Waiting for Guffman (the waitlist thread)

[strawberryfrap]

Hi! I just declined offers to UCONN and CUNY. Both offers were fully funded--UCONN's came with the OSP award, and CUNY's with the Graduate Center Fellowship (25,000/yr teaching one class a semester for years 2-4). Hope this helps someone with their waitlist! 

Edited April 7, 2013 by strawberryfrap

[lo.lee.ta]

Well, everyone, we've made it: final days in Purgatory. I hope this week brings good news to all!

[gwarner13]

Well, everyone, we've made it: final days in Purgatory. I hope this week brings good news to all!

Back at ya!

[thestage]

LOL @ thestage downvoting my gif explosion of celebration for gwwg. What a terribly rotten party pooper.

if there's any post more interesting than a series of endless dumb gifs, it is a post complaining about button clicking on the internet

just to annoy you I am going to downvote every post on this page. serious repercussions. CAN YOU HANDLE IT!?

Edited April 8, 2013 by thestage

[thestage]

turns out they give you a limit.

what will you think of next, internet

[Swagato]

turns out they give you a limit.

what will you think of next, internet

[Cactus Ed]

In at Tufts off the waitlist! It will be hard, but I will be declining. I hope that helps someone else out. 

[Two Espressos]

I just formally declined my offer at Georgetown.  I applied for Pitt's post-bac fellowship as well, and I asked to be withdrawn from consideration for that too.

 

Good luck to those still waiting!  Being on a wait list is brutal.

[OctaviaButlerfan]

I am on a waitlist for funding. This is so frustrating.

 

Would you say it's a bad sign if you can't get any sort of communication from the associate chairperson for grad studies, and not for lack of trying?

[JeremiahParadise]

Hi, folks -- just checking in to let you know I'm still on the waitlist at Brandeis. Does anyone know anything about their processes? I'm not sure I have a great chance at the moment as, according to their admin, they've already sent out the first round of waitlist acceptances. Woof.

 

Well, she didn't reject me haha so I guess I am still in the running.

Anyone planning to turn them down?  Please?

[jazzyd]

Omg congrats girl with glasses! I was really pulling for you, you've been such a great addition to convos around these parts. 

[ErnestPWorrell]

omg. this. is. never. going. to. end. 

[gwarner13]

omg. this. is. never. going. to. end. 

I hear ya. Today is my two month wait-list-a-versary. -_______-

 

To make matters worse, I'm fairly certain I suffered a minor heart attack last night when I saw a message from the DGS in my inbox that essentially said: "We still know nothing."

[practical cat]

Omg congrats girl with glasses! I was really pulling for you, you've been such a great addition to convos around these parts. 

Thanks, jazzy!

I'm pulling so hard for those of you still waiting. I hope you hear good news soon!

[brigadierpudding]

I've declined UIUC and UT Austin, so I hope someone's going to receive a nice e-mail soon.

[ErnestPWorrell]

I've declined UIUC and UT Austin, so I hope someone's going to receive a nice e-mail soon.

thanks dude. I hope somebody gives you a cupcake or you find $20 on street.

[sebastiansteddy]

I've declined UIUC and UT Austin, so I hope someone's going to receive a nice e-mail soon.

 

May I ask where you're heading?

[ErnestPWorrell]

May I ask where you're heading?

If I get into UT, he's getting into heaven. Duh.

[dazedandbemused]

I've declined UIUC and UT Austin, so I hope someone's going to receive a nice e-mail soon.

 

Aw, that's too bad. I guess Ohio State really pulled you in, huh?

[brigadierpudding]

May I ask where you're heading?

 

Ohio State!

 

Aw, that's too bad. I guess Ohio State really pulled you in, huh?

 

Yeah.  It came down to faculty fit, really.  I had such a positive experience meeting the profs at OSU, and their research interests work really well with mine.  Still, it was tough turning UT down.  I've had to spend the past few days telling myself that it's OK.

 

If I get into UT, he's getting into heaven. Duh.

 

I'll take that as a promise.

[dazedandbemused]

Yeah.  It came down to faculty fit, really.  I had such a positive experience meeting the profs at OSU, and their research interests work really well with mine.  Still, it was tough turning UT down.  I've had to spend the past few days telling myself that it's OK.

 

Dude, I know those feels. None of my other choices had anything close to the research fit that UT has (seriously, I think that program was built just for me), and I still felt intense discomfort turning Pitt down. It was nice meeting you though; good luck!

 

ErnestP, I really hope you get in.

[Two Espressos]

Dude, I know those feels. None of my other choices had anything close to the research fit that UT has (seriously, I think that program was built just for me), and I still felt intense discomfort turning Pitt down.

 

I know exactly how you feel, dazedandbemused.  UNC couldn't be a better fit for me, and various faculty members, students, etc. said as much when I visited in March!  When you find a great graduate program like that, it's just beautiful.

[brigadierpudding]

Dude, I know those feels. None of my other choices had anything close to the research fit that UT has (seriously, I think that program was built just for me), and I still felt intense discomfort turning Pitt down. It was nice meeting you though; good luck!

 

ErnestP, I really hope you get in.

 

I know exactly how you feel, dazedandbemused.  UNC couldn't be a better fit for me, and various faculty members, students, etc. said as much when I visited in March!  When you find a great graduate program like that, it's just beautiful.

 

Fit is fate, my friends.

 

Dazedandbemused, it was nice meeting you, too, and I'm really glad that UT Austin has lived up to your dreams! Best wishes for your future scholarly endeavors.

[KeelyMK]

UCLA and UC Berkeley officially declined. Thank you to everyone on the forum for your support of me and of each other! I am so happy for all the good news I've read on here in these past few months, and thoroughly impressed by everyone's intelligence and determination, even/especially those who may not have received good news (yet!). I am SO excited for all of our futures and I will be sending plenty of happy thoughts and good luck wishes to everyone from Irvine this fall!

[Swagato]

^ Reading that makes me actually really glad I didn't have any especially tough choices to make (Yale vs Chicago vs Berkeley, for example--which would be a deathmatch between my three top choices). Congratulations on being able to make a reasoned choice, though--I recall Berkeley had offered you some excellent terms.