UMNdude

Alright, it looks as though people are hearing from the department via phone calls, but it looks as if Americanists are being tapped. Now, I know that this year they've decided to start building up their American Politics side, but I fear that is all they have accepted. Feedback people, I need feedback.

Re: DC experience...DAMN STRAIGHT! I hear ya.

Ha, maybe they are calling in alphabetical order? I'm CLAWING at hope.

I am an IR theory guy. So maybe I'm lucky? Sigh.

That makes me sad. But, congrats!

Yo, to the person who indicated he or she was accepted to UMN, did you call or did they call you?

This goes out to the other person who was admitted to UMass-Amherst and posted on the Results page...shoot me a message so we can chat.

Actually, as a "policymaker" and member of the US Intelligence Community, all academics need to do is think, interpret, and write. It is little known or recognized, but policymakers do read musings and incorporate them into practice. Many times a year, intel agencies hold conferences inviting scholars from all over to present. Often the direction of study and focus are solely shaped by the academy. One intel agency, for example, has recently established an entire division devoted to incorporating social constructivist methodology into US strategic thinking. It is quite awesome. Additionally, this division looks at how realist thought influenced decisions during the Cold War and how we can alter direction post Cold War. But, I hate working in the community so that's why I am going to become a professor. :-)

Reduce the pills a little, just got into UMass-Amherst.

Thank god for therapy and chemistry! It has curbed my concerns, but I am still CRAZY!

Just followed up with Grad School. They checked my application (which was terrifying) and said that it appears applications are still with the department. The man with whom I spoke said that the email will provide us our pin and password (assume it is the same as our application pin and pass) when we can log in to see the results. I am putting all my hopes, wishes, dreams, rainbows and cupcakes into this school. It is my ticket to escape life in Washington, DC.

Anyone hear from UMN PolSci Dept if recommendations have been submitted to the grad school? (because the grad school allegedly does the notifying 1 week after recommendations are submitted from dept) Or is the painful silence mean that the forecast is slightly cloudy with a chance of doom?

JFC! Save for UIUC, how did I manage to apply to all the slow-ass-to-reply schools! Of course, I did. My blood pressure and nerves are sky high that I'm about to birth a penguin.

I used my MA to enter into the intelligence community in DC working within the DoD, then shifted to private industry and now I am a national security consultant.

I never received that email. I did get a rejection email on Feb. 7. Was that any help?