BostonGrrl Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 After reading all of the posts like "losing the application battle" and "worst rejection letter ever," I thought I would make a poll about ACCEPTANCE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mylstisr Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 jesus christ, who's gotten into 6 schools? i need to start hanging out with you guys and learn a few things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceflyer Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 It depends in part on how many schools one applies to. I know of people who have a ton of acceptances as a result of applying to a ton of 'safety' schools - for those people I guess they ended up wasting quite a bit of money and time on so many 'safeties'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girlfromcountyhell Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 jesus christ, who's gotten into 6 schools? i need to start hanging out with you guys and learn a few things... Be obsessive is my advice. I've been doing the application process for over a year and a half now...emailing profs, checking out school websites, reading research, talking to grad students...yeah, the admissions process ate my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdilks Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Can we count waitlists as half an acceptance and round up if necessary? :mrgreen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nandelle Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Two unfunded acceptances so far... *edit - make that three acceptances~!!!* still I'll take it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceflyer Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Be obsessive is my advice. I've been doing the application process for over a year and a half now...emailing profs, checking out school websites, reading research, talking to grad students...yeah, the admissions process ate my life. Wow... a year and a half of applications. I admire your perseverance - I would have gone nuts probably if I had focused on applications for a year and a half! On that note, I don't think it's always true that emailing profs helps. I tried that with some programs and was told to basically sit and wait for the admissions committee to do their job. However I have heard that there are some exceptions with specific programs where admissions are based more on the interest of potential faculty advisers and less on a committee/departmental evaluation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu987 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Good to know that I'm in the majority on this poll... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper.milvain Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I went four for four. I put an insane amount of work into my research proposal/statement of intent. I actually wrote it for a grant app that I was asked to complete with one week's notice. I spent all week writing one or two drafts a day and circulating my proposal among my classmates, professors, ex-classmates, random homeless dudes on the street... Then when I didn't get that grant, I did maybe one or two more drafts of it for my application to the generic version of the same grant. For apps, I removed the end part about what school I wanted to attend, and otherwise used the exact same proposal. When it came to actually applying, I totally bailed on the whole process. I didn't contact one single professor, and I felt like I was going to throw up every time I went to fill out an application. Man, I got lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canukgirl Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 omg... I thought this poll was "how many you have applied to". I selcted 9+ but I don't have an acceptences yet...lol....... Maybe that's my problem- not attention to detail! HA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspekt Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 It's admitted. You accept an offer of admission. Sounds a little strange to accept an offer of acceptance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canukgirl Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 It's admitted. You accept an offer of admission. Sounds a little strange to accept an offer of acceptance. LOL....I really hope you get into a good program (if not already)...we need good English profs...I know I do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebee Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Applied to 3, accepted to 1, waiting on 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freefallen Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 omg... I thought this poll was "how many you have applied to". I selcted 9+ but I don't have an acceptences yet...lol....... Maybe that's my problem- not attention to detail! HA! Haha! I was wondering who got accepted to 9 schools!! Five for me, waiting to hear from two more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceflyer Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I was wondering too. Three for me, and I'm almost certainly finished hearing back from schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylogician Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I've gone 5 for 5. I withdrew 3 applications after receiving better offers from other schools. If I had to guess I'd say that I probably would have gotten into one of those three, maybe two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yivorechecho Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I went 6 for 6, withdrew from one because it was my last choice and I would never have gone there. But I'm an MA applicant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_ruth Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I would suggest we do this poll again after 4/15. For those who put none, are you still waiting on schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikki Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I picked zero, but I'm still waiting on two more schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deipnosophistry Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I'm 3 for 3 and trying to figure out my final decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canukgirl Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I would suggest we do this poll again after 4/15. For those who put none, are you still waiting on schools? Agreed. Also some schools have later dealines...i.e. Cornell International Devel, NYU Global , Brown MPP....I just submitted those apps and have been told I have been put in the second batch of admissions..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceflyer Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I would suggest we do this poll again after 4/15. For those who put none, are you still waiting on schools? Good suggestion. Not everyone has finished hearing back from schools yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahlan_amnell Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Good suggestion. Not everyone has finished hearing back from schools yet. I agree. I put 1, but I'm still waiting to hear from three schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrg Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I would suggest we do this poll again after 4/15. For those who put none, are you still waiting on schools? Agreed again. I answered 2 having 3 unanswer applications yet ... Also, I would like it if the poll was made using two parameters. Positive answers versus total applications. Maybe that could give us a lot more of information! However, I don't know if the forum's polling system is able to do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeinthecoconut Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I put 0, but since then, the number has gone to 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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