English Graduate School Admission Results

Accepted with a partial Graduate Assistantship, tuition abatement, and was offered the Simon Felix Gallagher Fellowship! Very excited!

email to check portal no information on funding yet; it was just a general letter from the grad college 4a/2r/1w/6p

2A/ 0R/ 0W/ 1P Been waiting for this notification for the past week!! SO EXCITED

Waitlisted for 18th century Mst via email. Will hear in April onwards. Best of luck to all applicants, the wait is a pain in the ass...

MPhil in English Studies (Medieval). Delighted!

GPA is MA. No publications, a couple of conferences. 0a/2r/0w/8p

2a / 2 r / 1 w / 8 p

I went to undergrad here, so I was not surprised to be accepted! They said that info about funding will come in a separate email. I love CofC, but I probably won't go here! If you're considering it, just know the professors are extremely outstanding and will go to all lenghts for their students.

Canadian student. Email acceptance with funding offer!

Was notified with an email that referred me to check the admissions portal. Congrats to all who were admitted! I applied to 5 programs total, was admitted to 4. Vanderbilt is definitely one of the most selective.

GPA is MA. Received an email saying that I am in the "top tier of candidates," and inviting me to a virtual visit weekend.

Thank you for your interest in our English graduate program. I am sorry to have to inform you that our review of your application and credentials did not lead to a recommendation of admission. If you have applied to more than one Vanderbilt program, you will receive a separate communication regarding your application to each program. The Graduate School at Vanderbilt University receives applications from many outstanding candidates. Unfortunately, limited resources and competition among well-qualified applicants preclude our offering admission to all who seek it. Please know that your application and supporting materials received a close and careful review. Admissions decisions are difficult, both for faculty who review applications and for applicants who await notification. I regret having to send you this disappointing news, but I wish you every success in the pursuit of your educational goals.

Echoing the others--could the thousands of dollars of application fees you get go toward paying an English grad student to write a rejection letter that's more humane (and just better written)?

Not surprised given how hard it is to get accepted during COVID. letter was terse and they clearly forgot about me. onto the next one

Received an email to check my account. Kind of knew from there it wasn't favorable. Just skimmed for the highlights - better luck next time to me and everybody else who got rejected!