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When grad school apps throw you lemons...

Posted by mallorn, 09 November 2011 · 131 views

...run around screaming like a maniac.

I just found out that one of the programs I was supposed to apply for apparently no longer exists. When I went back to the program page to look up some stuff and finish my online application, it was erased. Went to the home page of the department and my desired major was missing from the degrees that they offer. I guess I should be happy that I haven't sent anything to the school, only sent the recommendation link to my professors and that's easily rectified. I was supposed to apply to another school instead, but they said that they usually don't offer funding for MS students, and there's no way that I can attend without funding. Sigh.

They threw a bone by saying that TAships are sometimes offered in other departments, but I think I'll have to sleep on it first and decide if it's worth spending my time and money to apply to that program. Ugh. Today was not a good day.




Wow, holy xxxx. Do you know why the department was removed? Is it because of funding/budget cuts? Was it a State school or a private university?
Well it wasn't the whole department, only the MS option- they still offer PhDs in the topic I wanted and MS/PhDs in other concentrations. It was a state school, I guess they were trying to trim the fat somewhere. It was stated in their website before that their priority was really PhDs for that particular topic but they were also willing to consider MS students, maybe they thought that funding would be better concentrated towards the PhD students.

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