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I was lucky enough to receive a waitlist letter that actually had alot of information in it. It specifically said that there was a strong chance that a later offer of admission would include full funding. If it hadn't said that, I would have assumed I won't get anything. I've been told by my professors that I still have a pretty good chance of getting in; it has a cohort of only 7 and it's not what they would consider most people's "top choice." The school won't give me any information on my chances or place on the list, but they gave me an idea of how long I'll have to wait to find out (decisions from current offerees are due April 15th). I just have to wait... and wait... :|

Nope, still just on the wait list. They know I'm anxiously waiting. Wish me luck! I'll probably post something once I find out more.

I have no idea how relevent/accurate any of these rankings are, but the Gourman Report for Sociology PhD rankings is here: http://www.socialpsychology.org/gsociol.htm I also highly recommend this next site. Be warned it may be a few years out of date, but it has stats of school reputation, faculty reputation, cost, percentages of students who receive funding, etc. and you can rank them by importance to you. I wish I'd known about this site when I was still applying :roll: ... http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/sociology

I think that as long as you're enrolling in a moderately-ranked (30's is fine) school with a mentor that you can connect with (which is key), it's not worth what-iffing about the top schools. Despite your qualifications, there is absolutely no guarantee that they would have admitted you anyway, and the added rejections might have affected your healthy self-esteem. I think that the difference between OSU and Rutgers only has a really heavy impact IF you are planning on trying to coast through grad school without publishing or creating some evidence of original work. But I'm not speaking from experience, only what my advisers have told me. Just go out and celebrate, damnit!

Thank you so much!

To people worried about asking the department where they are on the WL... I'm on the waitlist now for my top school, and the letter I received (via email) seemed to strongly discourage asking for more information about one's chances of admittance: "The Department has a waiting list because we truly have no idea how many students will accept or decline our offer. But as such, I unfortunately have no basis at this time to tell you the probability of your being accepted into the program; it depends solely on if and how much space becomes available and this changes from year to year." I was still desperate for information because acceptance would mean moving from TX to NY, but I didn't want to create a bad relationship with the school by pestering them. So what I did was write the GPD who sent the letter to say that I was still very interested in the program and am eager to hear from him once a position becomes available. THEN I wrote the professor there that I like to tell him that I'm on the waiting list and "although I don't currently know my position on the list," I am looking forward to the possibility of meeting him. I would recommend the same to anybody. I dropped enough hints that would allow them to provide me more information if possible, but I didn't ask too many annoying questions. The professor ended up mentioning my email to the GPD, and the GPD wrote me a response which basically indicated that they still couldn't tell me anything: "Thank you for responding. Indeed, this is valuable information for us as we go forward. Again, I unfortunately do not know what the future holds, but will let you know as soon as I possibly can." Basically I was able to politely indicate my high interest in the school and the awkward refusal to answer my questions was totally avoided.

I don't see why not, as long as the article you submit has enough integrity.

I'm in a very similar situation. I'm in Sociology and I made the huge mistake of applying to the wrong schools - the only one I was really counting on and really wanted to go to turned me down. My Plan B is also to stay at my UG school, take a few non-degree-seeking classes so that I can keep my campus job, and try to crank out a publication before going through the app process again. The huge problem is that by the time I receive the last of the admissions decisions and decide to stay where I am for a year, I will only have about 6 months to publish a new paper before the December admissions deadlines. It takes a month to receive IRB approval, then I'll have to do the research and write the paper. Then journals are going to want me to revise it after they spend 2-3 months reviewing it. The chance of having something publicized by the time I need to apply places seems very slim. I'm just not sure what to do. If you really need the publication, my advice would be to start NOW. I don't know how the process is for writing art history articles (probably don't have to go through an IRB?), but it is typical to have to wait a long time to hear back from the journal after you submit it. And they almost NEVER accept it outright without asking you to make changes. Good luck!

Congrats! Could you please let me know when you hear from Stony Brook? I'm on their waiting list and desperate for info. So if they accept you and you've already agreed to Colorado, that's good news for me!