SleeplessInSomewhere

You're most welcome. Yes, I did receive another offer elsewhere and will be accepting it. Hopefully you'll get an offer from CUNY next week. :)) Wishing everyone all the best in this new journey

Hi! I'll be turning down my offer in the next week or so. I hope you're high on the waitlist and that they extend an offer to you!

Hi! I'll be turning down my offer in the next week or so. I hope you're high on the waitlist and that they extend an offer to you!

Not yet...waiting on funding to come through from Rutgers and have one more school I'm waiting to hear back from. Nervous and would like to wrap things up ASAP but there are no updates so it sucks

Hello! Not sure how many of the people here who were interviewed got in, but wanted to ask how many have heard rather troublesome things about the department/program...?

Yes

Popping in to say hello and hope everyone is holding up okay - saw that there were 666 replies on this thread and wanted to bump it up to 667. ?

I'm starting to think Rutgers is not going to be able to secure the funds for the students they admitted...

Has NYU already sent out all acceptances and rejections? I received neither an acceptance nor a rejection, and there's no update on portal. Anyone else on the same boat?

You should watch the show Mind Hunter, the main character's girlfriend is a sociology grad student

Hey everybody! I know that those who were admitted to Rutgers are still waiting on funding info (I'm one of them), but I wanted to get an initial feel for peoples thoughts on the Rutgers Sociology program VS GC CUNY. I got into both, thankfully, and though the situation with Rutgers still looks kinda fuzzy I'm having a hard time figuring out which one would be the better option. I spoke with the director at Rutgers and he sounded confident that the funding will come through. So, thoughts on pros and cons of each? Would especially be good to hear from people who have some sort of connection and insight at either of them. I actually spoke to one prof at another school I interviewed at who bad mouthed Rutgers (hes an alum) in a way that did not sit well with me when he found out I was shortlisted there... so, trying to figure out if that bad mouthing was valid or just heresy.

Hello! I'm the student who just turned down their offer. I did turn it down due to getting offers from higher ranking schools, but I will say that their program is really good especially in the area of transnational sociology. I also felt like the faculty was very warm and the students were very friendly, which I think are important factors to consider. If you're going to be somewhere for several years it should at least be a relatively healthy environment (relatively healthy for PhD students anyway). As someone else mentioned, it does depend on your interests and the faculty members expertise. Another thing is that you have at least five years to really maximize what you've got. Network, present at lots of conferences, build a good relationship with your department faculty - the bigger names have wider networks and will come in handy when you apply for jobs and need a reference. I think many faculty members who ended up teaching at great schools but didn't graduate from Ivys did just that. Personally I couldn't see myself living in UC for that long. There was also the question of summer funding (ask about that), they'll probably tell you what they told me which is that you can apply for TA positions and make money that way. Congratulations on getting in and best of luck with your decision. I did my homework pretty well on the program so if you have any questions feel free to reach out.

Anyone applied to the New School for Social Research? Just wanted to let you know I spoke to them and they said they'll be sending out decisions in mid-March

Thank you @jetsetter and @JimmyR. I've emailed them. Hoping for a positive response.

Hello! Any advice on how to politely turn down an offer? I don't think that just going to the portal and clicking "I Decline" is okay or respectful, so I'm thinking of reaching out to the faculty members I've spoken with directly but not sure what to say... I will be accepting an offer elsewhere but don't want to make them feel bad!