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Congrats to you and everyone else that heard today!! Posted from my mobile device

Congratulations to everyone who got news today, it sounds like tomorrow is going to be a big one for most of us!

Has the Consortium released their number of applicants this year? I'm dying for any information atm, even though its only another day or so until we hear back and the decision has already been made today!

Everyone keeps saying we will know something tomorrow. If we have not heard from all the consortium schools we applied to and we do not end up getting a fellowship, will we hear if we got into the schools and membership into the consortium tomorrow? Meaning, tomorrow will we know about all acceptances and wether or not we were accepted into the consortium?

not necessarily. Based on py only - most schools will release decisions day after - some usually a week or so later - Look upthread, someone called darden and they told thme the exact date...UCLA and Haas have also been notoriously later. Ross is releasing domestic decisions for all ppl 2morow anyway so that should come out. Take it that a lot of people will hear back tomorrow but not everyone. From what I was in PY - If a couple of ppl from you school hear, then you should hear too (ie, the schools tend to do the fellowship announcement on the same day) but you could all be waiting till a bit later. Hope that helps. Consortium membership will be posted "mid march" whenever that is for those who don't necessarily get the fellowship.

That helps. Thank you! I suppose it will be interesting to see what happens with consortium membership if you have not been accepted to any consortium schools by mid March. The consortium cannot tell you that you are a member with no acceptance, right?

yes, you have to be accepted to one of the consortium schools to be a member. there are those who get accepted but don't get membership though.

Did people get their recommenders gifts? If so what?

I was just thinking this!!!!!! Wine is always a good thing, plus a hand-written thank you card

Great question! I got my recommenders a gift basket of edible thingies - chocolate, cookies, candy, hot cocoa, etc. It was something they'd use that wasn't the usual (flowers, etc.), and it's a great unisex gift for male and female recommenders alike. One of my recommenders even called me and told me that she liked my thank you gift so much that she refused to share it with anyone else on her team! Folks always seem to appreciate food stuffs, so that's the way to go.