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THIS = THE WORST

That's great to know, thanks!

didn't someone say at one point in this (very long!) thread of messages that their notification was sent after 5pm last year? or should we give up for today at 5?

Thanks so much for getting this started, fondizzle!

Hi, Is there any way we could start a google doc now? Even though we haven't yet begun to hear results, it would be nice to know how many others from this group applied for each grant in each country. Not sure if we need to use a pre-existing doc but if not, I would be happy to start one myself for people to input info. Just a thought.

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I'll be there too, for art history.

thanks everyone! so, where is everyone sending letters to today?

thanks, I'm excited to hear this from someone already at CUNY! what's your field? I'll be headed there for art history.

well, alright.

so I had a lengthy meeting with one of my profs today about whether or not to accept CUNY's offer without funding and by the time I was done, I had completely resigned myself to taking out more loans. I came home and checked my email, and lo and behold, I FINALLY got full tuition plus a stipend. THANK EFFING GOD. I can't believe that it took up until TWELVE HOURS before april 15th to figure it out, but i am FINALLY going to grad school with funding! thanks again to everyone for being supportive through literally MONTHS of me lamenting my grad school situation!

are you definitely more interested in NYU? if you haven't OFFICIALLY accepted BMC, and you definitely like NYU better then i say go for it! i'm always worried about being annoying, rude, etc. with grad school stuff, but my boss always says "your future is more important than good manners."

hey vangogh - I'm dealing with essentially the same thing with cuny, and I have a MA too - I really feel your pain! I think I'm going to do it as well. the tuition is dirt cheap plus enough of my MA credits transfer that I shouldn't have to spend too much time in coursework and can start adjuncting to have my tuition paid. not ideal, and I'm still not 100% sold on doing it, but it's what I'm leaning toward at this point. c'est la vie!

Can anyone comment on the reputation of the CUNY Graduate Center? FYI, my field is art history. According to the Chronicle for Higher Ed, it's rated 9th for arthi, but I just want to be 110% certain of what I'm committing myself to. It seems like a solid program, but it's hard to get the idea out of my head that I HAVE to go to an Ivy if I'm ever going to get a job. It's my only offer and I think I am going to accept on Tuesday.

charis, I finally heard back and she said it didn't look like they were going to be able to offer me a place. she said that most people apply to the program to work on modern art, and that the guy i applied to work with was already too overloaded with advisees. as far as the financial aid package, that sounds pretty good...i'd imagine you just apply for dissertation grants and fellowships and/or work after you finish up your coursework.