wildcatsfan86

I have to admit, I feel the exact opposite. I didn't have a clear first choice school, but I had a clear last choice. Unfortunately the clear last choice is my in-state school, and it's where I knew going into this that I had to go to if I didn't get funding elsewhere. I just can't justify the kinds of loans required for out of state tuition. I got accepted to all 5 of the schools I applied to. Unfortunately the only school to offer me funding is my in-state school. I guess not having to pay for everything there does take some of the sting out of having to go there, but it's really painful to turn down all those other offers of admission, especially since they're for really amazing programs for my field. I'd rather be able to beat myself up over not being good enough, than to have something totally out of my control to blame. More painful is that if I'd been 2 months older, I'd have graduated last year, and might have had a shot at funding. The only consolation is that my friends are hearing the same thing about funding, so I know it's not just me.

Sounds like you're in, "pending final grad school approval". My status changed to that after I got the letter from the dept saying I'd been accepted.

It's beginning to look like I have no choice. I'm getting a lot of "due to the economy, we don't anticipate being able to provide funding for the incoming class" from schools. Without funding, I can't justify out of state tuition, when I can continue at my undergrad school for in-state rates. I do NOT want to stay here, but unless there's some drastic change in the next few weeks, I'll be here for another 2 years. I really agree that it is good to see different perspectives and work with different faculty. I also like the idea of branching out. But, at least in my case, it has to come down to the money.

I'm fortunate to not be graduating with undergrad debt, but so far I've received NO funding offers from the schools I've been accepted to. I've really only got one more possibility for funding but given what I'm hearing from all of my friends, I'm not holding out any hope. I'll almost definitely be stuck at my state school for my Masters, despite wanting to get out of here because it is the cheapest, but as state schools go, it's anything but cheap. It's sounding like I may be able to take out most of my loans from "the bank of dad", but even then, by the time I'm done I'll owe well over 30k, just to him rather than in the form of a real loan. I'm definitely freaking out. I knew going into this there would be some loans, but all my professors fully expected me to get some funding, so I was hoping that I wouldn't end up owing THAT much.

None of my grades were bad per se, but there were 3 semesters in a row where they were lower than other semesters. During those semesters I experienced the death of a friend I'd known literally since birth, and we were dealing with significant family health issues at home that required me to go home pretty much every weekend to help. I covered this in 2 sentences in the closing paragraph of my personal statement, summing up the fact that I'm a hardworking student and had achieved a pretty high GPA while balancing various things I'm involved in on campus, despite these situations. I don't know that those slight deviations in my grades would have worsened my chances, but I felt it should be covered, just in case.

I sent an email to the person from the grad school who had sent the email regarding checking application statuses. In the email she said if there were any questions, to contact her, so I figured that would be the best place to start. Hopefully I'll get some sort of response one way or the other.

While they were processing the application in the grad school, the admission type said "pending", if I remember correctly. Once I received that email that everything had been forwarded to the department (that day, given the dates they had listed for finally processing various components of the application), it then read "graduate non-admit".

2 acceptances so far. No funding. Both schools have cited the "economic climate" and one is "anticipating not being able to provide TA positions to any of their incoming class". My friends are having the same problems regardless of schools or programs. Looks like I'll be taking on far more loans than I had wanted and won't be getting out of this state like I want to

I received an email from one of the schools I applied to a couple weeks ago, telling me that my file was complete and being forwarded to the department, how to check my application status, and that admissions decisions would NOT be posted online. Basically the only purpose was for me to be able to see whether or not my application was complete and to see when the decision was made. Since that time there has been nothing on that page about my application status, despite the explanations saying that the page will show the status (being reviewed, decision made, etc). There is something however that says "admission type". Next to that it says "graduate non-admit". It's said this the entire time. I'm assuming this means I'm not admitted, but others have told me it *could* be some sort of "campus code". Any ideas?