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  1. haha hopefully. I already got rejected from Michigan today, but it was not a good fit. I really don't understand how this admission process works. Good luck.
  2. Hey do you guys have any idea when Stanford will release the outcome? It's quite late.
  3. who knows?, man. If i have to choose btw Princeton and UCB, I will choose UCB for personal reasons. I got rejected from UCB though. Anyway good luck for all!
  4. Ya, they say the official emails about admission decisions will be out soon. It was a personal email for me, but I think decisions will be out soon. Also whoever has a better offer, please decline the offer from Princeton! Thanks
  5. I think it is not BS. I am waitlisted at Princeton. The admission mails will be out soon. Hey Princeton admits, could you share your specs by any chance? thanks
  6. Thanks. Probably you are right. I hope "who knows" is true! Thanks
  7. Amazing. I really appreciate it again. I got it. Then, I suspect my SOP. I emphasized three parts in my SOP: My interest in political science such as a question like what is the effect of campaigning in primaries. My interest in political philosophy such as what should be just rules of campaigning. My interest in the application of data science in political science such as how I am trained to do quantitative work. I focused on showing what I have done rather than what I want to do in grad school. Maybe that's the problem. Actually I am not sure what is my problem... My emphasis on interest on philosophy could be a problem..... I love political science, but I equally love philosophy, and I reveal my loves in SOP. I carefully suspect quantitative people may not like my dual interests (Though I am capable of quantitative work. ). I don't think my advisers gave me not good letters. They are really helpful and supportive. I am working for them now. I sincerely appreciate your advice. I need to wait for some schools' decisions, but in realistic view, I would start to think about next year application. Thanks again. (As far as I know 1 year residency out of state student rule does not apply to a foreigner in UC schools.)
  8. Thanks. What I heard is because I am a foreigner. In terms of limited funding, it is better to admit three Americans than me. The price is same. It makes sense, but I cannot/do not want to change my citizenship. lol. Also there is no way that I can get residency in here. I am wondering is that the only reason though. I will ask them again for next year.
  9. I really appreciate your advice. I probably underestimate the importance of fit. I thought the fit is really difficult thing to specify in the undergrad level. It is because in case of American politics, there are many sub materials such as public opinion, representation, game theory, party, congress, presidency etc, but I am not sure how to find "good" fit by professors. Most of schools' American politics faculty study these areas. I could say some schools are famous for game theory or public opinions, but basically all schools' faculties have "good" fit for me. When I read their articles, I find them very interesting and I mention their names in each SOP. My interests are elections, campaigns and political parties, but so to speak, if I say, they are my interests, I think it is too broad. That is why I thought "fit" is less important than specs and other quantitative measurements in grad admission. I am confused. About the machine learning, it is not exactly about machine learning, but the conference's name is machine learning; our work in developing new statistical tools for social sciences. I am more likely interested in data science's application in political science in general. (machine learning is awesome though) I am also interested in political philosophy/theory, so I minored philosophy in undergrad. I am very serious about both fields. Then, actually there are a few professors who are also interested in data science/machine learning such as professor Andrew Hall at Stanford, Chad Hazlett at UCLA, Gary King at Harvard, Andrew Gelman at Columbia etc... My question is then, do you think my specs (GPA, GRE, Research experience) are too low for top schools (Suppose I more focus on fit in next year)? I might apply top schools again next year, but if I don't have a chance, I would rather focus on less prestigious schools. My last question is about my status as an international student. What I heard from my adviser from my home institution is I am too expensive to bring. My tuition is triple of US citizen(resident)'s tuition, so it is really hard to bring a foreigner in American politics sub field. Almost all foreign students will be assigned to IR and comparative. Then, I should not apply state universities, if they are reluctant to admit foreign students, I should more focus on private schools. Do you think is that true? To sum up I have two questions: 1. Are my specs low for top schools (suppose I find good fit for next year)? 2. Should I focus on private schools to apply ? Does an international student have strong disadvantages in state schools? Thanks again.
  10. Thanks for the reply. Of course, I went to US in my age of 20. English is not my first language. For sure, I might write my SOP and writing sample in better language because my advisers and native friends went over it. Hmmm I think it is almost impossible for me to improve my English more than this. I think language is just a shell. The real things are reasons, claim, and the quality of my argument, if English in PhD in political science matters that much then I am disappointed. Because I am minor in Philosophy, I have decent reasoning and trained analytic writing. One of my letter writers is a philosophy professor. Thanks though!
  11. Hi, I am a 2016 fall PhD applicant, but I guess I will fail all schools in this year. I really wish your advice for next year which will be my last trial. I thought I have a good shot because my advisers in my school told me I could get in at least one among the schools that I applied this year. I applied Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, Wisconsin, Stanford, Michigan-ann arbor, Duke, Vanderbilt, and Columbia. So far I am rejected from almost all schools and waiting for top schools that I could not get in with high chance. These are my brief specs: UGPA: 3.89 (one of UC that I applied this year), Summa Cum laude, highest honors in political science GRE (V: 159, Q:166, 4.0) I have worked as a RA in one of Harvard, Yale, Princeton for an interdisciplinary project.(we produced publishable outcomes, so we submitted the article in Machine learning conference in this year.- I worked with Phd Students and professors at there) I am trying to develop my senior thesis from undergrad and to publish at Plos One in political science because it has relatively low threshold for B.A. degree holder in this year. I want to study American politics. And I am an international student. In next year, what should I prepare more to get in a good school? I need to go back to my country after may 2016 because of my visa. I am currently working at my undergrad institution as a research assistant. In this year, I got rejected from even my undergrad institution(UC). I wish I could some advice for next year. Thanks for reading and advice.
  12. Got it. Thanks. It seems I got rejected then. It is better to know the fact rather than having vain hope. I thought I had a good shot, but apparently not. Congrats again and thanks for the info.
  13. Congrats as well. Same question above if you can share some info about email.
  14. Congrats. Does the email is an auto-made one or individual email from coordinator? could you share more info about the email? Then I would just give up my hope. Thanks
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