splitends Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Claiming the acceptance. Haven't heard anything official about stipends and etc just yet, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RefurbedScientist Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Claiming the acceptance. Haven't heard anything official about stipends and etc just yet, though. Splitends, please excuse the potential stalker quality of this, but you were accepted at Harvard and Princeton, too, right? And where else, if you don't mind my asking? I ask on behalf of those of us who may be waitlisted at this or other programs. Thanks and congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splitends Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Haha, thanks, and no worries on the stalkery-ishness-- it's a small forum, and I've been laying on the couch with a cold glued to my computer for the last 36 hours or so, so I've had a sudden surge of activity here... But, yeah, I've been really lucky with admissions: I'm into Harvard, Princeton, Berkeley, Madison, NYU, Stanford, and UCLA. It will probably be between Berkeley, Princeton, and Harvard, maybe Madison, and maybe maybe NYU. Probably not Stanford or LA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avee Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Haha, thanks, and no worries on the stalkery-ishness-- it's a small forum, and I've been laying on the couch with a cold glued to my computer for the last 36 hours or so, so I've had a sudden surge of activity here... But, yeah, I've been really lucky with admissions: I'm into Harvard, Princeton, Berkeley, Madison, NYU, Stanford, and UCLA. It will probably be between Berkeley, Princeton, and Harvard, maybe Madison, and maybe maybe NYU. Probably not Stanford or LA. What? How is this possible. You gotta give up some stats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RefurbedScientist Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Haha, thanks, and no worries on the stalkery-ishness-- it's a small forum, and I've been laying on the couch with a cold glued to my computer for the last 36 hours or so, so I've had a sudden surge of activity here... But, yeah, I've been really lucky with admissions: I'm into Harvard, Princeton, Berkeley, Madison, NYU, Stanford, and UCLA. It will probably be between Berkeley, Princeton, and Harvard, maybe Madison, and maybe maybe NYU. Probably not Stanford or LA. Congratulations on a stellar round, Splitends. With a scorecard like that, I'm sure "luck" has nothing to do with it. I'm especially curious about your research interests. What do you want to study? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibuku Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 So I suppose all accepts and waitlists have probably gone out by now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splitends Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Well, I have a 3.9 and some change from UC Berkeley, GRE was 167 Verbal (98%ile), 156 Quant (74%ile), 6 Writing (99%ile). I have a ton of research experience, including three independent projects and a few stints as RAs (mostly for grad students in my department), I've presented at a ton of research conferences and symposiums (mostly undergraduate things, but also three professional ones), I have two publications (in undergraduate journals), and a few merit type awards, including a national fellowship called the Beinecke Scholarship. I've done a lot of service type work around the department, like peer advising and etc, and spent two years tutoring for a SOC methods course, but I don't know how much all of that counts for anything. I also have fairly good relationships with some big name people in my department who wrote me letters, one of whom I later found out chaired the admissions committee at Berkeley. Anwyay, that's like my entire application in a nutshell. I only mention the other stuff because I don't know that the numbers alone make me particularly stand out (I saw several higher GRE scores being reported in the acceptance forum thing). Judging from the feedback I've gotten, I think it was mostly the research experience and my writing sample that made me stick out, plus I think I happened to stumble into an area of research that a lot of professors are interested in pursing right now. In reality, I don't have a super clear idea of what I want to study, but my senior thesis was about whether and how the Great Recession has changed the way Americans understand unemployment, and mobility and opportunity in the U.S. more generally, and I think I wrote in my SOP that I want to study how/why Americans understand and justify wealth/poverty/inequality/etc, whether and how that may be changing, and mentioned things about the Great Recession and Occupy and etc. So, SOC of Culture, Economic SOC, and Inequality. FertMigMort 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RefurbedScientist Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Splitends, it's no wonder you got into so many top programs. I also wouldn't underestimate the importance of the close relationships you had with professors in your department. (I assume you studied sociology from your tutoring). Getting strong letters of recommendation is critical and separates you from the pack of other students with similar GPA/GRE numbers. So while activities like peer advising and tutoring may not add value to your applications, per se, they might go a long way toward getting that glowing letter of rec. Way to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibuku Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 congrats splitends! you totally deserve all those acceptances and have a great topic. good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhello Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 @splitends Sorry to sound creepy, but I think I know who you are? We talked at the last AKD presentation where you advertised for the conference? Guess I'll be seeing you and someone else from our department at the NYU open house. Guess I know why I was wait listed for NYU, hahaha. Hope everything is well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splitends Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Yeah, I figured that might happen. And I think I know who you are too? There is at least one other Berkeley person who'll be joining us, too. See you there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepycat Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Splitends, it's no wonder you got into so many top programs. I also wouldn't underestimate the importance of the close relationships you had with professors in your department. (I assume you studied sociology from your tutoring). Getting strong letters of recommendation is critical and separates you from the pack of other students with similar GPA/GRE numbers. So while activities like peer advising and tutoring may not add value to your applications, per se, they might go a long way toward getting that glowing letter of rec. Way to go! Actually I would think those softer qualities would add value, just not as easily measurable to us as non-adcomm members. Based on my experience with college admissions in general, soft factors can make some of difference in numbers because they make an application unique and worth exploring, although it isn't to say that 3.0 with amazing soft qualities will get into NYU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RefurbedScientist Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Actually I would think those softer qualities would add value, just not as easily measurable to us as non-adcomm members. Based on my experience with college admissions in general, soft factors can make some of difference in numbers because they make an application unique and worth exploring, although it isn't to say that 3.0 with amazing soft qualities will get into NYU. Agreed. I just think that, when you have two pages to capture all the reasons a program should accept you, tutoring in your department is probably less useful than, say publications and conferences and RAships (and all the other baller stuff in splitends' app). Nonetheless, those "service-oriented" things are important to do insofar as they allow you to build strong positive relationships with faculty. This is even more true at a big school with big name profs, like Berkeley, where it could be easy to get lost, but getting those LORs from top scholars will have a big return. I think this says something interesting about strategy (if you were to think strategically about getting into grad school during your UG years, which I, for one, did not). That is, I went to a small school without "big name" professors in my department. Because classes were small, developing a relationship and "sticking out" was fairly easy, but the return was smaller because my profs weren't well-known. So from a purely self-interested rationale, tutoring and doing departmental service would not have helped my app much. Instead, I could have done more to look outside my school for conference and publication opportunities. Because I went to a small school, we don't have UG journals or UG conferences or opportunities to RA (departments are so small, they rarely need UG RAs because they had grad students for that). So this is not by way of wishing I had done otherwise as a UG, but rather speculating about how one should think about planning ahead depending on individual strengths and external circumstances, such as available resources, size of school, etc. goddess_imenja 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepycat Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Agreed. I just think that, when you have two pages to capture all the reasons a program should accept you, tutoring in your department is probably less useful than, say publications and conferences and RAships (and all the other baller stuff in splitends' app). Nonetheless, those "service-oriented" things are important to do insofar as they allow you to build strong positive relationships with faculty. This is even more true at a big school with big name profs, like Berkeley, where it could be easy to get lost, but getting those LORs from top scholars will have a big return. I think this says something interesting about strategy (if you were to think strategically about getting into grad school during your UG years, which I, for one, did not). That is, I went to a small school without "big name" professors in my department. Because classes were small, developing a relationship and "sticking out" was fairly easy, but the return was smaller because my profs weren't well-known. So from a purely self-interested rationale, tutoring and doing departmental service would not have helped my app much. Instead, I could have done more to look outside my school for conference and publication opportunities. Because I went to a small school, we don't have UG journals or UG conferences or opportunities to RA (departments are so small, they rarely need UG RAs because they had grad students for that). So this is not by way of wishing I had done otherwise as a UG, but rather speculating about how one should think about planning ahead depending on individual strengths and external circumstances, such as available resources, size of school, etc. I see your point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarxianSociologist Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Is anyone else completely geeking out about the NYU visit day itinerary, particularly the tour of Greenwich village by Harvey Molotch? He's like half the reason I applied to NYU. So excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splitends Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 YES. The "sociological tour" of Greenwich Village definitely sounds exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhello Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I'm more interested in the "Party at Colin Jerolmack's House". What does a party full of academic sociologists look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splitends Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Haha....ohhello, we should really talk about this in person at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waits Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Anyone any updates on waitlists etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) I'm more interested in the "Party at Colin Jerolmack's House". What does a party full of academic sociologists look like? Lots and lots of elbow patches. Edited February 29, 2012 by ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid quantitative 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobokennojokin Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Lots and lots of elbow patches. HAHAH, well done good sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waits Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Hi NYU-ers - just thought I'd see whether anyone has made up there mind for or against NYU - waitlist-waiting is driving me mad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Hi NYU-ers - just thought I'd see whether anyone has made up there mind for or against NYU - waitlist-waiting is driving me mad! Waits' waitlist waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepycat Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) Did anyone that didn't get in get invited to the Draper Program? Edited April 5, 2012 by sleepycat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsessovernothing Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Did anyone that didn't get in get invited to the Draper Program? I got an invitation to the Draper Program. I will not be applying, though. Are you considering applying, sleepycat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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