havemybloodchild Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 Turned down MA at UNL (waitlisted for funding) and asked to be taken off the waitlist for Oregon state’s funded MA today.
arbie Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 I just sent off an email to decline a funded PhD offer with an additional fellowship at U of Tennessee - Knoxville. Hoping it opens a door for someone!
illcounsel Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 Today I am sending in, by mail, the letter to decline University of Nebraska- Lincoln's MA (fully-funded).
snorkles Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 I declined Brown. I committed to Chicago. I hope that gives someone on the waitlist good news! The Wordsworthian, Musmatatus, trytostay and 8 others 10 1
ariadnev Posted March 9, 2019 Posted March 9, 2019 Removing myself from Berkeley Rhetoric's waitlist. Hope it helps someone out!
arbie Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Just sent off emails to decline funded PhD offers at Purdue and Loyola University Chicago. Hope this helps! Especially you, @kendalldinniene! vondafkossum, havemybloodchild and Mumasatus 3
havemybloodchild Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 1 minute ago, arbie said: Just sent off emails to decline funded PhD offers at Purdue and Loyola University Chicago. Hope this helps! Especially you, @kendalldinniene! Thank you for letting me know!!!!
DangerDave Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 (edited) I'm turning down Stanford LDT Education MA today. Good luck everybody! Just realized this is a literature thread. Whoops. Edited March 13, 2019 by DangerDave dilby and The Wordsworthian 2
arbie Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 17 minutes ago, kendalldinniene said: Thank you for letting me know!!!! No problem! DGS just confirmed receipt; fingers crossed for you! havemybloodchild 1
arbie Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Sorry I'm obnoxious today. Also declined U of South Carolina.
Anonymouse124 Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Declined fully funded offer and additional fellowship at UIUC! Hopefully that helps a GCer out there!! thismortalcoil 1
illcounsel Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 11 minutes ago, Anonymouse124 said: Declined fully funded offer and additional fellowship at UIUC! Hopefully that helps a GCer out there!! I will be doing the same for the MA today (also fully funded w/ fellowship). Anonymouse124 1
eclectus_red Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Just wanted to let everyone know I just turned down PhD offers at Purdue and University of Delaware as well as taking myself off the waitlists at Ohio State and University of Maryland. Hope that helps someone! Deleted Because Useless and illcounsel 2
reluctanthuman Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 Turned down WashU and Western University. Musmatatus 1
mustmatatus Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) Declined UCSB and Duke. Edited March 18, 2019 by manymusings14 trytostay, dilby, Musmatatus and 3 others 6
Musmatatus Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 I love this thread b/c of the role reversal!!! So nice to see students doing the rejecting, for once dilby, eddyrynes, havemybloodchild and 7 others 10
fortschritt22 Posted March 21, 2019 Posted March 21, 2019 Turned down my funded MA offer from Syracuse
illcounsel Posted March 24, 2019 Posted March 24, 2019 Turning down funded MA's at Saint Louis University and the University of Alabama (Strode Renaissance Studies Program).
Anonymouse124 Posted March 24, 2019 Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) Turned down funded Ph.D. offer and provost fellowship from CUNY Grad Center! I hope this helps out a GC'er out there! Edited March 24, 2019 by Anonymouse124 arbie and StamfordCat 2
ExileFromAFutureTime Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 I didn't expect to feel so much angst turning down offers. Anyone else feeling similarly? I'm dragging on sending out the emails.
havemybloodchild Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 38 minutes ago, ExileFromAFutureTime said: I didn't expect to feel so much angst turning down offers. Anyone else feeling similarly? I'm dragging on sending out the emails. I just think of the dread and hope I felt being on waitlists. Makes it easier to send out those emails. tacocat211 1
havemybloodchild Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 Took myself off waitlist at BU and will decline Loyola later today. illcounsel 1
ExileFromAFutureTime Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 Okay, the future is coming into focus. Last week I declined York University's fully funded offer + fellowship (English). Today I declined Purdue's fully funded offer + fellowship (American Studies). I think the finality of the decision is what has been giving me trouble; the moment before deciding my life could go in multiple directions. By saying 'no' I'm giving up an alternate academic experience and a hypothetical life elsewhere. Anonymouse124, arbie, rr732 and 2 others 4 1
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