katiegud Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Boo. Even though I have been accepted elsewhere, I'm bummed. Had to vent to someone, and figured there would be people on here that understand the feeling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VioletAyame Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Boo. I'm so sorry to hear that. How high is Edinburgh on your list? Was the letter nice at least? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiegud Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 It was my top choice, of course. (Leeds was second though, so that's good!) The letter was nice. It just said my research interests were outside their area of expertise, which is about as nice as you can get in a rejection letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gnome Chomsky Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Sucks that it was your top choice. If it was your last choice I'd tell you to quit whining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDarjeeling Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 As much as it sucks to get rejected at least they didn't make you keep waiting and wondering. Sounds like the letter was fairly straightforward. Are you still waiting to hear from other schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiegud Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Yep, I have an interview with one and haven't heard from the other two. Won't find out funding info until March though, which makes it harder to commit to anyone. This waiting thing is not fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adenine_Monarch Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I'm sorry about your rejection, too. It's got to sting a bit especially as it was your first choice. But think of it this way: if it's really true that your research interests differ a lot from what they specialize in, you probably wouldn't have been as happy once you got there anyway. Good luck with the rest of your schools! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyelisha Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Sorry to hear that, OP. Any reason you're only applying to schools in the UK? I just found out they don't have application fees, which is pretty nice, so I'm sending my application to Edinburgh and Kent because...what's the worst that could happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiegud Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 Part of it was the lack of application fees, part was that they don't require the GRE (took it for my masters, but my scores have expired because it was more than 5 years ago), part was that a PhD there is 3-4 years, and part was just that I wanted to move there! I spent a few months in Scotland after undergrad and loved it, so I've been hoping to go back at some point. shelbyelisha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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