C-Money
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I'm not driving to Madison today after all because there is ice on the roads (upper midwest weather... ugh) and my car is scary in the snow. Hopefully, I'll be able to drive up very early tomorrow for the Sunday activities.
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I kind of feel like applicants with offers have the right to take their time in finalizing their decisions (and I'm on wait-lists, for what it's worth), and that the OP comes across as a bit self-centered. Also, I received an acceptance yesterday, so it's not like admitted applicants are necessarily sitting on acceptances that they've had for several weeks.
More importantly, can anyone speak in more concrete terms to the issue of better fellowships leading to better fellowships further along the PhD track? It seems somewhat unfair to award fellowships based on who already has fellowships (rather than on some other competitive basis), but I basically have no idea how graduate programs work. Also, is whether or not someone got some random "prestigious" fellowship at whatever program they went to really going to be a significant factor in terms of getting a teaching job (especially relative to factors like what program they're getting their PhD from, the strength of their dissertation, etc.)? It seems like kind of a minor issue to me, assuming that you are otherwise performing.
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I'm also staying at the hostel (I'm trying to acclimate myself to a student budget, although if I had known how cheap a hotel would have been, I would have done that). I'm going to try and scope out some apartments (or at least check out the downtown/university area) Saturday.
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Yes, just because I have no other real offers right now. I didn't get a fellowship, but maybe there are still other options...might as well hold out hope while I wait to see about my wait lists! I'm going to the recruitment event this weekend (though to be fair, I live in Illinois, so it's not a huge investment of time or gas money).
I don't really know what to expect from recruitment weekend...anybody have any advice? I don't know what to *wear*!!
I didn't get a fellowship either, but I'm still considering the program, and I also live in Illinois, so not a big investment to drive up for the recruitment weekend. I'm assuming just wear business casual?
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Is anyone else seriously considering Wisconsin? Is anyone going to the recruitment weekend?
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Hmm, Walgreens labels its generic drugs things like Wal-itin, Wal-phed, and Wal-dryl. I guess we should start looking forward to "walcohol."
What I read said that they are going to call it "Northern Vineyard" or something hokey like that.
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I read that Walgreens (the drugstore chain) is planning to release its own wine label to be sold in Walgreens stores at two dollars a bottle, followed by a "premium" brand at five dollars a bottle. I'm not making this up.
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I'll add to the chorus recommending against trying again next year. Given the glacial effect that the economy seems to have on admissions, things may be even more difficult a year from now, and it doesn't sound like you would really be doing much to improve your application in the mean time.
Banking on getting into Yale is probably unrealistic, no matter who you are. Maybe you are not ivy material (hardly the end of the world). I would accept an offer of admission this time around or think of something else to do with your life.
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Evanston is NOT Ann Arbor. Its not some small college town. While it is considered a suburb of Chicago, its just across the street from the city limits. You won't even know you left the city. Evanston to the loop (what we call downtown) is at most a 35 to 40 min train ride which is no big deal to folks in Chicago. Driving in the city could take that long in our notoriously bad traffic. I can't speak on the quality of Northwestern's program but I certainly wouldn't count location or job prospects as a con.
I second this--Evanston is a close (adjacent) suburb 15 miles from downtown Chicago, connected by train. On the other hand, Northwestern is not in the top 10, so you should drop it from consideration right away.
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Man, has *anyone* heard from Wisconsin about funding? I emailed their grad student coordinator, who said that fellowship letters were sent out last Wednesday. So I know I'm out of the running. But I'm surprised no one here has said anything about it.
...so are they going to give any information to the rest of us who didn't receive university fellowships?
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Does anyone have any idea what's going on with Harvard (or UNC)? Are they just sitting on their rejection notices? I feel like I'll start getting into decision-making mode pretty soon....
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I haven't heard a peep, but I should very, very soon. Who else is going to recruitment weekend?
I probably am.
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Have you heard something definitive about funding from Wisconsin? I haven't heard anything yet. Anyone else hear anything?
I haven't heard anything. I have low expectations.
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Congratulations ResPublica! That's great news. What are your specific research interests?
Is getting into UCLA without funding great news? I'm in the same boat, and I don't know whether I should be happy or not. Does anyone have any idea if it's possible to get tuition funding at UCLA from outside the history department (e.g., like they suggest at Wisconsin)?
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Of the 12 schools to which I applied, UCLA was the only one that required sending in hard-copy LORs. Given the budget crisis, you'd think they could find a more cost-effective, if not environmentally friendly, application system.
I stopped checking UCLA a month ago when I initially logged onto my the application status website and was told that neither my SOP nor my undergraduate transcript had been received. I don't know what happened, but they really don't seem to be on top of their game.
Agreed--UCLA was by far the worst set up logistically of any program that I applied to.
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So what's up with UVA? Another "notify accepts, then notify rejects a few days later" method? Awesome!!!
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I see one acceptance to UCLA. Any ideas as to whether there will be more? Seems like there has to be. Based on last year's results pattern, it looks like they first accept people with funding, then a few days later accept people without funding, and then finally reject people.
Comments?
I hesitate to call this Department because they tend to be very terse and snappy.
I'm very curious about UCLA as well. The person that I spoke with back when I submitted my application wasn't that bad.
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Thanks for the information.
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What do you guys think about Harvard--if we haven't heard, we're rejected (which is my guess)?
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I really like Madison--my biggest issue with the town is the winters... ugh.
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Did anyone else admitted to Wisconsin receive a not-so-helpful packet in the mail?
There was an itinerary for the visiting weekend and a form asking us to say if we planned on attending the program or not, but it does not seem like they are even finished determining funding, so the timing is kind of strange.
I'm starting to feel a little frustrated with the way they do things because I have a pretty good fit there. I would rather wait to get accepted until they had a reasonable idea about funding rather than wait an extra month and a half or something to find out, especially when everything they send in the mail is not very helpful at all.
I have not yet received the packet that you're talking about, but I agree that the way that they do things is frustrating. Unfortunately, I think that the bottom line is that they award very few university fellowships and it's highly unlikely that any given admitted student will receive decent funding.
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It depends. Tuition varies according to residency (resident, non-resident, or Minnesotan) and how many credits you're taking. Right now (Spring 2010) for residents, it's $659.11 for the first credit, plus $657.11 for every credit after that, up to a maximum of $5258.88. Non-residents pay $1568.78 for the first credit, plus $1566.78 for every credit after that up to a maximum of $12536.24. Minnesotans pay $766.13 for the first credit, $764.13 for every credit after that, a maximum of $6115.04. And everyone pays segregated fees: $65.38 for the first credit, $63.38 after that, up to $509.04.
Hope that helps.
Thanks--how many credits would a graduate student normally take in a semester? I'm thinking seven or eight?
$$ MA vs. $ PhD
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I'll echo the comments above--do the M.A. and then reapply to PhD programs. It sounds like a slam dunk to me.