kelsey

I was informed I had received one on Thursday through a phone call... does anybody know of a way to guess how much money we will actually qualify for of that 30,000? I'm waiting for the financial aid office at my school to get back to me.

A professor I was talking to started apologizing to me for the small size of the cohort this year--this is a school where they've gone from ~50 entering students to ~15 over the past five years--and used the same reasoning you're using, saying "It might be lonely, but you'll thank us when you're on the job market." I didn't argue with her.

Can I ask what the standard UNC package this year is? I got offered 20,000 a year and I wasn't aware that some people had been offered less.

I received an acceptance e-mail from Michigan from my potential advisor, because I had told her that I was in Germany and not to expect me to pick up my phone. The e-mail said they only sent offers to ten Europeanists, over all places and periods. This year has been brutal.

Evidently UMich is having final deliberations on the 23rd and will be calling people that day or the next.

I also was admitted to Chicago today, I'm in 20th century Germany and would love to talk to anyone at Chicago. I asked my potential advisor about the competitive reputation, and she said that it used to be the case, but now that everyone is guaranteed full funding, the department is a lot more collegial. But who knows--does anyone actually have first-hand experience with the place? (And will I be seeing anyone else at History Day?)

I learned that I had received a research grant to Germany nearly a month ago... I still haven't gotten the follow-up letter with grant authorization forms and stuff (although I did send in my medical reports), and I was wondering if anyone else has received anything? I know I won't be there until September 13th, but I find myself anxious for more information now. I'll click back through the forum, but if anyone else is also a German Research grantee, I'd love to talk to you! Congrats to everyone else who has gotten got news.