Financial ruin
I (and least some, maybe all of my classmates from the MA Seminar) didn't get a TAship for next semester. It's pretty unexpected, and I figure it's about 80% likely I'll have to withdraw for at least a semester.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Man does that blow! Yuck.
Hope something comes through.
Posted by
Erik |
8:31 AM
They didn't give you any sort of explanation? That's messed up - especially since didn't you say there were no new people coming in next semester?
Posted by
Anonymous |
10:57 AM
I haven't even got an email telling me I haven't got one, let alone an explanation - but the emails telling people they have a TAship went out yesterday early in the afternoon.
I figure there are a few options; either enough people will decide they don't want the TAship they're offered that it'll trickle down to me (yeah, right) or else I could apply for and get one in another department (also vanishingly unlikely), or I can try to arrange some sort of GRA (Graduate Research Assistanceship) or other means of funding. I think the latter is also pretty unlikely.
As for an explanation... there are no new people coming in, but one of my fellow grad students (who also didn't get a TAship) pointed out something I didn't think of, which is that apparently enrollment is always higher in the fall than in the winter, which makes sense.
Posted by
Ian |
11:52 AM
That sucks! Isn't there anything you can do about it? I mean, haven't you been a TA for a while, or are the people who (presumably) have a TSship have more TA seniority than you?pnirk
Posted by
Caitlin @ Clutter Cubed |
12:03 AM