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Well, so far Pitt is the only one that has responded and I do want to have options. If anything goes wrong with Pitt and Wisconsin said yes, I am likely to opt for their program. Anyways, I will turn them down as soon as I can to help people in the waitlist. It is 99% sure that I will be going to Pittsburgh, but you never know. Reynaldo

Hey, I'm sure you'll get in. Good things for those who wait... Reynaldo

The other issue is that I am an international student and I don't know if those decisions are forwarded first to the international student center or whatever. Are you an international applicant "silencio1982"??? In any case, as I said before, i'm not going to Madison even if accepted so i can cede you my potential spot!!! Reynaldo

I also applied to Wisconsin and my status has not changed. In fact, I got this email from the graduate program coordinator (Deb McFarlane) late december: Hello Reynaldo, Just wanted you to know that all of your application materials have arrived. We do a single review of application and we should be able to let you know if you have been recommended for admission by mid-March. Thank you for your interest in our program. Deb No need to freak out (for now)... Those posts might be phony....

Someone also posted an acceptance via the UW wesbite, but I checked my application and it says it is still being reviewed by the department. The Graduate School might be swamped with acceptances/rejections and maye they slowly responding or updating the status. In any case, I'm not going to Madison even if accepted so, good luck to you all!!! :wink:

Notified of acceptance to the University of Pittsburgh (Comparative Politics) by email from a professor on feb. 5th and followed up by a letter from the director of graduate studies. I'm an international student and got my B.LL (Bahelor of Laws) in Mexico but I will graduate from the M.A. in Latin American Studies from San Diego State University in May. I was told that I had guaranteed funding for 4 years but I don't know the details yet. I'm very excited because Pitt is great for comparative politics with emphasis on latin american politics!!! Still waiting responses from Georgetown, WashU, Wisconsin-Madison, Texas-Austin, and Johns Hopkins. I heard that Gtown, and JHU take way to loong (early to mid-March) for the decisions and Wisconsin should be out any time. My stats: GRE Q:750 V:580 AW:4.0 (sucked!), SDSU GPA: 3.86 (12 classes, all A's or A-, not a single B+), poli sci GPA: 3.88; languages: spanish and portuguese, worked for the Mexican government for 3 years after law school, have worked as research assistant in an environmental policy project at SDSU since i started the masters. Undergrad GPA from lawschool sucked big time, 7.34 on a 10 scale... I don't think they payed too much attention to that!!! Good luck to you all ond don't get bummed if you get rejected!!! Keep up the good spirits!!!