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  1. I've just been accepted to my third program this morning; just last week I thought I wouldn't get in anywhere, yet here we are! Congrats to everyone in this thread
  2. Thank you for the responses; I met with one of the professors at School B and am meeting with some students this week. I want my decision to be as informed as possible, and honestly, I find myself starting to lean in the direction of School B as both schools have me sign a contract to not seek employment elsewhere, and I can do a lot more with my funding at School B. I still have no concrete answer in my gut, yet, but every little new factor and thought helps me in the process of weighing the options. I'm still upset I have less than a week to make this choice. To top it all off, I still haven't heard from my final school. Maybe it doesn't matter much? Who knows. Edit: To clarify, I've met with professors/advisers/students from School A multiple times in the past year already, so I'm much more familiar with that program.
  3. Thank you! As to your considerations, the stipend is increased for the PhD. If I went to School A, I would stay for my PhD. If I went to school B, I would most likely reapply for my PhD to other schools again in two years. Okay, to start, the COL in the higher stipend school's location is lower than the COL on the lower stipend location - bear in mind I fudged the numbers a little to help with anonymity. I'm more excited for School A than School B. I also think the professors at School A line up a bit better with my interests - but, the difference is not that much. At School B, the teaching assistantship is important to me as I want to teach in preparation, but at School A all PhD students receive assistantships and more opportunities open up for other types of funding (writing center assistant, stuff like that) with much larger stipends. This choice is ripping me apart!
  4. Last week I was told by School A that a fellowship where I work in an office (full tuition + $7.5k stipend) might be able to come to me but it was unlikely. I also found out that I was waitlisted for School B, though I'd already sort of stopped thinking of them as an option. Fast forward to Monday: I get an email from School B telling me I'd been accepted and offered a Teaching Assistantship - full tuition, $12k stipend. I was floored - not the program I wanted, but an amazing offer. Then, I got an offer from School A for the fellowship I previously mentioned later that same day. Do I teach at a program I'm not that excited about and get $12,000 while earning a degree at a school I'll want to leave after the MA for a PhD elsewhere, or do I work in an office at a program I loved and get $7,500 while earning a degree that I can stay to get a PhD at the same school? What do you all think? I'm actually struggling very much. There are other factors involved too but these are the biggest ones. I have about another week to decide. It did feel good to be able to tell other schools I would not be attending there, but I still have this very difficult choice ahead. PLUS, I still haven't heard from one school, despite my emailing them multiple times over the past few months. (It's crazy that I've gone from thinking I'd be homeless and struggling to afford a degree to having two funded degrees handed to me in under 24 hours.) I appreciate your advice in advance!
  5. A lot of people it seems are waiting to hear back from these schools, myself included, though I've already been accepted to my preferred school. I would still like to be able to make a completely informed decision before April 15th, and it seems many people haven't heard a peep from these two. Has anybody heard word and just not submitted any results?
  6. Thanks everybody! I'm new here - what exactly do you want to hear in a profile? I'll gladly share, I just don't know exactly what you want to know! haha
  7. I have been rejected from four of nine schools. All in a row. I was at a loss. I thought it was over. Yesterday, I got an email saying a decision has been reached, and that a decision was posted. I logged in . . . "CONGRATULATIONS!" it said. I finally breathed air that felt fresh - for the first time in months, I felt relaxed. I'm still waiting on four more schools, and my ideal situation is that I have to make a hard decision about where to go. But, at the very least, I'm in. Man, it feels good. I just had to share that with you all.
  8. I feel all of that, man. Constant refreshing is driving me nuts. There's only one school on my list that I'm SUPER confident wants me, the rest are all up in the air. At least we're struggling together!
  9. What about self-loathing, rather than self-aggrandizing? Think that sounds just as productive? haha
  10. Well, I've been accepted into this many schools: 0 * 1. I've been rejected from this many schools: 3 * 1. Doing the math here and I can't help but feel like I'm on a losing streak. Jokes aside, anybody else in the same boat? With 3 rejections down and only 6 schools left to go, I can't help but feel dejected. How do you all cope with this waiting?
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