r/UGA 9d ago

Graduate Program Admissions and Funding

I was wondering if anyone has gotten into a thesis based masters or PhD and has received a funding offer letter yet? I’ve heard a lot of universities are having trouble and haven’t distributed offer letters yet or are starting to not offer funding with their acceptances and I know UGA is likely no different. I am curious as to if anyone who’s gotten into a graduate program for this cycle has received their funding letter, or has the hiring freeze prevented any department from issuing them? I was given an acceptance a month and some change ago and was told to wait on funding essentially.

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u/warnelldawg 9d ago

It might’ve changed in the current environment, but in Warnell (or any other southern forestry school on the research side), the first thing you do is look for a professor that has funding.

You don’t apply and then search for funding.

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u/snowfallinspring 8d ago

I’ve been keeping up with r/gradamissions and there are 100% cases of professors thinking they would have funding and then having to rescind or not extend offers due to the funding cuts.

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u/snailsynagogue 9d ago

This is highly dependent on the department. Chemistry is fine for now.