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Update: 人間万事塞翁が馬! Here's a twist. I still get to go to Harvard with partial tuition reimbursement! This isn't for RSEA or EALC though. But Harvard nonetheless and the issue of funding no longer exists! I'll be sure to keep in touch with East Asian Studies while focusing on my courses. Happy in Harvard! 

It's a professional degree -- but I shouldn't say more than this -- which leads to high-paying jobs and if I'm lucky I can make a lot more. I've been reading several books by another EALC-er -- Tim Ferriss, who graduated Princeton with an AB in East Asian Studies -- such as the 4-Hour Workweek (https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357) and I'm convinced a pragmatic approach might be more useful for me at this stage;  "it doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it can catch mice it is a good cat," so said Deng! It's all a means to an end. I don't want to be like 陆游 who was evaluated by 朱熹 in《宋史：陆游传》" 其能太高，迹太近，恐为有力者所牵挽，不得全其晚节。”  I want to get to 天山 and found a way, even if it deviates from the poetic professorial path.
I wrote a poem to several of my professors thanking them for their support, but I am not going to be in academia like they wish, but I respect great scholarship. (Last poem, I promise...)
《贈我師》
都城語院中
受教自師宗
謝贈緋花植
稱揚樹業1功
-- 无官居士
1. “一年之计，莫如树谷；十年之计，莫如树木；终身之计，莫如树人。一树一获者，谷也；一树十获者，木也；一树百获者，人也。我苟种之，如神用之，举事如神，唯王之门。” 《管子：权修第三》
 
 

お久しぶり〜Long time no post EALCers!
I hope everyone is doing well and has decided their plans for next year!? I've accepted my offer from U-Michigan and I'm really excited! I went to A2 last week to take part in the visit day and really enjoyed it. It's a relief to finally know where I'll be this fall!

Hey! I received some very helpful advice earlier in this thread, so I figure that I should follow up and let everyone know how my cycle turned out. Ultimately, despite being told by my advisor that they "really wanted me to come," I was rejected outright at RSEA. At Columbia, my advisor had asked that I be admitted to the Ph.D. program, but, as he had a number of Ph.D. students already, had a fairly weak hand in the committee. I was eventually admitted to Columbia's EALAC M.A. program with a generous funding package (half-tuition + a $30,000 stipend), and will be heading to New York in the fall. Is anyone else here headed to Columbia?

お久しぶり〜Long time no post EALCers!
I hope everyone is doing well and has decided their plans for next year!? I've accepted my offer from U-Michigan and I'm really excited! I went to A2 last week to take part in the visit day and really enjoyed it. It's a relief to finally know where I'll be this fall!

お久しぶり〜Long time no post EALCers!
I hope everyone is doing well and has decided their plans for next year!? I've accepted my offer from U-Michigan and I'm really excited! I went to A2 last week to take part in the visit day and really enjoyed it. It's a relief to finally know where I'll be this fall!

Glad to hear it! Best of luck with your decision
I heard from my final program today...so nice to have the worst part over with!! (Now to wait for funding info and, finally, decide!)

Glad to hear it! Best of luck with your decision
I heard from my final program today...so nice to have the worst part over with!! (Now to wait for funding info and, finally, decide!)

Glad to hear it! Best of luck with your decision
I heard from my final program today...so nice to have the worst part over with!! (Now to wait for funding info and, finally, decide!)

Oh my god, this week is finally looking up!! Just had acceptances from both U Michigan (Japanese MA) and Columbia (EALAC MA)!! I applied for FLAS at Michigan and the results will be out by 3/15, so I'm hoping that application will be successful as well. *fingers and toes crossed* No word on any support from Columbia. I don't think they have much for MA students, but I'm going to look into in just to cover all my bases. I don't want to go into Columbia-level debt, lol, but it's exciting to finally have other accpetances after getting 4 rejections.
Now to wait on funding, and my final app: USC EAAS!

Congrats Naito! Even if you don't end up attending, you can say you turned down Stanford

Accepted to Stanford. Meh. If anyone wants to go to Stanford, PM me and I will decline.  (Staying at job for promotion & raise + my soul is not for academia anymore).

Oh my god, this week is finally looking up!! Just had acceptances from both U Michigan (Japanese MA) and Columbia (EALAC MA)!! I applied for FLAS at Michigan and the results will be out by 3/15, so I'm hoping that application will be successful as well. *fingers and toes crossed* No word on any support from Columbia. I don't think they have much for MA students, but I'm going to look into in just to cover all my bases. I don't want to go into Columbia-level debt, lol, but it's exciting to finally have other accpetances after getting 4 rejections.
Now to wait on funding, and my final app: USC EAAS!

Oh my god, this week is finally looking up!! Just had acceptances from both U Michigan (Japanese MA) and Columbia (EALAC MA)!! I applied for FLAS at Michigan and the results will be out by 3/15, so I'm hoping that application will be successful as well. *fingers and toes crossed* No word on any support from Columbia. I don't think they have much for MA students, but I'm going to look into in just to cover all my bases. I don't want to go into Columbia-level debt, lol, but it's exciting to finally have other accpetances after getting 4 rejections.
Now to wait on funding, and my final app: USC EAAS!

Oh my god, this week is finally looking up!! Just had acceptances from both U Michigan (Japanese MA) and Columbia (EALAC MA)!! I applied for FLAS at Michigan and the results will be out by 3/15, so I'm hoping that application will be successful as well. *fingers and toes crossed* No word on any support from Columbia. I don't think they have much for MA students, but I'm going to look into in just to cover all my bases. I don't want to go into Columbia-level debt, lol, but it's exciting to finally have other accpetances after getting 4 rejections.
Now to wait on funding, and my final app: USC EAAS!

Well, folks, this marks the end of my application cycle. I wanted to say thank you to everyone for the advice and commiseration during these stressful months. Gradcafe is such a valuable resource, and I hope to meet some of you in person in the future!
后会有期！
加油！
P.S To RSEA admits: I spoke with financial aid, and they will be mailing the official offers tomorrow. See you guys in Cambridge! 

@NaitoI have to echo what others have already said! Don't give up hope just yet! It might not seem ideal now, but there's always next year if you still want to pursue it. In the mean time, something great might come your way instead.

Received offer from RSEA Harvard right now...Over the moon！

Haven't posted for a while because I've been really busy. But I've been admitted to RSEA as well!!! So excited!!!! 

Finally heard from Princeton--no go, as expected, but a very kind email at least. Glad to check another off my list. Zero for three on the PhDs but have yet to hear from 3 more MAs!
Congrats to the Princeton admit from the last day or so! Anyone going to claim that...?!

I'm sorry to hear about the rejections
But costevens is right--at least things are moving along! Wish my apps would get moving along some more. Been quiet for a while now...hope it doesn't continue until mid-March...

Wooooo! Congrats @AnUglyBoringNerd!! Columbia's program sounds really great (I emailed with a current student back in the fall).

Happy Lunar New Year, everyone!

That's great news @costevens!! Congratulations!

Accepted to Stanford's MA program! Received letter from POI!