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  1. 1 hour ago, Midwest_PoliNERD said:

    It was actually an individualized visitation, meaning that no one day for all students was planned, but each student can when they could. I went Feb. 13 with two other prospective students, and two other students went last week.

    Oh, it must be a good experience. Thanks for the information. 

  2. 5 hours ago, Midwest_PoliNERD said:

    I applied and was accept to UIUC. I just accepted my offer yesterday, so I cannot really speak to the waitlist. I think they don't do interviews. I did not have one, so I doubt those accepted off the will either. Best to you!

    May I know when the visitation day of UIUC is?

  3. 46 minutes ago, spcgsw96 said:

    Sorry I should have added more details -

    Yale was PhD, Georgetown and The New School were MA applications (since they had later deadlines, Jan 15 I believe). I received an email around five(?) days ago telling me I was accepted (oddly not to the email I signed up with but for to another email address that I don't remember using in any of the applications?) and then another yesterday telling me to check my portal. Probably not the info you're looking for though. I applied for MA programs in most places that offered them (MAPSS, Georgetown, Duke, Oxford, LSE, TNS, and was planning on Columbia but received my first PhD acceptance before that and didn't) as I thought I needed the extra experience. Extremely grateful to go straight to PhD 

    Oh, I see. Then, having an offer from Yale must be a great news to you. And, thanks for the clarification. 

  4. 26 minutes ago, spcgsw96 said:

    Yale (fully funded), Georgetown (fully funded), and New School (75% scholarship - lol, expected).

    Extremely grateful. I have begun declining offers (so far UMass, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, UCLA, am in the process of figuring out how to decline the New School, and have not heard anything from Penn but will likely email to withdraw my application) - best of luck to all waitlisted applicants!!

    Wow. You have so many great offers. 

     

    Did you receive an official letter from Georgetown? I am not sure whether the department has officially sent out decisions. 

     

  5. 19 minutes ago, Stdrauss said:

    Please don't guess what they mean by that, as things like accepting decisions are very important. Try to ask your advisor or person in charge of your program/department and communicate with the admin staff of that school to find out exactly what they mean.

    I see. I think I should contact the graduate coordinator of the program as you advised. 

  6. I recently had an email from a program indicating me that the department would recommend my admission to the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. However, it states, "That office will process your application only after you indicate that you accept this departmental recommendation...Please can you let us know at your earliest convenience whether you accept this recommendation by signing and returning this letter." Should I accept their recommendation when I decide to commit to this program? I think this process looks a bit weird since most schools do not let students decide whether they accept departmental recommendation for an admission.  

  7. 1 hour ago, purifieddrinkingwater said:

    Waiting on UIUC too. Btw, I carefully wanted to ask people about their thoughts on UIUC, Rochester and Emory... that is, which program do you think is stronger? Per your subfield or polisci in general.

    Among the schools you mentioned, I only applied to UIUC. However, it is certain that Rochester is a good place to study. Especially, the placement record looks really nice. http://www.sas.rochester.edu/psc/people/phd-alumni.php

  8. 6 minutes ago, deutsch1997bw said:

    I was just asking how you would phrase the question to the graduate coordination. Because you stated that it is "legitimate to ask the graduate coordinations of each program" at this point, I was just curious as to how you would go about doing so. I'm not sure what's "bold" about that.

    Oh, I completely misinterpreted your posting. Sorry about that. I would just simply ask about the status of my application. 

  9. 3 minutes ago, Victor xu said:

    may I know which university u applied for ?

    UIUC. Do you know we can search results on the results page? Here is the page address. https://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=political&t=a&o=&pp=25

    Although you find that some acceptances already sent out, you cannot figure out the status of your application. Maybe you are in their unofficial waitlists, or they have been still deliberating. It is also possible that they have not sent out rejections. So, in order to know the exact status of your application, you should ask to someone who has exact information. 

  10. 5 minutes ago, deutsch1997bw said:

    How would you recommend asking the graduate coordinator about this? Should you let on that you know that acceptances have been sent out, and that you're just wondering about your application?

    I only applied to one school that he mentioned. I personally asked the graduate coordinator about the status of my application. I think you made a bold assumption. How can I know whether Victor xu will release some information on this thread again?

  11. 4 minutes ago, Victor xu said:

    Anyone has received offers from Illinois, UC Riverside, Texas at Austin, Texas A and M, Maryland, Colorado, Penn State, Florida State? 

    I think most programs that you mentioned sent out some acceptances several weeks ago. So, I think it is legitimate to ask the graduate coordinators of each program. 

  12. 1 hour ago, nxb33 said:

    I had a mild freakout when I saw the first post. I talked to them on January 25th 

    Oh, so you contacted the department on that day. I am in the same boat. However, I think they have not sent out all acceptances. They would admit about 18-20 people if they target 8-10 new students. Then, I think at least 3-5 admitted students would post on the results page. 

  13. 7 hours ago, nxb33 said:

    I talked to the graduate director two weeks ago and it appears they are sending out their acceptances in waves. So it appears if you have not been accepted yet you were not in the "first wave" of acceptances for you sub field but you could still be accepted in future waves. 

    Oh, thanks for the information. Was the first acceptance already posted on the results page, when you were talking with the DGS?

  14. 23 minutes ago, Albert01 said:

    Yeah, I checked and still nothing.

    I also did not have one. However, when I contacted the graduate coordinator for some issues in December, she told me that decisions would be sent out in the week. So, at least, they already planned to make decisions in the week in December. Thus, I think we do not have to give so much meaning to the generic email. 

  15. 8 minutes ago, buckinghamubadger said:

    @meteora I have heard that some schools tend to accept their top choices first and then wait and see if they decide to go before sending out other acceptances. In the past it looks like Illinois has accepted people late in the cycle, which may be indicative of them doing this, but it's also possible those were people who were initially waitlisted. So it's tough to say, but possible that they are not done yet. Also it's possible that AP got released first and other subfields will come later it you're in a different subfield. I certainly wouldn't assume rejection yet.

    Yeah. Hopefully, they have been still deliberating. 

  16. 31 minutes ago, skhann said:

    Scanning the results page shows that the emphasis appears to be on the GRE scores, if one takes every entry at face value. The score has to be 325+ and you can get in with a 3.2 undergrad GPA. Sad!

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    I think this year's revealed GRE scores (in the results page) are way higher than previous years' scores. In fact, we just have heard from several good schools, like Wisconsin and OSU. However, I am overwhelmed by the scores.

  17. 58 minutes ago, Midwest_PoliNERD said:

    Hey everybody, not to shift the subject or anything, but I can say that I got an interview at the University of Illinois. Not sure what it means, but I just wanted to update everybody who may have applied there or are just curious. Best to all!!!

    Thanks for the information. I hope your interview goes well. 

    May I know when you were notified? Did you post on the results page?

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