Graduate School Admission Results

TO ALL THOSE ON WAITLISTED WHO KNOW THEY ARE GOING ELSEWHERE, CAN YOU RESIST YOUR CURIOSITY ON ACCEPTANCE STATUS AND INFORM THE DEPTS TO TAKE YOU OFF THE WAITLIST SO THAT OPPORUNITIES TO ATTEND GRAD SCHOOL BY OTHER WAITLISTED (SUCH AS ME) ARE NOT LOST IN THE ETHOS. WE WANT IN TOOOO BABY.

Just wondering as there are less and less ECE postings

FYI...Yale students do NOT get raped walking across campus. The campus itself is safe and lovely. Congrats to all who got in!

Based on the posts here, should I assume that my snail mail response will be a rejection if I don't get an e-mail first? Has anyone been accepted to a PhD at Harvard without prior e-mail notification?

f*** all of you!!!!!!

If you don't plan to accept offers, please do not hesitate to reject the offer asap!

To all applicants Fall 2019, Just wanted to say congrats to all that have been offered admission. I will personally say this was my second application cycle and I was successful. Don't give up if this is truly something you're passionate about. Perseverance and diligence pays off :)

To the post below> I feel you, I am so disappointed.

Has anyone made a Facebook group or other social media platform for incoming Master's admits for Fall 2019 at UMD? Not for a specific program, but for all of us. if so, can someone provide a link?

To someone who comments my comment, you may think I am aggressive somehow in e-mails, I am not . I'm always polite and try to be considerate. You should try to put yourself in someone's shoes. At least grad schools should reply to mails checking status, some don't bother. And BTW, I am just angry at the way they work, and I already got admission from other schools.

Does anyone from the wait list get admission from Boston University or University of Minnesota?

To the posters below: I am over 40 and got two offers last year. My opinion is to increase your journal papers. You are still young, so please don't give up.

To poster below, I'd be skeptical of your research. I am an American who currently attends Oxford and know grads who have gotten funding one way or another. Very few went to HYPS. Of last years Rhodes, only 10/32 went to HYPS. As far as Clarendons, in last year's American cohort, only a few went to HYPS. Of course, it fluctuates, and the year before last probably 1/2 or more went to HYPS or equivalent. However, that is changes year to year is pretty good evidence they're just looking for the best candidates and sometimes lots of those come from the most prestigious schools. Consider the non-US international students from around the world; the university doesn't refuse to fund them just because they didn't go to HYPS. But when a Harvard student who was valedictorian for their subject area has a great research idea applies, yes, I think the University will often preference that person because it has good reason to believe the student will succeed. They are looking at who the best candidates to undertake top-quality research at one of the best universities in the world. Many do have *relevant* work experience, be that in a lab or in a field that directly pertains to their research, but the University prides itself on being 'academic' and therefore worrying less about your work experience and more about your ability to conduct research. I agree they should be clearer about how little funding there is, particularly for SocSci and Humanities, but people should also be better about researching and realizing that they are very unlikely to be funded. Among current students, that's common knowledge and tutors will tell us how slim the chances of funding are, but it seems a lot of non-Oxford applicants don't realize how low their chances are so get very disappointed when they get accepted and don't get funding. It's true the university uses Masters as a cash-cow and relies on rich international students to pay the fees, but that's sadly not that strange. Most masters in the US are now like that, and other than Cambridge, no other UK university gives out nearly as much money. That you -- and I -- were not considered one of the 35 best students (the top 2% of all students) in our DIVISIONS does not mean that it's because they only fund HYPS students. I go to Oxford, my friends are top quality students at Oxford, and none of us got Clarendons. There is no elitist conspiracy against you, and telling people they shouldn't apply is a pernicious thing to do simply because you didn't get funding. Best of luck in the college-allocated rounds.

Just wanted to let anyone know who wasn't aware that there's a forum for SLP applicants you can browse around for some answers to your grad school questions! http://forum.thegradcafe.com/forum/95-speech-language-pathology/

To the below applicant: I´m also Colombian, congrats on your offer, I hope to meet you this fall. Btw: Facebook has an Oxford - Colombian society group...

Current student letting prospective students that the open house date has been set for the next cycle of applications (Sep 2019). Feb 21-22, 2019.

Admissions office says admissions committee meets every thursday and that decisions are released on fridays. Another rep said rolling release of admissions (but that everyone should know before March 4th).

Do schools send letters at the weekends?