Last decision of the cycle for me. Not the most robust funding, but we take what we can in this climate. I hope everyone landed what they wanted and best of luck to the folks trying again next year. 4a/3r/0p

First notification was in the portal with a two sentence rejection notice. Several days later I received an email with a more detailed explanation: "The Graduate Admissions Committee in the Department of English at the University of Florida has completed its review of applications and, unfortunately, has not selected you for admission. This is no reflection on your academic excellence. We received more than 200 applications from talented and accomplished students all over the world for our graduate program, and we have admitted fewer than 10%. With so many excellent applicants to choose from, our decisions often came down to judgments about which students we can best support with our particular faculty expertise, our library resources, and the teaching and other training opportunities we can provide. Many of those who applied to our program can, we believe, actually be served better elsewhere. We hope that you get that opportunity, and we wish you luck and success in your future endeavors. One final note: because we had so many applicants, we are unable to offer each applicant a detailed response on our Admissions Committee’s decision. Thank you for considering the University of Florida and for giving us an opportunity to review your materials. We are always amazed and humbled by the astonishing work that applicants to our program intend to do in the future. This year is no exception."

Just post a random PDF in the application portal with a one-line note that they cannot offer the position without notifying via email.

"The University of Florida English program did not approve your application for Fall 2026 admission to its Doctor of Philosophy program. If you have any questions about this decision, please contact the English program." Not a very nice or thoughtful letter after all the time and energy I put into the application. They also didn't even bother sending an email about the admission decision (or replying to any of mine when I inquired a few weeks ago about status updates). I found it randomly on the portal.

This one hurt.

Seems like the same email from the DGS as other waitlisted applicants. I did reach out and the DGS told me that they don't have a general waitlist for their PhD program, but rather, they waitlist students based on area of emphasis, meaning it isn't you and 30 candidates waiting for one of 12 spots, but rather it's 1-2 people waiting per spot. 2a/1w/9r/4p

Graduate coordinator emailed about being waitlisted. Seems like I received a similar email to the other person here who was waitlisted. Either way, very hopeful and have my fingers crossed.

3.95 MA GPA. A very nice letter from the DGS explaining that they received 300 applications and are only admitting 12 students this year and want to focus on a wide range of focus areas. It still feels good to be told your file is impressive! 1a/2w/0i/13r/7p (this late in the cycle I am really only waiting on two of my pending apps before I accept my other offer)

Excited to hear this news! I have given up all hopes for this cycle. I am really happy to hear this news even though it's a bit late. I really hope things work out for those who is yet to hear back. 1a/3r/0w/2p

If you are planning not to go to UF, please let them know at your earliest convenience and get me off the waitlist.

IGNORE STATUS -- has anyone heard anything from USF??? I haven't been denied, accepted, waitlisted, OR invited to an interview, and one other MA student at USF said they hadn't heard anything either about the PhD program ...

I didn't apply here this fall. I applied last fall (2023). I am waiting on other decisions, so imagine my surprise to be rejected from a school I did not apply to for Fall 2024. Double-checked to be safe. Thanks UFL. The icing was "we received over 100 applications...we congratulate you on our work...we have carefully considered all applications..."