Musmatatus Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 3 hours ago, FiguresIII said: On the fence between UChicago and Berkeley. My preference is for Berkeley, the fit is phenomenal, and I love everything else about the program, but the problem is money, plain and simple. I don't see myself being able to live for six years in the Bay Area with their current offer. Chicago offers me more and the cost of living is SO much lower, it's scandalous. Doubting whether I should try to wring a little more money out of Berkeley... I was just at a visit where someone from a different Bay Area university talked about how he found his apartment through a departmental email. Did you ask about help finding affordable housing and how the current students manage to make ends meet?
gloriagilbert Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 I'm U Michigan bound. Never envisioned myself in the midwest, but Ann Arbor, let's go! ArcaMajora, jusrain, arbie and 3 others 6
Bopie5 Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 Just got an email that I got the tuition waiver + the stipend at Villanova! Will be confirming my acceptance of the offer tonight! tacocat211, The Wordsworthian, illcounsel and 33 others 32 4
Warelin Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Bopie5 said: Just got an email that I got the tuition waiver + the stipend at Villanova! Will be confirming my acceptance of the offer tonight! Congratulations @Bopie5! Such wonderful news! Bopie5 1
Bopie5 Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 18 minutes ago, Warelin said: Congratulations @Bopie5! Such wonderful news! Thank you! I just confirmed my intent to enroll; it really is such good news, and I'm so grateful for the opportunity, and so excited for this fall!
havemybloodchild Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 7 hours ago, Bopie5 said: Just got an email that I got the tuition waiver + the stipend at Villanova! Will be confirming my acceptance of the offer tonight! YESSSSSS!!!! Bopie5 1
madandmoonly Posted March 31, 2019 Posted March 31, 2019 To the surprise of probably no one who's ever heard me say anything about anything, I officially accepted Rice's offer of admission. Maylee, vondafkossum, arbie and 13 others 16
dilby Posted March 31, 2019 Author Posted March 31, 2019 11 minutes ago, madandmoonly said: To the surprise of probably no one who's ever heard me say anything about anything, I officially accepted Rice's offer of admission. Congratulations!! It really felt like such a great fit for your work during the visit weekend. I am still super torn, but if I move off the waitlist there's still a good chance I'll be joining you. madandmoonly 1
madandmoonly Posted March 31, 2019 Posted March 31, 2019 6 minutes ago, dilby said: Congratulations!! It really felt like such a great fit for your work during the visit weekend. I am still super torn, but if I move off the waitlist there's still a good chance I'll be joining you. I don't blame you honestly. That visit weekend was incredibly persuasive and everyone was just so chill somehow?? I'm still shocked by how much I liked everyone, given what a grumpy old man I usually am. Plus, I couldn't turn down that stipend or chance to work with TM. I'm really excited! dilby 1
sad_diamond Posted March 31, 2019 Posted March 31, 2019 Just accepted Penn's offer! Rootbound, FiguresIII, ArcaMajora and 18 others 17 4
thismortalcoil Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) Accepted my offer to Penn English! AHHHHHHHH Edited April 1, 2019 by thismortalcoil needed more screaming bpilgrim89, tacocat211, FiguresIII and 9 others 9 3
MetaphysicalDrama Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 Decided on SMU in Dallas. Way too good of an offer to pass up. victoriansimpkins, arbie, ArcaMajora and 2 others 4 1
BarrissOffee Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 Accepted BC's offer for their PhD program! :) Matthew3957, ArcaMajora, cassidyaxx and 2 others 5
havemybloodchild Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 3 hours ago, MetaphysicalDrama said: Decided on SMU in Dallas. Way too good of an offer to pass up. Yay! See you there
MetaphysicalDrama Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 7 minutes ago, kendalldinniene said: Yay! See you there Looking forward to it. Happy to have the 2018 Grad Cafe contributor of the year in my cohort! Mumasatus and victoriansimpkins 2
deka Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) On 3/29/2019 at 10:36 AM, FiguresIII said: On the fence between UChicago and Berkeley. My preference is for Berkeley, the fit is phenomenal, and I love everything else about the program, but the problem is money, plain and simple. I don't see myself being able to live for six years in the Bay Area with their current offer. Chicago offers me more and the cost of living is SO much lower, it's scandalous. Doubting whether I should try to wring a little more money out of Berkeley... Absolutely 100% talk to the department / the chair of graduate studies / whoever sent you the congratulations email. Tell them how you're honestly feeling and that the difference in stipends is making it very hard to attend Berkeley. They let you in because they really, really want you there. If Chicago's stipend amt and livability is making it difficult to impossible to choose Berkeley, you should let them know and see what they say. Personally, I'm just waiting till the Chicago visit to decide... why is it on the 12th!!! It's torture! Edited April 1, 2019 by deka FiguresIII 1
jusrain Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 Headed to Rutgers! arbie, Rootbound, spectrum-in and 18 others 19 2
Musmatatus Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 6 hours ago, deka said: Personally, I'm just waiting till the Chicago visit to decide... why is it on the 12th!!! It's torture! Is the visit just one day or does it stretch out so they have you there on the 15th? I just have this image of them saying, "No, you can't leave until you tell us if you're coming!" jusrain, mustmatatus and deka 3
fortschritt22 Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 Officially accepted my offer to Indiana! illcounsel, jusrain, victoriansimpkins and 9 others 11 1
Maylee Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 Officially going to Mizzou for a PhD in English/Creative Writing in the Fall! Congratulations, everyone! It's great to have made a decision. Musmatatus, lyonel_, jusrain and 6 others 8 1
snorkles Posted April 4, 2019 Posted April 4, 2019 On 4/2/2019 at 8:38 AM, fortschritt22 said: Officially accepted my offer to Indiana! Congrats! Indiana seems like such a great program. It was really hard for me to turn it down. Jennifer Fleissner and Jonathan Elmer seem so great, and the campus is beautiful! fortschritt22 1
brontebitch Posted April 5, 2019 Posted April 5, 2019 Accepted my offer at Buffalo! hgtvdeathdrive, writeshere, mandelbulb and 6 others 8 1
hgtvdeathdrive Posted April 5, 2019 Posted April 5, 2019 1 hour ago, natalielouise said: Accepted my offer at Buffalo! congrats & it was nice to briefly meet you i'm still on the fence, although the visit was totally amazing and really made me excited about the program! i'm still confused about marketability/placement and the prospect of living in buffalo for that long.... brontebitch 1
FiguresIII Posted April 7, 2019 Posted April 7, 2019 Yale Comp Lit! Anonymouse124, thismortalcoil, jusrain and 18 others 19 2
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