Curiouslyoptimistic

Congrats Gingin and Maleficent!

I informed the University of Arizona that I will be attending their program. Very excited! Thanks for the support and kind thought everyone.

Congrats! Virginia Tech is a great place!

Great onhardtaco! I was accepted today as well. Are you going to the visit?

Nice riverscuomo! (You're not THE Rivers Cuomo, are you?)

Thanks gingin! You're always the first to congratulate! I was happy for you when you heard from Lehigh, I remember you writing that they were your top choice! Good luck with everything. And I don't sweat the nonsense.

Claiming an FSU acceptance. Waiting on 2 more...

You people wouldn't believe how shitty February has been on the personal-life front. Ready to move on to better things!

Claiming a UVa interview. Excited! Really like that program!

Great program! Congrats!

What a slow week! Hoping to hear from Yale soon.

Thanks for coming on here and writing a bit about your process.

Claiming a Duke rejection.

Nvm.

You're certainly more in touch than the anecdotes I could provide. It's just what I've heard. Anyhow this seems pretty comprehensive.

Somehow that's much healthier than the way I have celebrated my acceptances. I'm still waiting on a few schools. Yale, Duke, Vandy, and Notre Dame - though I'm super stoked about the offer I have at Arizona!

Congrats! I knew they would come through the whole time! Excited for you.

@Marcone Was it a personal email? I was really hoping to hear some good news from Duke!

I think this is right. Sort of. Madison/Michigan/Berkeley, as well as the other top publics Indiana/UNC/UT-Austin/Arizona/UCLA will retain a disciplinary advantage because they all have the capacity to make top hires/retain strong faculty despite funding problems. UPenn, Northwestern, and Chicago are all on a slight decline. Despite Yale/Columbia/NYU's rise.

Anybody on here claiming a Duke acceptance?

From what I can tell; and what can I tell?! (Oh and opinions I've gathered these past months from Grad. Students at a range of programs as well as professors at my current department ranked ~50) On the rise: NYU is on a meteoric rise. Super hot program. Sky is the limit here. Yale has the money and resources to become a top 10 program eventually, probably in the next 10-15 years. Arizona has fallen a few spots in the last few years (14 - 20), but are still, in terms of quality one of the finest programs in the U.S. - they are probably positioned to move up a few spots with some of their recent hires. Ohio State blew up in other social science programs (political science/econ) and has the resources to make major moves in sociology. Notre Dame is well positioned, well resourced, and well organized and should make a push into the top 25.

Maleficent, I feel for you! Good news is coming. In my first application cycle (for political science) I didn't hear anything at all until I received a UCLA rejection on Feb. 14th! That's right, happy Valentine's day!

Congrats to all the Michigan and Wisconsin folks!

No problem Bocc. I emailed them early this week and they said they had made offers, but might make more offers come mid-Feb. - So not explicitly a "waitlist" as such, but still some slight hope for those who haven't heard anything.

Thanks y'all! I'm on cloud 9!. Such a relief.