reixis Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I just accepted Otago's offer. I will be moving to New Zealand next semester! I received a pretty good scholarship offer ($25,000, non taxable) annually, plus tutor opportunities that amount to approximately $6,000 each year. It's a research only degree (similar to the UK) and the offer is for three years and a half. I know the department is not ranked, but I have heard a lot of good things about them and I will have the opportunity to work with a leading figure in my area of interest who happens to teach in NZ (though not at Otago). Anyway, after carefully balancing my professional interests and my personal interests, I decided I would give it a shot. I will withdrawn my name from the places I'm waitlisted. I hope this helps someone. Also, best of luck for everyone and thank you for making this place such a friendly environment. If anyone is ever coming to NZ and needs a place to stay, feel free to shoot me a message. NathanKellen, a_for_aporia, overoverover and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualiafreak Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Congratulations!!! That sounds like it will be a great experience!! reixis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanKellen Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I just accepted Otago's offer. I will be moving to New Zealand next semester! I received a pretty good scholarship offer ($25,000, non taxable) annually, plus tutor opportunities that amount to approximately $6,000 each year. It's a research only degree (similar to the UK) and the offer is for three years and a half. I know the department is not ranked, but I have heard a lot of good things about them and I will have the opportunity to work with a leading figure in my area of interest who happens to teach in NZ (though not at Otago). Anyway, after carefully balancing my professional interests and my personal interests, I decided I would give it a shot. I will withdrawn my name from the places I'm waitlisted. I hope this helps someone. Also, best of luck for everyone and thank you for making this place such a friendly environment. If anyone is ever coming to NZ and needs a place to stay, feel free to shoot me a message. Good luck, and congrats! NZ sounds great, and has some great people (Zach Weber is a fantastic logician at Otago who is incredibly nice). reixis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mano Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Good luck friend!! reixis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reixis Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I just received an e-mail from the DGS at Penn telling me that I was next on the list for an offer. I told him that I accepted an offer elsewhere. Hopefully this will turn out to be an offer for someone else! overoverover and notThatEddieVedder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNaturalist Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I've declined offers from Indiana Bloomington and UMass Amherst, and will be attending Northwestern University in the fall. MattDest, Edit_Undo, qualiafreak and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isostheneia Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I've just declined my offer from UCSD. I don't think this helps anyone, since I don't think they use a waitlist. I'll either be going to Pittsburgh (if I get off their waitlist), or Georgetown. Very stressful times, but it'll be settled in roughly 24 hours. Edit_Undo, mano, philstudent1991 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nastasya_Filippovna Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 best of luck to you isothenia- I know that Pitt is certainly a dream school and your tension must be at peak! Everyone on these threads has been so supportive of each other and it will be so nice to see the tension and anxiety finally over for us all! isostheneia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy_13 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Turned down funded offers from CUNY and Syracuse. Good luck to anyone that might help and everyone else! Duns Eith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willaem Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Declined UCSD and removed myself from the waiting list at Cornell. Attending Notre Dame! Duns Eith, philstudent1991 and qualiafreak 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjf1240 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Declined UCSD and removed myself from the waiting list at Cornell. Attending Notre Dame! Congrats! What will your focus be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willaem Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Thanks! Metaphysics, Mind, Language and Logic are the main areas probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogsguy Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I'm on the waitlist for CUNY and Arizona. If I get off the waitlist for CUNY, there is a good chance I will take it. If not, I've declined all acceptances except Simon Fraser University (MA) and will go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HegelianThomist Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Just rejected my UT Austin offer. Best wishes, everyone!! Duns Eith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PreciselyTerrified Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Attending Toronto. jjb919, isostheneia, NathanKellen and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidebysondheim Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Congrats! PreciselyTerrified 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacitmonument Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Attending Toronto. Congratulations on making the decision PreciselyTerrified! & my best wishes to all applicants! I will be attending Toronto as well, but I'll be in the English department; however, I hope to take a few classes in the Philosophy department. Feel free to PM me! PreciselyTerrified and mariePhy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariePhy Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 the long wait ends...I will be attending Western Ontario next year. My best wishes to all of you ! philstudent1991, jjb919, nietzxsche and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duns Eith Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) Attending Western Michigan University for their MA. Edited April 15, 2015 by Turretin mariePhy, philstudent1991, qualiafreak and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualiafreak Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Attending UConn!! Turned down Fellowship offer from GSU, funded offer from UMSL, and wait lists from CU Boulder and UW Madison NathanKellen, nietzxsche, Nastasya_Filippovna and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverstyx Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Accepted at CUNY and will be attending. Full fellowship support. Ritwik, HegelianThomist, philstudent1991 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mano Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Attending OU. Thank you all for being helpful with your thoughts and advices. nietzxsche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isostheneia Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Oh my goodness. I just got off the waitlist at Pitt. I'm total disbelief, but I'm absolutely thrilled. wandajune, GWFHegelFTW, PreciselyTerrified and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duns Eith Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Accepted at CUNY and will be attending. Full fellowship support. Congrats on the funding! Attending OU. Thank you all for being helpful with your thoughts and advices. Congrats! I hope you like it there! What are your AOIs? I turned down OU for another MA. Oh my goodness. I just got off the waitlist at Pitt. I'm total disbelief, but I'm absolutely thrilled. CONGRATS! Funding?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duns Eith Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Attending UConn!! Turned down Fellowship offer from GSU, funded offer from UMSL, and wait lists from CU Boulder and UW Madison Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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