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1 minute ago, HighStrangeness said:
Yeah, my mentors told me I really shouldn’t accept an unfunded position. I was just excited when I wrote that so I feel now as if I won’t accept it if it is unfunded.
No, it is definitely still exciting! You are so close, but don't let that excitement get in the way of logic. I read a bunch of opinions on whether it's a good idea to accepted an unfunded Ph.D. and most people said definite no and that the majority of unfunded Ph.D. students never get funding after the fact and actually drop out due to the cost. I would just take another year and try again! I have been hearing great success stories of taking a year and fixing parts of their application that were weak and getting accepted into every program they apply to! But don't give up hope it sounds like they are working to get you funding!
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On 2/23/2019 at 7:42 AM, HighStrangeness said:
Just got an email from Dr. Groff at Temple saying that I am not offered one of the funded positions right now, but in the next few weeks they hope that I will be! I guess I’m on the waitlist for a funded spot. I may still go even if I don’t get funded.
Wow! It sounds like they are pretty confident they'll be able to offer you a funded spot, but I don't know if you should take an unfunded offer... you may never get funding and owe a lot of money by the end of the Ph.D., wouldn't it be better just to strengthen your application and reapply next year? I don't think you want to pay out of state at Temple for at least 4 years.
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16 minutes ago, HighStrangeness said:
My mentors and other faculty all ended up there because of the free alcohol
I feel like that was the case with my mentors too, because I went directly to the loudest rooms and found them with ease.
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1 hour ago, HighStrangeness said:
And Rutgers has that open bar!
I didn’t go to Rutgers!! I went to American and that one was fun
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14 minutes ago, HighStrangeness said:
The cost of the entire process to be honest, and I felt out where my best chances were at ASC.
The cost is ridiculous! I understand that, I also narrowed down my choices a lot. I only applied to four and I did that too, there was a couple of schools receptions I didn’t like at all. I’m lucky because my interests align really well with sociology so I was able to apply to at least one sociology program. I really liked Temples reception but hated Penn States and George Masons lol
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3 hours ago, HighStrangeness said:
No I don’t live in Philadelphia, he is dating my mentor at CSULB so I see him when he comes around. I didn’t get an interview and UCI and only applied to the 3 programs
That is a long distance relationship! I’m sorry, is there any reason you only wanted to apply to 3?
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11 hours ago, HighStrangeness said:
I haven’t talked to anyone at Temple, but I see Jerry Rattcliffe frequently and he said they ran behind in letting the results out. I have spoken with Dave Hargrin at UCI and he said decisions are still underway when we last spoke
I'm guessing you don't go to Temple but you live in Philadelphia huh? Did you get an interview at UCI? I thought they did interviews? It sounds like you only applied to a couple programs, and you've only heard back from Arizona State?
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42 minutes ago, HighStrangeness said:
UCI, i’ve made my peace if I get in nowhere
Have you contacted either school?
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17 minutes ago, HighStrangeness said:
No acceptances elsewhere yet, and only one rejection from ASU. But my mentors here have reworked the budget of our research lab to keep me on until the end of the year with pay, where I will attempt to get publications out as well as improve my GPA and grades even further.
Where else are you waiting on??
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10 hours ago, HighStrangeness said:
It could be, I want to work with Jerry Rattcliffe, who is my current mentor’s boyfriend. He likes me and my work and thinks we’d be a great fit, just depends on if the school believes that.
Sometimes it isn't up to the professor whether or not they want to work with you, unfortunately, it could just be that the committee (which he might now be on) decided that there was a stronger candidate regardless of the fact that the professor likes you and wants to work with you ?. Have you been accepted elsewhere? You aren't just waiting on this program I hope!
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25 minutes ago, HighStrangeness said:
Cool, just double checking haha. No I have seen like no Temple acceptances except the 2 I saw in December
I was theorizing that Temple does it where they have waitlists for each individual spot that have specific research interests and once that spot has an official acceptance then everyone on that waitlist is rejected and if someone doesn’t take the spot they choose someone the next person ranked highest on that specifc waitlist.
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7 minutes ago, HighStrangeness said:
I hope so. Were you the one that posted recently that they got rejected when you search for Temple on the home page?
Yes!! That was me I haven’t seen anyone else
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3 hours ago, HighStrangeness said:
Ahh man I am feeling a sense of dread and rejection from Temple.
There is a waitlist so just keep hope
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5 hours ago, newyorkmets188 said:
Well, I am glad that you are going somewhere where you are interested!!!! BTW, who did you email?
Just the email provided for contact and I just asked for my status! It was like cjgrad or something like that. I didn’t email anyone in particular.
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I am going to the University of Iowa's visit day at the beginning of March! Hope it isn't -2,000 degrees while I'm there. My cousin said I should've applied to warm places and I completely ignored that advice!! That's okay I'm still very excited.
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24 minutes ago, newyorkmets188 said:
When and how did you find out? I still have not received anything. Where are you going?
I found out this morning, they emailed me a long email stating they have made all their final decisions and that I was unfortunately not admitted because of a strong applicant pool and blah blah blah. I had emailed them last week asking for an update though so maybe that's why I heard back this morning. You should hear back soon! And I got into the University of Iowa's Sociology Ph.D. and Northeastern's Master's program so I have two options but I'm most likely going to choose the University of Iowa because there is a professor there who I really want to work with and it's fully funded lol! I hope you hear back from Temple soon and I hope it is good news
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Rejected from Temple ? That’s okay! Now I know for sure where I’m going
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8 minutes ago, newyorkmets188 said:
Well, let's see if we hear back mid-Feb because that is tomorrow.
Yeah, I doubt that we will hear back today since it's 5:30 in Philly, but the acceptances did go out on a Saturday so I think we can assume they will still send them out over the weekend.
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38 minutes ago, newyorkmets188 said:
You did not cause panic! Don't worry. I think that they should tell us if we on are on a waitlist or not.
I DEFINITELY agree with that statement. Unfortunately, some programs just don't. I was sooo so upset when I first found this website because I saw the Temple acceptances but I've been still holding out hope and I think we all should too! Until we hear that we are rejected we should still hope!!
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Just now, HighStrangeness said:
I have a friend who got her acceptance from Temple mid April
Seeeeee! I think we should all stay hopeful! If you are on a waitlist it takes a while because people actually have to reject their offers for a spot to open up and most don't do that until almost the deadline.
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9 minutes ago, newyorkmets188 said:
What the heck?
I am not trying to cause a panic I am sorry, I know they have a silent waitlist she told me that, there is still a huge chance that some of us are on the waitlist and we have to be patient. They said the decisions weren't coming out until mid-February right? Well, we still have a few more days to hear back from there I think we should all be patient. If it was like April 14th and you hadn't heard back then I would be incredibly worried but I think we all need patience.
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4 minutes ago, HighStrangeness said:
I sent my application in like December 9th, and my letters were turned in the 15th. The deadline, it would be shitty of them to have decided on the 22nd or by then if all materials got in then.
Here is my honest opinion about this. I believe that they have already sent out their acceptances and that some of us are on a silent waitlist. But instead of sending rejections so people know who is on a waitlist or not, they are just being silent about it so that when they do send out acceptances (off a waitlist) or rejections that people just assume that they were never on a waitlist. From prior years it is looking like they DON'T send out rejections and they just ghost you. Which is completely unfair but I am not 100% if that is true, it's just what I have learned from looking back at old forums from like four years ago that many of the people who applied to Temple who were not accepted were like never contacted again, at least up until the thread ended which is usually around March. I tried to figure out if they send out acceptances after the December 22nd deadline and they do, but rarely and probably only to people who were pulled off the waitlist. But as for rejections go, I haven't seen a single person say that they were told that they were rejected from the program and maybe that is just how they do things. I have no idea.
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34 minutes ago, newyorkmets188 said:
I don't even understand what is going on with Temple. I sent in my complete application on October 9. I can't even tell you if I am rejected or waitlisted or what. You said that we should hear back by Feb 22 or did you mean Dec or Jan 22.
She said December 22nd and this was back in November.
2019 App Cycle
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Is Temple going to be able to fund you? I'm sorry about Irvine