Ohio State Funding

[davolicious]

So at the visit, they said we'd hear about our funding on March 8th (or so I understood), and in the acceptance email they said March 9th, and now that it's the 10th, I'm really wanting to know where funding stands, as all my other schools have given me clear information regarding this. I assume they will send out news via email, but I was wondering if anyone else had heard anything regarding this, or if we are all still in the dark.

[barilicious]

The DGS told me that the university was meeting on the 8th to discuss the fellowship applications, but I guess that doesn't mean we will be getting the results of said meeting that day. I'm also eagerly waiting to see what the funding from OSU is going to be, but I have a feeling we won't know until next week.

However, this website: http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/OSUFellowships.htm says the awards aren't announced until March 15th, so it may not be until the week after next that the sociology department relays to us what the offers are. Here's to more waiting...

[davolicious]

Okay, I got my answer. Not sure what I think of it yet, but at least I know what my funding would be if I elect to attend.

[barilicious]

I heard from them today too, and probably won't be going there now. I'm a little relieved, as it should make my decision now fairly simple. Good luck in your decision making process!!

[davolicious]

Yeah, my offer could have been better, could have been worse, but it really needed to be better to be competitive.

[phdsupporter]

Yeah, my offer could have been better, could have been worse, but it really needed to be better to be competitive.

So have you decided where you will be attending yet? I know some people that have been waitlisted at a couple of the other schools you have been accepted to.

[davolicious]

So have you decided where you will be attending yet? I know some people that have been waitlisted at a couple of the other schools you have been accepted to.

Yes and no. Yes, I have decided, but my wife and I still need to pray about it to make sure we're doing the right thing. I recognize that may sound silly to some, but that's our plan. I've already taken my name off of the wait-list at Indiana, and will be informing my other schools within the next two weeks, and then I'm going to make what I anticipate to be the final choice between Ohio State and Penn State shortly after my visit with PSU.

[barilicious]

Yea, I still have to go visit Texas, but for the most part, my mind is pretty much made up now.

[going crazy]

Yes, I have decided, but my wife and I still need to pray about it to make sure we're doing the right thing. I recognize that may sound silly to some, but that's our plan.

Not silly at all. It's a big decision! My wife and I are doing the same.

[goodmp]

For what it's worth, they didn't offer me any kind of fellowship. The letter I received said that they were very interested in me, but were still working on sorting out the details of my funding. I went through and declined all of the offers that I was comfortable declining by e-mail on Friday. I'll be finishing up the ones I need to do by phone next week.

[davolicious]

I am confused/borderline angry about OSU's offer--I was only offered a first-year fellowship but I've won two huge university-wide fellowships at other schools and I've been admitted to several higher-ranked departments. I gather that several people here are in the same boat based on your reactions.

I agree with your sentiments completely, and that's the offer I got as well. Their offer is competitive (no better or worse than) with everybody who accepted me, except the school which was truly competing with Ohio State for my top spot. It's much worse in terms of dollar value, but I would have considered it seriously if I had gotten the three year, or even the two year offer. I know I shouldn't take things personally, but I'm slightly offended by the overall process with Ohio State. They are the only school that delayed financial information, the only school where faculty haven't contacted me (outside of the visit itself), the only school where grad students aren't actively trying to recruit me, and so on. I absolutely loved the open-house they held, but I have no other evidence to suggest they really care whether or not I come.

Sorry, rant over, but that's honestly how they have made me feel through this whole process.