Fall 2017 Applicants

[urbanfarmer]

44 minutes ago, orphic_mel528 said:

Does anyone have any insider info on UC Davis and whether they're still sending out notifications? I've only seen four acceptances on the board and no wait-lists. Do they even have a wait-list? At what point do I start emailing and begging them to put me out of my misery?

omg please let us know if you do contact them! I'm dying to know the same thing. I'm assuming rejection at this point, but having a final answer would be such a relief!

[orphic_mel528]

3 minutes ago, urbanfarmer said:

omg please let us know if you do contact them! I'm dying to know the same thing. I'm assuming rejection at this point, but having a final answer would be such a relief!

That's how I feel, and I'm okay with the rejection. I've been harping about this for a week, although I guess that's what this place is for. I'd just like some closure so I can move on. I'm afraid to email them though; I don't want to be that person...

[Dr. Old Bill]

34 minutes ago, orphic_mel528 said:

I'm afraid to email them though; I don't want to be that person...

Probably wise.

I've said it around these parts a few times lately, but despite the temptation to contact departments about application statuses, it's probably one of the most annoying things you can do right now. It is hard to be patient, but if there's one thing you can be assured of it's that programs will let you know if you've been accepted (and usually, albeit more tardily, if you've been rejected...)

[orphic_mel528]

10 minutes ago, Wyatt's Terps said:

Probably wise.

I've said it around these parts a few times lately, but despite the temptation to contact departments about application statuses, it's probably one of the most annoying things you can do right now. It is hard to be patient, but if there's one thing you can be assured of it's that programs will let you know if you've been accepted (and usually, albeit more tardily, if you've been rejected...)

Thank you, Jiminy Cricket. As usual, you're correct

[imogenshakes]

3 hours ago, orphic_mel528 said:

Does anyone have any insider info on UC Davis and whether they're still sending out notifications? I've only seen four acceptances on the board and no wait-lists. Do they even have a wait-list? At what point do I start emailing and begging them to put me out of my misery?

I have no idea what this means, but I finally got info on their visiting day and there were 21 email addresses (including mine) attached to the email. That leads me to assume that they've finished sending out notifications by now, unless they have a waitlist going and are just waiting to see if anyone turns down an offer ?

[HumanCylinder]

3 hours ago, orphic_mel528 said:

Does anyone have any insider info on UC Davis and whether they're still sending out notifications? I've only seen four acceptances on the board and no wait-lists. Do they even have a wait-list? At what point do I start emailing and begging them to put me out of my misery?

I applied there last year.  I saw acceptances go out fairly early, and I remember emailing them for info on my application after it had been a few weeks.  I went back to check, and it looks like I emailed their program on March 1 and exchanged very nice emails with the DGS, who said I was rejected. Their official rejection ended up being sent around suuuuper late, so I was kind of glad I emailed.  But also, it was already a likely rejection so I could have just waited.  But I wanted to also make sure there was no shot at getting in to higher ranked programs before accepting any of my offers, so I think weighing what the information would mean in the context of your own application season and decision-making process would be helpful before emailing anyone.   

[orphic_mel528]

19 minutes ago, imogenshakes said:

I have no idea what this means, but I finally got info on their visiting day and there were 21 email addresses (including mine) attached to the email. That leads me to assume that they've finished sending out notifications by now, unless they have a waitlist going and are just waiting to see if anyone turns down an offer ?

Thanks for the info, I'm actually really glad to have more of an indication, actually. 

[orphic_mel528]

4 minutes ago, HumanCylinder said:

I applied there last year.  I saw acceptances go out fairly early, and I remember emailing them for info on my application after it had been a few weeks.  I went back to check, and it looks like I emailed their program on March 1 and exchanged very nice emails with the DGS, who said I was rejected. Their official rejection ended up being sent around suuuuper late, so I was kind of glad I emailed.  But also, it was already a likely rejection so I could have just waited.  But I wanted to also make sure there was no shot at getting in to higher ranked programs before accepting any of my offers, so I think weighing what the information would mean in the context of your own application season and decision-making process would be helpful before emailing anyone.   

Sorry, should've multi-quoted this: Thank you HumanCylinder, that's very good advice. 

[RydraWong]

3 hours ago, orphic_mel528 said:

Does anyone have any insider info on UC Davis and whether they're still sending out notifications? I've only seen four acceptances on the board and no wait-lists. Do they even have a wait-list? At what point do I start emailing and begging them to put me out of my misery?

In my email from the DGS, they did say to let them know if we come to a firm decision before April 15 because they do keep a waitlist so maybe they just haven't sent out waitlist notifications yet? Like Imogenshakes said, they did send out an email today with all the visiting information so I think they may have finished sending out acceptances. 

[imogenshakes]

5 hours ago, RydraWong said:

In my email from the DGS, they did say to let them know if we come to a firm decision before April 15 because they do keep a waitlist so maybe they just haven't sent out waitlist notifications yet? Like Imogenshakes said, they did send out an email today with all the visiting information so I think they may have finished sending out acceptances. 

Oh yeah, I forgot about that part of the email. I've been barely skimming, just for the most pertinent information. haha At any rate, I only heard about a week ago, so with the whole trickling-effect thing going on at a lot of schools, it seems possible that they just haven't notified people on the waitlist yet (also, you'd think you'd see at least one on the results page if they had...though who knows?).

[LouPlease]

I tried to post this yesterday but I think the site was down. Happy late Valentine's Day to all ye GC dreamers and romantics! I hope your day was full of things you love, whether a person or a pizza or a poem that fills up your tired, anxious heart. In times like this, it's so important to take care of yourself and pause to recognize all the wonderful things in your life. Yesterday I thought a lot about the ways poetry and literature engender empathy and love. That everyone on this forum wants to dedicate their life to the study of it speaks volumes about your character and I'm proud to know you all. 

In recognition of love day, a favorite Poe quote of mine:

"I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched."

Edited February 15, 2017 by LouisePlease

[imogenshakes]

9 minutes ago, LouisePlease said:

I tried to post this yesterday but I think the site was down. Happy late Valentine's Day to all ye GC dreamers and romantics! I hope your day was filled with things you love, whether a person or a pizza or a poem that fills up your tired, anxious heart. In times like this, it's so important to take care of yourself and pause to recognize all the wonderful things in your life. Yesterday I thought a lot about the ways poetry and literature engender empathy and love. That everyone on this forum wants to dedicate their life to the study of it speaks volumes about your character and I'm proud to know you all. 

In recognition of love day, a favorite Poe quote of mine:

"I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched."

I wish I could give this a million upvotes. 

[orphic_mel528]

18 minutes ago, LouisePlease said:

I tried to post this yesterday but I think the site was down. Happy late Valentine's Day to all ye GC dreamers and romantics! I hope your day was filled with things you love, whether a person or a pizza or a poem that fills up your tired, anxious heart. In times like this, it's so important to take care of yourself and pause to recognize all the wonderful things in your life. Yesterday I thought a lot about the ways poetry and literature engender empathy and love. That everyone on this forum wants to dedicate their life to the study of it speaks volumes about your character and I'm proud to know you all. 

In recognition of love day, a favorite Poe quote of mine:

"I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched."

Louise, you treasure. 

[KTF87]

37 minutes ago, LouisePlease said:

I tried to post this yesterday but I think the site was down. Happy late Valentine's Day to all ye GC dreamers and romantics! I hope your day was filled with things you love, whether a person or a pizza or a poem that fills up your tired, anxious heart. In times like this, it's so important to take care of yourself and pause to recognize all the wonderful things in your life. Yesterday I thought a lot about the ways poetry and literature engender empathy and love. That everyone on this forum wants to dedicate their life to the study of it speaks volumes about your character and I'm proud to know you all. 

In recognition of love day, a favorite Poe quote of mine:

"I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched."

Whether you're male or female, I would have wanted you as my Valentine's

i wish i could just tag you and hug you for this amazing heartfelt and warmly posivite post!!

you deserve the best!! <3 <3

[Caien]

Out of curiosity, does anyone know what the deal is at Columbia with the English/Comparative lit division? From previous posts people have indicated applications are considered separately, depending on if you put comparative lit as your subfield, but I listed a Prof who has had her career in comparative as my POI whereas my subfield is the nineteenth century Anglophone novel. I mean, I don't personally see why this would be a problem intellectual, but now I'm worried my app may fall between the cracks...

[kurayamino]

I heard through the grapevine that the Rutgers adcom will be meeting tomorrow to finalize and decisions will go out by Monday! Keeping my fingers crossed for those that applied and hope to see you at the open house!

[rimeroyal]

Are Canadian PhDs usually a little later than US ones? Only one up there I've heard about decisions coming from yet is Alberta.

Edited February 17, 2017 by rimeroyal

[chellyfish_]

I'm overcoming irrational social (/online?) anxiety to make my first forum post!!  

Coming to seek advice about calling UCSB -- people have heard rejections & acceptances yet I've heard nothing! Stalking the forums I see that previous people who've heard nothing called to find they were waitlisted...do y'all reckon I should I do this?  Notifications only went out yesterday.  It's one of my top choices and I feel like the fit is great so I'm dying over here! (Also...what is the protocol for making such calls? I'm so out of my element...O

[Warelin]

1 minute ago, eliza_winter said:

I'm overcoming irrational social (/online?) anxiety to make my first forum post!!  

Coming to seek advice about calling UCSB -- people have heard rejections & acceptances yet I've heard nothing! Stalking the forums I see that previous people who've heard nothing called to find they were waitlisted...do y'all reckon I should I do this?  Notifications only went out yesterday.  It's one of my top choices and I feel like the fit is great so I'm dying over here! (Also...what is the protocol for making such calls? I'm so out of my element...O

I'd advise against contacting them. Admissions committees are extremely busy with other tasks and it can be seen as a huge turnoff from programs to be contacted inquiring about status updates.

[Warelin]

In other news, it seems like Princeton rejections are starting to go out today per the results page.

[Dr. Old Bill]

4 minutes ago, Warelin said:

In other news, it seems like Princeton rejections are starting to go out today per the results page.

Yep.

[Warelin]

3 minutes ago, Wyatt's Terps said:

Yep.

On the bright side, by this time next year; you'll be enrolled in a PHD program while you watch me struggle with waiting for decisions. This year off of applications hasn't kept me away from TGC. 

[prow_ess]

12 hours ago, Caien said:

Out of curiosity, does anyone know what the deal is at Columbia with the English/Comparative lit division? From previous posts people have indicated applications are considered separately, depending on if you put comparative lit as your subfield, but I listed a Prof who has had her career in comparative as my POI whereas my subfield is the nineteenth century Anglophone novel. I mean, I don't personally see why this would be a problem intellectual, but now I'm worried my app may fall between the cracks...

Hi, I have no idea how the ad com itself works here (or anywhere else -__-), but from my experience doing an MA at Columbia, I would say that English and Comp. Lit is very much one department. I'm pretty sure that the extent of being a comp. lit student here is fulfilling ICLS requirements and getting a certificate, so I think what happens if you mark Comp. as one of your subfields is they make sure to send your application to a professor who is part of ICLS. But many professors and students who aren't part of ICLS still do comparative work, and I can't imagine that there would be a problem with naming a professor whose main interests lie in comp. lit as a POI even if you're not taking that approach. Please feel free to PM me for details if you'd like. Given what you said, I think I have an idea of which professor you may have named, and if it's who I'm thinking, you have nothing to worry about.

[Yanaka]

From what I gathered from email exchanges between the dpt of Columbia's English and Comparative Literature, when I thought I'd apply to their program, they consider that all English programs today are tending towards being interdisciplinary. I may have over-interpreted but that's at least what they're aiming at!

[Dr. Old Bill]

46 minutes ago, Warelin said:

On the bright side, by this time next year; you'll be enrolled in a PHD program while you watch me struggle with waiting for decisions. This year off of applications hasn't kept me away from TGC. 

If I stick around GradCafe for the next cycle, I'll be your absolute biggest cheerleader -- count on it!

(Oh, and I already have a new user name and avatar pic in mind for when this cycle is over )