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5 minutes ago, krispykreme said:
ru sure fellowship means more money on top of stipend? when I got fellowship my school emailed that they would reduce my teaching to quarter time (10 hours instead of 20)-- so same money at end of day but just less work...
Good question. From nc state's soc website:
"These are first-year-
only supplements intended to attract superior graduate
students. They are very competitive. Supplements are awarded
across all university colleges/schools as a financial incentive
above and beyond whatever fellowship or assistantship
candidates have already been offered."Above and beyond, to me, means on top of the TA ship. And as it mentions, it's for the first year only.
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2 minutes ago, ts1493 said:
I have the same question! I got a fellowship on top of my TA funding and am not sure either ...
Oh that's amazing!! Congratulations to you too!! Hmm we will have to ask, I guess!!
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@nightfarmergood! It sounds like you ended the night on a good note.
@raaawrI'm sorry your friends haven't been very understanding :-( just know we totally get it!
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4 minutes ago, ts1493 said:
Yes, great news!!! Whooohooooo
Thank you so much!! :-D with the fellowship, this puts my funding for NC state at the highest out of all my offers an far!
I wonder how it's structured though. Do they simply build it into my TA paychecks or is it paid in one lump sum? I've never had a fellowship before!
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8 hours ago, rollwithmarx said:
That's me. I've been reading your posts for such a long time, Gingin! I've lurked for a year and never posted, haha. Your application is much more impressive than mine (in quantity and quality)...I wouldn't be surprised if you received an acceptance. And congrats on your many acceptances thus far
You're so sweet! Thank you! Huge congratulations for you!! *throws confetti for you*
I sure hope they see my application in a similarly favorable light! Only time will tell!
Maybe I will hear some news soon!
And thank you again! Seriously, your support means so much!
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@anthrostudentcynmy phone glitched oops. I meant to say
I had a couple nice dinners with colleagues this week and, even though they were SO fun, I found myself more drained by the end than usual.
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3 minutes ago, anthrostudentcyn said:
Has anyone else been so stressed that they've gotten less social? I feel like I've been just too emotionally drained to make plans/go out/etc.
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1 minute ago, nka93 said:
I'll join you. I'm having alcoholic root beer. Good stuff.
Yum!!! I had one of those for the first time last semester! Tasty stuff! *raises my glass to you*
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7 minutes ago, iloveOM said:
Count me in. Friday is over and no more news. I just wonder whether any school send out results on Valentine day @@
Yay! *gets you a beverage of your choice* alcoholic drink or not, your drink will be served in a fancy glass! That's what happy hour is about!
Omg that would be great! Get a message that says "will you be mine?" from the program haha. That's the dream!
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1 minute ago, nightfarmer said:
It's always good to hear words of encouragement from people who actually know what this process is like. thanks
Of course, friend. You're so invited to the late night happy hour with me and @raaawr. You ALL are. Waiting and rejection sucks, and I'm glad we can all whine about it together with no fear of judgment.
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1 hour ago, raaawr said:
Feeling so blue right now. Still no news on my end. I should really quit expecting that an email with good news will magically come for me. Also, my best friend is leaving the country for her new school in Australia tonight. So sad since she might be gone 3 years or more
The wait is agonizing and seems to last forever.
I'm so sorry your friend left for Australia... And for three years... I wish I were there with you to go grab a late night snack and a drink. We could totally just talk about how crap this whole wait is.
Guys, I propose grad cafe rl support groups/weekly happy hour.
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Brandeis waitlist post on the board do tellllllllllll.
*freaks out a bit but tries to stay very optimistic!*
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4 hours ago, SLPgradstudent said:
Congratulations @gingin6789!!! That's great news!
Thanks so much, @SLPgradstudent!! <3
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Two years ago, when applying for Master's programs, I received an acceptance and a recruitment visit invitation on President's Day.
I know that will make you all feel better or worse. I mean for it to make you feel better though!
Do with that anecdote what you will!
@nightfarmer I'm sorry to hear that =( My first notification was a rejection, too. It really sucks =( *offers you some cake*
@artsy16 nooo I'm sorry to hear that because it's like going from purgatory to purgatory! Ah! *offers you some cake, too, and sits with both of you*
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3 hours ago, puton said:
Anyone claiming the princeton acceptance?
@HopefulFutureSoc claimed one earlier.
@ConsciousKid could be! Variations in programs can make a difference, I would think.
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I have been nominated for fellowships at UC Davis and NC State. Just got word back from NC State that I received a fellowship on top of my Teaching Assistantship offer. I'm very excited!
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8 minutes ago, brokenwindow said:
Impressive resume! Yeah I think that seems like such a cool program. It's definitely on my radar of great ways to transition into a social science PhD.
My friend finished Lehigh a year or two before you started...
Thank you!! I think so, too. We just need to advertise the program more, which I was sure to do in the other thread concerning funded master's programs!
Oh I see!Still, cool connection :-)
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2 minutes ago, brokenwindow said:
I am probably getting details wrong, but I remember thinking you made a smart choice of a fully funded masters at Lehigh. It stuck in my memory because i have a friend who did the same program (and is now in a good phd program).
Yes, I did make that choice. The funding is awesome, my mentors have been fantastic, the teaching opportunities I've received have been indispensable, and I have four publications in the works.
It made me an even better candidate for PhD programs than I could have ever dreamed of.
Oh really? That's cool! Maybe I know your friend!
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6 minutes ago, brokenwindow said:
Yeah, *that* is when fit matters. Like if you're choosing between Brown and CUNY, it could be, can you imagine yourself becoming Alba's favorite student of the year, or would you rather do social demography of Chinese laborers at Brown .
Btw you're the Lehigh masters, right? I remember lurking your posts last year. That's so great that your second round worked out! Congratulations!
I am in the Lehigh masters, yes! However, my first round was the Fall 2014 application season, which was very successful (fortunately!)! So, you may have me mixed up with someone else, but still, thank you for your congratulations!
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1 minute ago, brokenwindow said:
Hm I don't know what your choices are between. My very extreme reaction is to the person who is choosing Brown over two top 10 programs. If her goal is to become a professor at a research university, there is simply no way to justify such a decision.
Fit comes into play when you're choosing between two places of approximately similar rank. Or, I guess, if your goal is not to become a professor. The reality is that most large universities will have somebody who can chair your dissertation committee (unless it's really really marginal or radical stuff). Unless there's NO fit, you can usually make it work at the higher ranked place.
What types of places are you choosing between?
I'm choosing among mid-ranked programs, really, and they're all ranked pretty similarly. I guess that's why I'm prioritizing fit so much more since, as you mentioned, fit is more salient when rank is similar.
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7 minutes ago, brokenwindow said:
Even if they have no relevant experience in the current sociology job market?
I can see why the negative advice from current sociology professors would be a bitter pill to swallow, since it contradicts your short term desires. But after your initial anger subsides, I hope that your rational side takes over and you realize that these experts are very familiar with the current sociology job market and how the market compares for graduates of, say, Wisconsin versus Brown.
In a nutshell, sociology is a caste system, and the vast majority of people move down one caste in their first job (*if* they're lucky enough to get a tenure track job, which most aren't). A few remain in the same caste. A tiny, tiny number of people move up a caste. So it's not impossible to succeed from the lower caste, but it's extremely, extremely hard (and incredibly much harder than if you had accepted your opportunity to become high caste).
I know this is a response to kelris' response to me, but I should have mentioned that the advice I've been getting have been from profs who have been recently hired/have been on the job market recently.
I appreciate your advice, and I know my initial reaction post to that other forum post was very emotionally charged and bitter.
I've always been taught, and I firmly believe: take rank into account and consider it seriously, but don't go *exclusively* by rank when making your decision.
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No problem!! Aww we have every kind of pretzel you can imagine around here! I have a feeing you will love it!
Oh, I drink tap water exclusively ... I never have bottled water! The tap water here is good to me!
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16 minutes ago, sociologyapp2016 said:
I think, gingin and goofy, that you are conflating two different things: 1) the reality that rank/prestige of graduate school matters in academic sociology, and 2) critiquing that reality.
While I'd wholeheartedly agree with you in the latter cause..denying the former doesn't make much sense at all.
I'm totally aware that rank matters. I've heard that fact/warning many times haha. My problem was how condescending and rude they came across in the forum, really, and how they're kinda snickering behind our backs. Ehhhh just doesn't feel right to me. And I'm also aware that mean people exist, and that the Internet provides anonymity that facilitates meanness, but I'm also sick of just sitting back and taking it.
Also the notion that if you choose a better fitting program that is ranked lower, you're automatically doomed for failure, no hope!I've also heard that some of the more prestigious programs with the "big names" don't really have mentorship that allows you to thrive, and some of the mid-ranked programs have good mentorship ,teaching training, and ability to publish a bunch while in your PhD program.
I guess my point is, rank should hold some weight, but not all the weight in making a decision O_O
I hope that made sense.
(Plus, I realize my original response post was incredibly emotionally-charged, only semi-comprehensible, and kinda rude, too.)
@any5 I see! Well, thank you, in any case!
'Normal' Range of Funding for Soc PhDs?
in Sociology Forum
Posted · Edited by gingin6789
Ok cool. From what it sounds like, it's similar to mine. So, say you got $17,000 in a stipend for TA duties, then you got $5,000 for a fellowship, it would equal $22,000.
While krispy and kat warn that, in some other cases, a $5,000 fellowship would bump the TA stipend down to $12,000 in order to keep your funding at $17,000 per year.
Am I understanding this all correctly? Just wanna know I'm on the lookout for the right info haha :-)