teddybrosevelt Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Congratulations to those who received good news today!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesy1116 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 James, did you hear from VT yet ? Radio silence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
columbia09 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Radio silence. Yea same I last spoke to my POI 2 weeks ago and he said my application wasn't reviewed yet. There're only 4 TA spots open and over 100 applicants, it's going to be bloody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesy1116 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) I think my POI has RA funding but I don't know what to expect. At this point my morale is pretty low. Edited February 5, 2015 by jamesy1116 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
columbia09 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I think my POI has RA funding but I don't know what to expect. At this point my morale is pretty low. Ah you're lucky my POI didn't get the grant he applied for so I'll have to compete with the others for TA spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssynny Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Another update: The senior faculty at FSU are currently grading the applications and other faculty members will be able to pick from the ranking in 2-3 weeks. I feel like no one else is applying to my programs this year haha. Maybe that's a good sign (less competition! ) Good luck to all you UT peeps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesy1116 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 If anyone applied to Alabama they appear to have already made a lot of the decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKGeo Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I know one person accepted to UT, anyone else know if others have been? Also if there are multiple PSWs does anyone know if Feb 21st-23rd is the first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkgod Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Any news from Oregon State or U of Rhode Island ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoDUDE! Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Any news from Oregon State or U of Rhode Island ? I think I got my news from URI in march last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prospecting Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 AKGeo on the other thread has been invited out to UT Austin, UCSB, and USC as a prospective masters student. Heard through the grapevine a bunch of accepted students are visiting Rice today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamLorde Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Congrats on the good news everyone!! I haven't heard a peep from any of my remaining schools, which is starting to make me nervous. I had a very nice phone conservation with my POI at UT back in November and he asked me to let him know when I got my application completed. But I haven't heard anything from him since then. Similar situation for my POIs at ASU who seemed very interested in December, but complete radio silence since then. I know it's still somewhat early, but not getting invited to visit doesn't seem like a good sign. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Still waiting on my official letter from UNM (still doesn't feel real!), so I will likely have some questions for you soon, geographyrocks... mind if I just PM you sometime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geographyrocks Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Still waiting on my official letter from UNM (still doesn't feel real!), so I will likely have some questions for you soon, geographyrocks... mind if I just PM you sometime? No problemo. And as of last year, they were still snail-mailing the official letters. Edited add: FYI: UNM offers are being mailed out today. Edited February 5, 2015 by geographyrocks IamLorde 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystalline_Sunlight Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I was accepted to UCLA! Yeaahhh!! Received an unofficial email from POI a couple days ago and then the official acceptance email the next day. Fully funded! I have a dilemma though. Their open house is on February 17th meaning I'd have to miss 3 days of class. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but I'd be missing some important stuff. Is it worth it to go? I've already visited the campus last summer when I first met with my POI... Also I live in a town whose airport literally has one gate so I'd have to drive 5 hours to the next big city to get a reasonable flight...Worth it? They want an answer today :-/ GeoDUDE! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoDUDE! Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) I was accepted to UCLA! Yeaahhh!! Received an unofficial email from POI a couple days ago and then the official acceptance email the next day. Fully funded! I have a dilemma though. Their open house is on February 17th meaning I'd have to miss 3 days of class. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but I'd be missing some important stuff. Is it worth it to go? I've already visited the campus last summer when I first met with my POI... Also I live in a town whose airport literally has one gate so I'd have to drive 5 hours to the next big city to get a reasonable flight...Worth it? They want an answer today :-/ worth it. You want to meet the grad students(in and outside your lab), who you will interact with much more than your advisor (unless hes SUPERRRR hands on) Edited February 5, 2015 by GeoDUDE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I was accepted to UCLA! Yeaahhh!! Received an unofficial email from POI a couple days ago and then the official acceptance email the next day. Fully funded! I have a dilemma though. Their open house is on February 17th meaning I'd have to miss 3 days of class. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but I'd be missing some important stuff. Is it worth it to go? I've already visited the campus last summer when I first met with my POI... Also I live in a town whose airport literally has one gate so I'd have to drive 5 hours to the next big city to get a reasonable flight...Worth it? They want an answer today :-/ Congrats! That's awesome. I'd go to the open house and determine the best way to make up the work. Your professors will understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Well, I emailed the graduate coordinators at Indiana and Oregon. Indiana has me listed an "alternate." Apparently, I'm a strong candidate, but my POI is not in great need of a new student. Oregon has now sent out all invites to their student weekend, in case anyone applied there. I did not receive one. I am batting 0 for 2 today. Not too disappointed in light of previous good news. By the way, I've found the graduate coordinators to be quite helpful if you are looking for news regarding your application. As long as you are apologetically polite and keep your emails to a minimum, most are glad to give you an update on where you stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddybrosevelt Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Well, I emailed the graduate coordinators at Indiana and Oregon. Indiana has me listed an "alternate." Apparently, I'm a strong candidate, but my POI is not in great need of a new student. Oregon has now sent out all invites to their student weekend, in case anyone applied there. I did not receive one. I am batting 0 for 2 today. Not too disappointed in light of previous good news. By the way, I've found the graduate coordinators to be quite helpful if you are looking for news regarding your application. As long as you are apologetically polite and keep your emails to a minimum, most are glad to give you an update on where you stand. Welp, maybe I should contact Indiana as I have applied there but have yet to hear anything.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnman20 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) geoDUDE, whats the insider info on UC Davis applications? :-) Congrats to everyone who has been accepted! Edited February 6, 2015 by mtnman20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoDUDE! Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 geoDUDE, whats the insider info on UC Davis applications? :-) Congrats to everyone who has been accepted! I don't think offers have gone out yet, but there aren't many TAs available since we have had high yields the past 2 years. It really depends on who you are applying to work with I think. I know we have had some individual students visit, but we haven't had an accepted students day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
columbia09 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Someone was rejected from Stanford. I'm guessing that school has no order to which it sends out rejections or acceptances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnman20 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I don't think offers have gone out yet, but there aren't many TAs available since we have had high yields the past 2 years. It really depends on who you are applying to work with I think. I know we have had some individual students visit, but we haven't had an accepted students day. Thanks! Good to hear offers haven't gone out yet. Seems like all the schools I applied to are taking their time. No news is good news I suppose! IamLorde and GeoDUDE! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethileptic Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 So I was accepted to UCLA without a faculty sponsor. Pretty much, my only hope is the slim chance for a TAship. I'm super bummed. I would rather they had not said anything at all until they knew what funding might be like for me. Way to get my hopes up and let them come crashing down. Let's hope my visits go well! bethileptic and GeoDUDE! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoDUDE! Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 So I was accepted to UCLA without a faculty sponsor. Pretty much, my only hope is the slim chance for a TAship. I'm super bummed. I would rather they had not said anything at all until they knew what funding might be like for me. Way to get my hopes up and let them come crashing down. Let's hope my visits go well! Thats really strange.... I've never heard of that happening at any place for a PhD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethileptic Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) Thats really strange.... I've never heard of that happening at any place for a PhD. My POI (or should I just say "contact" now?) said that maybe the admissions committee automatically accepted my application when it was put in the "very good" pool... but no specific faculty have expressed any interest in me, which he knows because I was not invited to visit. And now I'm really freaking out about my visits. What if I only got the UCI one because my UG/current advisor wants to help me get my foot in the door -- but I know he has no funding for me, so I would go there for what exactly? To maybe try to impress a couple other people? Same with Davis... My POI is waiting on a grant. So what if he is the only one who actually expressed real interest in me going to the visit, and then he gets no funding, and then what? Does this make sense? Maybe I don't know how visits work. I feel like I am being teased over here... Edited February 6, 2015 by bethileptic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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