Fall 2017 PhD Application

[2017]

1 hour ago, Dwr said:

Good luck! And thank you.

Thanks! The interviewers asked a few questions about my background, some things I mentioned in my SOP, and my writing sample. I would re-read your application materials and you should be fine. 

[Dwr]

1 hour ago, 2017 said:

Thanks! The interviewers asked a few questions about my background, some things I mentioned in my SOP, and my writing sample. I would re-read your application materials and you should be fine. 

This is very relieving, thank you so much.

[2017]

So I had a Skype interview with a program today and after the interview, I noticed somebody posted that they received an acceptance from the same subfield and program in the results forum. The professors told me during the interview that decisions were made with the entire committee and that I would find out in two weeks, but apparently this isn't the case, according to this post. Should I assume I've been silently rejected?

[fuzzylogician]

I don't know what that post is about, but since all departments I know make their decisions as a collective, I would assume that you were told the truth and there is still a chance. The only reason I can imagine someone finding out earlier is if they were targeted by the department from some university-level fellowship with an early submission date; those things do happen. But otherwise, I think usually all the decisions are made at the same time, and by the department as a whole. 

[2017]

2 hours ago, fuzzylogician said:

I don't know what that post is about, but since all departments I know make their decisions as a collective, I would assume that you were told the truth and there is still a chance. The only reason I can imagine someone finding out earlier is if they were targeted by the department from some university-level fellowship with an early submission date; those things do happen. But otherwise, I think usually all the decisions are made at the same time, and by the department as a whole. 

thanks for always being so helpful, fuzzy!

[cjb]

5 hours ago, 2017 said:

So I had a Skype interview with a program today and after the interview, I noticed somebody posted that they received an acceptance from the same subfield and program in the results forum. The professors told me during the interview that decisions were made with the entire committee and that I would find out in two weeks, but apparently this isn't the case, according to this post. Should I assume I've been silently rejected?

Didn't know I'd caused such a stir! I saw your note in the results feed and posted a brief response, but also wanted to drop a note here. Fuzzylogician is correct, they told me that I was awarded a university-wide fellowship that had an early acceptance date. So keep heart, you're still in the running!

[2017]

2 minutes ago, cjb said:

Didn't know I'd caused such a stir! I saw your note in the results feed and posted a brief response, but also wanted to drop a note here. Fuzzylogician is correct, they told me that I was awarded a university-wide fellowship that had an early acceptance date. So keep heart, you're still in the running!

congratulations!! that's really fantastic! Also excited that I'll hopefully still be considered!

[zihei]

So I've been rejected from Berkeley u___u

[Dwr]

23 hours ago, zihei said:

So I've been rejected from Berkeley u___u

Me too. My potential supervisor liked my file, but.

[zihei]

2 hours ago, Dwr said:

Me too. My potential supervisor liked my file, but.

Same, I got to talk to her at LSA a few weeks ago but I guess not :/ I'm kind of scared now, feeling like I aimed too high.

[Dwr]

2 minutes ago, zihei said:

Same, I got to talk to her at LSA a few weeks ago but I guess not :/ I'm kind of scared now, feeling like I aimed too high.

It is not wrong to try, I was also told Berkeley was very difficult, especially with funding even if you do get in. I hope you get good news from other places! 

[lingg]

Hi there! So I have this situation that I haven't received interview notices from NYU and Berkeley - though apparently a lot of people have received that and have already been interviewed. But after seeing a lot of rejections and acceptances from Berkeley on the results board, I'm still not receiving anything from them (and nothing happened to my online application system). So should I email my POIs to ask about my application status and the interviews? Or is my chance of getting in already low if I haven't received anything at this stage? :/ Thanks a lot!!

Edited January 30, 2017 by lingg

[Lukebw]

1 hour ago, lingg said:

Hi there! So I have this situation that I haven't received interview notices from NYU and Berkeley - though apparently a lot of people have received that and have already been interviewed. But after seeing a lot of rejections and acceptances from Berkeley on the results board, I'm still not receiving anything from them (and nothing happened to my online application system). So should I email my POIs to ask about my application status and the interviews? Or is my chance of getting in already low if I haven't received anything at this stage? :/ Thanks a lot!!

Hi there. Why not write an email to your POI or to the Graduate Coordinator? Most POIs will be responsive to such inquiries. It might not be a good sign but nothing is certain now. I do know some departments that are slow in notifying their applicants.  I once had an interview with my POIs and had not heard from them for three weeks after that interview. Later I saw someone posting an offer in the Results Feed and I emailed one of the POIs. He told me that I was not admitted and he thought I should have been notified by the department.

I do hope there is good news! Good luck. 

[lingg]

2 hours ago, Lukebw said:

Hi there. Why not write an email to your POI or to the Graduate Coordinator? Most POIs will be responsive to such inquiries. It might not be a good sign but nothing is certain now. I do know some departments that are slow in notifying their applicants.  I once had an interview with my POIs and had not heard from them for three weeks after that interview. Later I saw someone posting an offer in the Results Feed and I emailed one of the POIs. He told me that I was not admitted and he thought I should have been notified by the department.

I do hope there is good news! Good luck. 

Thank you! I'll email my POIs soon on this. Good luck to your applications as well!

[Kippeum]

Hi all! I've been following along but haven't posted yet.

I had an "unofficial interview" with my POI at UC Santa Cruz during the first week of January and I thought it went well... but I haven't heard back yet and when I emailed her thanking her for the interview afterwards I received no reply. Should I be concerned?

[2017]

5 hours ago, Kippeum said:

Hi all! I've been following along but haven't posted yet.

I had an "unofficial interview" with my POI at UC Santa Cruz during the first week of January and I thought it went well... but I haven't heard back yet and when I emailed her thanking her for the interview afterwards I received no reply. Should I be concerned?

My friend also interviewed with Santa Cruz a few weeks ago, and I don't believe she heard back from them either. So I wouldn't worry yet!

[songofgallifrey]

It looks like several people were contacted on Saturday to invite them to the Stanford open house! I'm happy that some folks have been hearing from them, but also nervous that this does not bode well for my application.

Edit: Wondering if they're troll posts because "university" is spelled incorrectly in a few of them (?)

Edited January 31, 2017 by songofgallifrey

[nts]

1 hour ago, songofgallifrey said:

It looks like several people were contacted on Saturday to invite them to the Stanford open house! I'm happy that some folks have been hearing from them, but also nervous that this does not bode well for my application.

Edit: Wondering if they're troll posts because "university" is spelled incorrectly in a few of them (?)

Whoops! One of those typos is mine, I must have selected a misspelling in the drop down menu... Sorry for the doubt!

It's definitely possible that not all of the invites have gone out yet, perhaps reach out to one of your POIs? Best of luck =)

[songofgallifrey]

@nts thank you for clarifying! I just saw some people discussing troll posts on a different thread and was worried, but it makes me feel better to hear that they're real  congratulations, that's awesome!

[2017]

1 hour ago, songofgallifrey said:

@nts thank you for clarifying! I just saw some people discussing troll posts on a different thread and was worried, but it makes me feel better to hear that they're real  congratulations, that's awesome!

One of those was mine, and I just noticed that I too spelled university wrong! lol. But in the past it seems not all invites were sent at the same time, so don't lose hope yet!

[songofgallifrey]

@2017 congrats! and thank you, I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

[joshisanonymous]

I noticed a couple Stanford applicants on the results page expressing confusion over the "Official Document Requests" thing that suddenly showed up on the application status page at Stanford this past week. I just talked to someone in the linguistics department there and it seems that is not an actual request for those documents so there's no need to pay the fee to send them if your checklist doesn't show that they're missing.

[cubitl]

Has anyone heard anything (decision, interview, open house, etc.) from UC Davis?

[Lukebw]

4 hours ago, cubitl said:

Has anyone heard anything (decision, interview, open house, etc.) from UC Davis?

No, I haven't heard from this university. 

Edited:

I saw the post on the Results Research. I did not receive any emails from UC Davis. I visited the application status checklist website, only to find that my application is still "under review". 

Edited February 1, 2017 by Lukebw

[cubitl]

1 hour ago, Lukebw said:

No, I haven't heard from this university. 

Edited:

I saw the post on the Results Research. I did not receive any emails from UC Davis. I visited the application status checklist website, only to find that my application is still "under review". 

Thanks, the wait list post on the Results Search is mine. I received the email this morning at 6:00 a.m. The application status checklist website still says "under review" for my application too, even though I did get the waitlist notification. I guess being waitlisted does mean it's still technically under review. I'm hoping a spot will open up! Good luck to you, too!

Edited February 1, 2017 by cubitl
clarification