ThisGuyRiteHere

Does anyone just want a new start. Go to a place where no one knows their name. Research their hearts out on poli sci issues. Just create a whole new life. I know I do. Been in the same place for almost 20 yrs (-1 yr for leaving), im so ready for something new and exciting..even if it costs me several nights per week at the library.

Congrats to Boulder

Any guesses for tomorrow

Lol we love you too

Congrats on WUSTL

what happens at admitted students weekends?

My thoughts exactly...i mean if they were paying for a move, early classes or something...then fine. if you need to know by March 1 (essentially 5 weeks) I could understand it.but u know people are going to drop GMU for other schools...so where does that funding go?

He/She has no funding and its all been given out

They are trying to snatch you up before the big decisions come out. Smart on their part, if its well funded, it may be worth thinking about. As I sit here with no answer either way as of now.

You have a limit on the offer? wow. 3 weeks, I thought you get till April 15

Looking over NRC Rankings...these are quite helpful

Bloody

Congrats. FSU is solid

To the GMU offer (i dont know if there was 1 or 2 today) could you post or message what the funding looked like and whether it came in a big/small envelope??

Congrats to Pitt

Lol im in VA too...not good

Amanda told me Early Feb. at the Latest. So we shall see. I just checked my application status today and nothing. She told me they were still under review....I smell a ding coming

I already predicted FSU. I think we will see more OSU, UNC, and FSU.. I think Texas A&M next week

Congrats to the 2 FSU, the OSU and the Texas A&M university acceptances!!!!!

A good show premiered on FX last nite...The Americans..its about KGB spies in the 80's that go undercover in America. I am about to watch

Lol a PhD isnt law school. You just dont throw applications at the whole T14 and hope something sticks

Nothing is wrong with blanketing the top 10. If you get a top 10, fine. But schools like Michigan get 500 applications for like 20-30 spots. And I am sure there are similar numbers to all the top schools. So if you apply for all the top 10, but you dont bother to give a school ranked 20 or 30 a good look, I do not think that is wise. And I have read every thread on here about political science admission cycles (was a boring break lol) and you can get shut out. By solely looking at the top 10, you are eliminating Rochester, OSU, UNC, UW-Madison, NYU, Minnesota and Cornell. And thats just 10-20. Applying top 10 is great but I think you are doing yourself a disservice if you just look at top 10 and that is it. But to each their own. I know if I could go to Harvard, I would have still applied to some of the schools I would have applied to, plus Pitt, NYU, UPenn and UVA. And Rochester, If I am Rochester Good lol

I second that. If my one of my recommenders didnt tell me to do so, I would be going to a unfunded MA right now...

I got two years, 1 working and 1 right now taking classes. only 23

It looks like everyone here applied to targeted schools...and not just blanketed the top 10. I hope everyone has done so also. I think Friday will be the day for more people in the room.