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I love Karaoke! Cannot wait to see PhD's singing totally out of tune.

@GradStudent2016 Meeting up Friday after the posters sounds great! I have also formally turned down all of my other offers so best of luck with additional funding!

It HAS been quiet. I have been getting ready for ACJS and plugging away at my thesis. I also applied for housing at UCI so hopefully I get a single or a normal roommate.

Keep me updated! I'm pulling for you!

@judiths I have never heard of issuing refunds in the case of rejections. I'm sorry. Rutgers unofficially said that they hoped to admit those who they interviewed. I don't know if they will pull from the wait list when rejections come through though.

@judiths I loved Rutgers as far as the faculty and students. I will be choosing UCI however for the research interests so I will be declining their offer if one is made. If I had a more narrow focus, I would totally go to Rutgers. @liesandfish I will be there for sure. I'll be staying with a friend Wednesday, the hotel Thursday and Friday, and then my friend again Saturday and Sunday. So let's definitely meet up and anyone else who would like! Just let me know if you have a preference on day or whatever.

Fantastic @1428 Elm St!!!!!!!

@1428 Elm St Rutgers was amazing much to my surprise. So I am currently deciding between UCI and Rutgers. Rutgers did mention that they are hoping to admit all of the students they invited out so IF I am accepted (they will be sending decisions this coming weekend) then I will have a hard choice to make.

Thank you @liesandfish and @1428 Elm St!! I will let you know how it goes! @Cedodge @Kylie_ just an update, I was accepted into ASU with funding. They did not specify how much funding but said that I will get an offer in a five days.

@Cedodge My status still says "In Review" so I don't know what to read into that. But glad you know so that you can move on! @liesandfish exactly! I'm really pleased with all of my offers and with the things I've heard about the ASU program, I'm not going to stress about it anymore.

I'm over ASU. They can shove it. UCI offered me more $$$ for my first year and my Rutgers visit is this weekend. I'll be making my official decision after.

@Cedodge ah, you are right! Good way to look at it.

It's actually grating on my nerves that I haven't heard from ASU or that anyone else has.

Nice job @KnowVac

@liesandfish Hmmm I'm not sure. I was attracted to their focus on policy but the faculty I wanted to work with left after I submitted my application. @CrimTheory I totally understand that! The process can be annoying.

@CrimTheory I'm thinking the same thing actually. Really weird, but good to know either way so I'm not in limbo! I'm just waiting to hear from ASU so that I can make my decisions!

No, I haven't heard from them so that must be a no for me too. Which if I'm being honest doesn't matter that much as I planned to reject them if they made an offer.

@liesandfish Congrats!

I'll be there, feel free to PM regarding the itinerary!

Not too personal and no I did not, a faculty member in my department told me about the program but he did not write a recommendation for me.

@KnowVac I'm waiting to hear back from American as well (and ASU). Good luck! @liesandfish I'm jealous! I need to get through these visits. I think that if I haven't heard from American and ASU by the time I visit Rutgers (March 4th) then I will make my decision based on the three schools I know about. The limbo is stressful when you consider the fact that you need to start planning things like moving, etc.

Two faculty members from Rutgers reached out to me as well as a current graduate student. I also find myself trying to convey some excitement but not too much as I'm still weighing my options and heavily leaning towards Irvine.

Awesome! I received the official funding information yesterday via email. I assume you were at the visit?

I'll be at ASC this year and actually staying an extra few days to enjoy the city. Would love to officially meet you all. Even if we are all going to different schools, we'd likely see each other at the annual conferences.

@KnowVac and @Kylie_ I agree with @phdincrim2016: You are probably going to be informally waitlisted and they will pull from that pool of people based on who rejects their offers. Which I wouldn't take offense to at all but I totally understand wanting to know one way or the other.