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got a portal update email from chicago but havent checked it yet 

just waiting for the NW rejection so my assumptions can be official ?

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I wish there was a way to give feedback about streamlining the application process (in US schools) -- most applications to graduate school are not successful, so knowing decisions by a certain time (say, March 1) gives people enough time to have feasible backups. It's been somewhat frustrating to play cat and mouse while job-searching (we have to eat) because I don't want to accept a position and then get accepted to grad school later on in the process, thus burning bridges in my pretty small practitioner field by appearing like I'm flip-flopping.

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Hello everyone - I hope you are doing well. Would anyone happen to have any insight on the UChicago admission process? I also have not received any notification and am wondering what to expect. 

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3 minutes ago, HolyGinger said:

Just got a funding offer from UAlbany! I am thrilled, however, does anyone know a good site where I can check the living expenses in Albany, NY?. Just want to make sure I can live with the stipend :D

Congratulations on securing funding. You may check this website out: http://www.phdstipends.com/results

Its like gradcafe but for stipends. It has a "LW Ratio" component which is basically the living wage as a ratio of the stipend. 

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20 minutes ago, HolyGinger said:

Just got a funding offer from UAlbany! I am thrilled, however, does anyone know a good site where I can check the living expenses in Albany, NY?. Just want to make sure I can live with the stipend :D

Albany's CoL isn't too bad last I checked. I had a friend that lived there for a few years and they said it was pretty affordable, hopefully that is still the case!

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Those Syracuse admits seem suspicious to me, having come one right after the other. Statistically, they usually release later in the admissions cycle as well I believe. Unless anyone here claims, I would likely say troll (WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS I TRULY DO NOT UNDERSTAND). 

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If you get a large scholarship, definitely a good choice to do an MA at UChicago.  But I wouldn't recommend taking a loan of tens of thousands for a 1 year MA.  I'm glad I didn't do that.  I went to another MA program with more generous funding.  

 

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