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Cost of living in West Michigan (Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, etc.) is pretty reasonable. If you end up at WMU let me know as I'll be attending in the fall.

Got the WMU offer in the mail yesterday: TAship (13.5 hrs/week) comes with resident tuition waiver and small stipend. This will be great as I already am a resident, so tuition will be covered and my partner already has her dream job in the area. Will require a 45min commute, but thats a tradeoff I'm willing to take considering I won't have to pay much (fee's etc.) for the degree. Feeling fortunate as this is 1 of 2 programs I applied to (due to the logistics of not being able to move). I'm not a big poster, but have benefited greatly from all your advice here, so thanks!

Congrats!

Received a (solicited) e-mail today from the department secretary at WMU that assistantship and award decisions are likely to be happening in the next few days with letters being mailed shortly after. Crossing my fingers!

Also waiting on W. Michigan for funding info- any idea what the "typical" package is like?

Accepted to Western Michigan University to the Comparative Religion program via notice on application portal which stated an admission packet would be mailed out with more information. Application deadline for students seeking funding was Feb. 15th, so this seems like a pretty quick decision. Hoping that means I'm towards the top of that funding list.

Curious if anyone else on here applied to Western Michigan's Comparative Religion MA?