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Same as @Bibica, a professor from my subfield but not one listed on my SOP. Possibly adcom?

Nope, not yet.

I think the earlier ones were probably fake as these just came out.

Same, just got a Yale email! Congrats!

Thank you! Yes I'm trying to visit them all if my work will let me take off enough days What about you guys? It's going to be a really really tough decision and I'm going to try to focus on faculty fit, the grad student culture, and quality of life/location. It's the next 5-7(+) years of our lives!

Claiming one of the acceptances! No shenanigans this time

Thank you!!!! Hope some phone calls come your way too! I'm processing this the only way know, by blasting Beyonce and calling my mom screaming.

I just got the Stanford phone call! Having difficulty processing this.

Based on this I would expect about $29,000 for Berkeley: http://www.phdstipends.com/results

Congrats! I wish I had a cat to startle, but maybe I'll get one in grad school And I expect Michigan and Stanford. Possibly MIT this Friday or next Monday.

Does anyone know what a "Dean's Fellow" actually entails at Columbia?

Also claiming Columbia!

Last year Michigan, Columbia, and Stanford starting releasing on Wednesday February 10th, so tomorrow could be a flurry as well.

Claiming one of the U Chicago acceptances!

Anyone claiming the Columbia admit?

Seconding this congratulations! Yesterday was a whirlwind. Anyone have any predictions for schools that may come out by the end of the week?

Just got an email acceptance from the adcom chair at Berkeley!

Just got a UCLA acceptance email as well!!! I'm going to grad school!

Anyone claiming the UCLA admit?

God I hope so. But also trying not to give myself false hope. Does UCSD do waitlists?

I checked last year's thread and UCSD acceptances came out around 6-8pm Eastern, after the early-morning rejections.

Thanks so much for the advice you guys! I hadn't thought too much about the subfields of the professors who will be writing them--my IR classes have tended to be larger and I haven't gotten to know the professor as much as I have in my IR/theory-ish seminar. How long are writing samples usually supposed to be? Do people use chapters of theses and sections of papers?

Hi all, I'm a rising senior at an Ivy and, after a few years as an RA and more advanced coursework, I'm really hoping to go straight into a top IR PhD program and go into academia. How common is it to go straight after undergrad? Would you recommend it? I know I'll be competing against people with masters in poli sci or other related degrees, so I want to go into the Fall 2016 application cycle with my head on my shoulders. Here are my stats: Major of Political Science: IR. Minor in a fun humanities. Undergrad GPA: 3.9+ (major 4.0) Research Experience: RA working on coding a dataset for past year and a half (will continue). Summer 2014 RA at a different CHYMPS school. For my work-study job I also RA/TA for a professor in my humanities minor. The first two RA positions have really influenced what I hope to pursue in graduate school and will write about in my SOP. Quantitative experience: possibly a weakness. Two Calc courses in HS, then here basic economics, macroeconomics, and a data analysis/stat class designed for majors. I know STATA and have thought about teaching myself SPSS and/or R. Next semester hope to take a math methods class. LORs: 1 from poli sci professor I do research for, 1 guaranteed from the humanities professor I RA/TA for, and probably the third from an adjunct professor in political theory who I think knows my work and capabilities well. Writing Sample: I was going to submit a 25 page term paper from a political theory class I took, unless this is a bad idea. Senior Thesis: Waiting to hear back on acceptance to the program, but I think I will get in and write my thesis on something related to the topics for which I have already been serving as an RA and hope to apply to grad school. GRE: Taking soon! I have been scoring in the mid 160s on verbal/quantitative practice tests. Hoping for: A good fit somewhere at a top 10 institution with a professor whose research interests closely match my own. I'm concerned about placement after my dissertation and am still a bit unclear about what the top IR programs are. Is it reasonable for me to hope to get into a top department as an undergraduate if I can produce good LORs and a focused SOP? Is there something else I should be doing to show my commitment or to better prepare myself? What IR programs should I be researching? Looking forward to hearing your opinions!

I've been a research assistant for an international politics professor for almost a year now, and took on a second related RA job over the summer months. I hope to continue with this project until I graduate.