NinaNinotshka

Thanks, I was honestly a bit shocked to get in as it was also one of my top schools! IR, I was accepted in the first round.

I'm headed to Cornell, super excited about everything (except the prospect of long, cold winters)!

Got an email saying I was recommended for admission at OSU a few hours ago! Status on the website still says pending, so there may still be hope for any of you whose status doesn't say 'accepted' yet. Needless to say, very excited!

That looks like 5 acceptances for OSU in the meantime - congrats to everyone! My application status still says pending ...

I'm a bit late to this party, just wanted to mention for completeness' sake that I also had an interview with an OSU POI last week (though sadly not the candidate who received an informal admissions offer according to the results search ...). My coping mechanism for getting through this agonizing waiting period is to check the results search several times a day and do lots of yoga.

I'm hoping someone here has relevant experience, as it's a bit of a specialized question. I have a master's in politics from Oxford and am now looking to apply to Top 25 political science PhD programs in the US. The only problem is, while I did fine on my master's degree overall, had a great undergraduate GPA, am anticipating good GRE scores, and have relevant work experience with a politics research program, my master's thesis mark is only a low pass. So my question is, how important is the thesis mark? Will top departments take one look and decide I'm not suitable for research, or will they only see "Oxford" and not care? Can I afford to aim high? I know master's thesis marks are important for British PhD programs, but I'm less familiar with the US context. Any insights would be greatly appreciated!