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For the April 15th deadline:

 

Do schools need to recieve our official signed acceptance letters by this date? Or do we simply have to notify them by this date (i.e. e-mail, phone, etc.)?

I emailed the DGS my acceptance and asked what my next step was. I think schools have different "next steps," so I would suggest emailing the DGS for the official procedure. 

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I've been trying to keep this up-to-date.  Here's the GoogleDocs document again: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UN6wbbIFRmKTvGb_zPMgRdWmVf-pkTO0fU8ikGshkPM/edit

 

 

I was wondering how I got on there! I tried to put myself in the doc a few days ago and it wouldn't load; when I went back later, I was already listed. I was mildly creeped out, but that's reassuring. :D

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I was wondering how I got on there! I tried to put myself in the doc a few days ago and it wouldn't load; when I went back later, I was already listed. I was mildly creeped out, but that's reassuring. :D
I was also mildly surprised to see myself on there :) After getting into Tufts today and having a brief attack of uncertainty around my decision, seeing my name/avatar cemented next to ASU was very reassuring!
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It's official! I accepted my offer at PSU and I feel... weird. I expected to feel relieved and overwhelmingly happy--and I'm certainly relieved--but my stupid brain can't get over all the "what ifs." Also, it doesn't look like anyone else from this board is headed there this year. Sad. :(

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It's official! I accepted my offer at PSU and I feel... weird. I expected to feel relieved and overwhelmingly happy--and I'm certainly relieved--but my stupid brain can't get over all the "what ifs." Also, it doesn't look like anyone else from this board is headed there this year. Sad. :(

I am still heavily considering PSU. It's between that and irvine; I won't have a chance to visit irvine, and I have heard only (2nd and 3rd- hand) negative things, but we will see how my communication with profs goes. I feel bad but I will most likely take this decision down to the proverbial wire.

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It's official! I accepted my offer at PSU and I feel... weird. I expected to feel relieved and overwhelmingly happy--and I'm certainly relieved--but my stupid brain can't get over all the "what ifs." Also, it doesn't look like anyone else from this board is headed there this year. Sad. :(

I'm REALLY happy for you, bfat. You're going to do great and be very happy there, I'm sure.

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Anyone else feel a pang of regret/what-ifs with their final decision? I accepted to ASU and am thrilled, but I got into Tufts off the waitlist yesterday and was quite shocked, as I didn't think it would convert (I'd heard as early as last week that there hadn't been any movement).

 

I'm excited about ASU - I'm a western fellow by nature and there are a variety of great things about ASU - namely, my potential mentor is awesome and there are tons of opportunities for interdisciplinary research in my areas. Unfortunately, I dragged my feet and hadn't yet removed myself from Tufts' waitlist (my schedule is crazy) and got in, and have now heard from the DGS and a couple students within the last day... and they're all so nice! I want to decline (and intend to tonight) but it is sooooo hard. Tufts' funding package is better, but funding isn't as big of a deal for me. But when a program comes at you hard it's difficult to turn them down. I think Tufts would be just as good of a fit program wise, though not so much location wise, which is important to my wife and me. They are both ranked similarly with Tufts a bit higher but placement rate similar, hovering around 60% for TT... And of course my acceptance of ASU's offer makes it hard to backtrack.

 

But I know there will always be what ifs, and there would if I went to Tufts instead. Gah! This process is maddening :)

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Anyone else feel a pang of regret/what-ifs with their final decision? 

I am living in a massive "what if" spiral of uncertainty. 

I keep deciding on Buffalo, spending 10 seconds thinking about How Great It Will Be, and then somehow drift back to WV, and How Great It Would Be, and then I get sad and kind and confused. It seems that I am leaning toward Buffalo but honestly with only about 51% certainly. If WVU offered as many great seminars as Buffalo or if Buffalo had the prison book project, it would be so easy!

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I am living in a massive "what if" spiral of uncertainty. 

I keep deciding on Buffalo, spending 10 seconds thinking about How Great It Will Be, and then somehow drift back to WV, and How Great It Would Be, and then I get sad and kind and confused. It seems that I am leaning toward Buffalo but honestly with only about 51% certainly. If WVU offered as many great seminars as Buffalo or if Buffalo had the prison book project, it would be so easy!

 

 ^ my brain

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It's official! I accepted my offer at PSU and I feel... weird. I expected to feel relieved and overwhelmingly happy--and I'm certainly relieved--but my stupid brain can't get over all the "what ifs." Also, it doesn't look like anyone else from this board is headed there this year. Sad. :(

 

Congrats, bfat! I know how you feel with the what ifs. In a year, we'll all be swamped and not thinking about the what ifs, I imagine. 

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Current "what if": What if next year that isn't true, and all I can think about is how I picked the wrong school? WHAT IF?

 

What if we're all so immersed in teaching and struggling to stay afloat in a sea of grading and coursework and reading lists and... 

 

I dunno, I feel like once I'm in a program, I'm in all the way. It'd take some seriously unfortunate and negative circumstances to make me question my decision. 

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What if we're all so immersed in teaching and struggling to stay afloat in a sea of grading and coursework and reading lists and... 

 

I dunno, I feel like once I'm in a program, I'm in all the way. It'd take some seriously unfortunate and negative circumstances to make me question my decision. 

 

I hope you're right! No matter my choice, though, I'll have a lighter load teaching than I do now, so maybe I'll be kicking back and relaxin' (ha!).

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