Rootbound Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Turned down a PhD offer from BU. I genuinely did not expect to feel so agonized over sending these emails...no fun at all. fortschritt22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writeshere Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Turned down WashU, UVA, UW-Madison, and a fully-funded spot in the MA program at Georgetown. I turned down a couple of these more recently than others, but hopefully, it helps someone out! ☺️ spectrum-in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusrain Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Turned down UC Boulder and CUNY for English! Good luck to those waitlisted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortschritt22 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Turned down Minnesota PhD and UCONN MA offers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootbound Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Turned down Indiana University's offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beirut Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Turned down my Kansas offer—hope that helps somebody out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrum-in Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 For everyone who's declining offers...how are you declining offers? I'm way to anxious to call, but I'm nervous about how much detail to put into the email! The school I'm declining worked really hard to raise funding for me, and several POIs have kept up with me in the application process. I'm hoping to hear what others have done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illcounsel Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, spectrum-in said: For everyone who's declining offers...how are you declining offers? I'm way to anxious to call, but I'm nervous about how much detail to put into the email! The school I'm declining worked really hard to raise funding for me, and several POIs have kept up with me in the application process. I'm hoping to hear what others have done! I emailed the dgs saying, "I wanted to update you on the status of my decisions. I have decided to go to another institution for my MA/PhD. I truly appreciate all the time and resources that has been put behind my acceptances to ____. Let me know if there are any more steps to make this decision official. All the best___". I kept it short and simple and each program responded with well wishes. A few did ask which school I went with and I told them! You may wish to follow-up with your POI's. I did this for one school and they were very understanding and asked me to keep in contact throughout my schooling!. spectrum-in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpth Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Long time lurker here! This thread has been so helpful so I wanted to add my own contribution: I sent in, via snail mail, my decline for UToronto's fully-funded PhD offer a few days ago. I'm from the States, so it might take a bit of time to arrive - but I did want to post in case anyone is waiting on them! spectrum-in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amphilanthus Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 officially declined Rutgers today, pretty torn up about it. such a hard choice. hope it helps someone here out because it’s clearly an amazing program! jusrain and Rootbound 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiguresIII Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Well, I guess this means turning down Berkeley and Chicago. Very painful. Loved the faculty at both places, Berkeley especially, but can't see myself settling there for six or more years (I mean the avg. time to completion is like 8??). thismortalcoil, trytostay and northwestnative 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardedlady Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Turned down a fully funded spot at Fordham's PhD program, hope this helps someone out! The campus was gorgeous and the DGS honestly couldn't be any more helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwestnative Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Declined UT Austin today—hope it opens something up for someone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrum-in Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Declined UW-Madison! Truly one of the hardest things I've had to do in a long time. Hopefully this helps someone out!!! Musmatatus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwils15 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I declined the University of Washington today; hope this helps someone out! BeachBum and Musmatatus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trytostay Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Turned down NYU! Hope it helps someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aporeticpoetic Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Turned down Buffalo today and two funded MA programs at UVM and Villanova! Hope this helps someone out. Excited to be attending Brandeis in the fall. madandmoonly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusrain Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I forgot to post when I declined Brandeis last week— best of luck to those waitlisted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbie Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Just declined UC San Diego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachBum Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Just declined Notre Dame - totally gut-wrenching O_o I hope this helps someone! arbie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassidyaxx Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Declined Portland state's funded MA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassidyaxx Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Just turned down a funded offer from Villanova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpth Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I declined my fully-funded offer of admission to Johns Hopkins. Totally agonizing. I hope this helps someone on their waitlist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacocat211 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Officially declined Texas A&M's offer today. Super hard to make the decision to leave Texas and my MA institution. Seriously such great faculty and such a great and growing program. On to the next chapter, even if it's a little bittersweet :') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kd1990 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I turned down a fully funded offer from URI and took myself off the waitlist at SUNY Albany. I hope this helps someone on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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