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  1. umamam

    DAAD

    It's here!!!!!!!!!!!! I never been so relieved to be REJECTED, haha! I guess I'll be taking the other fellowship I was offered and not checking my email like a crazy person anymore. The letter came at 10:45 EST from NY. Good luck, all!
  2. umamam

    DAAD

    It's Maundy Thursday (Gründonnerstag), which isn't a public holiday. I would expect DAAD to be open, but who knows. It's 8 am in Germany, guys - welcome to another fun-filled week of email refreshing your email!
  3. umamam

    DAAD

    Well, DAAD NY closes at 4pm EST on Fridays - I called it. "See" y'all again next week! :/
  4. umamam

    DAAD

    I'm happy I'm on Spring Break right now. I'm studying for my qualifying exam in 2 weeks, and I'm using this as motivation to get things done. Read a chapter, check email, make a set of flashcards, check email....pathetic. DAAD has an SF office, as well - considering calling them on Monday if we've still heard nothing since I applied through a west coast school and it seems like NY has heard enough from us...
  5. umamam

    DAAD

    I just let my other fellowship know that I'm still waiting on other funding and they immediately knew it was DAAD...hah. Anyway, it seems that there is some flexibility in terms of delaying the other fellowship to take DAAD instead, etc. It was definitely worth asking, though with a "real job" I imagine that might be different...
  6. umamam

    DAAD

    Mine has changed as well, to "Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates and Young Academics andScientists (more than 6 months), 2015/16." Hmmmmm.
  7. umamam

    DAAD

    Aaaand 5pm EST rolls around again, my inbox empty. The deadline to accept the other fellowship I was offered is the 31st (by snail mail to Germany, so basically now). Since DAAD clearly doesn't really care about being "competitive" with Fulbright and other Germany-specific programs, my bet is on Friday if not next week.
  8. I'm currently at a UC, though it is one where I suspect the departments are independently better funded than average (hint: I don't know that any of this applies outside of UCLA and Berkeley). I have never heard of this happening. Most people in my department (humanities) actually end up getting more funding than offered (e.g. a seventh year of teaching). There are actually MANY TA positions because they are desperate for cheap labor. This does mean you may teach an entire course by yourself that would be team-taught or that you would teach only a section of at other schools (e.g. freshman writing, foreign languages). I have had the option to be employed in multiple departments, and have never had trouble getting a summer TA job, either. Not sure what your friend is talking about; there are many different sources of funding, but I doubt their case is the norm unless it's perhaps one of the less prestigious UCs. Also, some funding is dependent on timely progress, but the rules are often pretty lax. The actual problems I have seen from the budget cuts are rather superficial - decreased janitorial service (gross), poor University-wide "amenities" (computer labs/printing, library hours, gym, etc). The undergrads are the ones affected by the cuts, really, but that has also indirectly affected me in that fewer sections of required courses are being offered. This means 50 students showing up on the first day of my class with 20 spots. Not fun to send people away. Still, not a huge problem in the grand scheme of things.
  9. umamam

    DAAD

    What field are you looking to get an MA in? As you'll see if you poke around this website, many of the better MA programs in most fields are fully funded including living stipends in the US. If it's a dual MA/PhD program, pretty much any good program is funded through fellowships, TAships, or RAships in most fields (and most will allow you to drop out and take the MA if you decide against the PhD). In many fields, the financial situation for MAs is actually better here than in Germany - if I had done my MA in Germany, I would have had free tuition but would have had to pay plane ticket, living expenses, etc. Teaching is hard to come by, and MA students are rarely funded. Instead I got free tuition, a stipend large enough to save a little, and funding for a summer in Germany!
  10. umamam

    DAAD

    Thanks for looking into this, zadigblue! That gives me some hope. My department always has a lot of DAAD applicants and that portal has been notorious for causing problems in the application process, so I wouldn't be surprised if it were some totally random error.
  11. umamam

    DAAD

    Mine, too. Still seems like this doesn't bode well :/. Arrrgh, DAAD. Any change to the statuses for those who had "selection made"?
  12. umamam

    DAAD

    Hey guys! My status changed as well - to "application rejected" . If you look at past years, they have pretty much notified all through March depending on the year and grant type (I was going for a 10-month research grant). The application status box has also shown fishy/misleading things, so there's still an extremely minute chance it doesn't mean anything, though. Googling isn't turning up anyone who's ever seen this status before, though I wouldn't be surprised if this were new given last year's "Selection Made" debacle. I ended up getting a fellowship that pays nearly 1.5x as much per month and lasts 12 months, so I'm not that upset, but of course the security of knowing more than one institution thought your project was worthwhile is always nice. Meh. I'll let you guys know if I hear anything else! Best of luck to you!
  13. I was accepted! I'm kind of in shock as I thought it was a stretch since I'm in a field a bit outside of what they normally seem to like. My project does, however, require fieldwork that absolutely must be done in Berlin. Sorry to hear that, Atlantis! I hope you find funding elsewhere. I was cut from the first round of Fulbright; this stuff is really a crapshoot...
  14. Yup! And a few other sources, so I should be okay. I should have read the fine print better, myself, but I find it odd that it is only mentioned in one place; this must apply to many other graduate students applying for Fulbright.
  15. umamam

    DAAD

    Interesting and good to know, thanks! I do indeed start in June so hopefully they will take pity on us... Best of luck to you and congrats; sounds like you have pretty good chance at this point!
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