Paul Allen

Thanks, and I don't know how to take the non-contacts when others have heard back, because there are people who have received acceptances after the first string of emails. It's cruel, kind of, if you knew there was a day for acceptances and didn't receive one you'd be able to move on. It's the uncertainty that's painful. Good Luck with your cycle, let's hope for more acceptances for everybody!

Sweet Day in the Morning, I finally got an Acceptance email! In at UC San Diego! No info in this email about funding, they said the grad committee would email me with funding info as this was from the Soc. Dep. Chair. Wow, what sweet relief, now let's just hope they fund me, but either way, Sunny San Diego is looking better and better to me. Does anyone know if they fully fund their admits?

Rejected at Princeton which was my top choice. I foresee many Brahmas in my future.

I too got kicked in the nuts by Princeton (the rejection way, not the waitlist way), so hats off to those who were waitlisted.

I got waitlisted at UC-Irvine today (unfortunately not by Owl, that would've softened the blow), which was supposed to be my safety school (no acceptances yet) so now I'm sweating bullets. Am I boned here? I also applied to UC-Berkeley (which I know I'm not getting into), Princeton, Penn, UCLA, Penn State, and UC-San Diego so I might need to do some scrambling if anyone has recommendations. Oh, and I don't know, the ad-comms at all the schools I applied to could be dementors. I'm too pissed to be whimsical right now...

I'm just checking in, it's been a while since I've posted or visited the site, got all my applications in between late november and late december. Time to cross the fingers. So you think we'll find out at the end of January to mid-February? Yeeeesh, I thought it would be later, I'll have to maniacally check my email for the next month.

Congrats, that's great news. Hope the acceptances keep rolling in.

Hey All, just introducing myself, late (i couldn't remember my password for the site and it wasn't resending it to my email address for a while). I'm applying this fall to about 7 schools (UC Berk, UCLA, UCSD, UC-Irvine, Penn, PSU, and Princeton) for programs in migration. I took my GRE this summer and I'm wrapping up my writing sample and getting my letters gathered (hopefully soon!). Is anyone out there still in the process of applying or am I the one that is late to the party?

I think ideally I would like to end up teaching/conducting research at an Ivy or major state school. I was interested in the MAPSS program but I'm receiving some advice from PhD candidates advising me to avoid Master's programs and just apply next year post-Fulbright. If that were the case, I guess I have to take about 3 soc. classes while I'm down here (Theory, Methods, Statistics) in order to realistically apply with confidence. Any pointers or tips?

Just updating, I'm also looking into Chicago's MAPSS program, although I agree with some posters that it does look equally costly. Does anyone have any insight on MAPSS for getting into Sociology programs? Also, can anyone shed light on Lehigh's Masters in Soc.? I know it's not nearly as prestigious but it's 10 minutes from my house. Also, can anyone speak about foreign programs in Demography or Sociology (Colmex or COLEF Demography or UIA Socolog

Thanks again, much appreciated. I actually just want to double check though. If I were to get into this specific program I'm looking at (The Master's of Demography at El Colegio de M

Hey, thanks for the response, exactly what I was looking for. I will look harder into programs that might make me more attractive. My top school would probably be Princeton's migration/demography program under Douglas Massey. I'm supposed to contact him about my project soon. I wanted to know if you thought Columbia's Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences program would qualify. The only downside I could think of would be that they probably won't give me any funding at all, and they're a pricey school to go to. Is this not a good idea to do, are there programs that are funded? http://qmss.columbia.edu/ I'm going to do some more research but I appreciate any more input. Thanks.

Hi, this is my first time posting on this board, but I've been looking it over recently and I'm in need of some advice. I'm posting because I'm considering applying to MA programs in Sociology, Quantitative Methods, or Demography (I don't have any background in sociology classes-wise, no stats or methods classes) because I'm not sure if my profile is strong enough to get admitted to programs that interest me. My interest is in migration, demography, and social policy/law. I have a BA in Poly Sci. (with a 3.3 overall GPA, don't know if this lowish GPA precludes me from any programs) and worked in an immigration law firm for the past couple of years and I'm currently on a Fulbright scholarship doing sociology research on visa programs in Latin American countries. I was all set to apply to law schools, but the change of scenery from working in the legal field to actually conducting research is making me second guess myself and I'm thinking of switching my focus towards sociology instead. I wanted to know if it would be worthwhile to apply to Master's programs (specifically either Columbia's Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences program or U. of Houston's sociology master's thesis program) or Master's programs in Demography/Sociology in the country I'm currently in. The Columbia program interests me because it's only one year and it looks like it would boost my lacking quantitative skills. The U. of H. program seems to fit my interests better, but I understand it's just the Master's portion so it doesn't have to be a specialization fit. Also it has a few required courses that I'm not sure I could make up down here prior to applying. The programs in the country I'm in seem equally legit and similar to Houston's program, and would probably be cheaper, but would require more hoops to jump through for admission, but would offer the benefit of ensuring I'm fluent in the language at the end and would also be interesting personally. I'm also interested in trying to create an ad-hoc JD/PhD program with UT-Austin, since I think their program in immigration law/transnational migrant workers rights and demography seems like a good fit and there are two profs there who seem to have very similar interests. I'm quite sure I'd be competitive for their law program, but again, I'm not sure if my profile is up to their Soc. standards. Really, I'd just like some guidance on what is feasible and what isn't, since I'm new to this and there aren't as many websites advising people for stuff like this as there are for law schools (probably a good thing). Also, I still have to take the GRE's and I'll have to do that soon, as soon as I get my study materials sent down. Thanks in advance for any helpful responses!