Okay, so I get a letter from the place that accepted me, telling me that all of the stuff they will be paying for me amounts to $145,000
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I'm sorry, that's aweful! My friend Sandy is in the same boat, and last night, I dreamt that she texted me saying she had had another rejection! I woke up with a start, as if it were an actual nightmare with evil demons chasing me!
I am glad. I really am. I just always have the nagging devil on my shoulder saying "hmm, could have done better, Angela. Should have done."
So you're a TA for undergrads? Depending on who you're working with, you may have nothing to do. All I've ever seen TA's do is proctor exams and grade a few papers. I think you'll live. Could this feeling perhaps have something to do with the fact that now you've had one acceptance, you still have 9 to hear from? Something tells me that once you start hearing from the other schools and are actually comparing and contrasting the deals you're getting, things will be much more interesting.
I am technically a TA this term, but the professor who I am assigned to finds me more useful in an RA role. He is teaching one undergrad honors section this term. Ever so often he will have me copy chapters in books for the supplemental reading and I pulled required readings to put on reserve for the term. That is the most I have done TA wise.
Sometimes you luck out - other times, not so much. I have a friend who is assigned as an RA to a faculty member in our department. She is stuck translating stacks and stacks of articles from German to English, even though there are two of us in the dept who are considerably more fluent than she is. She is also TA'ing for another faculty member. The clock hours arent really spread evenly or fairly throughout our department.
Of course, if anyone tries to stick me with 20 hours of translating, some of this pent-up violence will be unleashed. And I cannot be held responsible for when/how/where.
I think the whole application season is so stressful that it can sometimes be anticlimactic when you actually hear from schools. Especially at this point where most people have only heard from one or two of the places they applied. If it makes you feel better, I was in a similar position at this point last year; I had gotten into one or two schools that were at the bottom of my list but the funding offers weren't great, and I kept thinking, "do I really want to go there?" Instead of being glad that I got in anywhere!
But soon you'll hear from other schools, which will give you more options and hopefully more excitement. I ended up getting into my first choice (and I do have to teach for my stipend, but I really like teaching).
P.S. Whenever I calculate the funding offer, I add in the tuition waiver to make myself feel even more rich. (maybe it's because I'd only ever attended public schools before this, but the idea that my tuition waiver alone is over $35K a year is insane!)
Yes, I think it is an anti-climax. Particularly becuase at this p oint in my life, the 4 big things that were bothering me for around 7 months now have been resolved. I have no one left to fight. (Don't you worry, I'll take on another project or five.)
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I am glad. I really am. I just always have the nagging devil on my shoulder saying "hmm, could have done better, Angela. Should have done."
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Sometimes you luck out - other times, not so much. I have a friend who is assigned as an RA to a faculty member in our department. She is stuck translating stacks and stacks of articles from German to English, even though there are two of us in the dept who are considerably more fluent than she is. She is also TA'ing for another faculty member. The clock hours arent really spread evenly or fairly throughout our department.
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Of course, if anyone tries to stick me with 20 hours of translating, some of this pent-up violence will be unleashed. And I cannot be held responsible for when/how/where.
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But soon you'll hear from other schools, which will give you more options and hopefully more excitement. I ended up getting into my first choice (and I do have to teach for my stipend, but I really like teaching).
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