silencio1982

thank you! and, definitely don't give up hope- i totally psyched myself out and convinced myself i wouldn't get in anywhere. keep the faith!

yep! thank you! maybe we will be classmates!

Just got into Johns Hopkins. I am on cloud nine!

I just got an acceptance letter in the mail!!!!!! My first acceptance- I am sooooooooo excited

comparative. i'm very interested in their racism, immigration & citizenship project.

congrats, were you the one who posted on the results page? what subfield?

Anyone heard anything yet?

has anyone else heard anything from johns hopkins? there was one acceptance post- if that person would care to share any info- subfield/who they want to work with, that would be great!

congratulations

*bump* is anyone else still waiting? i could really use some good news in this whole phd application process... but i am trying not to have too much false hope.

i'm sorry! still nothing for me on the website. the waiting is agony!

hey, i still haven't heard either way. my fingers are crossed!

totally agree! that is the most frustrating part. good luck... i hope we both get accepted somewhere!

hey, hang in there. my mood swings wildly between utter disappointment and self-blame on one hand, and resignation (with determination to try again) on the other. it is depressing to think that i have been a successful student-- in fact, i believe being a student is one of my strongest talents-- and i am being unceremoniously rejected from further graduate study. the truth is i am not used to being rejected (at least, academia-wise) and it hurts. i have gone over everything in my applications multiple times and at varying points wish i could have done it all differently. but if i am honest with myself i know i put together a fairly strong application. none of my recommenders told me my schools were wildly off-base, in fact, they recommended several of the programs to me. so i know at least in their eyes that i am qualified. at times i am miserable contemplating the fact that i have a strong chance of striking out completely. but it is truthfully not the end of the world for me. i will try again next year. (if i don't get in next year, then it will be the end of the world, haha!)

hey, is the person who got into hopkins a poster on this board? if so can you reveal your subfield and who you are interested in working with? just curious. thanks

hey zephyr. don't lose hope. i am also unofficially 0 for 3 and only have 3 more programs to hear back from. it's not over til the fat lady sings. anyways, randomness is key... especially when it comes to top 25 schools. unfortunately when there are 200-500 people applying for 10-40 spots, there's really no magic bullet that will get you in unless you are some kind of superstar rhodes scholar type person. i already have a masters, too, and i can't afford to go into any significant debt to get another one.. but i will consider it if i get funded for one so i can get a new writing sample. you didn't mention your writing sample but when being honest about the weaknesses of my own application i have to think that is mine. so, i know that is one area in which i can improve. other than that, if i do end up applying next year i will apply to a wider range of schools. while it would be nice to go to a top 25 or top 50 program, i can say i would prefer going to grad school and getting a PhD from a top 100 program to not getting a PhD at all. this is what i want to do in life so i am going to be persistent! i would find it interesting to know the stats of people who end up having to apply for a phd in more than one cycle. i bet the numbers are higher than we would think.

i'm IR/comparative and i haven't heard anything from them yet... there's still hope, i think

thanks, lenin... that's semi-encouraging news!

Hmm. I was browsing the archives and it seems a similar thing happened last year- some people didn't get their online rejections until the beginning of March; someone contacted the dept in late Feb., and the grad coordinator said the dept hoped to make all decisions by the end of the week... I suppose it wouldn't hurt to call if you are volunteering, though.

undergrad: top 50 liberal arts college, GPA 3.63 junk laude, thesis, college honors program grad: MA in political theory at a top 50 natl university (though ranked lower but in top 100 for poli sci according to NRC), GPA 3.83, tuition scholarship, thesis, conference presentation... GRE percentiles: 61 quant, 97 verbal, 88 w/a i've been working for 2 years at a non-profit organization... applied for comparative/IR, interested in transnationalism, race & ethnicity, identity, and immigration... accepted at hopkins (yay!) rejected by wisconsin, minnesota, northwestern, chicago, and MIT

hey there, are you just assuming you didn't get in because you haven't heard yet? none of us who post regularly here have heard anything... that i know of... not that i am expecting to get into WUSTL. but are you assuming they notified all of their acceptances already?

congrats

Thank you- you are so right. I am going through a crisis of faith about my intelligence and potential and whether or not I am really cut out to be a professor... when really, I know there's just a strong random element in this process. If you think about it, if there are 200-500 people applying to the same program for 10-12 spots, even if you are one of the most highly qualified people it comes down to a random final factor that is the difference between getting in and not... So, I would definitely be interested to hear your thoughts on what you changed for the second time around, should that become necessary for me...

I am still waiting as well. Checked the website a million times yesterday and today, but nothing. According to the archives of results on this site, 2 years ago they had an officially notified wait-list. Coincidentally, they notified their wait-list-ees on Feb. 22. Fingers crossed... Although I am not highly optimistic at this point...

hmm. i'm not in this situation, but i could see myself going to not the best fit because of geography- where my husband has more potential jobs/where we would most like to live. the school that i think i would be the best fit at is actually not some place that was our top choice of moving to... that could be a factor if i was accepted to more than one place. however... i doubt i will have to confront this dilemma!