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  1. rising_star
    Instead of sending an email asking for book recommendations, why not set up an appointment to actually discuss your research interests with the professor, talk through a recent assignment you'd like to explore more in-depth, or ask about opportunities to bring your interest in poetry into the course assignments? Are you still in the course? If so, you can change the part about being a quiet student by making more frequent valuable contributions to course discussions or by asking thoughtful questions of your professor or classmates.
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    Many master's programs have deadlines at the same time as PhD programs because they consider everyone for admission and funding at the same time. Those with June deadlines typically don't offer funding, so it's less of an issue in that sense. If they want your application in earlier, do it. It could be because of rolling admissions, internal funding deadlines, or some other factor which you can't know.
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    No, it won't.
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    Definitely the BU program. Accreditation is a big deal.
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    If we're talking PhD programs and you're listing tuition prices, I'm going to assume that it's because you don't have funding. Even without knowing what GSU and UH stand for, I can tell you that it's a bad idea to do a PhD without funding. So, in your situation, assuming I'm reading things correctly, I'd pick neither.
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    Do you have any funding? The cost of living in Pittsburgh is much lower than that in Palo Alto, so that's one thing to consider. Also, if you don't want a programming job, why do a degree in computer science over one in robotics?
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    No, waiting a few years isn't going to hurt your chances. My understanding is that many people in fields like school psychology only go into those programs after spending several years working in schools and gaining hands-on experience. As for options to help with tuition, you could try to get an entry-level office position at a college or university or do Americorps (because you get a tuition award at the end). Try not to think about what could have been in terms of your career and focus on the present and the future. How can you best set yourself up to have a successful career as a school psychologist? Though tuition costs may go down after your first year, you'll have to consider that the required internships in schools will reduce your ability/flexibility to have outside employment to pay the bills so you may end up with about the same amount of debt for each year...
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    You're not going to lose this offer by not accepting it immediately. If you have until April 15 to accept, there's no reason to accept it any sooner.
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    Personally, I would delay going to graduate school and try to find a job which offers tuition support.
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    If you want to be a science fiction writer, why not go to MFA creative writing programs? What are you hoping/expecting to gain by completing an interdisciplinary PhD?
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    15K for a master's in Los Angeles really isn't generous funding. If what you ultimately want is to do a PhD, why would you turn down UCSB?
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    Both Penn State and McGill are respected institutions so, attending either of those isn't going to automatically mean you can't/won't be able to get an academic position, though some of that depends on where you want to work afterward (which is admittedly hard to know when you're just starting).
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    I would take @MathCat's approach, in all honesty. There's no way I'd accept an offer knowing that I wouldn't be funded. You can and should ask for more funding. Once you have an answer about that, you can decide on what to do about the acceptance. Taking a year or two off to improve your application is also a great idea.
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    I wouldn't take the unfunded offer, in no small part because it's going to be more than $10K once you consider living expenses on top of tuition (presumably you're from CA and therefore paying the in-state tuition rate). I would definitely take the funded PhD offer.
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    Well, UIUC isn't generally thought of as a place to go if your goal is to end up in Silicon Valley. I don't know that it would be that much more beneficial than going to a place where you're funded and doing good internships.
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    Do the students in the class have any background on how to have constructive conversations about race and oppression? Have they learned about the history of racism in the US and its inextricable connections to an array of social policies? I've found that unless you start with a common set of notions/ideas/readings/videos around how entrenched racism is in American society, conversations are unproductive.
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    What @ciistai said for the contents. I'd send an individual email to each person. You could customize the above template by adding a specific line tailored to some aspect of the conversation you had with each person, if you really want to.
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    I guess it depends on what you mean by "rising star". Do you mean someone who publishes a lot, gets cited a lot, or gets a lot of funding for their work? If so, you can easily look up and compare that information. But the intangibles are more important as a graduate student, by which I mean things like their mentoring, the placement of their grad students, how they run their lab group, etc. To get that information, you'll need to talk to current grad students about those people and the resources available to you at each school.
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    Without knowing your GPA and GRE scores, it's hard to say. How many hours a week have you worked in those labs? Is the work you've done in those labs related to what you want to do in graduate school? Have you gotten experience doing research outside of your undergraduate institution? Have you presented at any conferences (regional, undergraduate, etc.)? If you haven't done those last three things, having those would definitely boost your application, even if you don't have a publication. Extracurriculars don't really matter, to be honest. They're going to be more interested in your research skills and potential. One option you may consider is working in a lab and taking one course (ideally a grad course) on the side to show your passion for the field and your ability to succeed.
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    McGill is a well-known university in the US, so I wouldn't worry about that. I would be a bit concerned about having enough money to live on if you take the McGill offer but, other than that, go to Montreal and don't look back!
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    You have almost another month to hear from other schools and make a decision so, I'm not sure why you're going ahead and accepting this offer now. What if one of the schools you haven't heard from admits you with funding? Are you still planning to turn them down to do this unfunded PhD?
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    Contacting current students about externships and things not on the website is definitely the way to go to get that information. Have you thought about funding and cost of living at all?
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    What are your post-PhD career plans? Which program is most successful at getting their students where you want to be? How likely is it that the POI at Minnesota wouldn't get tenure? Without this information, it's hard to really give you advice. In general, I'd advise against doing all three of your degrees in the same department if you plan to go into academia. I'd also point out that having to take methods and theory again isn't necessarily a bad thing. I did this (did MA and PhD at different places) and it made me a better scholar in my field. Also, the theory class was way easier the second time around.
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    Can you check your admissions status online? If so, I'd do that to see if it has been updated.
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    At the graduate level, there aren't going to be rubrics for papers as there are for undergraduate courses/assignments. It's your responsibility to fully address everything you are supposed to based on the instructions. If you didn't, don't blame the professor or the lack of a rubric for the low grade. You really need to start taking some responsibility for the work that you are doing. Two more things. 1) Stop trying to understand or dissect every single thing this professor says or does. It's only going to make you miserable. 2) Don't cry in front of faculty over a grade in a course. It's immature.
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