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Partinrn, you are going to be great! Try to not stress, you know what you are interested in and you know this program. You'll be ok. Sending lots of good vibes your way. I'm confident you are going to shine! (Also, sending vibes for the flight since I know you haven't flown in a while, enjoy the trip!)

Keep your head up, you never know! Plus you bring a different perspective to the field, which to me is a good thing. Sorry about Penn!

@ThesisTerror724 thank you.

@cagataykoc just got an email from UTDallas, you may want to check your email. Accepted, with full funding.

Because typically if it's a rejection they wouldn't send it up to the graduate office for approval on their decision, they would just reject it. I know the committee met on the 17th, so I'm hoping they just choose to wait for approval from the graduate school. Some places send out informal letters of acceptance while they wait for this approval-but the fact that ours say they are going for final review at the graduate school should indicate that they have been approved by the departmental committee. I hope that made sense, haha. (I could be wrong but this is how all my other ones have worked)

UTDallas portal shows a status change for me. No official acceptance or rejection but says my app had gone to final review with the University's graduate school for admission and enrollment. Thinking this is a good sign. Hope that helps anyone who applied there to see that! One app left for me, though my decision has been made, I will be happy to have all the unknowns done and officially make my decision!

Good to know at least! I agree, I will be turning down my acceptances and funding at the schools I did not choose to attend by the end of the week. Hopefully this helps someone else!

@cagataykoc oh and UTDs committed met on the 17th, no info yet (I applied and emailed to ask after it was much longer than they said I would hear). I assume we will hear this next week.

Lol. That obvious. Yup. Well good to know, sorry for the misinformation then yesterday to those who applied. I did not apply to Louisville, just know multiple people there/ who did apply. But I do not the chair, so I'm sure your info is more accurate!

Again, great point from all of you. I'm leaning smaller cohort with more money, but actually because I know faculty who has a connection and data set I want to work with. I think the fact that I have a few pubs underway and a data set helps me in the lesser ranked. And great point about transfer credits. One counts my entire masters. The other only 6 hours of it. I feel a lot better about a lower rank, knowing the particular faculty wants to work with me and accepts my masters. I really really appreciate the insight. Seriously, all of your opinions matter to me, as peers, I look forward to peers who understand all our differences make up support each other and not compete with each other. Our field has such an opportunity for growth and knowledge since it is so new (relatively) and I love how different folks can make different ideas and perspectives matter. I mean that. I would be honored to work with any of you (anonymous) colleagues someday.

USC decisions have been made but not notified. That all I know about that. Penn State is notorious for being late Feb. (family member attends there) so I wouldn't be shocked to hear later. Interesting about Louisville. Yesterday a well known faculty there (male, eccentric) said next week.

To clarify, the other offer is a University Fellowship, therefore no TA/RA requirements BUT I made sure I contractually would be able to teach two course and do research with faculty as well as continue the study I am doing on my own. (This was made sure at both schools as I own this data set). So I definitely see the point of TA/RA but what I really mean for the this one is I have no REQUIREMENTS for it, just what I decide to take on. (Which is good and bad) **caps for emphasis not yelling! I greatly appreciate all the feedback.

Thanks! I would rather not say the exact names but we are talking a essentially unranked school (with potential) versus a top 5 school. The cost of living is about the same, 200$ difference in rent for similar housing between them. (Less finding, the slightly cheaper option). Other difference, at the less funded option, higher rank I would be a TA/RA. At the other I would have no requirement for the money.

And a new offer has complicated things. Guess my decision isn't so firm. How would you all decide if both places being decided between are great fits, with faculty that want to work with you. Funding at both places, one is significantly higher than the other (10k better) but the lower funding is a more prestigious school? Thought, things to consider?

@knm86 no interview has happened for the last four cohorts (all of them), so I would be surprised if there is one, especially an in-person one. Hope that helps! Good luck!

I know faculty at Louisville and they say decisions should be out late next week @knm86

@Cedodge that's awesome! Good for you, two fantastic choices! I was not funded (well actual email says "unlikely" so I'm assuming unless someone turns down a funded offer) at USF, so I am leaning toward not going, since I have known funding elsewhere. But it's pretty close for me so I may end up just to see. Either way, congrats to you! @KnowVac CONGRATS! Great news! I hope you hear positive news for funding! I still have three apps out, but I heard unofficially from a POI that I was accepted to one of them (no funding info yet), one says "under review" on the portal, and the other I know for sure the committee met today. So all in all I expect to hear from all places soon. That will be a huge relief. Do you still apps out?

@Partinrn I agree with ^^ @Cedodge I would look at it more as recruitment/preview not interview. Congrats! They wouldn't likely pay for someone to visit who isn't going to be accepted. @Cedodge I am still debating whether I will go or not. Like I've mentioned my mind is pretty made up but I also think going could be beneficial. So I may go. I assume you are going?

I am going to ask my mentor this as well, but just in case someone knows here! At what point will my manuscripts switch to be under the university I accept? I have four or five manuscripts in the works (I'm not in school right now, lots of free time to finish all the things I started!) but I currently am sending things out under the university I recieved my masters from. Does anyone know? Does this change once I formally accept, once I begin in August? There is no conflict with my current university, they have no preference for if I publish under them. I ask because for ASC and my SCJA presentations will be under my new universities name, and this should the manuscripts?

I am lucky, four of the schools I am accepted to are in Florida and I currently live in Florida so visiting them was fairly easy. And then I received a fantastic fellowship offer so that I would be silly to turn down, so it made my decision pretty easy (plus I loved the school and faculty). I hope you hear soon from American (and elsewhere!) @ThesisTerror724 @KnowVac . At least the visit is coming up quickly and should provide some insight into whether you like it or not. It is so stressful! I knew it would be but then all the new things to think about happened that I hadn't even considered prior (I mean I knew I would be moving but the reality of it is different!). I am so grateful for this forum though, it has made me feel less crazy for being so consumed and stressed.

Here's to hoping we all hear good things this week. I hope to hear from my final three applications but I am 95% sure I know my decision. I just want to have all the information before I make it! Once I do, I plan to formally accept and decline my other offers. Ready to move onto the next step of figuring out budget, housing, and then months of waiting to start and moving.

And I have a new offer that I think I'm going to take! But I am going to wait for the last three apps to come back.

First rejection for me, no surprise Harvard. Not bummed, but glad to know!

Officially rejected from Harvard! Good luck to all of you! My hat is out of the sociology ring.

I agree, I don't like not being able to plan at all. I can't get my brain to shut off, I'm even dreaming about decisions. UGH. To clarify, the faculty who have emailed me aren't exactly being pushy, in fact they have mentioned many times that I have until 4/15 (probably to cover their own butts), they just are asking if I have questions about their program, telling me about data sets I can work on, research projects, asking about my data sets, etc. I *think* the strangest thing is multiple faculty from the same schools. I am very interested in working with people but I also don't want to say more and make them think I'm either committing or rejecting, when I honestly have no idea yet. I mean i still have three apps out! I really appreciate your advice! I will keep replying in respectful but vague ways, to not burn the bridge but not exactly open it either.