2017 Acceptances

[Dr. Old Bill]

2 minutes ago, orphic_mel528 said:

 

Every prune connoisseur should watch this:

 

www.dailymotion.com/video/x466mte

Thanks. It's been awhile since I've had a nightmare...

[orphic_mel528]

Just now, Wyatt's Terps said:

Thanks. It's been awhile since I've had a nightmare...

LOTTA FLAVOR IN THAT GLASS, WYATT.

[anxiousphd]

10 minutes ago, Wyatt's Terps said:

...back when many GCers were twelve years old...


(Sorry, wrong thread. )

I'll have you know that I was 13, thank you very much ?

[Dr. Old Bill]

1 minute ago, orphic_mel528 said:

LOTTA FLAVOR IN THAT GLASS, WYATT.

I have a strange feeling that his is the last face a lot of people saw before they died.

[orphic_mel528]

8 minutes ago, Wyatt's Terps said:

I have a strange feeling that his is the last face a lot of people saw before they died.

"They don't use the entire coffee bean to get all the rich flavor of coffee, but we do use the entire human liver!"

[Yanaka]

Prunes are making the topic hot, though!

[orphic_mel528]

4 minutes ago, Yanaka said:

Prunes are making the topic hot, though!

Yes, you could say they're...moving things along...keeping the momentum up in the thread...

[LouPlease]

47 minutes ago, orphic_mel528 said:

"They don't use the entire coffee bean to get all the rich flavor of coffee, but we do use the entire human liver!"

I had to take a mental health break from GC and this is a delightful discussion to return to. 

Have any older adjuncts on here considered that they might be competing with former students for admission? That occurred to me today. 

[chamakay]

Does anyone know if Yale and Columbia interview all potential acceptances? I'm not really holding out hope anyway, but wondering if there's any way I can figure I was rejected before officially receiving a decision. Also, has anyone received a rejection from Berkeley yet? Wish they would send those out already!!

[orphic_mel528]

In all seriousness, any more buzz around Rutgers? I see 2 acceptances on the board, but nothing else. Considering the timeline, I'd think all their offers have gone out now, no? 

[piers_plowman]

1 minute ago, chamakay said:

Does anyone know if Yale and Columbia interview all potential acceptances? I'm not really holding out hope anyway, but wondering if there's any way I can figure I was rejected before officially receiving a decision. Also, has anyone received a rejection from Berkeley yet? Wish they would send those out already!!

I don't think Yale does interviews. I interviewed with Columbia a couple weeks ago - it was three professors from my subfield. They state on their website that, unlike other schools who use a holistic committee made up of people from across the entire department, Columbia sends all the apps from a particular subfield to the faculty in that subfield only. This makes for a more specialized admissions process, and also means that each subfield committee probably has relative autonomy.

 

My point: just because some subfields interviewed DOES NOT mean that all of them will, meaning there is still a chance of acceptance without interview. I should note that this is an exception: most of the time, no interview means no acceptance.

[chamakay]

2 minutes ago, piers_plowman said:

I don't think Yale does interviews. I interviewed with Columbia a couple weeks ago - it was three professors from my subfield. They state on their website that, unlike other schools who use a holistic committee made up of people from across the entire department, Columbia sends all the apps from a particular subfield to the faculty in that subfield only. This makes for a more specialized admissions process, and also means that each subfield committee probably has relative autonomy.

 

My point: just because some subfields interviewed DOES NOT mean that all of them will, meaning there is still a chance of acceptance without interview. I should note that this is an exception: most of the time, no interview means no acceptance.

Thanks so much. That's really helpful.

Could I ask what your subfield is?

Edited February 20, 2017 by chamakay

[Dr. Old Bill]

18 minutes ago, Warelin said:

I'm just waiting to see those acceptances into UPenn.

Seriously! Me too. They're pretty much the last bastion for me before I start some serious planning.

16 minutes ago, LouisePlease said:

I had to take a mental health break from GC and this is a delightful discussion to return to. 

 

Welcome back!

11 minutes ago, orphic_mel528 said:

In all seriousness, any more buzz around Rutgers? I see 2 acceptances on the board, but nothing else. Considering the timeline, I'd think all their offers have gone out now, no? 

Yeah, I'm guessing they're done. It's possible that there's an invisible waitlist, but I suspect that their definitive "we want you" offers have gone out.

I'm thinking the same is true of Yale, despite the presence of only two acceptances for them as well. (Also, I wish some of the acceptances on the results board would be a bit more descriptive... It's Yale! You're allowed to gush a bit!)

 

 

[piers_plowman]

15 minutes ago, chamakay said:

Thanks so much. That's really helpful.

Could I ask what your subfield is?

Sure, it's early modern lit.

[zombiekeats]

I keep closing all my GC tabs saying to myself that I won't check my email or the results page until such-and-such a time...

...but then I log back on and obsessively refresh. 

[piers_plowman]

29 minutes ago, Warelin said:

I'm just waiting to see those acceptances into UPenn. I'm excited and it isn't even my application season.

(Also, I need a roommate moving to Philadelphia next school year.)

Oh god I've been knee-deep in their course listings all morning, living imagined lives.

[Warelin]

And so the UPenn acceptances begin.

[zombiekeats]

Just now, Warelin said:

And so the UPenn acceptances begin.

I saw that! Ughhhh I need detail. Waiting on Michigan (though thinking rejection or waitlist now), UPenn, Columbia and Boston.

[Warelin]

Just now, zombiekeats said:

I saw that! Ughhhh I need detail. Waiting on Michigan (though thinking rejection or waitlist now), UPenn, Columbia and Boston.

It's a shame that people don't post more information at times. Scores? Subfield? Publications? Teaching experience? MA degree? Favorite color? (Fine, the last one may not be relevant.)

[anxiousphd]

3 minutes ago, Warelin said:

And so the UPenn acceptances begin.

Staring at my phone now. Trying not to cry. Or implode.

[orphic_mel528]

1 minute ago, Warelin said:

It's a shame that people don't post more information at times. Scores? Subfield? Publications? Teaching experience? MA degree? Favorite color? (Fine, the last one may not be relevant.)

It was enough to get someone thrown into the Gorge of Eternal Peril, so I think you're right to ask. 

[Dr. Old Bill]

Just now, orphic_mel528 said:

It was enough to get someone thrown into the Gorge of Eternal Peril, so I think you're right to ask. 

Pink! ...no blue! Aaaaahhh...

Upon seeing that Penn acceptance, the Gorge of Eternal Peril is looking pretty enticing right about now...

 

[zombiekeats]

1 minute ago, Warelin said:

It's a shame that people don't post more information at times. Scores? Subfield? Publications? Teaching experience? MA degree? Favorite color? (Fine, the last one may not be relevant.)

Rest assured if that phone call comes in I will post my results with as much info as possible, including potentially annoying habits I might have as a roommate, favorite color, favorite way to spend a Sunday, etc.

[piers_plowman]

Could it be a troll responding to our overeagerness here?

[Dr. Old Bill]

2 minutes ago, piers_plowman said:

Could it be a troll responding to our overeagerness here?

I'm SO glad that crossed your mind as well!