Declining Offers 2018

[thehegeldialectic]

4 minutes ago, Arendtlover said:

thank you for the update! Did they interview you?

Nope. As I understand it, they had two tiers on the waitlist, those interviewed and those not interviewed. 

[kretschmar]

I've recently declined GSU, LSU, Miami U of Ohio, and Memphis's MA.

[BL16]

Although I withdrew my application a few days ago, I received an email saying I was waitlisted at UNC. I asked to remove myself from the list.

[Goonasabi]

46 minutes ago, BL16 said:

Although I withdrew my application a few days ago, I received an email saying I was waitlisted at UNC. I asked to remove myself from the list.

UNC got in touch with you recently??

[BL16]

6 hours ago, Goonasabi said:

UNC got in touch with you recently??

Yesterday.

[IHG88]

Any other folks turning down offers from UMN?

[Kantattheairport]

14 hours ago, BL16 said:

Yesterday.

The plot thickens.

[PhiloStorian]

I declined an MA offer from San Francisco State and took myself off the waitlist for a TAship at the University of Houston.

[PhiloStorian]

Removed myself from the waitlist for the HPS program at Indiana University-Bloomington.

[Stencil]

If this information is helpful to anyone: I've already declined MA offers from Houston and GSU, and I will be declining an offer from Brandeis and a waitlist from Milwaukee as well.

[Needle in the Hay]

I've just declined FSU, removed myself from waitlists at SLU, Fordham, and Ave Maria (Theology), and withdrawn my applications from the University of Dallas and the University of Saint Thomas, Houston.

All were PhD programs.

I hope this helps someone.

[BL16]

Declined Rutgers' offer. And that's it for me this season.

[Kantattheairport]

4 hours ago, BL16 said:

Declined Rutgers' offer. And that's it for me this season.

Is it NYU that you decided upon in the end?

[BL16]

33 minutes ago, Kantattheairport said:

Is it NYU that you decided upon in the end?

Yes, indeed

[Kantattheairport]

4 hours ago, BL16 said:

Yes, indeed

Congrats! Still dawdling on the waitlist, but perhaps with a little luck I'll see you there.

[BL16]

38 minutes ago, Kantattheairport said:

Congrats! Still dawdling on the waitlist, but perhaps with a little luck I'll see you there.

Thanks, and good luck!

[PhiloStorian]

I turned down an offer from Virginia Tech and took myself off the waitlist at UConn.

[shadowyBeing]

I know of a few applicants who have declined either their offer or waitlist spot at UW-Seattle. I'm wondering whether anyone knows of any movement on that waitlist. Judging from gradcafe alone, it appears that no such movement has taken place, but that doesn't seem quite right given how far we are in the season. Thoughts? 

[Goonasabi]

50 minutes ago, shadowyBeing said:

I know of a few applicants who have declined either their offer or waitlist spot at UW-Seattle. I'm wondering whether anyone knows of any movement on that waitlist. Judging from gradcafe alone, it appears that no such movement has taken place, but that doesn't seem quite right given how far we are in the season. Thoughts? 

I'm in the same boat with several of my wait lists. Some schools add a person at a time as people decline, and some do it all at once, and they are not guaranteed to do it right away. So unfortunately we just have to be a bit patient. This might come down to the wire for many of us.

[elviejo]

Just declined my offer from Simon Fraser.

Edited April 2, 2018 by elviejo

[MtnDuck]

On 4/1/2018 at 7:32 PM, shadowyBeing said:

I know of a few applicants who have declined either their offer or waitlist spot at UW-Seattle. I'm wondering whether anyone knows of any movement on that waitlist. Judging from gradcafe alone, it appears that no such movement has taken place, but that doesn't seem quite right given how far we are in the season. Thoughts? 

I'm one of the folks with an offer from UW-Seattle. I'm probably going to be accepting by the end of the week at the latest (I'm waitlisted at a few places but I think I'd still pick UW over the other places).

I believe that they're aiming for a cohort of 4(?) and I think  at least one other person from the folks that visited will accept their offer. I'm not sure about the other two folks since I know they had offers elsewhere as well.

[shadowyBeing]

9 minutes ago, MtnDuck said:

I'm one of the folks with an offer from UW-Seattle. I'm probably going to be accepting by the end of the week at the latest (I'm waitlisted at a few places but I think I'd still pick UW over the other places).

I believe that they're aiming for a cohort of 4(?) and I think  at least one other person from the folks that visited will accept their offer. I'm not sure about the other two folks since I know they had offers elsewhere as well.

Thank you for this information. 4 seems like a rather low cohort, and would be very unfortunate for my chances. Did they say so explicitly?

[MtnDuck]

48 minutes ago, shadowyBeing said:

Thank you for this information. 4 seems like a rather low cohort, and would be very unfortunate for my chances. Did they say so explicitly?

Explicitly, no. But it did sound like everyone who was initially offered was visiting (which was four of us) and at no point was anyone else mentioned as not being able to visit, someone else we should know about who might be a future colleague in the program, etc. :/

[soproperlybasic]

I plan on declining my offer at WMU sometime this week. I was offered a tuition waiver and an assistantship, so perhaps this will help someone else who wants to go there!

[shifgrethor]

Declined Toronto, San Diego, and Pitt. Took myself off the Stanford and Notre Dame waitlists. Hope this helps someone!