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Aww that sucks! I'm so sorry fshjg

Me too! Last night I was leaning Brown. Now i'm all confused again.

It's not even 9 am yet and im out of positive votes, congrats to everyone who knows where they are going next year!

So today a recurring dream came true. I woke up at 6 to an email from my poi at upenn offering me admission! Last night I thought I had decided where I was going to go.... Now back to the drawing board.

Are MA programs allowed to pressure you to answer before April 15? Doesn't seem fair

Yea it It is rough that the NSF announces so late in this process as, if one were to win, it would probably make a big difference in the admissions process. I'm waiting to hear about that as well and while I doubt I'll get it......it would be nice, right? haha

Some places offer a buy out but it usually isn't much.

This is a great list to use in decision making!

Gah! I don't even knoooooooooow. I've already declined the offer from Illinois. The funding just wasn't good enough to stand up to the other programs I've been accepted to. I visited Texas two weeks ago and had a good time but didn't get that overwhelming "this is it" feeling I was hoping for. Combined with the fact that one of the profs I hoped to work with seems to be leaving and the fact that I'd get great funding the first year but not so great funding the following years, it's dropped a bit on my list. That said, I loved the people I'd be working with and the grad students were great to me. I could certainly see myself being happy there. It's also just really far. I'm visiting Brown this week and Michigan in two weeks. I'm hoping to get this feeling of "YES! This is IT!" at one of those visits. But, I'm dying to hear from UPenn. Not only is it a great program with some amaaaazing faculty (Asif Agha is a Titan of ling anth) but it's close to home. After living abroad for 4 years, being near home is a huge plus. So, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

Forsaken, it sounds to me like a 9 month program is probably better if the ultimate goal is a PhD. It gets you through quicker and working with the faculty you hoped to work with. Of course finances are a huge factor but I think Chicago sounds like the way to go! Dig Deep - congrats on being done and good luck in Boston! Cultural Anth - I get being torn about being in a place you love. However, if the ultimate goal is the PhD, I think doing a terminal masters is just going to slow you down. Canis - It's great that you have such a wonderful option already!

I'm going to chime in once more an ask if anyone has heard anything from Penn. This is the last school I'm waiting on and I am so anxious!

I know that a lot of people are still waiting on news from schools. I myself am still waiting on the last school to be able to start making some decisions. However, I wanted to get the ball rolling on this thread so that we can all start to work out where we will be ending up next year. If you already know, share with us and let us help you revel in being done with this whole exhausting process. If you are still deciding, let us in on your decision making process! If you are regrouping for next year, let us know what you are thinking! Decision time is nearing people!

Yea, I don't think anyone is saying throw fit out the window. Notice that the original post says Great fit w/ no-funding vs good fit with full funding. That is the key. No fit and all the money in the world isn't gonna make a whole lot of sense.

Anthrogeek, you are a bully. I don't know why you feel the need to take cheap shots at people you don't know anything about to try and make a point. You know nothing about me, my research or my self confidence. None of which is relevant to this conversation. I wouldn't got to grad school without some type of funding offer. That is my decision and my opinion.

I disagree. I think it is really risky to go in and try to find funding once your there. Especially year after year. But that's me.

This is something I've been thinking about too. What I'm leaning toward though is that, the best fit in the world is not going to make the next 10 years livable if you are worried about making ends meet while trying to study and write. And having to take a second job is certainly going to take away from your studies. Personally, I'm married and have to think about how to best make ends meet for the both of us and a better funding offer will let me do that. That said, I wouldn't choose a school with NO fit just because they offered me a lot of money. Though, I can't imagine they would if I didn't fit with the program.

Hahahah no worries. I'm really ok with it.

Rejected from Indiana. Not broken up about it as I was planning on declining if accepted. I hope someone else hears good news from them soon!

so since the questions got changed my answers are no longer correctly represented: Got in with a BA Over 1 year of field work No Publications Contacted POIs at all universities I applied to Didn't visit until after I was accepted

yea i already voted before you changed it, so...alas.

still no news from upenn. anybody?

No such thing as just and MA. That is a huge accomplishment and a great stepping stone.

Yay forsaken!!!!!

At this point, if the decision is made. Call. No reason to draw it out one way or the other.

Sorry Dana. But you can regroup and come back stronger next year!