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  1. Just turned down an English PhD spot at Binghamton University-- didn't hear much about them on the boards.
  2. Congrats, BookGeek! Feel free to hit me up with your contact info too! I'll also be at UCONN come the end of August!
  3. I just turned down a funded spot at the University of Albany, SUNY, so I hope this helps out someone on the wait list!
  4. !!!! Yes, PM me your FB link-- It's not weird at all! I was actually going to ask if you wanted to exchange contact info! Also, I echo what you said about anyone else who is going to UCONN-- feel free to send me a PM!
  5. Hey, shortstack--we are officially members of the same cohort! I accepted UConn's offer!
  6. I was placed on three wait lists (one of which has turned into an acceptance). In two of the initial wait list letters it stated that if I were to be admitted from the wait list, I would be offered full-funding. These letters also used overtly positive rhetoric, telling me that I was a finalist and on a select wait list-- I guess to distinguish from an unofficial wait list. The letter from the third school stated that they have six funded spots and take some self-funded students, leaving some ambiguity as to whether or not I would be offered funding if accepted off of the wait list. Like others have said, I think it varies from school to school, and you might be able to scout the programs's website and gradcafe to find out if they usually take both funded and unfunded students. Asking the program is a valid solution too! I know I was nervous about how much contact I should make with the programs that wait listed me, but everyone was kind. I had contacted my POI at the school that accepted me from the wait list and she initially told me she felt that there was a good chance of me being accepted off of the wait list. I'll admit, I was still in *complete* shock when the offer came. I know how frustrating it is to be wait listed-- hang in there though, it seems like quite a few people are getting in off of wait lists these days. Also, I know someone who was wait listed at Buffalo and just accepted an offer somewhere else, so there goes one less wait lister. I have my fingers crossed for you!
  7. I really appreciate all of the tips! That's the struggle with relocating to a new area-- not knowing the good hoods to live in, and those to avoid. You mentioned to steer clear of Hartford, East Hartford, and New Haven and I also heard Bridgeport (I think) isn't the greatest area either. I'm most definitely going to checkout both Wallingford and Meriden-- thank goodness for the internet.
  8. This is really useful information. I was actually looking at New Haven for housing, though it's a bit pricey, my SO was scoping out jobs in Branford, so that would put her at an easy commute and me at about an hour to an hour and fifteen, I think. I agree, I really don't want to be more than an hour away from campus, though I've been a commuter my entire life and am pretty much a warrior when it comes to either public trans. or driving, haha. A town a bit closer in-land would probably be more ideal, so I imagine we will end up looking at places a bit closer than New Haven, and yes the convince of transit to NYC would primarily be a weekend thing and a combo of driving/train is just fine-- I think being from the city I just like having the option to either drive or take the train, so even living twenty minutes or so from the train is comforting to me.
  9. Thank you! I think I'll save a copy of your directions on my phone for safe keeping-- should make my Wednesday morning much easier!
  10. I might need to pick your brain further in terms of places to scout for housing. I know some parts of CT are close to the train that is about an hour and fifteen minute ride to Penn Station. This would probably put me at an hour to an hour and twenty minute commute to UCONN, but it's something I'm considering because the fast access to the city is huge for me. Also, that's fantastic about the possibility of a one semester fellowship! My visit is planned for Wednesday morning-- just ironing out the details with Charles Mahoney. Do you have any tips for navigating to the campus? I visited Temple University and couldn't even find a parking area without getting incredibly lost and frustrated-- meanwhile their campus is a mere fraction of the size of UCONN (I think Temple is around 100 acres and UCONN around 4000).
  11. I'm so excited for you too! I hope we end up there together-- I made a great group of friends at my MA program, so I hope the PhD experience is similar, especially since I don't have any family or friends in CT. The placement rate and committee are so comforting given the competitive nature of our field. Though there are no guarantees, it is nice to know the faculty members are going to advocate for us. In fact, a friend of mine who is a full-time prof. at a college in NYC knows a recent UCONN grad who ended up getting a full-time, tenure-track, job at Hofstra University, so that is encouraging too! I know my SO won't be thrilled about the cow poo smells lingering in the wind, but the insomnia cookies is a selling point-- haha! Do they have places like Applebee’s, Chipotle, etc.? We looked up some housing right around campus and there seems to be a lot of affordable housing. Apartments/condos and townhouses are all relatively cheap in comparison to what we are paying now—it looks like we can get at least double the space for less or equal to what we are paying now! Yes, my partner is looking for a teaching job in CT—ideally a special education teacher in an elementary school. We are okay with even living an hour or so away from UCONN, if that means my partner will have a job in that area. This would be cool especially if it ended up being west of UCONN so we would be a little closer to NY to make visiting two hours, rather than three, for family and friends. Oh yeah, I’m a 19th/20th century African-Americanist, primarily interested in slave narratives/feminist texts and the rhetorical function of the Af-Am body in literature. So, I too am interested in the WGSS certificate! I’m anticipating that my visit will be setup for some time this week, since April 15th is rapidly approaching! I can only imagine the campus vibe in regards to the excitement with the final-four. I know close to nothing about basketball, let alone college basketball, but it’s funny because one of my friends was teasing me after I posted something about being accepted to UCONN—he wrote something like sure, pick a school once they’re already in the final-four! Haha. I was surprised that the teaching load is 1-1, given the nice financial offer—I first assumed it would be 2-2. After I read the paperwork about the TAship I was like WOW! Also, guaranteed funding for ten semesters is pretty darn awesome. Being on gradcafe you see how sometimes there is no funding, funding that you have to compete for, low funding like in the lower-mid teens, so it makes me very appreciative of UCONN’s offer.
  12. Congrats on accepting UCONN! I'm e-mailing Charles Mahoney now to see if it's not too late to schedule a visit some time before April 15! I am SO impressed by their generous offer and from all of the research I've done on the program. I e-mailed my POI back when I was wait listed and she was so encouraging and supportive. At that time she told me she felt there was a good chance that I would get pulled from the wait list because all of the people who viewed my file scored it very highly-- though waking up to the e-mail yesterday was a complete shock! Also, did you checkout the course offerings for Fall 2014-- it looks like they are running 15+ courses! Another program I visited and many others that I researched seem to offer more in the 8ish range. But more than that, so many of the seminars just sound fantastic. I also heard that UCONN seems to advocate for the their students when it comes time to go on the job market, and their placement is very high. This is crucial! Were there any particulars about your visit that really sealed the deal for you? Right now they are my frontrunner, but visiting seems important, especially if I'm going to call this place home for the next five years!
  13. I'm so happy-- just got in off of UConn's wait list!!!
  14. Just got in off of the wait list at UCONN! I'm so happy!!!!!!! Hope is alive for everyone on wait lists!
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