Penn or Temple Applicants for English PhD 2017?

[eagerlyimpatient]

Does anyone know if Penn or Temple are starting to notify of acceptances / rejections for their programs? I've seen smatterings of updates thus far, but nothing too substantial. Hope everyone is doing alright during the waiting process!

[othersamantha]

I'm also waiting for concrete news from Penn! I also saw a couple posts of acceptances on the results board, but haven't personally heard anything and my application status hasn't changed. :/

Good luck to you with both!!

[jungThug]

On a similar note, any news about Rutgers? Have they notified everybody? Is there a waitlist? 

[orphic_mel528]

47 minutes ago, jungThug said:

On a similar note, any news about Rutgers? Have they notified everybody? Is there a waitlist? 

I've seen two acceptances from RU from over a week ago. No idea about a waitlist. 

[Dr. Old Bill]

Pretty sure the ship has sailed on Penn and Rutgers acceptances, alas...

Perhaps there will be some waitlists though? He asks optimistically...

[jungThug]

Penn sent out waitlists last night. Tried to update the results page, but its not working.

[zombiekeats]

19 minutes ago, jungThug said:

Penn sent out waitlists last night. Tried to update the results page, but its not working.

Womp womp. I'll cross them off my list. Good luck @jungThug!

[anxiousphd]

33 minutes ago, jungThug said:

Penn sent out waitlists last night. Tried to update the results page, but its not working.

Thanks for the info, and congratulations! 

[ProfessionalNerd]

When you write Penn, are you referring g to Upenn or PennState? I see a smatter of rejections for Upenn, but i'm assuming that they're meant for PennState. 

[jungThug]

I meant UPenn

[2017applicant]

On 2/21/2017 at 7:12 PM, Wyatt's Terps said:

Pretty sure the ship has sailed on Penn and Rutgers acceptances, alas...

Perhaps there will be some waitlists though? He asks optimistically...

Joining this a little late, but I actually reached out to Penn just to inquire about the general timeline. I expected them to tell me that I was rejected immediately, but, instead, they said the department was reviewing decisions currently and we should all know by March 1. So, maybe there is still hope?Also asking cautiously yet optimistically

Either way, good luck to everyone on here!

[piers_plowman]

43 minutes ago, 2017applicant said:

Joining this a little late, but I actually reached out to Penn just to inquire about the general timeline. I expected them to tell me that I was rejected immediately, but, instead, they said the department was reviewing decisions currently and we should all know by March 1. So, maybe there is still hope?Also asking cautiously yet optimistically

Either way, good luck to everyone on here!

Did you contact the English or the Comp Lit department?

[2017applicant]

1 hour ago, piers_plowman said:

Did you contact the English or the Comp Lit department?

I contacted the English department

[piers_plowman]

5 minutes ago, 2017applicant said:

I contacted the English department

Wow, maybe there's hope! And I was almost back to being a productive, functional person, secure in my implied rejections...

[2017applicant]

7 minutes ago, piers_plowman said:

Wow, maybe there's hope! And I was almost back to being a productive, functional person, secure in my implied rejections...

Haha, right?! I'm not banking on any delusion, but it DOES seem odd to me that when I reached out, they didn't just reject me automatically. Maybe a WL? Hmmmm who knows...

[2017applicant]

Alas, the rejections for Penn flooded out yesterday (me being one of them). 1a/2r/0wl 1 to go

Congratulations to anyone who got in!

Now, I wait for Temple just like eagerlyimpatient is. If anyone hears updates on Temple, please post here!

Edited February 27, 2017 by 2017applicant