dispositif
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By grad housing, do you mean the residential services at UChicago? have they already begun to send out placements? I thought those weren't out till August.
Yes. Residential Services processes housing applications in order that they receive them. It's also determined by your requested move-in date. They pull all the applications for a move-in period and place applicants in order of when the application was received. I applied late April for a mid-August move-in date and received an offer the first week of June.
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I haven't heard back yet, although I waited quite long (end of April) to apply for UC apartments. I've been fretting because I don't even have a student ID yet, but they just had commencement so I'm waiting until tomorrow to bug them. I haven't heard a single thing from them, actually, since I accepted their offer. *nervous laughter*
I visited the area in February when they were in a warm spell and in April when they were in a warm spell so when real Chicago winter comes, I will die. I've started to watch Game of Thrones recently and hyperbolizing my fear of winter has come easily.
I'm sure that it varies by school, but the Divinity School sent ID info out in late May which has really only been useful to create my UChicago email. Still waiting for the class schedule to be published, and the registration site won't even allow me to log on yet anyway. The CNET (ID) emails were actually attachments and were somewhat intricate, so I'm guessing your school also has to create individual attachments for each matriculating student.
And I applied for grad housing in mid-April, so maybe you'll hear back soon.
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Congrats, everyone! Divinity A.M. in History of Religions here. Just received my housing offer this morning. Anyone else hear back who's renting through UChicago? I'm on E Madison Park, which I wished I'd made time to see while I was visiting in late March. God, it was cold, and everyone seemed to neglect to tell me about how the winds howl through negligible cracks in the windowsills at night. Chilling, but even more endearing than I anticipated.
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I've really been enjoying this thread, so thanks for all the insight, everyone.
Anyone know anything about E Madison Park near UChicago? Was placed in grad housing this morning and have been Googling, but if anyone has anything to say about safety? I had my fingers crossed for a larger apartment around Kimbark, but I think I'm now in closer proximity to grocers, and right up against the Metra.
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Rejected as well...
Hm.
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I called Berkeley and they told me they posted the decisions for those in Language and Literature, Society and Culture today. They said e-mail notifications would be sent out by the end of the week.
Thanks for the report. Still reading submitted...
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You will be a wonderful administrator. <3
The truth!
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dispositif,
For what it's worth, I was declined admission from the MA in SCS in 2010 (and yet, I come back for more at
the doctoral level?). I was talking to Zeus Leonardo a few months ago, and he mentioned that SCS generally
accepts very few M.A.'s... to the extent that he thought they may not have taken any that year.
Probably isn't too comforting, but I thought it might be nice to know that it's not like they're taking 15 a year
and you were left out in the cold.
c.o.
Hey, that's seriously nice to hear. Thanks. I've been getting closer and closer to finalizing my decision but was holding out for Berkeley, just to make a knowledgeable decision as best I could. No SCS this year for me means that Education will not be the field I enter into, at least on the M.A. level, so this wasn't a decision I wanted to make without seeing all the cards on the table. Hearing this really concretizes the plans I've slowly been moving towards. I hope everyone here is in a good position to move forward if this does in fact mean rejection.
On that note, I emailed with Zeus earlier this year, mentioning I was applying for the M.A. in SCS and he responded that they usually take in around 8% of their applicants, out of 100-110 a year. I think this clarifies that he was likely responding in regards to M.A.'s in the entire GSE, and not just in SCS. Maybe not very helpful to most people currently on the thread, but for future SCS applicants, I think it's important to know these statistics during such a long-winded waiting game.
...so, how's everyone feeling? This has been a truly wonderful thread, and being able to talk through the ups and downs of the UC app season has really helped me deal with what has officially been the longest waiting period I've ever experienced. Hope everyone is settled in with both confidence and excitement about wherever the next turn takes them as we wait it out a few last moments.
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...and so it goes. I believe Spring Visit Day for accepted GSE students was scheduled for today, right?
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I just met someone who got into Berkeley, but for the policy program. Is that a bad sign for us?
I want to say that POME decisions are a different beast altogether, as the Results Survey indicates those rejections (and earlier acceptances) having been received, while all of us stellar SCS hopefuls haven't heard a single word.
But maybe that's just hope speaking...
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Who else is refreshing that page over and over and over???
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Just called the admissions coordinator at Berkeley and was told that decisions have been entered into the system already, and they should be notifying the applicants very soon.
Thanks a thousand times over.
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Yeah, I just bought the tickets this morning! I'm going for the A.M. in Religion and Literature.
The only way I'm not going is if my husband throws up serious objections to moving to Chicago (which I'm sure he won't, given that he's known it was a possibility since August).
I'm glad to know of someone else going! We're coming in from the Southeast and staying the weekend to enjoy the city. Wish hotels in
East Hyde were easier to come by...
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I'm most likely going to be at the University of Chicago this fall...anyone else?
I'm nearly certain (A.M. in History of Religions). Planning to visit during Prospective at the end of this month?
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Called UCB's GSE today and was connected with someone who was very polite. She explained that the decisions had just been "sent off" and that I should expect an email tomorrow or Thursday. Good luck again, fellow SCS hopefuls!
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Anyone planning to attend Prospective Students' Day? Plane tickets to O'Hare from the Southeast are looking pretty pricey...
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Apologies for the double post, but it looks like another day is going to come and go before hearing a word. Really disappointed. Beginning to assume (since hope has held out until now, for me) this means the worst. Anyone else holding out hope?
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Aaaaarrrrgh!!! It's definitely been more than 24-48 hours and I still have no email from Berkeley and my status hasn't changed on the gradadmit page!!!!!! I've been refreshing and refreshing and refreshing all weekend. A bit dismaying, to say the least.
I'm with you. Can I ask if the office gave you the impression (or explicitly said) that the SCS decisions were just being made (or finalized) late last week, as in no SCS applicants have been given decisions, unlike most applicants to other UCB GSE programs?
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friendly fire
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Grad admissions office said on my app no decision has been made yet and that I could contact the Ed office directly...eesh! Do I want to do that??!?!?!
...edit: yeah, I called, and for SCS PhD, they should have the decisions today (likely even this morning!!!!!!) and will start emailing, though it could take 24-48 hours to get the email....
Can I just fast-forward through today please?!?
Wow, so it really did take this long?! Anyone have a guess if they'll notify MA's too?
Goodness, me! Good luck to everyone! We've really waited it out on this one.
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Got my "yes" from Chicago this morning! A good day.
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Congrats rdc190!
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My POI called yesterday asking if I had received any more information from the Grad Div at Cal (I have not - i was admitted weeks ago but I still haven't received funding info). He hinted that their process is bureaucratic and therefore somewhat inefficient. He also told me that for the program I applied to, they aim for a Master's cohort of 8. Not sure how big SCS is in comparison, but if they're only admitting a handful, then we just might not see their posts on the survey because those 8-14 people aren't on this forum.
I hope I'm not being discouraging, I really can't speak of their SCS program size. On one hand, their communication has not been timely, but on the other, I'm sure those in my program, at least, have been notified of their acceptances at this point.
Best of luck to those waiting - I hope they get info out to you really soon (and when they do-hopefully they'll have funding info ready at the same time)!!
Thanks for chiming in, and congrats on your acceptances!
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I texted my family to forward them the information about the secret service, and they all about died laughing after all this worrying about having to walk 1.3 miles, mostly along Woodlawn, from my apartment to my building on campus. Not that safety isn't still a major concern, but it's still so funny in light of it all.
I eventually started guessing it was silly to have even posted, thinking it was unlikely anyone who knew of the area would read the post, but this is fantastic to hear! I was all about those apartments off of Kimbark and S. Ridgewood (hardwoods, clawfoot tubs, and a park view? Yes please.), but I think I was placed on Madison Park after all my requests to be put in a "safe" building, and close to stores and transportation, etc. Thanks so much for writing!
But I did accept, and I'm so glad to hear of someone else opting to move in there. It's so hard to know what you're looking at, solely going on things like Google Map's street view and a few quickly-snapped photos of the interior. Hope to see you around!