Dannyb19 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I just received an email notifying me of my acceptance to the PhD program at Hopkins. I was also awarded a very generous fellowship of $16,000 for 5 years, with TA or RA responsibilities in years 2-5. Guess this makes for an interesting choice between Virginia and Hopkins (although I am still awaiting Chicago, UCLA and Wisconsin). Also fly out on the 30th, one night in hotel paid plus $300 travel costs. Hooray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commodore Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Congrats! I would think Hopkins is quite a bit better than UVA...is there a reason that you think otherwise? Maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, congrats, and best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus_Econ Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Congrats! I just got in as well, with same money I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyb19 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 Congrats Prometheus! Although I imagine even if I matriculate I won't be seeing you there with your other offers. Will you even attend the flyout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartelite Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Congrats! I would think Hopkins is quite a bit better than UVA...is there a reason that you think otherwise? Maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, congrats, and best of luck. Hopkins is #51 on econphd, UVA is #53; they are #24 and #27 respectively on US News. Also, JHU hardly places anyone in academic jobs it seems, so it all depends what you're interested in. http://www.econ.jhu.edu/recent_placements.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus_Econ Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm not sure if I'll fly out there. I guess I shouldn't but I'm in Philadelphia two days before and so I might stop by. I'd really like to meet Peyton Young but he's on leave right now. Hopkins is definitely a great program though with a lot of connections to the local policy community, and a joint research center with the Brookings Institution on economic and social dynamics. But yeah, I probably won't be going there, so maybe flying out there is unethical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyb19 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 I have now just received an email saying "Please disregard the decision letter that was sent you in error due to a computer glitch. Your corrected letter will follow shortly. Sorry for any inconvineance." I am not sure my emotions can take this much longer......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antichron Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Are you serious? That's terrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus_Econ Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Are you serious?!? That's insane. A friend of mine who applied for Math at Stanford got a letter saying he's waitlisted, just to receive another letter later that day saying that there was a computer glitch and he was actually rejected. Those things should really not happen, it's extremely unprofessional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commodore Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Oh my goodness. How awful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyb19 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 Maybe my original email was just intended from Prometheus, I wonder if I was the only one receiving this email (that then needed to be retracted). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobo82 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Hey "inconvenience" was spelt wrongly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chptlk Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Thats seriously not done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veroniquaz Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I have now just received an email saying "Please disregard the decision letter that was sent you in error due to a computer glitch. Your corrected letter will follow shortly. Sorry for any inconvineance." I am not sure my emotions can take this much longer......... please say you are kidding... This is horrible! good luck with the "corrected" offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyb19 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 If the "corrected offer" is still some decently lucrative funding package, I think I can let it slide. But what if I'm not admitted at all! F-this, I'm getting a PhD in theology. :wallbash: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apfphd Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I got the same email with the offer and the same retraction.:eek: Truly very unprofessional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartelite Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 And to make it worse they blame "computers." Oh the "computer" decided to dig up your e-mail address, type a letter to you, then send it through an e-mail client. Sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apfphd Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 And to make it worse they blame "computers." Oh the "computer" decided to dig up your e-mail address, type a letter to you, then send it through an e-mail client. Sure... Exactly! At least have the decency to own up to your mistakes. I am definitely not going there. Even if they paid me twice that amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyb19 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 At least I'm not the only one! By the way, Apfphd, you didn't happen to go to Swarthmore did you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apfphd Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Nope.. didnt go to Swarthmore.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apfphd Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 To top it all off, they've all probably shut down their computers and gone off home by now.. So we cant even find out what the deal is. Seriously! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobo82 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 This brings up the question of how best to "take revenge". Holding their offer (if offered) until the very last minute before declining sounds like a spitefully good plan, but it will deprive those on the waitlist from getting their chance. Not good. Seriously this is very unprofessional of the department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreEcon Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 What a bunch of crap... Not that I really know, but my guess is that anyone who got the email is probably admitted. Funding from the department isn't great, and the $16K offer is one of the named fellowships. So, I'm guessing it was a bad cut-&-paste job with the award letter. I think they use the same form letter for everyone, but change the relevant parts (money, reimbursement for fly-out, etc). But yeah, pretty sure office staff is gone for the day, so it won't be cleared up today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butler blue Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Wow. That's all I can say. Wow. You guys better get in there with some kind of funding, tuition waiver, something or we'll all go lay siege on Baltimore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappl Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I received the same sequence of e-mails (admit with 16k fellowship, then retraction) Sounds really weird.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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