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Email something like: "Professor X, After long thought, I have decided to attend graduate school at ABC University. I appreciate your interest in my career, and I hope we can keep in touch. Thank you very much. Best, Person Y." Email is best. And there's no reason for a long email.

I accepted Florida State's offer yesterday. Thanks for the information and fun times in the forum, y'all. Good luck in graduate school and have a wonderful summer.

Congratulations to all of those making official decisions!

Accepted into Virginia Tech. This was my safety school, but I am still very excited about it.

I am under the impression that negotiations are expected and common. I am currently in a terminal MA program, and my letter writers all advised me (and my classmates) to negotiate with your top two or three schools when it becomes appropriate. By negotiate they mean to disclose your offers, state who they are from, why you'd like to attend their program but also why you have not accepted their offer yet, and to discuss any concerns you may have about their initial offer. As noted above, nothing may come of this, but it certainly doesn't hurt, nor does it leave a bad impression. In fact, it can benefit you. I just wanted to add to this discussion that there are faculty out there who endorse doing this. With that said, I currently only have one offer, and anticipate only one (possibly two) more acceptance/s, so I am not yet in such a position. Good luck to all.

Yes, that is my plan. What about you?

I was finally accepted into a program (Florida State). After starting 0/3, I am now very relieved.

In terms of funding opportunities for terminal Master's programs, I know that Clemson offers a full tuition waiver and a 10K stipend. The University of Mississippi offers a 75% tuition waiver and a 4K stipend. These programs do not have PhD programs, but place their students into good programs (or jobs) after graduating. Oklahoma and Lehigh also offer a good (or at least decent) funding package for their MA program. Pitt, New Mexico, and (maybe?) UConn are other options. Some terminal MA programs do not usually fund their MA students. That I know of, Virginia Tech, Florida State, and Tennessee fall into that category. There's a thread somewhere on here about terminal MA programs that has good information. I'm currently in a terminal MA program and I've had a great experience. I was not ready for the commitment to a PhD program out of undergrad, so an MA program was perfect for me. I also had a weak UG GPA (3.28), so the MA program helped me significantly improve my application. Good luck.

I can scan those pages for you and email them. Message me your email address. Any other programs?

So many Beckers in sociology

Throwback vote: W. I. Thomas Current vote: Michael Messner, Ben Carrington

Sociology departments usually have one around. My department receives a new one every year.

Anyone want to claim the UConn wait-list? And perhaps provide more information about the phone call?

Anyone want to claim Temple? I didn't apply there, but I'm interested in hearing about it.

Are they still contacting admits? Have all decisions been made?