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When is it too early to ask about admission status?
Neist replied to svent's topic in Waiting it Out
No idea. I'm going to wait until the end of the month for all but Cornell. I'd suggest that everyone wait probably until after the end of February. Seems to be the month for quite a few programs. -
Same. And I'm in my office today doing boring work and everyone else is gone for the day. It's just eerily quiet and tedious. It's going to be a long afternoon.
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What makes it all nuttier is that all of the programs I'm applying to have fairly small applicant pools. Cornell, which probably is the most selective of all the programs I've applied to, gets ~30-40. The rest seem to be in the 10-20 range. If you're a history or psychology department, sending out rejection letters to all rejects is probably difficult. I understand that. But I can't imagine it's anywhere as difficult or time consuming to notify 10 people.
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Ergh. Third RPI acceptance posted, and I've yet to hear anything. Pretty sure there's no hope for me in that program unless I'm wait listed. I sent an email a day or two ago and heard nothing but silence. All three results state they were emailed within a three day window, and I can't imagine their entering group is much larger than 4-5 (although that's just a guess). Let's hope my other programs turn out better.
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I usually do two: in the morning and in the afternoon. Makes me feel slightly better but I doubt I'll find anything.
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I'm not really sure. Have you asked some of your current faculty members what their thoughts of the program are? That's what I'd do. I'm not sure how to gauge it otherwise.
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I can only comment what I'd do, but... I'd go to Stony Brook. In theory you want to become an expert in your field of interests, right? And you'll probably grow most as a scholar in an environment that specifically nurtures your interests, right? If you were talking a 85th ranked program it might be another matter, but a top 25 program is hardly what I'd call low-ranking.
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With funding, I hope. I'm expecting a tiny bit of loans, either way, but funding, funding, and funding.
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Mine is "submitted" and "complete." Did a morning check just now. Still the same. Ergh. One program sent out notifications for two posted acceptances a week ago, and while I assume I'm rejected, I'd like to be informed of the fact.
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For those currently employed - does your employer know?
Neist replied to kseeful's topic in Waiting it Out
I told my employer, but I work at a university. I'm sure they don't want me to go, but they also want me to educate myself. I think I lucked out a bit on that front. -
Hello! I'm applying to grad school and I'll have my wife and daughter in tow. My wife is (or has been up to this point) a stay at home mom, so graduate school might be a tad bit financially rough, or, at the very least, limiting. I would probably more strongly consider my one offer if I could roommate up, but that's not really an option. Does Canada offer state assistance to low-income families? I'm probably going to have to rely on it while in graduate school here in the US. Some of the schools I've applied to have painfully low stipends.
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Nothing today. Hope for the best tomorrow. By the end of next week I should know for sure if I have or haven't into two of my programs. One more week and I'll be filled with despair or relief.
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You know that's a good idea to keep myself busy if I'm not satisfied with applications this season.
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I agree! I'd rather just know and move on with my life. I'm hoping I get some peace next week.
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Sometimes. It's not unheard of. Still nothing on my front. I'm assuming rejection from RPI, but I'll wait until the end of next week before it's official in my mind. They haven't responded to emails, so who knows? School I'm currently attending is supposedly making decisions by early next week. I imagine BGSU will be the week after. Cornell a week or two after that. The wait is tedious.
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Congrats! To everyone!
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I work full-time, so I guess I'll just keep working. I have a pretty solid backup plan, really. It's probably one reason I'm not stressing over applications as much as others are.
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I have not, but I have talked to the home department after I was accepted. They told me that they do not give tuition waivers (or at least they are exceedingly rare). They did tell me that RA positions are common, but I'd imagine I'd have to eat at least a year of support before I built the relationships necessary to obtain a RA position. However, the tuition is the rough part. It's $1,157 a credit hour, which doesn't sound bad, but they operate on quarters. At Drexel you need 45 credit hours for a MA because a credit hour in a quarter system doesn't exactly a credit hour elsewhere. So before any living expenses or fees, I'd be paying $52,065 in tuition. Nine credit hours is a semester, so you could finish the program in just over a year, but I'd still have to eat maybe 20k in living expenses? It'd be rough. I'll contact the financial aid department though and see. They do have fellowships, and I got a fellowship, but it's only for $1,400 a quarter, or $5,600 a year if you attend all four quarters. Very rough.
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How much in student loans do you have going into grad school?
Neist replied to grad29's topic in Psychology Forum
I sort of stumbled in here, but man, that's interesting, and terrifying. I'm hoping to have under 50-60k if I get funded. I can't even fathom taking on 300k in debt. -
Yeah, I'd totally go for red.
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I did the same with RPI yesterday. Also silence. Can't say I blame them, but I am curious.
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Ugh, this is so true. I think maybe 1/10th of the academic papers I've read in my academic career were easy reads. The rest were horrendous slogs. I think, to an extent, we all suffer from imposter syndrome. The longer I've been in school (and it's been a really long time now), the more I realize that being academically accomplished has more to do with dedication than brilliance. I'm certainly not brilliant, but I pride myself at the amount of effort I put into my research. I'm just trying my best and if that's not good enough I'll face roadblocks that prevent me going further. Until I hit that point, I suppose I'm doing just fine.
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I wouldn't be as surprised if I didn't get into RPI. It's not as good of a fit compared to other programs. I knew that before applying, but I am getting a little bit antsy. Recent developments in Oklahoma's education budget means that even if I do get accepted into OU, I might not get funding, and Cornell is a bit of a long shot, even if I think myself a competitive applicant. I got accepted into Drexel, but it'd be very, very expensive to attend, and I'm guessing RPI probably isn't going to happen. I really liked BGSU's program, and I'd be more than happy to go there. Supposed to hear back from them in a couple weeks. If I don't get into BGSU, I'm going to be stuck between a rock and an expensive place. @nevermind, do you have a job to keep you occupied for another year? I wouldn't mind waiting too much if I had something to keep me occupied, but it's slightly more terrifying if there's nothing holding you up for a year.
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Noticed a oddly-labeled result for RPI STS was posted two days ago. It was another acceptance. I think I'm just going to assume a rejection at this point. *insert sad trombone noise* It's been almost a week since the first notification, so even if I do get in, I'm not sure if I'd get funding. It's another assumption on my part, but I'd presume that the first to be notified are the more obviously qualified applicants. But who knows, really? I have an old graduate student handbook for RPI STS and it states the adcom is only three faculty members. I might take them a while to consider all the applicants.
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Second Yale HoS acceptance was just posted. Congrats to whomever that was.