IRTheoryNerd

"turtle"?

Hahahaha. I'm sort of relieved to find out I'm not the only who forgets all the schools to which I've applied. ;-)

I have found that although anxiety about preparedness strikes before a new phase begins, somehow, when you get there, you find yourself ready. Don't worry. Have confidence in yourself. Work hard. Be nice. And the rest will come.

Does karma work in an anachornistic fashion? The rejection itself would suggest yes, but the "Harvard / top 5 program / blah blah blah" would suggest no... edit: words is hard.

Any JHU claimants?

Big risk yes. And also a pain in the ass that distracts from the pursuit of academic things.

rude. ;-)

;-) Thanks!

Delaware's application was due on February 1, 2014. It took them 19 days to make a decision. *applause* Yale, et al. may get a larger number of applications but still... c'monnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...

I think they count on unfunded students going just for the brand. It's a bit cruel of them to do.

You know better than I.

I'm sad the torch passed away from Dan Nexon.

Is he DGS at SFS rather than Gov. or did they just fail to update his faculty page?

Weiner @ AU? Voeten & GTU? or others?

Do you have insider information?

Gotcha. Let me say, if that is indeed the case no one would rage more than I.

Poorly worded on his/her part perhaps, but I don't think it's terribly inappropriate for someone to regret not having highlighted structural obstacles that a person may have had to work especially hard to overcome. That would not have guaranteed admission --- we all know that, including the person who wrote that. But it might have shed light on why that person seeks to study political science. Having omitted that from a personal statement could be a very fair mistake. I spent a lot of time contemplating whether to state in my SOP that I identify as a minority in terms of sexual orientation. In the end I decided to include it because I felt it was relevant to my desire to study invisible power. So in that sense, I can relate to whomever made the post in question. I doubt it did anything except perhaps tie together my SOP in a manner that showed readers that there is a reason that I seek to do what I seek to do.

<<crickets>> It's too quiet.

Same here.

Yes! Thank you. They do some fantastic Critical work.

Right?? I need to know!!

Nicely done!!

Yay. What sort of work are you presenting?

Are any prospective PhD students attending ISA 2014 in Toronto?

RE: Northwestern, visiting weekend is March 6-9 and admitted students are being asked to RSVP by this Friday. :/ The wait-list might be a different story entirely.