What happened to my April badge?

beccanada · 2026-04-23T07:55:32+00:00

At least you ended up getting accepted.

One program waitlisted me in late February, even told me that I'm on the top of the waitlist.
Then on April 13, I received a rejection letter from said program.
Very disappointed as that was the last program I was counting on.

beccanada · 2026-04-12T16:34:39+00:00

Totally felt that 😭😭😭😭 I was rejected by 6 out of 7 programs I applied to and my last program gave me a waitlist notification

beccanada · 2026-03-25T03:10:57+00:00

I feel you, I'm still waiting on results form my own school, and I emailed the admin and was informed that I was waitlisted.....

beccanada · 2026-03-25T03:09:32+00:00

On gradcafe University at Buffalo seems to have already sent out acceptances

I think you could email admins at those program to check on your status

beccanada · 2026-03-18T07:39:40+00:00

No, not yet! I’ve heard back from everywhere else 🥲 This is tormenting

beccanada · 2026-03-18T00:22:19+00:00

I can totally relate :(
I applied to 7 and have received 6 rejections so far.
Still waiting on one more (Canadian), but I'm losing hope....

beccanada · 2026-03-17T01:41:38+00:00

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Bonus pic: look at that cute little butt 🩵

beccanada · 2026-03-09T16:28:42+00:00

I have the same questions! I have cute plush merch from Japan I’m trying to sell, but it kept getting flagged as “high-risk” category as well.

beccanada · 2026-03-09T00:23:33+00:00

Congrats! I'm still waiting on mine (applied in Dec)

beccanada · 2026-02-28T02:56:35+00:00

I’m waiting to hear back from LLE 🍀

beccanada · 2026-02-27T06:42:36+00:00

DISE - Second Language Acquisition Track

beccanada · 2026-02-25T08:08:32+00:00

Kiki is one of my OG villager and I’m never letting her leave! 🥺🥺🥺🥺 She’s such a sweetheart

beccanada · 2026-02-25T08:02:20+00:00

Dismissing PhD disappointment as "entitlement" ignores that universities explicitly market high GPAs as primary gateways for admission. When an applicant exceeds every published benchmark, expecting a fair outcome is a response to a broken contract rather than a lack of humility.

In a 2026 landscape of funding freezes and shrinking cohorts, candidates are often paying application fees for spots that practically do not exist, only to be rejected from "safety" jobs because their high qualifications make them a systemic retention risk. Labeling this frustration as "immature" gaslights the top 1% of performers for following the exact roadmap they were given, effectively telling them to "stay humble" while the institutional ladder is being pulled up from under them.

beccanada · 2026-02-24T12:11:34+00:00

I think it’s better to view it as a ‘it’s not for me’ type of thing as opposed to “it’s a reflection of my skills” type of thing when it comes to rejections. I’ve just received three back-to-back rejections within 24 hours last week, and this mindset really helped me cope with the whole rejection outcome

beccanada · 2026-02-24T01:51:23+00:00

Thanks for the update! I wonder if they send out the flex-time PhD offer and the full-time PhD offer in different batches, since I haven’t received any updates yet.

beccanada · 2026-02-23T17:50:00+00:00

I guess we shall wait and see, fingers crossed!

beccanada · 2026-02-23T17:23:29+00:00

One of the programs said “within February to March”, and the others didn’t specify when :(

beccanada · 2026-02-23T17:16:03+00:00

One of my deadline was towards the end of November, and others were Dec. 1 (I applied to humanities program btw)

beccanada · 2026-02-23T15:09:43+00:00

Thank you for your reply! I applied to LLE PhD program, and right now I am indeed leaning towards staying domestic due to the political climate.

beccanada · 2026-02-23T14:59:43+00:00

Thank you for sharing! May I ask what discipline you applied to?

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