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Mine says "ready for review" as well-- I wouldn't read into it, but I hear what you're saying. We're all ready for news at this point.

I haven't heard anything from them yet.

Can claim my first acceptance! Heard from Minnesota this evening-- will add it to the results board when I get home (the site is giving me trouble on mobile). Email from DGS with formal offer and funding info to follow soon. Having had an unsuccessful season last year, I am breathing such a sigh of relief.

You must have more self control than I do! I'm proud of myself when I make it one hour.

Yup. Same here. I keep refreshing it, which of course just makes the time pass more slowly. As others have noted, the cold/snowy weather doesn't help. I think I'm going to try cleaning in a bit-- anything to expend some of this nervous energy.

Congratulations! Love hearing good news. Here's to a lot more of it to come soon.

I am starting to get seriously antsy. Driving myself nuts looking through past years to try to figure out when programs might notify. One thing I learned by going through this process last year is that trying to sketch out timelines is generally a futile endeavor (last year I got an email about being on a waitlist at 10:30PM local time one evening, I got another generic official email to students on said waitlist on a Saturday afternoon... several programs I applied to last year didn't follow the timing I anticipated at all, etc.). That being said-- here I am, scouring through the results page. I was thinking we might hear some news from UCLA or Minnesota today, but seems like nothing yet. :/

I've been out of undergrad since 2011, but when I reached out to one of my professors/the head of the soc department, he gave me similar advice. He said I was unlikely to find a tenure track job without a degree from a top program-- that's just the reality. Fingers crossed!!

Michigan, Wisconsin, and UChicago are all on my list!

Hey, everyone. This is my second round applying. I learned a lot from my unsuccessful first round-- I was teaching in a public high school full time, I knew I was unhappy, and I knew my GRE scores from my Master of Arts in teaching were going to expire, so I threw together four applications based more on geography than fit (stupid all around). Ended up waitlisted at UMass Amherst and Cornell, but didn't get off either wait list. This time around I reworked my applications, have new (and stronger) GRE scores, different recs, and more schools to hear from-- 12 based on fit without regard for geography. I know firsthand how agonizing this can be. Decisions will start to come in soon-- the obsessive email checking is its own brand of torture, but it'll feel good to get the ball rolling. Rooting for you all!

Heard back from Cornell-- I'm on the wait list. They said they should "have a better sense of things" by the end of next week.

I applied for the regular soc program. Thanks. Just sent an email. Ready for some closure at this point! Best of luck to both of you!

Anyone still waiting on Cornell? Last school I have yet to hear from. Would like to get my official rejection to have it over with!

Anyone still waiting on Cornell? I have been waiting for my rejection and see a couple on the board today but still nothing. Meanwhile, wait listed at UMass. I've been talking myself into continuing to teach high school next year. Maybe it's just my bruised ego talking.

I'm obsessively checking email and spire for UMass Amherst. I thought we might hear something Saturday. 2/3 of the last years they notified on that Saturday and in 2014 on the 18th I think. So any day. I did my undergrad at Amherst College and my MAT at Smith. Would love to return to that area.

Yeah, the earliest data I'm seeing on the results boards is Feb 17th. Usually 17th-23rd ish for admits. Maybe wishful thinking because I'm so desperate for good news. One rejection and two assumed rejections under my belt.

Anyone hear anything from UMass Amherst? I missed a call from an Amherst number about a half hour ago-- no voicemail. I did my undergrad in that area, so I'm convinced it's a call looking for donations or something, but also I'm freaking out. I don't see any evidence that they usually call anyone and I don't have any contacts in the department. Ahhhhhh.

I looked through the past few years and it seems like usually about 3 Yale admits post. One year there were only 2. :/

Congrats to everyone for all the acceptances! Fingers crossed for some news this week-- preferably good news, but honestly I'll take anything at this point.

I'm sure people keep saying this and you're probably tired of hearing it, but it's not over until it's over-- even without Brown, something could pan out at the other three schools. That being said, I think I get where you're coming from. It's incredibly frustrating to be in this limbo (can we just call it hell?) that keeps feeling less hopeful. Anyway, I'm rooting for you, but yeah-- this is brutal. I've been trying to do whatever I can to take my mind off it-- with very limited success. Do something to take care of yourself today if you can.

... And cue my panic at having only applied to four schools. Not smart.

I quickly scanned past years and it seems like 4-7 admits post per year (usually 4-5 I think). I'm thinking rejections will come start of next week. There's still hope I suppose, but I'm bracing myself for my first rejection (first news at all!). :/

I'm a teacher and had to call out sick Wednesday and Thursday (which is torturous in itself) and then we had a snow day today. Way too much time cooped up = checking email and the results boards obsessively. Haven't heard a peep from the four schools I applied to, though they don't tend to send out admits until mid February. This waiting is killing me.

I think framing something like that so it fits into a narrative about how you came to be dedicated to your current research interests is a smart move, actually. Wanderlust as an undergrad isn't a horrible thing, I think! Isn't that kind of what undergrad is for? Everyone is her/his own worst critic. There are parts of my SOP that make me cringe now, but that I think (or hope?) wouldn't stand out to others. You got this

Hi there. I'm another long-time lurker. Only applied to four schools, one of which is Brown. @goofylemon , would you mind answering this question-- when you log in to the website, does it say you've been accepted there or is your status still "submitted" (you were notified via a personal email, right?)?