Shira70008 2 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hi everyone! I know it's rather early but I thought that I would start a thread for people to put the offers that they are declining. meggied 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SamStone 154 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 AND just so its clear, this is where anyone and everyone who turns down their Berkeley offer (or WL) is to report immediately! mano, Swann, dumbunny and 6 others 9 Link to post Share on other sites
Naruto 25 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I declined my offer from Florida State, removed myself from the waitlist for Purdue, and will decline my offer from Georgia. Hope that helps someone. Duns Eith and LAS22 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Schopenhauerfanboy 152 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Praying for people to get offers they prefer to Boston U and Syracuse! I will likely be removing myself from the waitlists at Purdue and Baylor this week as well, and probably declining my offer from Tennessee too (depending on how my Skype chat with the DGS goes on Friday). Duns Eith 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Duns Eith 558 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 30 minutes ago, Naruto said: I declined my offer from Florida State, removed myself from the waitlist for Purdue, and will decline my offer from Georgia. Hope that helps someone. This may help me, indirectly or directly. I'm waitlisted at Purdue. Thanks. 27 minutes ago, Schopenhauerfanboy said: Praying for people to get offers they prefer to Boston U and Syracuse! I will likely be removing myself from the waitlists at Purdue and Baylor this week as well, and probably declining my offer from Tennessee too (depending on how my Skype chat with the DGS goes on Friday). I think that helps someone I know who applied to Baylor, and perhaps indirectly me for Purdue (though we have different AOI). Thanks! Naruto 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Coconuts&Chloroform 207 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I will most likely be turning down my offer at WUSTL. Good luck to those on the waitlist! Needle in the Hay and eigenname 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SamStone 154 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Okay, so...anyone decide to turn down Berkeley yet?! Witsclaw 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HarlanTheTechnician 1 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I have removed myself from the waitlist at Rice. Hope this helps someone! Link to post Share on other sites
zalvane 5 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 praying for the continentalist to decline NW Link to post Share on other sites
goss 31 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Not what everyone here is waiting for presumably, but I just declined my offer of admission into the MA program at NIU. Hopefully someone else makes the best of that great opportunity! Duns Eith 1 Link to post Share on other sites
joshmyers 22 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I am likely to turn down offers at UMass, WashU, UT Austin, and I have already turned down an offer at Maryland. I hope that helps some people! Naruto, Needle in the Hay and Dialectica 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Naruto 25 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Declined my offer from South Florida. Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites
Electric Anxiety 32 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 @NarutoDamn, this means they have gone through a wave of acceptances and I wasn't one of them. I have heard nothing from them at all though, so I guess I should assume the worst? Link to post Share on other sites
Naruto 25 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 11 minutes ago, Electric Anxiety said: @NarutoDamn, this means they have gone through a wave of acceptances and I wasn't one of them. I have heard nothing from them at all though, so I guess I should assume the worst? Oh no! Hopefully, you're on a hidden waitlist! I also noticed that in the past, South Florida has sent out acceptances sporadically. Link to post Share on other sites
Electric Anxiety 32 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 2 hours ago, Naruto said: Oh no! Hopefully, you're on a hidden waitlist! I also noticed that in the past, South Florida has sent out acceptances sporadically. That makes me feel a little better, thanks! Naruto 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Terrydong 1 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Just declined a funded offer from Texas Tech (MA), and removed me from the wait list of Texas A&M (MA) yesterday. I hope that would help someone. Duns Eith 1 Link to post Share on other sites
alaskanbullworm 13 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I've declined Oklahoma and will be declining Brandeis. Hope this helps someone. Link to post Share on other sites
Electric Anxiety 32 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 1 hour ago, alaskanbullworm said: I've declined Oklahoma and will be declining Brandeis. Hope this helps someone. If your Oklahoma offer you declined was for PHD then this will help me tremendously! I have no idea where I am on the waitlist but it moves me up wherever I'm at haha. Thanks for the info! Link to post Share on other sites
alaskanbullworm 13 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 28 minutes ago, Electric Anxiety said: If your Oklahoma offer you declined was for PHD then this will help me tremendously! I have no idea where I am on the waitlist but it moves me up wherever I'm at haha. Thanks for the info! Yep it was!! Best of luck! Duns Eith 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Electric Anxiety 32 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 @alaskanbullwormThank you! Link to post Share on other sites
Dialectica 209 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) Just a friendly reminder: if you know you won't accept an offer, please turn it down as soon as you can. There are many whose fates depend on you, and they are, just as you, trying to plan their—and, for some, their families'—futures. Edited March 9, 2017 by Dialectica hector549, eigenname, Duns Eith and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
whatamidoinghere 9 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 10 minutes ago, Dialectica said: Just a friendly reminder: if you know you won't accept an offer, please turn it down as soon as you can. There are many whose fates depend on you—and they are, just as you, trying to plan their (and, for some, their families') futures. Yes please! Link to post Share on other sites
Tecumseh Valley 20 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 FWIW, after an informal email and phone conversation with the DGS at my first choice, I am just waiting on the official offer to arrive before turning down other schools' offers. Others are probably in a similar situation, which is what delays things. We're not Bogarting spots as much as covering our bases. Dialectica 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dialectica 209 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 27 minutes ago, Tecumseh Valley said: FWIW, after an informal email and phone conversation with the DGS at my first choice, I am just waiting on the official offer to arrive before turning down other schools' offers. Others are probably in a similar situation, which is what delays things. We're not Bogarting spots as much as covering our bases. Thanks for this. But, it needs to be said: some people definitely sit on offers they know they won't take. It happens every year. I knew someone in at a top-5, knowing they would be taking that offer, but sitting on amazing offers all over the PGR. They simply weren't taking the time to do it, and that's worrisome. Link to post Share on other sites
Tecumseh Valley 20 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 12 minutes ago, Dialectica said: some people definitely sit on offers they know they won't take. It happens every year. I knew someone in at a top-5, knowing they would be taking that offer, but sitting on amazing offers all over the PGR. They simply weren't taking the time to do it, and that's worrisome. I'll take your word for it that people do this. Link to post Share on other sites
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