Brooke2016

I just made a very difficult decision. I turned down a top ten school in favor of another (not top ten). My next hardest email is going to be turning down a funded offer in favor of an unfunded offer.

I personally use them to drink water. I tend to bend at the waist and guide the water into the hole at the bottom of my face, just above my chin.

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I didn't mean to make this thread awkward, but someone who takes on the name "guest123456" is a coward.

People just come out of the woodwork. Cowards.

Great and well-informed response.

I'm so disappointed... no funding to the last school I was waiting to hear from. It's a shame that schools dole out money based on what is on paper. I am very intelligent and very qualified. I have great GPA's and GRE scores. I guess there are some people that are better. I wish these committees could see my work ethic and loyalty and my willingness to put the university ahead of myself. Now I have to decide which of two programs to invest $50,000 in for the next 4 years.

This sucks... no one wants a former cop with an MA who was almost killed twice in the line. I don't have the publication and research experience that all of you do, but I've lived it. Have fun with your f'ing studying..... I'll be greeting you at Walmart.

I'm visiting 2 schools next week, one program offered no funding and the other is still undecided. Is wearing a suit overkill? I'm going to have a 7.5 and 6.5 hour drive each way, respectively.

Ugh... rejected from Central Florida.

Thank you for saying that to me. Your reasoning may or may not be accurate, but you have at least given me a cushion on which my fall from grace will land. It takes away some of the hurt. You are truly a compassionate person. And, by the way... I sensed some empathy in your response. Suck on that!

Hey iquit, I'm not sure where your original post went, but I'm going to be brutally honest with you. There are some of us here that were accepted prior to the deadline at FSU and not given funding. The fact that you were accepted so early is admirable. However, funding may or may not be there for you. The only reason I am talking to you like this and not being "politically correct" is because I prefer the truth no matter how difficult it is to swallow. You may get lucky, but don't count on it. In other words, don't set yourself up for disappointment. I wish you the best and I hope that you prove me wrong.

I'm waiting on Central Florida and Florida International.

Officially rejected from Sam Houston. How can one be accepted to the 7th ranked school in the country and rejected from #22? So far, I have 2 acceptances with no funding, 1 rejection and 2 outstanding. I very much, heavily, extremely dislike this process.... with prejudice.

Thanks for the great news!

If you had to make a wild guess, what % of Ph.D. applicants for CJ are registered and active on this forum?

Is there anyone on here that is already attending Sam Houston that might have some insight as to where the admissions process stands?

I agree with everything you said. Empathy is not taught, it is learned slowly over time. I am happy for all of you, But you also have to look up "humility" in the dictionary. Someday one of us may run into you with exciting new research. Do you want one of us to be the person we remember as "ME, ME, ME?" To all of you accepted with funding: Congratulations. To all of you accepted without funding: Hang in there. Good things are coming.

I'd like to say something on behalf of both me and PhDorBUST. If I am speaking out of turn, PhD, please call me out. Everyone on this forum tho application season seems to be getting accepted and funded right off the bat. While it is great for most of you, for some of us who get acceptances but no funding, it stinks. I think a good analogy would be this: let's say you have 2 kids... on Christmas day, one of those kids gets everything s/he could have ever dreamt of. The other kid gets a sweater and has to watch while the other opens toy after toy after toy. Is it a selfish emotion? Of course it is. But it is almost unavoidable. I wish you all the best and I'm sure there are good things in store for all of us. I'm posting this because I know what PhDorBUST is going through. It's not anger, it's jealousy and it's an ugly emotion, but it is an emotion just the same. Again, if I'm totally wrong, tell me I suck and I'll be OK with that as well

Thank you for the info. Any idea how many acceptances? In other words, how many people are battling it out for the 3 slots?

Last night... 7:30

I was offered admission to South Florida. However, there was no mention of funding. I read the 2016/15/14 threads and it looks like if you are not offered funding in the initial email, chances are slim. Does anyone have any info?

Thanks for including me! It's like high school gym class all over again!!