Monadology Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) Just got an email to check U Chicago's website. Presumably a rejection. Yep! A rejection. Edited March 4, 2014 by Monadology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Just got an email to check U Chicago's website. Presumably a rejection. Yep! A rejection. Sorry to hear that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ta_pros_to_telos Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Monadology, same! It was kind of nice though, like, they hope we'll go to grad school... just not at Chicago haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wait For It... Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Is it just me, or would others of you also rather a school send out rejections first? If they do, then you know pretty quick whether to be hopeful. If you're rejected, then you can move on and stop expecting; if you're not rejected, you can have legitimate hope to be either wait listed or accepted. But if a school sends out acceptances and wait lists first, then you, although you are pretty sure you are rejected, you always have the lingering hope to be wait listed; you are pretty sure you're rejected, but not certain, which means you can't stop thinking about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildc4t Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Claiming a Waterloo rejection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greencoloredpencil Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) Stanford! EDIT: my exclamation is me claiming a rejection Edited March 4, 2014 by greencoloredpencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occam's Razorburn Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Stanford! Seconded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Structural_Realist Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Seconded. Thirded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnothi_Seauton Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Claiming rejections from Chicago and Stanford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasperlenspieler Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Stanford and Syracuse. 6 rejections, 1 waitlist (UCR). Still waiting on Harvard (probably rejected), JHU, and BU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dabaliga Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I can also confirm a rejection from Northwestern -- though they did not email us to check the website... you had to stumble on it on your own accord. I also applied to Iowa. I am wondering whether Iowa is your top choice of the schools to which you've been accepted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humean_skeptic Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Toronto rejection email received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Got rejected by Rice a couple of days ago, and today I find out I have to get a root canal. Fuck this week. Fuck it right in the ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhD applicant Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Got rejected by Rice a couple of days ago, and today I find out I have to get a root canal. Fuck this week. Fuck it right in the ear. I guess you had a rougher time than me... here's a smiley to make you feel better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesage13 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I thought about starting a new thread, but it seemed most appropriate here... What were the best and worst rejection letters you received so far? I'm not sure about anyone else, but Toronto's rejection letter was hands down the best rejection I've gotten in two application seasons. It was honest and kind without being deceptive, and you could really tell that Jennifer Nagel put a lot of thought into it. Brown's was the worse, only because it's exactly the same letter as the one they rejected me with last year, word for word minus the year--it was also pretty terse and cold to begin with too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monadology Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Toronto and Syracuse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Toronto and Syracuse! Sorry to hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werunom Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Anyone wants to claim Western Ontario Phd rejection? Did you get an email to check the website? When I go to the website, it just says "Released to Program". Edited March 7, 2014 by werunom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kant_get_in Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Anyone wants to claim Western Ontario Phd rejection? Did you get an email to check the website? When I go to the website, it just says "Released to Program". Same. Just thought I'd let you know that you're in company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I emailed someone at Miami and I was rejected. Looking more and more likely that I will end up at an MA program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platonist Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I emailed someone at Miami and I was rejected. Looking more and more likely that I will end up at an MA program. Sorry to hear this, and thanks for the info. But why did they not send out rejections to avoid incoming inquiries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhD applicant Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Sorry to hear this, and thanks for the info. But why did they not send out rejections to avoid incoming inquiries? Careful, that sounds like logic to me. Occam's Razorburn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnothi_Seauton Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Claiming a Princeton rejection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humean_skeptic Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 NYU rejection. There goes my safety school Occam's Razorburn and Ryura 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVineyard Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I thought about starting a new thread, but it seemed most appropriate here... What were the best and worst rejection letters you received so far? I'm not sure about anyone else, but Toronto's rejection letter was hands down the best rejection I've gotten in two application seasons. It was honest and kind without being deceptive, and you could really tell that Jennifer Nagel put a lot of thought into it. Brown's was the worse, only because it's exactly the same letter as the one they rejected me with last year, word for word minus the year--it was also pretty terse and cold to begin with too. I felt absolutely no different about any rejection letter. I only read the first sentence or so to confirm it was a rejection, then moved on. I don't understand the obsession with getting a "nice" rejection letter. Even the letters people say are "nice" are the same ones sent every year. None of them actually were to me personally, none of them told me I was special and different from all the other people. It's just a letter that rejected me, I cross that school off my list and that's that. I certainly understand the power of personalized waitlists/acceptances, but I don't think I will ever understand why people care so much about what is in the rejection letter. hegelbagel, Edit_Undo and humean_skeptic 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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