Graduate School Admission Results

Dear internet stranger, you should not measure your level of "bangness" by which schools you were rejected from. It is a well-known fact that most schools choose reject applicant that are really "too good" for their program, knowing that they will definitely get a better offer and they do not want to waste an admission slot. You need to asses yourself very well and apply to those schools that are exactly right for you. In your case, I am pretty sure that you applied on a spectrum of schools which the lower end of the interval is schools that you are too good for. That means (by intermediate value theorem :d) that you will definitely get an acceptance from at least one school! Hold on tight! :)

For those who sent an email to the programs asking about your application, who did you send the emails to? Did you send it to a Professor or the general graduate school? Also, is it recommended to tell them about your current offers from other schools, as like bargaining chips?

TPB: Best to e-mail a professor or the program director directly as they are most involved in the decision making process. It is a good idea as well to attach the offer letters and highlight the funding information. This was how I received my 25k funding from the University of British Columbia.

I will tell you one thing that matters almost all of us. The reason why some people ask others to decide as fast as possible is the following. If you take your time, let's say decided on April 14th, the schools you rejected will admit other students. These students will decide April 15th lets say or even sooner but then the schools they reject will try to reach others, so on so forth. The major reason why people ask you to be hurry is 1min passed in April 16th, none of the schools send new offers. They changes class size, admit less people than expected, which is inefficient in our point of view. We, including all of us, tried so hard to come thus far and will probably meet at conferences and review each others articles in journals. So, be kind and polite each other and keep in mind that you are not the only one deciding about your life. It is a huge point in our lives as well. So, take all the time you need but be as much as possible so that you can help others. Don't forget the domino effect and ruin others' dreams by deciding at the very last minute. At the very least, reject until last 2 offers stands, don't decide on 7 schools at the last moment. Sorry for long post but one of us needed to do that. (P.S: some of us may have done well in past more than others and have more offers too but you are a part of the profession in here and the domino starts with you, and probably have taken micro classes. So let us reach to Pareto Optimal point)

To the poster below: Can you please upload a TL;DR? Your post was too long to read.

Does the Apr 15 deadline mean 23:59 pm on 15th? I have an offer but am on the waitlists of another school which I much prefer to go to. No time specification on the offer.

From my experience of a Masters program here in US, I strongly feel like the Universities in big cities are not giving students enough money to survive barely. I had to borrow money, work off-campus, even after getting a full stipend. $1500 in New York/ Chicago/ California is barely equivalent to $500 in many other states like Kansas/Texas. My friend on partial funding in Texas lived there quite comfortably. I think universities in big cities should double/triple the payment for the students to have an equivalent living standard. This time I am taking it very seriously in choosing university for my PhD.

Interview for lightning round

Waitlisted on 06/03 -> Rejected on 03/05

This cycle is complete rejection

Waitlisted for PPD. Did not submit GRE

F you america