Graduate School Admission Results

Very bummed. Oh well.

Thanks for keeping it real, Stan! It has been quite a ride. I hope you can find true love someday.

I received an email telling me to check the website. I am writing with considerable regret to let you know that we are not able to offer you admission to the PhD program in Linguistics at Stanford. Admissions decisions are always difficult to make, and we have had an unusually large number of highly qualified applicants. Since the University has allocated us funding for about seven students, we have been in the difficult position of not being able to offer positions to many highly qualified applicants. All of us in the department sincerely hope that you will be able to pursue your studies at another university and thank you for the opportunity to consider your application. We wish you every success for the future.

Conditional offer of acceptance: Just have to finish my final undergrad semester with a 3.3/4.0. Not going to be a problem :)

I contacted my interviewers to ask about my status because I would be in the vicinity around their Open House date, and got a reply that while my application was very strong, I didn't make the final cut a few days ago. They said official word probably only goes out next month.

Considered master

got e-mail from POI . Scheduling for interview

Got a letter from a member of the faculty saying I'd been recommended for admission and specifying some of the details of the upcoming official offer.

Got an e-mail from POI asking for a quick Skype conversation, during which she told me the dept had recommended me for admission. The official offer will be sent to me later, after the grad school does the proper paperwork, but the decision's made. Bliss!

Accepted with full funding for at least four years, and an invitation to attend their recruitment weekend the 20th-23rd! :)

Invitation to Open House on Feb 27/28 for finalist interviews!