SpaceJunk

If you're not excited about signing the offer, don't do it!! Waiting a year will not make you too late. Whatever you write will happen on your own time, and your path won't look like anyone else's.

I don't mind answering your questions! I applied because I wanted to cast a big net. I thought it was most important to be in any fully-funded program because my goal was to leave my job. I knew it wasn't right for me after I went to a campus visit right before COVID. Faculty and location were big red flags for me, and I ignored them.

Hello, I just wanted to send a message to anyone who has an offer to a program they're not excited about. My message is: you don't have to go. Last year I got some fully-funded offers but not from the programs at the top of my list. I was on some waitlists, but they didn't work out. I felt like I had to say yes to the best offer I had, even though I was pretty sure that it wasn't a good fit. I didn't click with anyone on the faculty and I felt pretty out of place with most of my cohort when I met them. I committed, but I ended up being right: my program is not the best place for me. I am not sure what I'm going to do, if I will drop out or finish or transfer, but I wish that I was not in this position. I wanted to be in a program so bad, and I thought I would be a failure if I applied a second time, so I said yes, but it is really hard to live in a place I resent. My advice is that if you're disappointed with your offer (even if it is fully funded, even if other people would love to be in your shoes!) it's okay to say no thanks. Trying again next year doesn't make you a failure. Good luck with your decisions this week!

did we all get the line about there being a "good chance" that a spot will open up?

I'm on the waitlist there for fiction. Hoping it works out!

Anyone else not get a rejection (or anything else) from NYU yet?

Hi there, is anyone else still waiting on Johns Hopkins? I haven't received a rejection or anything at all from them, and a couple of my friends who applied got their rejections last week. I emailed Yvonne Gobble but haven't heard back. My last name starts with a letter in the middle of the alphabet, but it seems like a long time to wait for batched rejections...