Is anyone here turning down UNC?

[veilside]

Hi,

I have been waitlisted for the PhD at UNC for about 9 agonizing weeks now. I have offers to other programs, and in fact am being pressured to reply by April 10 by one of them. (Their exact words were: "we would very much appreciate hearing back from you by April 10 regarding our offer.") I would imagine that they ask this in order to go to their waitlist in time...

UNC is my first choice, and I do not want to be clogging up the process for someone waiting for a spot that I have been offered. I also am terrified that if I wait until after the 15th I will thereby loose those spots I have been offered due to my waiting out for UNC, and then nothing will materialize from UNC, and I will be stuck with nothing.

This whole waitlisting thing is awful, as I'm sure that some of those offered a spot at UNC are waiting on school X, and someone at school X is waiting on Y, and that one is waiting on school Z, etc... A horrible gridlock that will be an exploding mess on the 15th.

I know that UNC received around 430 applications, accepted 16, and waitlisted 6. Is anyone here part of the 16 and has already or will be turning down UNC?

Also, as it is clearly a related question, has anyone here accepted UNC?

[eurocentric]

yup.

I did turn them down. Good Luck!

[waldenroad]

<br />Hi,<br /><br /><br />I have been waitlisted for the PhD at UNC for about 9 agonizing weeks now. I have offers to other programs, and in fact am being pressured to reply by April 10 by one of them. (Their exact words were: &quot;we would very much appreciate hearing back from you by April 10 regarding our offer.&quot;) I would imagine that they ask this in order to go to their waitlist in time... <br /><br /><br />UNC is my first choice, and I do not want to be clogging up the process for someone waiting for a spot that I have been offered. I also am terrified that if I wait until after the 15th I will thereby loose those spots I have been offered due to my waiting out for UNC, and then nothing will materialize from UNC, and I will be stuck with nothing.<br /><br />This whole waitlisting thing is awful, as I'm sure that some of those offered a spot at UNC are waiting on school X, and someone at school X is waiting on Y, and that one is waiting on school Z, etc...  A horrible gridlock that will be an exploding mess on the 15th. <img src='http://forum.thegradcafe.com/public/style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <br /><br />I know that UNC received around 430 applications, accepted 16, and waitlisted 6.  Is anyone here part of the 16 and has already or will be turning down UNC?<br /><br /><br />Also, as it is clearly a related question, has anyone here accepted UNC?<br />

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I am on the fence between UNC and Pittsburgh. I loved everything about UNC except its funding package. I have several years of funding at Pitt just for research and no teaching responsibilities. I'm also waitlisted at another school. So, there is hope for you. I'm aware of people on the waitlist and am trying to make my decision asap because of this. But it sure is hard when it's 7 years of your life, eh? What is your area of interested study at UNC?

[waldenroad]

Hi,

I have been waitlisted for the PhD at UNC for about 9 agonizing weeks now. I have offers to other programs, and in fact am being pressured to reply by April 10 by one of them. (Their exact words were: "we would very much appreciate hearing back from you by April 10 regarding our offer.") I would imagine that they ask this in order to go to their waitlist in time...

UNC is my first choice, and I do not want to be clogging up the process for someone waiting for a spot that I have been offered. I also am terrified that if I wait until after the 15th I will thereby loose those spots I have been offered due to my waiting out for UNC, and then nothing will materialize from UNC, and I will be stuck with nothing.

This whole waitlisting thing is awful, as I'm sure that some of those offered a spot at UNC are waiting on school X, and someone at school X is waiting on Y, and that one is waiting on school Z, etc... A horrible gridlock that will be an exploding mess on the 15th.

I know that UNC received around 430 applications, accepted 16, and waitlisted 6. Is anyone here part of the 16 and has already or will be turning down UNC?

Also, as it is clearly a related question, has anyone here accepted UNC?

I made the agonizing decision to turn down UNC today. Best of luck to you!

[veilside]

A nice bit of news to start this which is the last agonizing week of being a waitlistee.