Supernovasky Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 All I see is "Shroomery" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovasky Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 My SOP and Writing Sample really focused more on the quantiative, social research side of things... I have a very, very specific thing I want to research when it comes to sampling a population of people's internal ideas... I just hope SOME university picks me up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 My SOP and Writing Sample really focused more on the quantiative, social research side of things... I have a very, very specific thing I want to research when it comes to sampling a population of people's internal ideas... I just hope SOME university picks me up! UW is heavily quantitative, maybe you'll have a shot there. It seems like that would be a good place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Why no Penn State, Supernovasky? FertMigMort 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovasky Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 UW is heavily quantitative, maybe you'll have a shot there. It seems like that would be a good place. I noticed that about UW. I think I emailed at least 4 professors there. I was actually shocked to see how much quantitative research is going in in UW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovasky Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Why no Penn State, Supernovasky? Well, I had a simple formula. I only had 500 dollars to spend on applications... so 90 dollars a school (50-75 for fee, +20 for GRe scorse) 1 SUPER safe school - LSU 2 "on par schools" - UW and UC Boulder 2 "reach" schools - UT-Austin and Ann Arbor More I think about it I should have just done 4 "on par" schools and not erached at all, but then again, thats never how I've lived. A UT Austin aceptance would make my world right about now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 UW, in my opinion, is the same level as UT. Schools 10-20 ranked all seem to be lumped into the same breath and Washington is a top 20 university. Boulder is more of the mid-range (I believe it's high 40's). Either way though, all are good schools and in cool places to live. I also applied to both Seattle and Boulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 All I see is "Shroomery" Ah, the website I tried hot-linking from denied it I guess. I'll edit it in a sec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovasky Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Well, we'll see how things go, huh? Best of luck to us. I guess all my schools are top 40, safe for LSU, then... I hope one of them gives me a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovasky Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Could not resist opening Schrödinger's box. Will tell you if the cat is alive or dead tomorrow. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Could not resist opening Schrödinger's box. Will tell you if the cat is alive or dead tomorrow. Haha. Did you e-mail them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovasky Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Yup. Hi --------, Thanks very much for your interest in our program. While your application was viewed favorably, this year’s applicant pool was particularly competitive. As a result, we are unable to offer admission to you and many other impressive applicants for 2012. I’m sure you will find a program that meets your needs as well or better than the University of Texas. Best wishes for your ongoing academic success. ------------------- 1 down, 4 to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovasky Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 At least I got some closure, and to be truthful, UT Austin really didn't have too many quant sociology professors that I could have worked with anyway. It really wasn't that great a fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunMilw Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I did post the UT acceptance and UCSB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 RunMilw, mind posting your stats and research interests? I'm pretty curious since you're 2/2. Also, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunMilw Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 3.88 GPA (undergrad gpa) I do not remember my GRE scores exactly but it was something like 5.5/6 for analytical writing, 85% for Verbal, and really bad for quant. I think 50%...? I took the GRE in August No publications, but I have submitted a solo article to a journal for review. Gender/Sexuality/Sexual Violence/the Body/Masculinity/Culture/Family They all overlap a bit...so I guess Gender more generally and qualitative research I was also a D1 athlete at my university, which could have played a role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovasky Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Lol... I was just rejected twice my UT-Austin (got the same email as when I emailed Ms. Porter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giacomo Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I guess it's not meant to be, Supernova. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Lol... I was just rejected twice my UT-Austin (got the same email as when I emailed Ms. Porter). I got the same email. Generic copy and paste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I just got another e-mail from UT (from the office of admissions) denying me again! I feel like someone shut the door on my face already and now they just re-opened it to shout "AND STAY OUT!" and then slam it twice as hard haha ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovasky Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 I just got another e-mail from UT (from the office of admissions) denying me again! I feel like someone shut the door on my face already and now they just re-opened it to shout "AND STAY OUT!" and then slam it twice as hard haha Same here, haha. UT Austin rejected me 3 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBom Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 y'all might find this post interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 y'all might find this post interesting. Awesome, thanks for the link. I hope this spurs a lot of discussion in the comments section. OrgTheory is awesome when people are engaged in the comments section for posts like these. Fabio also has a book 'Grad Skool Rulz' that's $2 I bought a while ago. It's worth the 2 bucks. I suggest checking it out http://orgtheory.wordpress.com/grad-skool-rulz/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbirch Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 One thing that s/he says that I disagree with is: If the applicant is interested in social work or activism, academic sociology isn’t a good fit. Is that necessarily true when you're applying to public sociology programs? I guess I agree if you're looking at Ivies or top-20 schools, but places focused on public sociology might look at this differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth.Vegan Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 One thing that s/he says that I disagree with is: If the applicant is interested in social work or activism, academic sociology isn’t a good fit. Is that necessarily true when you're applying to public sociology programs? I guess I agree if you're looking at Ivies or top-20 schools, but places focused on public sociology might look at this differently. Applied sociology has always had a pretty bad rap. That said, it's getting more respected and attitudes about this vary across academia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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