sarab Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Sorry about the bad news, let's hope we hear some good ones soon. tortallknight, congrats on SOAS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magiaepasta Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 SOAS accepted / Boston rejected You win some, you lose some right? I hear really great things about the SOAS program! Sorry to hear about Boston. Did you just get an email from them? I also applied but haven't heard a peep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canis Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) Karen has some great advice and a timely reminder for all of us in her interview which is up on Savage Minds now. Basically if you don't get GREAT funding don't go, apply again until you do. "I generally advise caution about applying to phd programs. Make sure you are fully funded, and that the so-called ‘full funding package’ is actually adequate for your real-life living expenses in the location of the program. Go only to an elite or high ranking program, and take on absolutely no debt to do the entire program start to finish. If all those are possible and you are under 40, then it’s not a bad choice. While there, firmly strategize for the job market from your first year, by reading my column, Graduate School Is a Means to a Job, and doing what it says. ... The Ph.D. in the Humanities or Social Sciences is an extremely bad financial decision for many people at this point in time, certainly for those without a working spouse or family wealth. The reason is not simply the inadequacy of most full funding packages, which have not even remotely kept place with rising costs of living, but that the years in the program are — or should be — a person’s prime earning years when they could otherwise be earning a full-time income, paying into social security, perhaps accruing the funds to buy a first house, and otherwise laying the financial foundation for later years. All of those things are out of the question for most Ph.D.s in the humanities and social sciences (as opposed to Engineering, the hard sciences, etc.). So the financial repercussions of the decision do not stop at the years of “grad student lifestyle” [ramen noodles, etc.] in the program, which may seem like a reasonable and even appealing sacrifice when you’re in your twenties. Rather they extend outward into a person’s thirties or forties and beyond, when the stakes become urgent of having massive debt, no job, no security, and no financial cushion." Edited February 11, 2014 by Canis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screencheck Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Michigan just got back to me in an e-mail. Rejected. I wasn't expecting an acceptance so thats ok, i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daykid Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Michigan just got back to me in an e-mail. Rejected. I wasn't expecting an acceptance so thats ok, i guess. I'm so sorry! Did you email them to check? I'm trying so hard to resist doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screencheck Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I'm so sorry! Did you email them to check? I'm trying so hard to resist doing that. nope, i just got an e-mail. pretty standard rejection letter. michigan is too cold for me anyway haha Canis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoforonespecial Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 daykid - I just got the email too. They probably sent out rejections in one fell swoop. You're probably fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daykid Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 So sorry guys! I haven't heard anything yet. Fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylarking Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 That's a huge bummer, dudes, I'm really sorry! No news here yet from UM, either. Trying to remain calm/not check my email every two minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daykid Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 That's a huge bummer, dudes, I'm really sorry! No news here yet from UM, either. Trying to remain calm/not check my email every two minutes Hahaha I'm with you. I just checked the website twice in a row as if those 30 seconds were really going to make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Sorry about the rejections I seriously got a stomachache because I haven't heard anything. I'm so nervous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screencheck Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) So sorry guys! I haven't heard anything yet. Fingers crossed! sounds like you are in good shape if you haven't heard anything yet. hope you get good news! ditto to you sarab! Edited February 11, 2014 by screencheck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daykid Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I got in!!! novacancy, pears and screencheck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylarking Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Spoke too soon, there's my rejection. I totally knew I wasn't getting in, so I'm not that bummed. Actually more happy to have heard SOMETHING. Congrats, daykid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I got in!!! OMG I DID TOOOOOOOO!! KDG;KBJEFK;GHJAERLHNBOL'NL'P/;J"p:EKOh pears, screencheck, daykid and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorless Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 daykid yaaay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canis Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 congratulations to you both! that's great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screencheck Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 OMG I DID TOOOOOOOO!! KDG;KBJEFK;GHJAERLHNBOL'NL'P/;J"p:EKOh good job guys! sorry you wont be joining me in my yurt commune. you are more than welcome to stop by and visit any time. haha daykid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daykid Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 OMG I DID TOOOOOOOO!! KDG;KBJEFK;GHJAERLHNBOL'NL'P/;J"p:EKOh Hooraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!! So excited Sarab!!!!! Congrats!!! bellabean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorless Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 so cute. congrats to both of you. sarab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanch1010 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 so happy for you guys!! congrats on the good news! sarab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Thanks, thanks everyone. I really wasn't expecting it since I didn't get an interview, but this is so great! If I could, I'd invite everyone to a party! bellabean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novacancy Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Congrats, you guys! I've reached my quota of positive votes already! sarab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsaken in LA Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) Congrats Daykid and Sarab!!!! So awesome! sorry to those it didn't happen for. Edited February 11, 2014 by Forsaken in LA sarab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strudelle Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 AHHH Congrats daykid and sarab!!!!!!!!!!!! So awesome! Everyone else: Hang in there! sarab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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