pbnwhey
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20 hours ago, kafcat said:
yay!! we should all get together at one point to celebrate the achievement of being at UCLA!!
I second this!!
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5 hours ago, Sura said:
@pbnwhey Can I ask you which fellowship you obtained? I am not sure about other schools, but the school of engineering says nothing about summer in it's fellowship, although my guide guarantees that I would either go for internships or be employed as a full time RA in her lab. Also, is your 25K package for 9months or 12? If 12, then what does the summer funding imply? Sorry, I have no clue how things work.
I was nominated for the Eugene Cota-Robles fellowship, but at this point, haven't heard back about it. The preliminary funding is just the department's "fellowship" (since the first year is not a TA position). The 25k is for 9 months and the 6k in the summer is through the Graduate Summer Research Mentorship program (not sure whether it's guaranteed for those first two years or not, but I'll find out in a couple of days). I'll be leaving tomorrow morning for my UCLA visit, so if anyone will be on campus Tuesday and Wednesday, feel free to DM me and we can hang out at the Guest House!
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On 2/26/2016 at 0:02 AM, gatoski said:
Same here...I had to ask personally (UCLA) ...who knows when we will find out @pbnwhey do you recall how much the award is? Best of luck to both of us!!
It's 25k! I haven't heard back, but I'll be out there meeting with them on Wednesday, so if I find anything out then I'll let you know
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Sorry it took me so long to get back on here -- it's been a busy week! But I got offered 25k (plus summer funding for the first two years). Hoping I'll get to meet some of you at orientation in September!!
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Reviving this thread since I just found out I was nominated...keeping my fingers crossed!
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17 minutes ago, japaniia said:
No, going during march 10-11 ! Excited but I am worried about surviving in LA with the funding package I received.
I don't get mine until I get there on Wednesday! What did they offer you if you don't mind me asking? My department's website said 18-21k, but I heard elsewhere that the minimum was possibly being upped to 20k -- glad I'm not the only one having those worries. I'm saving up quite a bit just for the move.
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Is anyone here visiting next week?
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Has anyone else (officially or unofficially) decided on UCLA yet? I'll be going for my PhD in Gender Studies. Haven't accepted the offer yet as I'm waiting until after my visits to do so, but I plan on attending.
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12 minutes ago, GSZ said:
Hi pbnwhey,
I called Emory to ask about my application after getting accepted to UC Riverside. The Program Chair got back to me to let me know I was not admitted. Very prompt, too, so I appreciated that.
Good luck.
Just called and left a message, hope they're as prompt with mine as they were with yours! Thank you for letting me know!
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Accepted to UNCG English! Had a good long talk with my advisor today and he's strongly encouraging me to go to UCLA, but I wouldn't mind a visit to UNCG just to connect with one of the best professors in my field even if I probably won't wind up going there. Only school I'm (officially) waiting to hear back on is Emory, even though I'm considering it a rejection at this point. Would it be considered inappropriate to call them and ask just so I can get confirmation of the inevitable? Judging by the past, they usually would've sent out waitlists/rejections a couple weeks ago.
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1 hour ago, CTKopster said:
Anything? Anyone?
Nothing else yet for me....just getting harder and harder to make a decision. Thank god for campus visits. Keeping my fingers crossed for everyone here!!
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15 minutes ago, DaniB23 said:
Having lived in Los Angeles for three years, if you do choose UCLA, I would recommend living in the Valley. The commute won't be fun, but it is well worth it price-wise and in terms of space and not being surrounded by so many people. I loved living in North Hollywood and it was way way cheaper than the alternatives of the living close to UCLA. Alternatively, Culver City (West Side) wouldn't be a terrible commute, is nice, and more affordable as well. Good luck and congrats!
Thank you!! I was looking at the Valley since the S.O. is very much an outdoors type and grew up on 200 acres so he'd like to be further away. The other place I was looking at (in terms of being closer) was Pacific Palisades -- any opinion on there? It seems to be a very high-end area but with some decent apartment prices.
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First off, you guys are all awesome. I'll be visiting both programs (back to back) in the beginning of March and hope to make my decision fairly quickly after that. The S.O. won't have the chance to visit with me, but has lived in Southern CA before (and I grew up in San Diego), so even if we both hate living in the city we know we'll adjust. For reputation/resources, I want to choose UCLA but Boulder is attractive in terms of not living around so many people (since no matter where we go, we'll be living outside of town). The fact that it's a new program scares me a bit, but they've shown quite a bit of connection so far (professors from across the disciplines emailing me, giving me more info, etc) whereas I haven't heard from UCLA since I booked my flight. I guess it all comes down to program strength and the visit, really, but seriously all of these comments have made it so much easier to set out some criteria for me to judge by when I do visit. Thank you all!
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So, long story short, I have two funded offers so far -- one at a top 10 program, one at a top 50 (I'm sure you can figure out which is which from my signature). Obviously the top 10 will give me significantly better chances of landing a job, but how much weight are you guys giving location and cost of living in your decisions? If I choose the city over the mountains, my significant other and I will likely be living on ramen noodles for the next six years!
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And the one that was right before that....sounds like some serious privilege issues.
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36 minutes ago, DaniB23 said:
Has anyone been waitlisted in SUNY Buffalo's English program yet? Is there still hope? Also- @pbnwhey, was your acceptance to CU Boulder's English dept? If so, congratulations! And when did you hear from them?
Nope, actually my Boulder acceptance was to Ethnic Studies, and I heard from them yesterday -- I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you though!!
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34 minutes ago, AudreLorde said:
Hi all. I haven't heard from Emory (English, PhD), Duke (literature, PhD), or Brown (English PhD) yet. I see that people already received acceptances and rejections. Does anyone know what it means to not hear at all ? Is there a slight possibility of still getting accepted?
I'm also waiting on Emory English....I've got a feeling since no one has posted a rejection yet though, that they just haven't notified anyone else. Maybe one of us should send an email to ask where they are in the process?
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26 minutes ago, maenaew said:
@klader I did! I got the same deal you did, I think! Which is exciting though I'm a little worried about the cost of living in Tampa! We'll see. And I'm not sure about Open House, though I'd love to go: I'm currently up at UMaine getting my Master's, so getting there would be very difficult.
Allegiant Air has suuuuuuuuper cheap flights from BGR to Tampa....just saying (like $130 cheap)
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Don't know if anyone else here applied to Buffalo, but I just got an email response that said they would be letting people know before the weekend -- hope that helps someone!
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14 hours ago, margeryhemp said:
Hi all! Congratulations on all the great news on this thread! I haven't been very involved on GradCafe this year, but I found the boards incredibly helpful last year as I went through the stress of application season. If anyone has any questions about UCLA, medieval lit, or anything else, please feel free to reach out. Good luck to everyone still waiting!
I see you're doing queer studies stuff! While I'd be in a different department (Gender Studies), I'd love to hear about your experiences doing queer studies work there
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I just want cake and an oreo milkshake....it's a good thing I lift weights every day, because the cake is definitely happening tonight. This whole waiting thing is going by faster this year, but I just want to find out about the rest of the decisions so I can feel justified in accepting my offer haha.
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I figured it's time for me to make an update --
I just registered for classes (going to attempt 17 units/4 courses since I don't have to work for my first year, even though I've never been on the quarter system...wish me luck!), I've already got myself a room in a dog-friendly house in Sherman Oaks at a great price, and I've done one trip to move half my stuff out there...the other half will get moved out in September. I have one question for anyone who's attending/has attended...if I decide against buying a parking permit because that's like 1k/year, what's the likelihood of finding a spot off-campus to park in? I'll usually get to campus early in the morning (6am or so).