crying over my sandwich

email from grad coordinator

Oh well.

:(

Received an email that a decision had been posted on the portal. Rejection letter said: "Thank you very much for submitting an application for admission to graduate study at the University of Pennsylvania. Your application, together with its supporting documents, was reviewed by members of the Graduate Group in English. The number of applications to the University of Pennsylvania is very large every year, and unfortunately, your application was not among those we were able to accept for admission. I trust that you have been, or soon will be, admitted elsewhere to a university of your choice, and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you luck and success in your graduate studies."

Not surprised. I didn't complete the online application.

Rejection right in the email body so no fooling with logging into a portal or downloading a PDF.

Emailed the Program Coordinator to ask if all interview invites had been sent. She very kindly informed me that all the short list hadn’t been finalised yet, but that I could not hope to be on it. Great that they will still be interviewing, though!

We received many excellent applications this year. Like, soooo many. Aw man, you should've seen 'em! WHEW! . . . Uh, yeah. Sorry about YOUR app, by the way.

Rejections, I'll be here all cycle!

To the person who posted the question about Penn\'s interview: I, too, was interviewed, but have not heard from them yet. If you wish to discuss this in more detail, let\'s speak in the forum (Fall 2019 - Comparative Literature). Hope this helps.

To the person who posted the question about Penn's interview: I, too, was interviewed, but have not heard from them yet. If you wish to discuss this in more detail, let's speak in the forum: https://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/115363-fall-2019-comparative-literature/?page=3. Hope this helps.

Dual citizen (U.S.; Italy/EU) Previous M.A., Communication (2011; 4.00 GPA) Previous M.P.H., Public Health Practice (2016; 3.91 GPA) 5 peer-reviewed journal publications on health policy/social sciences 8 years of work experience in health communication & non-profit public health

$13k scholarship (dispensed equally over span of entire program)