[Fall 2021 Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition/Studies]

17 hours ago, Johnsonsam said:

I have been waitlisted at UA. Please wish me luck. Anybody who is considering declining offer at UA, please let the admission committee know ASAP. This is my ONLY option. Thanks. 

You still have a chance. Waitlist shows that there is still hope. Fingers-crossed.

[Linguistics Applicants for Fall 2021]

3 hours ago, HuenLing said:

Hi guys! I hope you are doing very well. I am recently very upset because my offer was rescinded. I received a Ph.D. offer in linguistics from KU, but I was told last night that due to COVID-related financial constraints, they can only accept two students, so they withdraw the offer and I was moved to the waitlist. It is very disheartening. I have no other funding offers for now and it seems I will be very likely to take a gap year and reapply next academic year. I could not do anything right now. I'm posting this because it seems that unprecedented things are happening which we do not expect at all.

I am so sorry to hear this. Please make sure that next time you make your decision right away, especially if you think that you are most likely to accept the offer. It could be illegal, and you could file a lawsuit if they rescinded your offer while you have already committed. I hope this will be a lesson for the rest of us. Last year the same situation happened at the UA: They minimized the amount of stipend to the applicants who didn't accept their offers "on time" although their offers showed that they still had time to make a decision. 

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, this is just my opinion.