English Graduate School Admission Results

GPA is MA

Not enough available seats in the program. Maybe give us a warning before charging that criminally-expensive application fee, UC Davis? Some of us are actually trying to earn an honest income.

I was prepared for the worst and cried when I got the email. It was a short email with a lovely attached acceptance letter that specifically referred to my interests, my writing sample, and the professors in my speciality who I’d be working with. Fully funded with a wonderful stipend. I’m thrilled!

E-mail with letter attached. Tuition remission and 5 years of funding.

Woe is life. Congratulations to all those accepted and waitlisted!

email to check website. very generic letter from entire grad school.

had to check on website

Last year I was 0/7 for Ph.D. programs. I decided to reapply because 1 program waitlisted me. Major overhaul on my app, now I'm in 3 top programs and waiting to hear from more. For real, you can do it.

VERY CONFUSING NOTIFICATION to check website via email. subject line of email: "University of Notre Dame admission." Then the first line of the letter on the website: "We were pleased to consider your application for graduate studies at the University of Notre Dame." Second line: "We are sorry to report that we are unable to admit you at this time." ???

I got my email slightly later than others! Keep checking :)

Ironically, I FINALLY got my rejection from Penn State as I was drafting an email to accept an offer elsewhere. Normally, I think it's silly when people say that rejection letters are "generic" and "impersonal," but Penn State's rejection email is definitely both! The program is great, but their administration is lousy.

Informal email. (I'd had previous interaction with the director because of some problems with processing my application.)

In following the other person accepted below: totally dead.

Down to one school. Feeling like the personal rejection letters are hurting more than the generic ones...I just want someone to say good things about my application that don't result in a rejection.