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  1. So I've been invited to an accepted students reception at the school I'll probably be attending (I haven't made an official decision yet). It's described as an opportunity to "meet the dean, faculty, current students, and alumni." I assume this means it will have an aspect of formality to it. Does anyone know what a male should wear to this sort of thing? Suit and tie? Suit, no tie? Sport coat? Obviously I'd like to make a good impression without being the odd guy out. Thanks!
  2. Hi, so... I've got acceptances and rejections rolling in. Nothing surprising. I do have a question though for anyone who is attending The New School in Politics. I really would like to go to The New School. My interests are in democratic theory and critical theory, and I want to go on to a PhD. I'd like to know how competitive is the internal admissions process into the PhD from the MA? How many MA students do they accept on average? Anyone gone through it? Anyone been rejected? They've hedged a bit on my questions... if I accept admission to the MA then I can talk about it at orientation, to my advisor, etc. I'm aware of all the other caveats about The New School, the lack of funding, the nature of the program being slightly different from the rest of American Political Science (that's actually one of the draws for me), etc. I'm just curious about the internal MA->PhD admissions process. I don't particularly want to feel like I'm wasting time on the MA... I know "waste" is a strong word, but I don't want to end up tacking an extra two years onto my road to the PhD. Thanks!!
  3. Thanks for all of the advice. I've started digging through faculty and what they've written at a few different schools. As far as my quantitative background, I have a heavy background in math (calculus, linear algebra, statistics), physics, and software development in my previous life. I'm also interested in what I see from Duke and UNC, but I'm curious as to what the overall character of the departments are, how one might go about determining that without necessarily reading everything the department has published. Everyone has been very helpful so far, thank you!!
  4. I do not particularly have a region I'd like to specialize in, I'm interested in the phenomena of democratization as a whole — and I think that statement implies a formal/quantitative approach. If I had to pick a region, I'd pick South Asia, although the Middle East will be interesting in the near future.
  5. Hi. I'm considering phd programs to apply to for 2014, and I'm having trouble figuring out which programs might be a good fit. I'm interested in comparative democratization, democratic transition, and democratic theory (feeding into the others). Clearly Stanford seems to have outstanding faculty in this field — or a hugely disproportionate number of authors of papers that I cited in my undergraduate work on the subject. NYU is similar. However, digging through faculty at other schools whose other features I'm interest in is a little daunting. Is there anyone with similar interests that could recommend other programs? I'm also fairly certain Stanford is out of my range, and maybe NYU too. I completed my undergraduate degree in polisci as an adult, while working full-time (after living and working abroad in IT for several years). My overall GPA was 3.4, but in-major it was 3.7. I haven't taken the GRE yet, and I intend to work my ass off for a good score (math shouldn't be a problem, my background is in physics before polisci), and I think I can write a pretty strong SOP, but still... So I'm looking for any lower-top-25 or lower programs that might be a good fit. It doesn't mean I'm not going to apply to Stanford or NYU, but I want to be realistic. Thanks!!
  6. I'm a student in the Maxwell School's Masters of Social Science distance-learning program (I graduated cum laude with a BA in PoliSci). I'm going through the (long and arduous process) of joining the Foreign Service at present, but if that does not pan-out (and eventually even if it does) I plan on going on to a PhD in IR or related (I'm particularly interested in schools in the UK and Europe). I want to make myself as competitive as possible with the background and education I have. To this end, I'm considering what it would take to publish. Because of the nature of a distance-learning program, I have not had a lot of personal interaction with the faculty at Maxwell yet. The program does have a residency requirement of four weeks in the summer, and I plan to make full use of the face time with faculty, but I don't want to just be sitting around until then. I have considered contacting some of my undergraduate professors — I was on very good terms with a couple of them — to see about opportunities to research and publish with them. Is it a no good, horrible, bad idea? Is this a good idea? And if so, I'm not sure whether I should approach with my own ideas (one was particularly interested in my undergrad capping project) or expect to work with them on theirs. Thanks!
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