ellebe Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Thanks for the heads up Ashiepoo. I've just checked and mine's a rejection, too. I think I'd really talked myself into believing it was gonna happen. It was by far the best fit (a point raised by a POI at a school I didn't apply to). Is 7 AM too early for bourbon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashiepoo72 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Sorry to hear that Magellan but it's so great that you have an acceptance already! Are you waiting on many more programs? Magellan1521 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magellan1521 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Hi Ashiepoo72, I applied to 12 schools, so I'm waiting on 9 more. My acceptance is from one of my top choices so I'm already happy about that. I'm just a big admirer of the Northwestern history program; any program that doesn't believe in the GRE is a winner in my book... ashiepoo72, cscruggs78 and Aubstopper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashiepoo72 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Thanks for the heads up Ashiepoo. I've just checked and mine's a rejection, too. I think I'd really talked myself into believing it was gonna happen. It was by far the best fit (a point raised by a POI at a school I didn't apply to). Is 7 AM too early for bourbon? If you want bourbon, it's never too early! Sorry to hear about the rejection. It's their loss! ellebe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmw Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Rejected from Northwestern too! I'm actually slightly relieved. No offense to all the Midwesterners on this forum, but Chicago was too cold for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fianna Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Quick question -- if you've received an offer from one of your top choices, is it generally advisable to withdraw one's application from one's non-top choices? Quick question -- if you've received an offer from one of your top choices, is it generally advisable to withdraw one's application from one's non-top choices? I know someone who did this with a few of her options and it didn't hurt her at all. But her top choice was the same university she did her MA at and it had always been far and away her desire to remain there. If it were me though, I'd probably just promptly decline any such offers. I'm glad you asked that, because I was wondering the same thing. My husband already got a rejection from one of the schools I applied to, and I was thinking about emailing them to withdraw my app, especially now that we both have an acceptance at a school we'd both be happy at. I think I'm going to let it ride and decline immediately if I get an acceptance email/call so that I free up the slot for someone who'd otherwise be waitlisted. It's a shame, cause it's a great program for me, but we considered the possibility of the distance thing, and decided that it was only an option if we didn't have any overlap at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chtodelat Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Any news on the Illinois admits? My POI and online portal are still silent. I am worried because my POI at Berkeley reached out and told me she was not able to get anyone in this year, though my webpage for Berkeley is still at the 'submitted' stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanBezdomnii Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Any news on the Illinois admits? My POI and online portal are still silent. I am worried because my POI at Berkeley reached out and told me she was not able to get anyone in this year, though my webpage for Berkeley is still at the 'submitted' stage. Although I did not apply there, my friend did, and they have informed their Russianist admits. However, it's a state school so there will likely be a second round of admits and wait list choices, etc. Also, although my friend got in, he isn't 100% going there which means a possible spot opening up. Трудно ждать, трудно ждать, все рано нам приходится ждать. Ждем ждем ждем Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanBezdomnii Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Particularly suspicious since Harvard usually sends rejections by post. If I had to guess I'd say someone probably emailed and was informally told they were rejected. Personally, I'm not going to start worrying until I see acceptances being posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimat Historian Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Anyone know anything about the Rice acceptance? In the past they've been notified by phone, but this was an email. sankofa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chtodelat Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) как жаль. Not my best fit program but was hoping for some good news at some point. Что делать...только ждать... Edited February 5, 2015 by chtodelat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanBezdomnii Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 как жаль. Not my best fit program but was hoping for some good news at some point. Что делать...только ждать... You and I both. Haven't heard from a single school yet! Had an interview yesterday w/ Penn but I have no idea what their time table is. Oh well. Where else did you apply? Желаю вас удачи и терпения. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magellan1521 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Which school do people think would send out notifications next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimat Historian Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Who can say? Things have not been lining up like they have in previous years, unfortunately. IvanBezdomnii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanBezdomnii Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Who can say? Things have not been lining up like they have in previous years, unfortunately. Truth. Question for Harvard applicants? Does your application say anything like under review or something like that? I logged on to the portal where I submitted my application and all it says is submitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambaosaka1 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Truth. Question for Harvard applicants? Does your application say anything like under review or something like that? I logged on to the portal where I submitted my application and all it says is submitted. I have the same thing. IvanBezdomnii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiqui74 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Truth. Question for Harvard applicants? Does your application say anything like under review or something like that? I logged on to the portal where I submitted my application and all it says is submitted. It just says "Submitted" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimat Historian Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I just checked all my applications. They all say "submitted" or under review or something to that effect. No links to anything else. Maybe I'm still being considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiqui74 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I just checked all my applications. They all say "submitted" or under review or something to that effect. No links to anything else. Maybe I'm still being considered. That's what I want to believe, but another part of me just says that rejections aren't priority and so they will post later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellebe Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Sigh. Checking in on a break from the job hunt, a parallel world of silence... I was expecting to be gutted about Northwestern, but in a weird way, it's not a terrible thing being rejected from a school. The most annoying thing about looking for work is the number of doors slamming because of citizenship. At least with applications, we can polish our writing samples, take a new angle on the SOP, find a crucial detail to strengthen our research proposals over the summer... In so many ways it's out of our control, but there are a lot of opportunities for resilience, too. What's everyone else up to today? IvanBezdomnii and Ritwik 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanBezdomnii Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Sigh. Checking in on a break from the job hunt, a parallel world of silence... I was expecting to be gutted about Northwestern, but in a weird way, it's not a terrible thing being rejected from a school. The most annoying thing about looking for work is the number of doors slamming because of citizenship. At least with applications, we can polish our writing samples, take a new angle on the SOP, find a crucial detail to strengthen our research proposals over the summer... In so many ways it's out of our control, but there are a lot of opportunities for resilience, too. What's everyone else up to today? Trying to focus on work. At least you've heard from somewhere. It really is frustrating when so many things are out of our control. At some schools if there is a major gender imbalance in some subfields they won't consider applicants of certain genders some years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBHistorian Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 It just seems so quiet response wise. I was expecting that at this point there would be a steady stream of news. I'm hoping for everyone that next week will be full of exciting news of acceptences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr. t Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 If I had to guess I'd say someone probably emailed and was informally told they were rejected. Personally, I'm not going to start worrying until I see acceptances being posted. Post says "website" I don't think it's 'suspicious' that some applicants will get decisions on days you don't expect or by means you don't expect. Or rather, I'm sure some entries in the homepage survey are fabricated, but the vast majority of them are probably perfectly honest. Therefore, I think discounting every report that seems slightly unusual based on past years' trends would lead to a more imperfect understanding of the admissions process than taking all self-reported results at face value. Moreover, a look at the survey tells me that a lot of people were actually rejected by Harvard via the application portal last year, so I'm not even sure how much of an outlier the result in question is. 1) rejections came in a batch with letters 2) Harvard works on a batch system: the departmental committee makes the final decision, and then everything is processed at once. 3) "suspicious" doesn't mean "false". It means "suspicious." Heimat Historian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kblooms Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I agree with telkanuruz think we got a week for harvard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimat Historian Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 From your experience Telkanuru, what do you think is going on with suspicious postings? Are people just trolling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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