History Admissions Poll - Anonymous (2/25/09)

[synthla]

From the discussion on the main History thread it seems like this has been a very bad year for admissions; in an attempt to quantify it in an unscientific manner so we can get an idea of how bad (or not) it really is, I created this poll. Obviously things may change by a month from now, which is why I put a date on this thread and capped it at 5 days so that the results are not skewed by later admission decisions. But at least this should give us a better picture of what's going on out there right now.

[rustonite]

I think you need to adjust the poll, to include whether or not people've gotten funding. I've got one admission under my belt, but no funding offer yet.

[synthla]

Good point; I don't want to upset the results of this current poll so I'll do that next time... which probably makes more sense anyway because I think there are more than a few schools that haven't yet made funding determinations even if they've made admissions decisions, so there will be more specific data on the funding in a week or two.

[fortiesgirl]

I think you need to adjust the poll, to include whether or not people've gotten funding. I've got one admission under my belt, but no funding offer yet.

Me too, but I won't even consider going there without full funding and stipend because the tuition is so high. I'd rather wait another year and re-apply.