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Can anyone claim Harvard Govt admit? Would also be interested to know your POI and Subfield...

I mean i think the decisions have been made...but some will come in slow mails. And this was another one from 2012 that should keep all our hopes up: "Out of the 16 schools I applied, I got into Harvard and Oxford. Tough choice this time!"

That comment is what keeping me hopeful... I also would like to think that results for IR and Security Studies for MIT aren't out yet. Just to keep my hope alive.

...Are we expecting more positive decisions to come out from MIT... or this is it? Anyone admitted in IR?

Good advice. Thanks.

I did try to emphasize my quantitative training. I did well in econ classes at undergrad and relatively well for quant class in grad school. Thanks! This is uplifting! Also this is a response from Harvard. It may be helpful to some people here: "Each year, the doctoral program receives approximately 500 applications for admission and enrolls 21 new students each Fall. Applicants are required to submit Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). The department does not set minimum scores on the GRE examination or employ a minimum grade point average cutoff. Among those successful applicants for Fall 2013, the average GRE score is 711 Verbal and 762 Quantitative. The average GPA is 3.8, on a 4.0 scale. " Now my question becomes why do they tell me the old scores? Do new scores get converted to old scores for comparison sake or for ease since profs are more used to the old scores? According to ETS, this average would be about 167V/160M... I'm writing back to confirm this conversion. But this is good because it means there're people who got into top programs with a Math score lower than 160M...

Thanks! In case anyone else is in the same boat... I wrote to Stanford asking for some information on mean, median, range for the GREs and whether there is a cut off. This is the answer. I am believing this because it makes me feel better: "We don’t compile the data you requested. We don’t have a minimum GRE score you have to earn in order for your application to be considered, nor is there a score you could get that would guarantee admission, even a perfect score. Test scores are only one of many facets of the application that we consider and the information provided in that FAQ should only be seen as a guide."

I'm applying with hope to get into a top 5 program for PhD in PoliSci focusing on IR. I went to a top IR program for undergraduate and did IR again at HYPMS for masters. Both my grades for undergraduate and master programs are very decent (3.86 for undergrad). BUT my GRE quant is relatively low. I got 167V/158M for the second try. My first try was 161V/159M. I think I have great SOP and recs (two from top IR theorists)... I am really scared of the cut offs for quant. If anyone know whether it's possible to get into a top 5 program with a quant score lower than 160, please let me know. Has anyone done that in recent years? (I tried to check the result page but most people didn't list their GREs) Basically, I am hoping that someone could dispel this belief that there is a high hard cut off at 80-percentile. Any insights would be very much appreciated.

I'm starting to think so. I wonder how those admitted were notified? Was it an official notice? GSAS emailed you? DGS's email? or Chair of Govt Dept's email? Or you contacted Thom Wall for an answer?

Has anyone called Stanford? Have all the calls been made? Scott Sagan did call someone so i guess IR results are out already.