TheCreuset Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Checking in real quick to claim a GWU acceptance - the one with no funding. Just got the e-mail five minutes ago. I don't want to take out any more loans so GW isn't an option, but it's nice to someone approve of my application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polk011 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Claiming a GW acceptance via email (Comparative). They said they're looking for 15 students out 350 applicants, but not sure if that 15 refers to the number they admitted or hope will accept. No funding "at the time" unfortunately, but I suppose now the negotiations begin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adela_heartless Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Claiming a GW acceptance via email (Comparative). They said they're looking for 15 students out 350 applicants, but not sure if that 15 refers to the number they admitted or hope will accept. No funding "at the time" unfortunately, but I suppose now the negotiations begin! same as above. "While we would like to fund all of our students, our resources are limited. We cannot offer you funding at this time. Be assured that if additional funding does become available, you will be given full consideration. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCreuset Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Can you use an unfunded offer to advance negotiations with another school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adela_heartless Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) Also in at GW. No funding. Though the email was spam because it didn't come through with a last name from the sender! Now my cycle has almost ended--assuming that rejection letters from Columbia and NYU are on the way. two acceptances without funding=nothing. sigh. On another note: Is it that GWU only offers funding to 15 candidates and then sends out more acceptances without funding?? Edited March 3, 2011 by adela_heartless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly_Sigh Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 no news for me this season is quickly becoming a complete flop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adela_heartless Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 no news for me this season is quickly becoming a complete flop. But you are still waiting for five? Let's hope for the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretly_yes Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Accepted at GWU. No funding, but I have a great job that's literally across the street. I officially don't care about anything else and will be sleeping soundly tonight for the first time in a long time. gjason and history? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikinggrad Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 no news for me this season is quickly becoming a complete flop. I know how you feel. I'm 0-3 so far (with Columbia and GWU most likely making it 0-5). That only leaves Notre Dame, but I'm not holding my breath for that one. I'm so glad I got offered an RA position this week, so I'll have something to keep me busy until the next round of applications. But I have no idea what I'm gonna do next year. This looks to be the second year in a row I strike out completely with applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subsonic Bass Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I contacted Brown and was told that official decisions will be going out in mid March. Being that there are already acceptances on the board I feel like this bodes for a rejection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphazeta Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 It looks like there are a bunch of Chicago rejects up on the board now. Is anyone else still waiting for one? I haven't heard anything and I find it really annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjason Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Decision time, mate: FSU or MSU? And a tough decision it will be. Egads. A whole new round of tension has started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjason Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 It's posts like these that make me wish there was a +10 button. Loans. Don't do it. You can't even comprehend how much happier you will be as mid-level administrator for Hibbing County than a perpetual lecturer at East Southeast New Hampshire state with a $200k sword of Damocles nicking your jugular. It almost never makes sense to leverage your future sense of mobility and freedom for that kind of dough. One day, your Future Self will look lovingly at your three-year-old son, then your doting spouse and think "Thank the Good Baby Christ Child I can ditch that whiny little bastard with Grandma and take a week in Honolulu to finally be a sexual creature again". Then Future Self will realize that such a vacation would be impossible with a $2k/month loan payment and Future Self will thank Present Self and GopherGrad (the wizened, but oddly still totally hot Phantom of the GradCafe) because were it not for that very moment on the Internet you would be looping the leaf blower's electric cord over a garage rafter instead of planning a vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slacktivist Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Claiming the Maryland acceptance. Emailed DGS, who apparently pulled me off of a waiting list after I told him it was a top choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjason Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Claiming the Maryland acceptance. Emailed DGS, who apparently pulled me off of a waiting list after I told him it was a top choice. Congrats on the Maryland acceptance!! Looks like you have some choices to make too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slacktivist Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Congrats on the Maryland acceptance!! Looks like you have some choices to make too. Thanks! It'll be really tough, especially if Iowa makes an offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count de Monet Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 uh oh...I see a JHU rejection on the boards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabee Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Received the expected Chicago rejection for the PhD. Offered admission for the MA in the Committee on International Relations with no funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretly_yes Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 And a tough decision it will be. Egads. A whole new round of tension has started. You want to study resources, right? Who do they have at FSU? I know MSU has some good people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 It looks like there are a bunch of Chicago rejects up on the board now. Is anyone else still waiting for one? I haven't heard anything and I find it really annoying. Same here. Complete radio silence from Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly28 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 You want to study resources, right? Who do they have at FSU? I know MSU has some good people. That all depends on what your focus is--I think FSU is good all the way around, but I'm particularly interested in the prospect of working with Jennifer Jerit, William Clagget, and Brad T. Gomez (there are a few others, too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edocoppo Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I've seen almost a dozen of rejections from Cornell on the results board, all made today. I have no message so far. I just was wondering whether they sent one massive email or maybe are doing an one-by-one system. Are the unlucky recipients of rejections from Cornell in the first half of the alphabet? I would like to keep my hope alive, but I'm also realistic so I'm just waiting my deathly turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lorax Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Cornell reject, speaking. Near the end of the alphabet. Maybe you were lucky and got wait listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
by the way Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Any news from Columbia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adela_heartless Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Any news from Columbia? I feel that Columbia has done with admission already--there was a flurry of claims of acceptance on the results board in mid-Feb. I'm just waiting for the rejection letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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