margarita Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 Declining Berkeley, Penn and Yale -- all fully funded PhD offers. Hope the space + money go toward someone here who'll make better use of it than I would have!
skulduggery Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 Declining Berkeley, Penn and Yale -- all fully funded PhD offers. Hope the space + money go toward someone here who'll make better use of it than I would have! If you don't mind me asking, where are you going? If you're declining these schools I feel like there are only a few options, one of which makes me very nervous... On that note, anyone turning down Princeton?
realoldtom Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 I've accepted a funded spot at BU and turned down BC (MA) and UTK (MA). Both were funded. I've also removed myself from UMinn's waitlist.
jprufrock Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 Declined Vanderbilt. Sadly! Loved the program there--hope the offer benefits someone else!
erstwhile Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 Accepted BC, declined BU and Tufts. All fully-funded PhD offers. Also took myself off the waitlist at Brandeis.
everygirl Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 Any Canadians out there want to start divulging?
margarita Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 If you don't mind me asking, where are you going? If you're declining these schools I feel like there are only a few options, one of which makes me very nervous... On that note, anyone turning down Princeton? Sorry to be the bearer of bad news -- I accepted an offer at Princeton today.
John_Duble_E Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Today, I was accepted with full-funding off of the wait-list at Rice. Very much hope to attend in the fall. :-)
lechatgris Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 turned down U of Oregon--that one hurt a lot, but I feel really good about my choice!
skulduggery Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news -- I accepted an offer at Princeton today. Ha-- I knew it! Congratulations; what's your area?
violaswamp Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Just turned down Stony Brook and West Virginia. Hope that helps someone out there!
Jordan1217 Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Turned down U Oregon and U Florida today. I hope that helps somebody!
Tybalt Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Turned down U Oregon and U Florida today. I hope that helps somebody! What was your track at Florida?
Tybalt Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Just turned down Stony Brook and West Virginia. Hope that helps someone out there! What is your sub-field? Any idea which way you're leaning at this point? (Rochester is one of my wait-lists--I just visited the campus yesterday afternoon with another wait-listed student, and the campus was just beautiful).
ajm Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Just admitted off the Penn waitlist. I'll most likely accept the offer. Good luck to everyone else - this way my first acceptance and the agony of waiting was worth it. soxpuppet 1
Jordan1217 Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 I was a film and media track for both. What was your track at Florida?
pulpiteer Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 I'm declining a generous offer from Baylor. I was contacted today about the possibility of a spot opening up, so just in case, thank you.
ryanweb Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Just removed myself from the waitlist at Loyola—Chicago. Last week, declined an offer from UNC-Greensboro. Just turned down a fully funded decision at the University of Oregon, including the Krohn's fellowship in Literature and the Environment. (Seriously, one of the most excruciating decisions of my life.) Boston University, here I come. Wait, did I make the wrong decision? I wonder if I'll sleep at all tonight...
the once and future grad Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 What is your sub-field? Any idea which way you're leaning at this point? (Rochester is one of my wait-lists--I just visited the campus yesterday afternoon with another wait-listed student, and the campus was just beautiful). Hey Tybalt, I'm down to Rochester and Indiana (where I'm on the waitlist), and there is a definite possibility that I will be declining Rochester - I'll post here immediately if I do! I'm a medievalist, so I don't know if that's helpful, but I thought it couldn't hurt to let you know. Good luck!
nonymouse Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Declined Ohio State, Santa Barbara, and Indiana. Removed myself from the waitlist at Cornell and UVA. Hope these help someone!
the once and future grad Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Declined Ohio State, Santa Barbara, and Indiana. Removed myself from the waitlist at Cornell and UVA. Hope these help someone! Hey nonymouse, would you mind sharing your subfield? (Your decline might be helping me out a lot!)
nonymouse Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Hey nonymouse, would you mind sharing your subfield? (Your decline might be helping me out a lot!) Medieval--I was waitlisted for first year funding though, so that would be something to keep in mind.
the once and future grad Posted April 13, 2011 Posted April 13, 2011 Medieval--I was waitlisted for first year funding though, so that would be something to keep in mind. Wow! I'm very, very glad to hear that! (Not about the funding, of course - though might you have applied with just a BA? I understand that first-year funding of BA-only applicants has to come in the form of a very competitive fellowship, whereas I, since I have an MA and teaching experience, could go straight into teaching assistantship.) Thanks for sharing - I hope you're going somewhere fantastic!
jprufrock Posted April 13, 2011 Posted April 13, 2011 (edited) Officially declined a Cota-Robles fellowship at UCLA and officially declined Berkeley (had been contacted about a waitlist for 1st/2nd year fellowship funding, but took myself off the list). Hope others gain better funding packages accordingly. Going to Penn! Edited April 13, 2011 by jprufrock
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