Sanskriti Prakriti
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I'm bumping the Charlottesville topic because I'm super in need of some tips! My husband and I are in something of a housing pickle. We had been counting on getting into UVA housing, but we've been on a perpetual waitlist even though we applied THE VERY DAY the application became available back in April. We are moving to Charlottesville in roughly five weeks, and I keep striking out in my housing search. My husband doesn't have a job in Charlottesville yet, so our income is too low to qualify us for Affordable Housing. However, every other decent rental is almost surely outside our current budget (we'll be living on my stipend to start out). So, does anyone have any tips for apartment searching this late in the game? Any advice or encouragement is much appreciated. ?
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Got my unofficial rejection from Indiana a week ago after I emailed to check the status of my application. Toronto is the only program I haven't heard from now, but no matter. UVA here I come!
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@theprincessleia, that's great! And if you come here, you can be sure that you'll have some automatic friends and allies in the GEO!
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Additionally, one of my current colleagues was accepted to their "Religion, Textuality, and Cultural Imagination" track, and he did not have an interview. I applied for the South Asia track, and absolutely no word so far. The FAQ on their admissions site says that they notify no later than early March, so I feel like it could be any day now if that's true.
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On 3/9/2018 at 12:13 PM, theprincessleia said:
Side note: If you don't mind me asking, how are students currently managing their finances with all of this going on?
We managed to get a provision in the new contract that allows us to make up any hours missed during the strike and thus not miss any pay! So, I'd say the majority of us will end up no worse for wear financially.
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18 hours ago, E-P said:
Congrats UIUC on their new contract!
Thank you so much!!! I'm so relieved and so happy to get back to teaching!
For anyone who's interested, especially if you're a prospective UIUC students, here's an overview of the contents of the contract: http://uiucgeo.org/2018/03/09/information-about-the-tentative-agreement/
And, in case you're wondering, we got the guaranteed tuition waivers for TAs and GAs.
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5 hours ago, amayadoli said:
Solidarity from Ohio!
Thank you so much!
Update: Bargaining has been going on all day today. I don't know when we'll have a real update. However, I thought you'd all like to know that a contingent of grad employees and faculty are currently occupying the hallways outside UIUC's President's and Chancellor's offices. They have set up camp and will stay there until a fair agreement is reached!
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Who needs 'em?
Harvard University Philosophy, PhD (F18) Rejected via E-mail on 3 Mar 2018 3 Mar 2018 - report spam
- Stupid Harvard. You'll regret rejecting me when I'm...famous...*bursts into tears*
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Does anyone want to claim the IU acceptance? Did you have an interview?
(Congratulations, by the way!)
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Still haven't heard from Indiana. What about anyone else? A colleague of mine was accepted to their "Religion, Textuality, and Cultural Imagination" track, but he hasn't posted it in the Results Search.
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I too just received my "I regret to inform you" letter from Harvard Religion. I have an acceptance from Virginia, though, and I'm still holding out hope for others!
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The refrain I've heard from professors for years is to not go anywhere that won't fund you. It is my understanding that this is for the purpose of debt avoidance. No one should have to take out even more student loans to do graduate study. That said, if someone has the personal financial means to pay for tuition AND live reasonably comfortably during school AND hopefully be able to support him/herself after graduation (when the job market is very uncertain)... only in that scenario would it ever be advisable to go somewhere that won't fund you.
I also understand your family member's reluctance to pay, though, even if he does have the means to do so. If a department won't fund you, that may send the message that they are prioritizing other students, for whatever reason. Also, not going this round is not necessarily giving up a dream. I have seen a number of people around the GradCafe forums apply twice or even three times. He may be able to take the year to improve his application and go in strong for a funded program next year.
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This one's not a rejection, but they sure do have a point (about the Results Search as an institution...).
Yale English, PhD (F18) Accepted via E-mail on 20 Feb 2018 ♦ A 20 Feb 2018 - report spam
- This place is a hellhole of anxiety and all of you should flee. This is my first time even checking this damn site. Also in at Stanford, Berkeley, Penn, Duke, and others. Go and cleanse yourselves!
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2 hours ago, sd_waco said:
Relatedly, it seems like most of the major US programs have issued notifications at this point. Curious what notifications are still to come -- anybody still waiting on top choices?
Still waiting on Indiana University and the Chicago Div School. The wait is kind of maddening!
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Institution Program (Season) Decision & Date St1 Date Added Notes University Of First World Problems MIT Or Harvard, PhD (S18) Other via Other on 19 Feb 2018 O 19 Feb 2018 - report spam
- I’m pretty sure I won’t get in anywhere I applied, but I’m straight up hooked on this site. My favorites are the posters that are all like, “Harvard called, but M.I.T. is only offering me a 33,000/year stipend.”
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22 hours ago, emjayco said:
Wow. Thank you so much for this information. I will likely be attending the Chicago campus and this obviously would be a big concern. I knew Illinois' government really struggles to pass budgets, etc. but I was not aware of how much it was affecting the schools. Thank you!
Just in case you're going to be a TA or GA and want to learn more, here is UIC's Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) page: http://uic-geo.net/mainsite/
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Hi everyone! I've been lurking for a while, but my curiosity has gotten the better of me. Does anyone happen to have any insight on Indiana's current admissions? I saw in the results search that there were some interviews, but no notifications have gone out. Compared with last year, they're over two weeks late with acceptances, so I've started to worry. Also, the fact that I didn't get an interview is worrying me a bit. Do they only accept people they've interviewed? Any insight is much appreciated!
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On 2/13/2018 at 4:37 PM, whitmanifesto said:
Is this dispute also including the Chicago campus? That campus has been successful in increasing their stipends recently.
I'm pretty sure that the unions at each campus are separate, since each campus also has different administrators and policies. The whole system sure would have a mess on its hands if grad employees were striking at multiple locations!
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On 2/13/2018 at 4:13 PM, E-P said:
Do you have a sense for what will happen if the strike happens? Like, would classes continue, or be cancelled? Does the union continue to pay your stipend and insurance costs? I'm just curious about the logistics.
Good questions! The goal of the strike will be to disrupt everything that's going on at the university. So, (many) TAs and GAs will cease to do their paid labor and will picket outside major buildings instead. The union is encouraging instructors to cancel classes in solidarity and to not enter any campus building for any reason. As for payment, we'll only be docked pay if our home departments report us to the administration. The people who get reported will (I think) be paid through a union strike fund. (Link here: https://www.gofundme.com/uiuc-geo-strike-fund)
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1 hour ago, JoshLeon said:
do you know if the students in the engineering department have also been without a contract?
Basically, any student who is either a Teaching Assistant or a Graduate Assistant is without a contract at the moment, so that would include any engineering TAs. Research assistants, however, do not have union representation, so they are in a different boat.
I will have to do a little research before I can answer your first question.
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Hello, fellow Grad Cafe users! As a current student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, I wanted to alert you to a situation that is going on here and has been ongoing for over a year. I posted this in "The Bank" because I feel that it is directly related to issues of funding, but if an admin would like to move the topic, feel free.
So, currently, the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) at UIUC is planning to go on strike as of February 26th. The GEO bargaining team has been working with the University on a new labor contract since last January or February, because our last contract expired in August 2017. Clearly, things have not been going smoothly, as UIUC's TAs and GAs have now been working without a contract for over 175 days now. Issues at stake include livable stipend wages, the timely sending out of appointment letters (which are frequently sent out less than a month before the start of term), transparency regarding the spending of student fees, and health care coverage. The most important issue lately has been that of tuition waivers. Administrators are trying to include language in the contract that would allow them someday to turn tuition waiver-granting appointments and departments into non-tuition waiver-granting entities, which would jeopardize the ability of future students to get tuition waivers.
More information can be found here http://www.uigeo.org/ and here http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-university-of-illinois-grad-students-strike-20180208-story.html. I would also recommend the GEO's Facebook page as a resource.
I post this so that those of you who are considering the University of Illinois can do so with as much relevant information as possible.
Anyone else having a tough time apartment hunting?
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Congratulations on finding a place to live! I am looking for a place in Charlottesville, VA, while living in the Midwest. My husband and I (I guess foolishly) were counting on getting grad housing through the University, but we've been on a perpetual waitlist. Even though we applied literally on the day the application became available. Bleh.