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(As a side note, the person the board who said they were told CUNY doesn't offer funding confuses me. a) Why would you apply?? b ) Why would you apply if you obviously don't know anything about the program; they do offer funding! It looks like someone was getting two-three year old information about CUNY. It says right on their program page that they've made significant changes to their financial package to make it more competitive. it just baffles me that someone did so little research and applied to the school anyway.) Edit: stupid cool sunglasses emoticon

While I think there's an overall trend of schools getting back earlier this year, the east coast seems to be a different story, perhaps because of the weather. Most schools (except UConn and Harvard) seem to be reporting a bit later than usual. My guess is, if Princeton is getting back to us this week, they'll start making calls/e-mails tomorrow at the earliest (based on the fact no one has posted anything). Looks like an implied rejection from Harvard for me, though I'm not too heartbroken about it. It was only a good fit halfway. Princeton...well, both people in my field at my school got their PhDs there, so we'll see. But I'm not expecting a miracle. University of Washington and my current school are really the only two programs I'm waiting to hear back from that I might get anything from, but we'll see. Also, I'll see what happens with CUNY's wait list.

Yes, I noticed that as well. As far as I know, the standard is usually 5 years? From what I've been told, and this is a very rudimentary understanding, funding usually lasts until you finish coursework, exams, and some teaching. After that, you're All But Dissertation, at which point you're contractually free to seek full time employment elsewhere (a professor at my undergraduate school was married with 2 kids and taught as full-time ABD faculty for forever because she had no time to finish her dissertation- not tenure track, of course). Other than that, there are typically fellowships available. It does kind of stink that UConn's is one less year than seems to be the average, but I'm hoping that means they have other opportunities available, or that if it really only takes 5 years, that you only have one year as ABD. My current school's PhD program has you as ABD with no funding for 2 years (6 and 7--you don't start teaching or submitting your proposal until year 4) unless you get a teaching or research fellowship.

Congratulations about Tufts!! One of my undergraduate mentors did her PhD at Tufts and adored it. I was pretty disappointed about UMass at first, but UConn makes up for it. That and their 80% placement rate, haha. I'm also counting on getting into my current institution for PhD, which has a $22k/year stipend. I'm attracted to my West Coast possibilities, but there is a part of me that never wants to leave New England. Sidenote, to keep this post relevant to the topic: I am still waiting to hear back from Mary Udal and the DGS about the March 15th thing. For those interested, I am also visiting campus the weekend of March 22/23 (I'm attending an LGBT conference there that weekend). We should do an informal GradCafe visit weekend

UConn's seems like a pretty good deal to me. $21k to teach 1-1 (max 22 students) and you only take 2 full credit courses per semester. Considering I've been working 2 other jobs, grading 1-1, and taking 3 courses a semester, that seems like a dream to me. WSU's is ~$14k for 0-2 the first year, then 2-1 or 1-2 the rest of the time. More coursework than UConn--10 courses in 2 years. (I checked the cost of living in Pullman, and it's very very low, which might explain the low stipend.)

Excellent! I sadly got rejected from Amherst, but I was excited about building up my sprinting abilities there. As far as I can tell, most of UConn's English courses should be concentrated in one building. There are certainly plenty of hills to practice on as well. (I've gone to UConn for conferences and I've had friends there; they always complain about getting from one building to the next, haha.) If I may ask, where is your other offer from? I remember you saying but I seem to have forgotten. I'm apparently getting into Washington State, but their stipend is much smaller. But the cost of living is also way cheaper out there...

The campus may scare you off for good Horb! Depending on your tastes. The campus itself is very expansive and has a lot to offer in terms of on-campus food, housing, technology, services, etc., but it's in the middle of nowhere in Connecticut. There is literally a cow farm right next to campus. I'm from the hills in CT so it doesn't bother me at all (it's a bit comforting), but it isn't exactly for everyone. It is, however, not far from either Hartford or Boston (less than 2 hrs from Boston), so there are plenty of places to go and do things on weekends and whatnot. I'm writing to Mary Udal with the DGS CC'd, so hopefully I will get an "extension" on my decision.

Wow! That's crazy. So many programs don't get back to you that quickly. My current school's PhD program won't be getting bak to me until mid Marxh

It was in the last few sentences of my letter. And yes, it seems incredibly early. I'll try writing to Mary Udal - she seems very pleasant and helpful. Thanks!

So I received a very generous and exciting offer from UConn, as I see several others did too. I'm pumped! However, my fiancée did not get into her program at UConn and is getting into one in a different part of CT. This means we would be doing a crazy commute around both new haven and Hartford traffic in either direction if I went to UConn. UConn's deadline is March 15th- would it be appropriate to say that I need extra time for logistics? I am apparently also getting accepted to Washington State but it will take time due to my being at the top of the wait list. (I have also heard of departments helping to grandfather spouses in- my fiancée applied to an unfunded MA in a different department at UConn) Help??

I've always been a quick reader, thankfully. I've developed a method where I can "automatic read," where I read (usually novels) while also being able to think about something else. When something particularly interesting happens, I stop and go back and read in more detail. Journal articles and theory take me forever, though. I have also learned that most people don't actually do 100% of the reading, which lowered my anxiety.

I think Harvard usually spreads it out over a few days

I just got a personal e-mail from William Hamlin at WSU stating that I was at the top of the wait list. more good news! He says he thinks he can offer me admission in 3-4 weeks with a 5 year teaching assistantship. Wow.

That thread is just ridiculous all around. The OP's discussion got more and more crazy, with her mentioning more and more outlandish things she would tell her therapist. There were theories that she was a troll. It was pretty entertaining, but also sad. It reminded me of the girls I went to undergrad with at a small catholic school. It shocked them that I (as a woman) would dare keep an occupation after having a child.

Yes- it seems people's odds tend to be pretty good on wait lists, or at least that's my tentative hope. A lot of the same 10 or 15 people tend to get accepted into multiple programs. If you land on a wait list, your chances are still good, though I suppose it depends on where you are. If you want, it might be helpful to look at Emory's results from past years. People tend to post if they were accepted off the wait list.

Someone already got accepted off the CUNY wait list

The acceptance e-mail I received was CC'd to a POI I mentioned in my SOP...that's a bit of a confidence booster I'll expect I'll have an implied rejection from Harvard, but I was expecting that anyway. If anyone remembers that "projected results game" thread from a while back, I'm actually pretty close to my predictions so far.

Haha same. Did you get the TA stipend from UConn?

I got in! I checked my spam box for the hell of it and the e-mail was in there!!

Thanks! Was it a personal e-mail, if I may ask?

Harvard and UConn acceptances up...doesn't bode we'll for me at either institution. I suppose I should give it a couple of days though-but I doubt I will get into Harvard. My subject score was good but my verbal was so so at 162 and I know they care about these things. UConn rejected me 2 years ago; let's see what they say this time around. 2 R, 2 implied R, 1 wait list, and 6 schools to go including Harvard and UConn. Starting to feel a bit desperate. Tat number may be down to 4 by the end of the week...

I have the same question. I just got wait listed at CUNY. My sense, however, was that they'd rather I not contact them yet (in the e-mail they repeated how early in the admission season it is). I think I'll wait for a week or two and then check in and see. Most people who have been admitted probably are waiting to hear back from other universities anyway. I also don't really have a first choice program, so the waiting isn't terrible for me. I'll be happy anywhere I applied and it depends on where my fiancée also gets into school. I would love to be at CUNY, though

Thanks everyone the news should keep me energized through the rest of work and my late night class!

Yes there is a chance! they have 21 spots and last year they made 39 offers, which means 18 people rejected their offers of admissions (roughly). I wager that that gives me decent odds of getting in, depending on where I am on their wait list. I am feeling optimistic, though maybe I shouldn't, haha.

Whoo! Just got wait listed at CUNY. At least I haven't been rejected from everywhere! Hoping I get in!