AcademicX Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Just declined an Emory offer. Good luck to those on the waitlist! Wait For It..., Hopephily and Zukunftsmusik 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulpessimiste Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 So I posted this elsewhere, but I think this thread is probably the right place: I heard this afternoon that it is likely that I will receive an offer from Madison. However, at this point I am leaning toward Penn. Nothing official, but just thought I'd let people know that it's likely that I will not be competing for a Madison spot if I get an offer. Â Though far from conclusive, one thing that really made me hesitant about Madison (aside from the ginormous teaching load!) is the stingey stipend. Combined with other fees, it really is a pitance. I don't want to be taking out loans to get my PhD. This is 100% the fault of Scott Walker (the abhorrant governor of WI) cutting the UW system's budget. So I don't blame the department, but I do think I'm going to let them know that monetary issues are a factor in my decision-making. Monadology 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alethicethic Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Posted this on the other thread...why are there two threads??? Anyway, I just declined offers from Davis, Riverside, Duke, WUSTL, and Utah. I hope that helps some folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humean_skeptic Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 So I posted this elsewhere, but I think this thread is probably the right place: I heard this afternoon that it is likely that I will receive an offer from Madison. However, at this point I am leaning toward Penn. Nothing official, but just thought I'd let people know that it's likely that I will not be competing for a Madison spot if I get an offer.  Though far from conclusive, one thing that really made me hesitant about Madison (aside from the ginormous teaching load!) is the stingey stipend. Combined with other fees, it really is a pitance. I don't want to be taking out loans to get my PhD. This is 100% the fault of Scott Walker (the abhorrant governor of WI) cutting the UW system's budget. So I don't blame the department, but I do think I'm going to let them know that monetary issues are a factor in my decision-making.  Yeah I too noticed Madison's stingy stipend. Pretty brutal. Unless they have a ton of other opportunities for other funding through grants and so on, it would seem pretty difficult -- even for a grad student -- to live on that without going into a bit of debt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstudent1991 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Posted this on the other thread...why are there two threads??? Anyway, I just declined offers from Davis, Riverside, Duke, WUSTL, and Utah. I hope that helps some folks. Damn in favor of what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monadology Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Just got off the Purdue wait-list for funding. I should be making my decision in the next day or two. dgswaim, Edit_Undo and Zukunftsmusik 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wait For It... Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Just got off the Purdue wait-list for funding. I should be making my decision in the next day or two. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monadology Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Congrats!  Thanks! It looks like I probably got your friend's offer. Wait For It... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Just got off the Purdue wait-list for funding. I should be making my decision in the next day or two. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greencoloredpencil Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Just removed myself from the Texas wait-list, I hope this helps others! Wait For It... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zblaesi Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 (edited) Yeah I too noticed Madison's stingy stipend. Pretty brutal. Unless they have a ton of other opportunities for other funding through grants and so on, it would seem pretty difficult -- even for a grad student -- to live on that without going into a bit of debt. Right now, Texas is my top-choice, but its funding seems similar to Wisconsin's. Am I missing something? Or does Texas just have bad funding, too? Edited April 10, 2014 by zblaesi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Right now, Texas is my top-choice, but its funding seems similar to Wisconsin's. Am I missing something? Or does Texas just have bad funding, too? Thank Rick Perry for that. Differance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamStone Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 My head is about to explode having as I wait to hear back from UW-milwaukee about the funding wait list!!!  how are you supposed to get anything else done during this?! SamStone and stressedout 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stressedout Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 My head is about to explode having as I wait to hear back from UW-milwaukee about the funding wait list!!!  how are you supposed to get anything else done during this?!  SamStone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 My head is about to explode having as I wait to hear back from UW-milwaukee about the funding wait list!!!  how are you supposed to get anything else done during this?! In my experience... you don't. Edit_Undo and SamStone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulpessimiste Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Honestly, if I ever had my doubts about whether or not choose Madison, it was due to the funding situation. FWIW, I decided that the placement record at Madison (which is fairly impressive!) more than makes up for the funding--a few years into a tenure-track job, I don't believe the years I spent frugally as a grad student will bother me much. Additionally, none of the current graduate students I spoke with have had to take out loans in order to get by on the stipend. Â I'm not sure if this helps you at all with your decision making process, and no doubt UPenn is an excellent program as well. At any rate, those were my considerations. Good luck with your decision! Thanks for the info, that's actually very helpful to hear! And yes, Madison does have a kick-ass placement record, and Madison's cost of living is pretty low. If I get a formal offer, I'll have some very serious--and very fast--thinking to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakiis Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 My head is about to explode having as I wait to hear back from UW-milwaukee about the funding wait list!!!  how are you supposed to get anything else done during this?!  I'm in the same boat. I've been admitted to Mizzou, but am only on the waiting list for funding (very high but still). I've been stressing out non-stop for the past two weeks. 5 more days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopephily Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I feel all jittery just like at the start of the application season. Wait For It... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy2014 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I feel all jittery just like at the start of the application season. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humean_skeptic Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Rejected off the University of Arizona's wait list, after two months of waiting (and being encouraged to do so). humean_skeptic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Rejected off the University of Arizona's wait list, after two months of waiting (and being encouraged to do so). Boooo! That sucks. I was really pulling for you. DHumeDominates, Structural_Realist and humean_skeptic 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humean_skeptic Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Boooo! That sucks. I was really pulling for you. Â Thanks I'm already in at a T25 PhD program, so it's definitely not the end of the world. I still feel like crap though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Thanks I'm already in at a T25 PhD program, so it's definitely not the end of the world. I still feel like crap though! Oxford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILSTUDENT22 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Accepted off the waitlist at USC!!!! So happy I could die. greencoloredpencil, Zukunftsmusik, Cottagecheeseman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monadology Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Congratulations! PHILSTUDENT22 and ta_pros_to_telos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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