jeanne

Good luck joro!

Aw man, you're making me jealous! Want to share?

The wait is over for me. I got accepted to my top choice school but with no funding for the first year. At least my #2 school pulled through!

I'd say you "anticipate accepting" pending your formal letter. That way they have a pretty good idea what you're doing, but you're not locked in just in case something happened - not that it would.

I'm probably waiting until the 15th. I've got an acceptance to school #1 and I'm waiting on school #2. I was told school #2 decide on April 19th (obviously after I have to tell school #1), but I'm hoping they'll decide earlier. But I don't think either of these schools do waitlists so it's not like I'm holding off on somebody else's acceptance.

I always thought it was the other way around...the academic department chooses who they want to accept, then send it to the grad school to make sure they met the minimum requirements. At least that's how it's worked where I've applied. (Note that in this case referred generally does mean accepted since departments aren't going to refer students who don't meet the general requirements.)

I'm accepted to the College of Education. The stipend for 25% is about $7,500 (with a master's, 9 months). It's slightly less if you don't have a masters. If you get a 50% stipend, it's double that. I'm assuming it would be the same for a different college because they're unionized. The 25% is the minimum you need to get tuition covered.

I know ... It's a complicated situation. I was *supposed* to be with another advisor, but his co-PI got sick and they're not renewing grants, so that fell through. He sent me to this other advisor (who's the one I actually really really want to work with anyway), but she's on sabbatical next year. In terms of everything besides funding, I've heard that having your advisor on sabbatical the first year is actually not too bad because I'll be taking mostly classes anyway. It's just whether they can provide me with another assistantship for that year, I guess.

I just called the grad admissions coordinator for my last school today (first choice). She said they're holding my file - I think they're trying to find funding for my first year (potential advisor will be on sabbatical the first year). She said they'll probably decide at their April meeting, which meets on April 19!!! I explained that I have to let other schools know by April 15. She replied that maybe they'll be able to meet earlier. The profs are all on break now, so hopefully they'll come back ready to make decisions and invite me to their program. Otherwise I'll be a very sad girl.

I'm bumping this up to see if anybody's heard yet from Madison - specifically Ed. Psych. I was told that they were meeting last week, but still haven't heard anything. I'm hoping it's not bad news, but at the same time, I'm guessing they've probably decided by now and I might just be waiting to get my rejection in the mail.

Congrats on the job! I say if you're more excited over the job than the prospect of grad school, you take it and don't look back. If you're still hopeful about grad school then wait and see what happens. Either way it sounds like you're set for the next year.

Oh no. That's scary to think about. Even though on my update page it states they update once a day at 7:00 am, I still check throughout the day (what else am I going to do to ease the anxiety?). I have one school left so I'm sure the stats for that page are ridiculous!

Quickest acceptance was two months (End of November to end of January). I'm going on almost three months since I submitted an application to hear about their response, which will hopefully be positive. Quickest rejection was six weeks.

I did a phone interview at a school in early January, had a visitation day in early February, and still haven't heard. But I've recently learned it's typical of the program not to send out responses until late March. At this school it's because the faculty frequently travel to work with people in other schools and it's hard for them to meet all at once.

I finally called my #2 to see about the letter and it was a good thing I did. Somehow they FORGOT to send me my official letter! Yikes! At least it'll be in the mail today. The first thing I'll do when I get it? Resign! And then if I do actually get into my top choice, then it will be a happy bonus instead of a life-staking decision.

I got accepted into a school in January (via email from a professor), but still haven't had an official letter. Unofficially I've been told I'll have full funding, but I want it in writing so I can resign my job! I keep thinking that maybe they changed their mind and are not going to offer me funding for some odd reason, just so I won't come. But I try to tell myself that there's no reason for them to play silly games like that and I'm just being paranoid. I think they probably just don't think about me as much as I think about them.

I've lived in both Evanston (NU for undergrad) and Chicago (Lakeview after graduation) and the surrounding suburbs (before college) so I can give some good advice for those looking for it. Living in Evanston is pretty exensive - comparable to Lakeview. I've seen decent 1-bedrooms go for as little as $700, but you'll have to look for something like that and it would be a couple train stops away from campus. But if you have a car, there's no reason why you can't live in one of the more affordable suburbs (Skokie, Morton Grove, Lincolnwood) and commute to school (or even just further away in Evanston). It's probably not the ideal thing but if it gets you to school then it's worth it, right? Public transportation from the suburbs is probably not the most reliable - I've always had a car so I'm not positive. The other option would be to live in Rogers Park. You will get mixed reviews on how people feel about this neighborhood. Many people have posted on it here, so I'll let you decide based off that, since I've never lived there. As for Chicago in general - it's a great city! Anything you want is within a train or bus ride and you can find a lot of cool things to do for free - like the zoo and the Botanic Gardens (if you bike in - you have to pay for parking). It's a good city to live in within a car. For people looking into apartments near Chicago, try out apartmentpeople.com or apartments.com. Craigslist will also have tons of listings. Hope this is helpful for some of you!

YES! I got an acceptance to my #2 choice in January, had a visit day where I met with my advisors, and still haven't gotten an official letter with an offer of funding. They said I'll get full funding, but I want it in writing. But I'm still waiting to hear from my top choice school so I don't want to bug them about it.

I know the adcomm for my final school met earlier this week. I sent an email today just stating again that they were my top choice, I appreciate their considering my application, and was wondering if they knew when decisions would be sent out. Hopefully I'll get a response soon. Good luck to all!

Adcomm for my #1 school was supposed to meet yesterday. I still haven't heard anything. Nuts. Maybe I'll send an email ... Otherwise, it's time to pester my #2 choice to tell me about funding! (They accepted me in January and I still haven't gotten a funding letter. I know I will get full funding but I just want to have the official notice in my hand so I can quit my job already!)

The adcomm for my last school is meeting right now!!!! I'm hoping for a phone call or email by this afternoon or tomorrow at the latest.

I definitely think you should go. Like others have said, you're already admitted. They're not going to take it away! I just visited a school and was able to sit in with the group of students working with my advisor. I think this is pretty typical, so you might want to be prepared with some questions. That should help with any feelings of discomfort. A great question is to ask them what their individual part of the research is. That gets them talking, and also shows you're interested. You can also ask questions about student life and/or the city in general. Good luck!

The lack of a pattern is frustrating me! Out of the two schools that I applied to with a December 1 deadline, one accepted me in late January but still hasn't sent any solid information on funding (but they say unofficially that all PhDs will be funded fully for the duration - that's no help if it's not in writing!). The other program had a visitation day in early February and the adcomm still hasn't met. Ugh!

I'm applying to the Educational Psychology PhD program at Madison (Learning Sciences). I saw one post in the results forum for Human Development, but I didn't think they were meeting until this week. But maybe that's just learning sciences and human development is doing something else? Has anybody else heard know or know when we expect to hear? Thanks!

I'm still waiting to hear from one school and if I don't hear by March 15, I'll go crazy! Already I've interviewed by phone with two profs, gone to the official visit day (which neither of the profs were at because of schedule conflicts), talked with them both on the phone again, and was invited back this week to meet with the profs and their current students in person. I know they're meeting sometime this week or next to make decisions. There are some questions about funding (a co-PI is sick and they don't know if they're going to renew a grant, etc.) that they're trying to work out. It seems like if they're telling me all this, they want me, right? All I can say is after all this, if they don't accept me I'll be very upset.