability to work with literature in languages outside of English. Does anyone know if there's any value to getting a terminal master's in Comparative Literature (before going on to the PhD) or if it's better to get a master's in one of the languages/literatures you're hoping to specialize in?Hi everyone! I'm interested in eventually getting a PhD in Comparative Literature, but I want to get a master's first to show that I can handle graduate level work and improve my ability to work with literature in languages outside of English. Does anyone know if there's any value to getting a terminal master's in Comparative Literature (before going on to the PhD) or if it's better to get a master's in one of the languages/literatures you're hoping to specialize in?Probably better to go for the MA in the actual language, and then do the PhD in Comp. Lit. Since most Comp. Lit. PhD's will be hired by national lit departments, it's probably good to have an MA specifically in that lang.
Magical Realist Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 Yay, I am so happy for you!!! There's no chance you'll be able to make it down to visit this Monday, is there? As for me, I will not be in attendance (as notice was super late), so post back on how it goes. got a call from Penn State DGS this morning, I am in! my application season is finally over. no more waiting! many thanks to ghijklmn and Magical Realist for all the info and support. you guys made the waiting so much easier. Super congrats!!!
anoveldave Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 Harvard seems to have sent out all their decisions at this point. I also recently emailed the DGS's at my remaining schools. UCLA wrote back that all the first round offers have gone out, and final decisions are going to be made in the next week or so. I take this to mean that if you haven't received a rejection notice you've still got hope? Unless enough people have gotten waitlisted, which means that those of us who've received no notification are on the unofficial?
Marie-Luise Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 Got my official rejection letter from Harvard yesterday. Politely worded, but impersonal, not from the department itself but from the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid. Laokoon 1
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