2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 On 1/23/2017 at 9:17 PM, Dwr said: Good luck! And thank you. Expand 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 Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 On 1/23/2017 at 10:40 PM, 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. Expand This is very relieving, thank you so much.
2017 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 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 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 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 1
2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 On 1/25/2017 at 10:19 PM, 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. Expand thanks for always being so helpful, fuzzy!
cjb Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 On 1/25/2017 at 9:03 PM, 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? Expand 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 1
2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 On 1/26/2017 at 3:02 AM, 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! Expand congratulations!! that's really fantastic! Also excited that I'll hopefully still be considered!
Dwr Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 On 1/27/2017 at 5:04 PM, zihei said: So I've been rejected from Berkeley u___u Expand Me too. My potential supervisor liked my file, but.
zihei Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 On 1/28/2017 at 4:33 PM, Dwr said: Me too. My potential supervisor liked my file, but. Expand 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 Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 On 1/28/2017 at 7:15 PM, 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. Expand 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 Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) 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 Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 On 1/30/2017 at 10:52 AM, 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!! Expand 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 Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 On 1/30/2017 at 12:48 PM, 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. Expand Thank you! I'll email my POIs soon on this. Good luck to your applications as well!
Kippeum Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 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 Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 On 1/30/2017 at 4:36 PM, 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? Expand 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 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) 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 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 On 1/31/2017 at 2:31 PM, 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 (?) Expand 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 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 @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 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 On 1/31/2017 at 4:00 PM, 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! Expand 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 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 @2017 congrats! and thank you, I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
joshisanonymous Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 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 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 Has anyone heard anything (decision, interview, open house, etc.) from UC Davis?
Lukebw Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) On 1/31/2017 at 8:22 PM, cubitl said: Has anyone heard anything (decision, interview, open house, etc.) from UC Davis? Expand 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 Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 (edited) On 1/31/2017 at 11:32 PM, 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". Expand 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
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