WritingTrouble
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NCSU told me I am the first on the wait list for funding! Keeping my fingers crossed that something happens!!!
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I emailed the grad director and gave him my number to call me as soon as he has news. He knows that they are my program of choice.
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I am not sure what to do.. I have a full offer from one school but my program of choice has me first on the funding wait list.. So if someone turns down the assistantship package it is mine! What do I do? I still haven't heard anything yet.
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Writing Trouble - I was originally accepted without funding and they had invited me for the recruitment weekend but they only pay for people with funding. I now have a funding offer but I am planning on accepting it which is why I can't help you on your previous question.
I got the impression that they only accepted a handful of people this year but i should have better insight after next week. The visit is this coming Thursday and Friday.
Thank you Meanyus- please let me know if you find out more information. I tried to get the grad director to tell me where I am on the funding waitlist but all he told me was that he would find out more from the first round funded students this week.
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WritingTrouble - I can't help you on that front. Will you be making it out to the recruitment visit next week?
No, I wasn't aware of any visit. I have to teach anyway. I am assuming the first round funded students got the invite? Obviously if funding doesn't come my way I'll have to go somewhere else.
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Hey all! Is anyone planning on rejecting a funding package from NCSU?
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Has anyone heard from Maryland, Northwestern, or Arizona State PhD programs? I am pretty sure UMD is rejecting me, but I am totally in the dark about Northwestern. ASU accepted me without funding so far. If anyone was accepted to ASU with funding, but is planning to decline, please let me know so that I have something to hope for!
Eileen? Is that you?
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Hi All! Had no idea there was such a forum. Out of 8 applications I was accepted to DU(with funding) and NCSU (Still waiting on funding). My hope is that NCSU will come through(my top choice). Congrats to you all who got an offer!
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I am still waiting to hear about funding for the Communication and Rhetoric program(PhD)……...
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Great! I do national identity of the 1920s in documentary film...
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I study rhetoric as well but im more of a poltical/public rhetoric kinda guy.
Hmmmmmmmm... I am fresh out of ideas....
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What did you have in mind!?
I study visual rhetoric and national identity ... Maybe something with film? What's your area?
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University of Illinois said no today=(
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Is anyone interested in doing a panel?
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This thread just made me smile
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I was rejected from Memphis today=(... Still hoping for funding from NCSU...
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Hey all! I am still waiting to hear about funding from NCSU and wanted to know if anyone received any word yet?
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I am waitlisted for funding at NCSU! I really want to go there!:/
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Is anyone else having a hard time telling their advisors? I'm a work-study in the department my research mentor is in and even though I have seen him almost every day in the last week, I just can't find it in me to tell him, even though I know he won't freak out or anything. I just totally feel like I let him down. Is that odd?
I feel that way all the time! But they are only there to help. I broke down in my advisor's office when I was rejected from GSU.
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Got my first rejection of the season at the start of the month, from Edinboro University in PA... and I think I'm handling it fairly well. My odds aren't good to begin with (only 1 MFA ceramics student is accepted into most programs any given year due to space issues) and I've been hearing rumors recently that Edinboro is majorly downsizing the arts, with 30+ professors laid off- I don't know what the state of the ceramics program is and nobody's talking. My rejection letter came so soon after application deadline, I'm wondering if they're accepting anyone. I'm slightly discouraged because Edinboro was possibly my second best chance, but I'm not at all surprised. At any rate, it's better than my attempts at getting into grad school last year. *shudder*
Anyway, I also applied to University of Montana, Florida Atlantic University, and University of Nebraska. Montana told me they received my materials and I haven't heard back since. They're pretty old school though; I suspect I'll be getting my acceptance or rejection via snail mail, and in this weather... well. Let's just say a package shipped from Australia reached me before a package shipped from Idaho around the same time did.
I just checked U of Nebraska's site, too, and it looks like my application has been reviewed by the art dept and grad school and I should know the verdict soon. I'm a bit anxious, but I really don't know what my chances of getting into a larger school like Nebraska or Montana will be.
Florida Atlantic is my best shot. My ceramics prof used to teach there, and I'm friends with (and used to work with) somebody who got her Ceramics MFA there. It's also a small school that not many people know about, so I think I have a shot. That's the letter I'm most nervous about.
Good luck, fellow applicants, and remember that if you don't get in, it's probably not because of you. A lot of people apply for very few openings, and other people might be deemed a better fit, but that doesn't mean you aren't great yourself.
Good luck! I am finishing my masters at FAU. Good school!
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Let's not talk about how much weight I've gained since the start of this process!
- Marycontrary and ereissoup
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I think that is totally appropriate! When I was rejected from GSU I emailed the grad director to see what my weaknesses were. She was totally nice and helpful.
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I heard 10 should be the minimum...... Keep your head up!
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I am grateful that I was accepted somewhere. Rejection doesn't feel too nice! =(
Is it bad to back out of an offer after April 15th?
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Just an update. Still nothing yet! April 15th can't come fast enough!