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Ya, nothing to worry about. Offers change from year to year depending upon the program's financial situation.

This other person may have received an additional fellowship in addition to the standard offer. If a program is accepting four students, they won't rank you and then give 20k to their top choice, 19k to their next choice, etc etc

Discussing stipends, regardless of the situation, feels generally uncomfortable. You said a 'current' student in your 'new' program...so I assume you are going into your first year, and you are speaking of a student who is in their 2nd year or greater? It is not uncommon to be making less than the more senior students as a first year. It is also possible that another first year could be making more than you depending upon whether or not they receive additional fellowships for example. The program could perhaps say you are receiving a 'signing bonus' as some sort of incentive to have you accept their offer, but this could be offered to all incoming students. The program wouldn't shaft you so to speak. They wouldn't just single you out and give you $1000 less than every other student.

That made me laugh

Hey everyone, Much like many of you, I begin my program in the fall. I have been reading through all of the recent 'Should I get a new laptop?' threads but decided to make my own rather than hijacking anyone else's. I currently own a regular Macbook (unibody) which is about 1.5 years old. I have strongly considered purchasing a non-mac in order to more suit my needs. I will be doing normal Microsoft Office tasks, email, and mostly using SPSS and SAS. I know they have made SPSS available for Mac's for a bit of time now, but I have still heard that it just doesn't run as well. I am aware that I can run Windows on my Mac, but that is not something I am entirely interested in. For that reason, I have been looking at some of the Lenovo Thinkpads, specifically the T430. Part of me thinks it is a good idea to have a new laptop that I use for business/school purposes only(Cost: $1000 - $1500). With that being said, would I be better off just running SPSS on my current Mac and buying an Ipad on the side to use for my personal surfing, entertainment, etc. (Cost: $500)? I have been wavering on this issue for quite some time and it has caused me some unwarranted stress. I would love to hear all of your opinions, thanks!

Personally, I underestimated the process, not understanding how difficult (and annoying) it would be. Depending on how many programs you decide to apply to, the process is pretty time consuming. One piece of advice that I received prior to the process was that you should only apply to programs where you could absolutely see yourself. I found this advice pretty obvious and unnecessary, but I ended up applying to a couple of schools that I really had to 'stretch the fit' just so I could apply to more programs. In the end, I received an offer from one of these programs an thankfully had other options. Even though you come from a clinical background, I'm sure you can find a way to spin it. With that being said, a large number of applicants seem to have never even taken an I/O course before applying, so I wouldn't put too much stock in your lack of an I/O background; you should be just fine there. I have still not taken a look at the old to new GRE score conversions, but I think my scores were very comparable to yours, and my GPA was only slightly higher. Throughout my visits I met applicants that had significantly higher stats than me, yet had similar acceptance rates. As cliche' as it sounds, it really does come down to fit, so like I said, make sure you ACTUALLY fit! Feel free to shoot me a pm if you want to ask any more detailed questions, I'd be glad to help!

Hey there, I am not too familiar with the Canadian I/O Programs, but I went through the whole process just this year. Although it is quite expensive, I recommend applying to a good number of programs. Some applicants that I met along the way applied to only a few schools, and expressed that they wish they had applied to more. I applied to 8, which seemed to be about the average (according to applicants I had spoken with on visits). While I was going through the process, I felt like I was blindly throwing tons of money and hoping I would get in. In the end, it was nice to have a choice between a few programs (I was accepted to 3 of 8). Best of Luck!

I originally didn't have any 'decision' in my status when everyone else reported rejections. As of yesterday, however, I also have a rejection.

Hmm...Nothing is posted for me. I assume you're referring to the AIS webpage?

I also noticed that. I assume they meant A&M as well

is the person who just posted the auburn acceptance around? congrats!

Received an email from POI at Auburn informing me I was on the shortlist. Has anyone in here been given an official offer?

Oh Great! Do you mind pm'ing me? Thanks !

I am wondering the same thing. We may be out of luck...

I was just saying that James has 2 waitlists, and that I feel he will get into one eventually