axp Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 On 1/22/2015 at 11:55 AM, Chiki said: They have similar research interests, but I had one main POI and I guess the other one wants to interview me for fun. He said he was very impressed with my app, maybe that's why. Hi, newbie here. I applied to some schools for this fall but so far no calls, nothing whatsoever But it's nice to see people here posting about getting emails from POIs! Just curious, what did your main POI talk to you about?
aojfifjoaisjaiosdj Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 On 1/22/2015 at 1:32 PM, axp said: Hi, newbie here. I applied to some schools for this fall but so far no calls, nothing whatsoever But it's nice to see people here posting about getting emails from POIs! Just curious, what did your main POI talk to you about? Where did you apply? People don't send interview requests all around at once and it usually seems to be pretty informal. There's still hope! He said he read my file with interest and wanted to talk to me on the phone, that's it really.
aojfifjoaisjaiosdj Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Quote The faculty in Penn Linguistics have reviewed your application to ourprogram and we consider you a strong candidate for admission. Hooray!
Garyon Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 is this an admission offer? Or are they inviting you for an interview? Both ways, great!!!!!!!! You rock!
aojfifjoaisjaiosdj Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 On 1/22/2015 at 3:31 PM, Garyon said: is this an admission offer? Or are they inviting you for an interview? Both ways, great!!!!!!!! You rock! Interview, but you shouldn't give up yet, look at what happened to me.
axp Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 On 1/22/2015 at 2:01 PM, Chiki said: Where did you apply? People don't send interview requests all around at once and it usually seems to be pretty informal. There's still hope! He said he read my file with interest and wanted to talk to me on the phone, that's it really. Pretty sure no hope from McGill. Haven't been contacted yet. I didn't even know there would be an interview! Now waiting for UBC and Michigan. The worst thing is I didn't know about this forum until after all the applications! I would definitely have done more and applied to more if I knew. I heard the chance of getting an offer is basically close to zero if you haven't approached any POIs before the application, AND I'm an international student, so now it's like waiting for the rejection emails I know I can apply again next year but this feeling just sucks, big time On 1/22/2015 at 3:25 PM, Chiki said: Hooray! Congratz!!!
Garyon Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) On 1/22/2015 at 3:56 PM, axp said: I heard the chance of getting an offer is basically close to zero if you haven't approached any POIs before the application, AND I'm an international student, so now it's like waiting for the rejection emails I don't know about that, I've heard different opinions in the linguistics community! Also, Chiki thanks for the encouragement! We'll see! Keep us posted on how your interviews go! Let's hope for the best (for all of us ) Edited January 22, 2015 by Garyon
goldheartmountaintop Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 On 1/22/2015 at 3:56 PM, axp said: I heard the chance of getting an offer is basically close to zero if you haven't approached any POIs before the application, AND I'm an international student, so now it's like waiting for the rejection emails I don't think this is true! Not in my experience, anyway -- I've never approached anyone and I'm also an international student (and I was also accepted to UBC, one of the schools you listed). So don't lose hope!
aojfifjoaisjaiosdj Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) I didn't contact a single POI, and I'm a.. hmm, somewhere between a US and an international student (US dual citizen who lives overseas and goes to US for college). Edited January 22, 2015 by Chiki
axp Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 On 1/22/2015 at 4:03 PM, Garyon said: I don't know about that, I've heard different opinions in the linguistics community! Also, Chiki thanks for the encouragement! We'll see! Keep us posted on how your interviews go! Let's hope for the best (for all of us ) Yes! And best of luck! On 1/22/2015 at 4:12 PM, goldheartmountaintop said: I don't think this is true! Not in my experience, anyway -- I've never approached anyone and I'm also an international student (and I was also accepted to UBC, one of the schools you listed). So don't lose hope! Thanks! This certainly makes me feel a lot better! While I'm preparing myself for the bad news, I sure don't mind being surprised
isilya Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Information sharing time! I found out in my Skype interview today that Maryland's Open House is going to be Feb 26-27, so keep those days open if you're really interested in Maryland! If you already have another interview weekend somewhere else though, it seems like they will be accommodating. I'll be at another interview that weekend, and my POI said it would probably be totally fine to visit another weekend (if I actually get invited to Open House, that is!!). Also, Skype interviews are so fun!! I'm really enjoying them so far. I'm always scared and nervous beforehand but they've all been really fun and it's great to just talk about research for like half an hour
onzeheures30 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) On 1/21/2015 at 11:18 PM, Chiki said: I didn't expect two emails, though. I've never heard of that happening before. On 1/22/2015 at 10:04 AM, Garyon said: wow, I didn't know this was a practice. It is definitely not uncommon to interview with more than one person even in my (limited) experience. I interviewed with two people from Maryland (semantics and syntax) separately and two from NYU (both semantics) simultaneously. My best friend interviewed with her (then prospective, now current) entire lab at UCSD simultaneously. Another friend of mine interviewed with two people from NYU (syntax and semantics) separately. On 1/22/2015 at 3:56 PM, axp said: I heard the chance of getting an offer is basically close to zero if you haven't approached any POIs before the application This is not true in linguistics. Edited January 22, 2015 by onzeheures30 funchaku 1
isilya Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 On 1/22/2015 at 5:30 PM, onzeheures30 said: It is definitely not uncommon to interview with more than one person even in my (limited) experience. I interviewed with two people from Maryland (semantics and syntax) separately and two from NYU (both semantics) simultaneously. My best friend interviewed with her (then prospective, now current) entire lab at UCSD simultaneously. Another friend of mine interviewed with two people from NYU (syntax and semantics) separately. Yeah, so far I've had this experience as well! I only skyped with one person at Maryland, but at NYU I skyped with both of my POIs simultaneously, and at Berkeley I skyped the whole admissions committee at once.
funchaku Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I'll add another datapoint. During my application season (2 years ago), my phone interviews with both Maryland and UPenn were with two POIs simultaneously. When you are called down for an in-person interview, it is quite common to meet with a number of people (I met with 9 at UMD, which, to be honest, is maybe too many..)
vlf Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) On 1/22/2015 at 3:56 PM, axp said: Pretty sure no hope from McGill. Haven't been contacted yet. I didn't even know there would be an interview! Now waiting for UBC and Michigan. I did my undergrad at Michigan, and when I was talking to my advisor there the other day she mentioned that the full admissions committee was meeting at the very end of the month to decide who to invite to the screening weekend. So don't expect to hear anything from them until February! Edited January 22, 2015 by skhaao
Laniel Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 On 1/22/2015 at 7:44 PM, skhaao said: I did my undergrad at Michigan, and when I was talking to my advisor there the other day she mentioned that the full admissions committee was meeting at the very end of the month to decide who to invite to the screening weekend. So don't expect to hear anything from them until February! Thanks! I was looking at previous years and thinking that Michigan could be sending invites any day now. Even though I hate waiting, I'm glad to know that it will be a while still. Michigan is the next school that I'm hopeful to hear back from, since it seems like I probably am not going to get an interview at Maryland :/
Tairy Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 On 1/22/2015 at 7:44 PM, skhaao said: I did my undergrad at Michigan, and when I was talking to my advisor there the other day she mentioned that the full admissions committee was meeting at the very end of the month to decide who to invite to the screening weekend. So don't expect to hear anything from them until February! "Screening weekend" sounds oddly like, medical. Garyon 1
vlf Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Haha, it's actually called "prospective students weekend," I think... I just couldn't remember. "Interview weekend" probably would have been a better word choice.
Garyon Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 On 1/22/2015 at 4:14 PM, Chiki said: I didn't contact a single POI, and I'm a.. hmm, somewhere between a US and an international student (US dual citizen who lives overseas and goes to US for college). Cool! Where do you live, if I may ask?
Cee_Z Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 I've already heard from UW-Madison: a rejection from the SLS program and an acceptance from the English program. ☺️ Cee_Z and Jayne16 1 1
juzaib Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 On 1/21/2015 at 4:57 PM, Scarecrow24 said: That's awesome! Congratulations! Who is your POI and what are your research interests? My research interest is sociolinguistics. I will PM you my POIs names! I am also going be interviewed simultaneously by two professors at UPenn, so I guess this is not that uncommon.
axp Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 On 1/22/2015 at 7:44 PM, skhaao said: I did my undergrad at Michigan, and when I was talking to my advisor there the other day she mentioned that the full admissions committee was meeting at the very end of the month to decide who to invite to the screening weekend. So don't expect to hear anything from them until February! Good to know! The wait is really the worst
aojfifjoaisjaiosdj Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 I meant two separate interviews, not at the same time. Maybe Maryland is the only place that does this.
onzeheures30 Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) On 1/23/2015 at 2:06 PM, Chiki said: I meant two separate interviews, not at the same time. Maybe Maryland is the only place that does this. On 1/22/2015 at 5:30 PM, onzeheures30 said: Another friend of mine interviewed with two people from NYU (syntax and semantics) separately. I also think that someone from my cohort mentioned having two separate interviews with two of our syntacticians (but I might be confusing things here). No, seriously, why would that be a rarity? =) (Apart from the obvious time pressure factor.) It only makes sense that more people want to talk to each candidate, if time permits, to make a more informed decision as a committee. And I believe whether these are collective or separate interviews depends more on individual preferences of the faculty members concerned and on the topics they wish to discuss with the candidate. Edited January 23, 2015 by onzeheures30 goldheartmountaintop, funchaku and fuzzylogician 3
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