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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?

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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.

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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).

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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...

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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!:)

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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!

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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!

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