Fall 2014 applicants??

[Nyctophile]

Oh, yes. I have kids and need a 3-bedroom (not shared with other bill-payers), and all of the schools I'm still considering are in areas with a higher cost of living than where I am now. I know how to live frugally, but it's still anxiety-producing.

The "I'm not good enough" worry is most profound with the school that offered me a hefty fellowship. I'm doing the [*points to self* "who?… me?"] thing, for sure. It's intimidating. 

if you decide to go with UCR and need info about the neighborhood, feel free to message. I grew up not far from there and lived in Riverside for a few years so I know the area fairly well.

[Horb]

Yup wish it was me

[arober6912]

oh bugger...there's the first rutgers accept on the board...

And so it begins.... Good luck! 

[arober6912]

Looking at the Rutgers acceptance on the board, all I can think is "The audacity! How could one hear on the 23rd and not notify the general populace ASAP!?!?" Is that sad? Have we reached that level yet?

[mikers86]

...shit. Well, there goes that possibility!

[elizabethevrhrt]

oh bugger...there's the first rutgers accept on the board...

 

My thoughts exactly.

[DyslexicBibliophile]

Looking at the Rutgers acceptance on the board, all I can think is "The audacity! How could one hear on the 23rd and not notify the general populace ASAP!?!?" Is that sad? Have we reached that level yet?

 

 

No - we have definitely reached that level . . . nothing sad about it at all. I had the same exact reaction when I saw it.

[BookGeek]

Are there any current URI Ph.D. students here? I just received my acceptance, but have not heard anything about funding yet. The results page seems to suggest that this is common. 

[BunnyWantsaPhD]

Anybody hear anything or know anything about U of Iowa? It's pretty much the last school I'm waiting to hear from...so all my hopes and dreams essentially rest on this school. Ugh. 

[Romanista]

To the person accepted to the University of Miami: which website shows your application status? This is one of the schools that hasn't sent any kind of information on how to check one's status. 

[bgguitarist]

Anybody hear anything or know anything about U of Iowa? It's pretty much the last school I'm waiting to hear from...so all my hopes and dreams essentially rest on this school. Ugh. 

It looks like last year they started notifying at the very end of February. Not that last year's pattern means anything definitively. But I'm waiting on them, too!

[Appletto]

Are there any current URI Ph.D. students here? I just received my acceptance, but have not heard anything about funding yet. The results page seems to suggest that this is common. 

 

I would love to ask the same question!

[Between Fields]

I got accepted to URI last week and didn't find out about funding info until the DGS emailed me a day or so later. 

 

EDIT: And in related news, paper waitlist letters from Missouri were dated 19 February and I got one, today, if anyone's still waiting...

 

I would love to ask the same question!

Edited February 24, 2014 by Between Fields

[BunnyWantsaPhD]

It looks like last year they started notifying at the very end of February. Not that last year's pattern means anything definitively. But I'm waiting on them, too!

 

Thanks for the info! I just want this to be over already! 

[bgguitarist]

Thanks for the info! I just want this to be over already! 

I hear you. 

[Between Fields]

Thanks for the info! I just want this to be over already! 

Don't we all! I can't decide if I'm going to lose 20 pounds from stress, or gain 40 from eating my feelings. For the sake of fitting into my clothes, I need this to end. Hah

[DyslexicBibliophile]

Don't we all! I can't decide if I'm going to lose 20 pounds from stress, or gain 40 from eating my feelings. For the sake of fitting into my clothes, I need this to end. Hah

 

 

Amen!

[Nyctophile]

for fuck's sake there's princeton....

 

 

Edited to add:  please people, do yourself a favor and do NOT go back and re-read your SOP. oy vey!

Edited February 24, 2014 by Nyctophile

[Horb]

I never really gain weight. I stay relatively the same size. Then this process happened. Now I really need to go to the gym. Ugh.

[despejado]

I never really gain weight. I stay relatively the same size. Then this process happened. Now I really need to go to the gym. Ugh.

Yes. This.

I started running last week. I swear it's the bagels.

[Horb]

I have been eating just way too much food. Thank god it is winter. I can wear bulky sweaters and be comfy. 

[toasterazzi]

 

EDIT: And in related news, paper waitlist letters from Missouri were dated 19 February and I got one, today, if anyone's still waiting...

 

Thanks for the update. I've been waiting to hear from them. I was expecting rejection since I saw acceptances go up almost two weeks, but now I'm gonna have to compulsively check the mail...

[andromache]

Rejected from CUNY's PhD program, but accepted to the MA in liberal studies. Can't find any funding info, so I'm assuming that there isn't any.

 

I just want to get into a program with FUNDING!

[despejado]

I have been eating just way too much food. Thank god it is winter. I can wear bulky sweaters and be comfy.

Oh lord, I wish. Not in Texas. It's shorts weather and they're starting to feel tight. Actually, I'm about to hit up the treadmill right now. I have some stress and anxiety to run off.

[BunnyWantsaPhD]

drinking wine before working out pretty much covers all the bases, right? That's what I'm doing tonight anyway ; )

 

Don't we all! I can't decide if I'm going to lose 20 pounds from stress, or gain 40 from eating my feelings. For the sake of fitting into my clothes, I need this to end. Hah