philstudent1991 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I, like some others on here, think tomorrow will be when people start to hear back from PhDs. I think Riverside will make offers tomorrow. I'm contemplating never checking grad café again...because I don't know what's worse....the anxiety of not knowing or the anxiety of thinking (whether true or false) that you know by implied rejection. Ergggg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHumeDominates Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I also think tomorrow will be the day. It's the first business day of the week, the day after a holiday. OMG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platonist Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 (edited) Come on guys, it cannot be so soon. The earliest day would be the end of February. Edited January 21, 2014 by Platonist katethekitcat, DHumeDominates and philosophe 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstudent1991 Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 Come on guys, it cannot be so soon. The earliest day would be the end of February. Maybe you're kidding but that's clearly false if you check postings from last year. philosophe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greencoloredpencil Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 But wasn't Riverside's deadline on the 5th? Wouldn't this be a little soon? MattDest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I'm actually fairly surprised the UC Riverside decisions haven't dropped already, considering last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 It's still early in Cali, so they might still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 ugh I'm so impatient. is it february yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopephily Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 ugh I'm so impatient. is it february yet? Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Seriously. It's been a month since I turned in some of my apps. IT FEELS LIKE ITS BEEN DAMN YEARS!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greencoloredpencil Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Was UC Riverside's deadline also early January last year when they released results so early? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 It's been a month since I turned in some of my apps. IT FEELS LIKE ITS BEEN DAMN YEARS!!!!!! I made the mistake of submitting in November. NOVEMBER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstudent1991 Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 Ok well maybe no Riverside today. Surely tomorrow lol philosophe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyelisha Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I made the mistake of submitting in November. NOVEMBER. Me too, my friend, me too. And I likely won't hear back from my first school until mid to late February. Not that that stops me from checking everything every hour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDest Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Was UC Riverside's deadline also early January last year when they released results so early? That would be interesting to know, because a sixteen day turnaround seems quite quick (although certainly not impossible I suppose). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 On 1/21/2014 at 6:46 PM, MattDest said: That would be interesting to know, because a sixteen day turnaround seems quite quick (although certainly not impossible I suppose). I guess you just don't know, I mean Stanford's deadline was 12/11, but they're not supposed to get back to us until mid-february. I kind of think that regardless of the deadline, it's a struggle until after the profs get back from winter break, and then it must take at least a month... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleperson Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I'm thinking about it a lot in the past few days. I want to hear from at least one school at the end of January. The not knowing is killing me. I want to know if I will get in. DAMMIT! Of late I keep thinking about how these committees are in session pretty much right now. January/February. Reading our materials. Determining who is best. I can't believe it's just around the corner. We all need to stay busy. I *have* been busy. I'm still really eager for answers, though. DHumeDominates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griswald Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 That would be interesting to know, because a sixteen day turnaround seems quite quick (although certainly not impossible I suppose). Not sure what Riverside's deadline was, but it looks like UCSD had a quick turnaround last year--about 3 weeks. I was just wondering though how much a particular year's applicant pool will effect turnaround time. Some years it may be easier to make final decisions because certain applicants stand out to most or all of the adcom's members. And so turnaround time will also depend on who's on the adcom--some groups may be more disposed to agree on which candidates are viable. My point is that I don't think we can reliably infer that Riverside (or wherever) will release decisions this week (or whenever) from the fact that they released decisions at this time last year. There are too many other factors, like applicant pool and adcom constitution (and probably more), that can slow down the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDest Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I have it on good authority (someone that I know read it on WGI and saw my post here) that the deadline for UC Riverside was 12/17 last year. So, I would expect a later date for feedback. alethicethic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Regardless of the school I just want the decisions to start rolling so that I can begin to live vicariously through those who are admitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Table Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I have it on good authority (someone that I know read it on WGI and saw my post here) that the deadline for UC Riverside was 12/17 last year. So, I would expect a later date for feedback. Yeah, the archived version of the page also has last year's deadline as 12/17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstudent1991 Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 Was it not 12/17 this year as well? I think it was. But regardless, last year could have been a fluke because it was like a month earlier than the prior year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griswald Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) Yeah, the archived version of the page also has last year's deadline as 12/17. I wonder how much the work the adcom did between 12/17 and 1/2. I'd guess not much. So still a pretty quick turnaround time from Riverside last year. Edited January 22, 2014 by aduh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstudent1991 Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 I agree to a point, and of course professors probably enjoy that time off as well as get caught up on their research and grading. But it seems likely that most professors would have a little bit of downtime, and that some might be pretty curious to see the new batch of applicants. Maybe some get a head start on skimming stats and samples of promising applicants. I think I would...but maybe I'm naïve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Table Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 This year's deadline was 1/5. I shouldn't really say deadline, because both years it was like "Although there is no absolute deadline, applications completed by DATE will receive first consideration." I wonder how much the work the adcom did between 12/17 and 1/2. I'd guess not much. I wonder about this as well. I don't know why schools would have mid-December deadlines if they weren't going to do anything with the apps until January, though, since I'm sure they know it would be easier for many students to submit them over the holidays. So I expect something happens with the applications. Maybe not by the actual admissions committee... it could just be people in the grad office preparing them for the department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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