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Secret Squirrel

Member Since 12 Oct 2011
Offline Last Active Apr 01 2012 01:00 AM
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#1057784971 Welcome to the 2011-2012 Cycle

Posted by Secret Squirrel on 14 February 2012 - 01:17 AM

I disagree. While you should decline offers from places that you will not reasonably accept, do not decline all non first choices until you visit. You may find that the person you want to work with is intolerable, or that you don't like the environment, or a host of other things.


#1057782186 Welcome to the 2011-2012 Cycle

Posted by Secret Squirrel on 10 February 2012 - 08:53 PM

I'll do it.


#1057765389 To all of my fellow Chinese speaking poll sci applicants:

Posted by Secret Squirrel on 22 January 2012 - 06:55 AM

Happy new year to you, too. I can't speak Chinese though. :(


#1057755835 Poli Sci fall PHD admit - Chances?

Posted by Secret Squirrel on 17 December 2011 - 04:47 PM

I feel like a jackass for doing this, but it's kinda funny: I've never before met a necrotic perfectionist.


As for your chances, I don't know much aside from what I've read on here, but your Q might hurt you but if they can get past that, then you have a strong profile. Do you have much research experience? When you say published, what do you mean?


#1057748648 Waiting it out--Polisci

Posted by Secret Squirrel on 09 November 2011 - 05:40 PM

Then I feel bad for your subfield. Seriously though, 'fun' was probably a bad choice words. I should have said that it's a journal people keep up with (according to psjr) even if they aren't working on that particular topic.


#1057748633 Waiting it out--Polisci

Posted by Secret Squirrel on 09 November 2011 - 04:08 PM

Thanks. I'm pretty excited to see it in print. What's especially nice is that it's a journal that people in the subfield tend to read for fun when it comes out, so the adcom member in my subfield may read the article before they get to my application. I imagine that might help--unless they hated the article.


I swear, I'm having nightmares about the SOP; it was so bad that it woke me up. I had a follow up nightmare about zombies, but slept right through that.

In the opposite vein of working on it until I bust, I'd like to also note Berkeley's diversity statement. I wrote that in 10 minutes, had my girlfriend and a friend look at it quickly, then submitted it. Perhaps I didn't take it seriously enough, but that seems like the type of thing that doesn't really matter.