DubbyTee

We can be hopeful, even with not getting an interview! They wrote on their page, if they deem it desirable.

Congrats to everyone who has gotten in so far! And good luck to everyone as the new week begins!

I saw someone post on the results page that Stony Brook contacted them for an interview. Has anyone else been contacted? I have not heard anything from them.

It sounded fishy to me, but you know I have dealt with him for 4 years so I figured I would trust him on that one. Oh well, we will see how it plays out though regardless.

I am just gonna respond to most of the things that were brought up, and I thank everyone for the insight into this process: I really only took one math class, and it was basic in that. I took Elementary Statistics, and a case (a very weak case) could be made for Microeconomics, but that is a long stretch at that. When I looked at the schools that I applied to, WashU clearly stands out as the top school, but it is not my top school. I really am intrigued by Oklahoma, and their combined GRE range for acceptance is 300 - 315 (which isn't high, but I have a combined 310 so I am clearly in that range). I do have excellent research skills and I think that is shown in the fact that I have 3 original research papers being presented at pretty prestigious conferences in my region. People from all over the country come to these conferences at present research. Very select few undergraduates present at these conferences. I forgot to mention in the original post that I also have two published articles in SAGE Encyclopedias with another in the editing process as we speak. That may not mean much, but it is published. I did only apply to four schools because when I was speaking to my advisor at my school, he told that the more schools that you apply to, schools don't necessarily view you as a hot commodity. He has been sending students to grad school for the past 20 years and found that this is an important tactic in the process. It is also important I guess to note that my advisor has extremely strong connections with the department chairs at both Oklahoma and LSU, but that will only go so far. Once again, I thank everyone for the replies and the insight into this quite stressful process, and look forward to hearing back from these schools.

Hello Everyone! I see that it is that time of year where everyone is getting anxious about results from their applications. I have been a reader for a while, and I see that I am weak in some areas, but stronger in others. I have seen other results and was always interested in how I would compare to the programs that I am applying to. I am applying to the Ph.D. Program at all these schools with a focus on the American side. I go to a small school in Florida so I am wondering how I stack up to the rest of the field. Here are my qualifications: Undergraduate GPA: 4.0 (4.0 in Major [Political Science]; 4.0 Outside of Major) GRE Scores: 159 V, 151 Q, and 4.5 AW (Weak Q score, but I am an extremely weak standardized test taker even with 2 months of preparation) 3 Strong Letters of Recommendation (Since we only have 2 Political Science professors at my school, I had both of them writing letters along with a History professor) Conferences: Presented my writing sample at the 2014 Symposium on Southern Politics, and will be presenting 2 papers at Southern Political Science Association Meeting coming up in 2 weeks. Not that this counts that much, but I also had a paper at my school's conference that they had this past year. Though no where near a strong internship, I interned with the local newspaper to conduct a survey on the local mayoral race to gauge the public's interest on who would win in the race. The schools that I am applying to are the University of Oklahoma, Louisiana State University, Stony Brook University, and Washington University. I am just curious to see where I stand among the pack and realistic chances that I can get into the schools (but also to get funding at these schools).