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Wonder Woman

So many acceptances for Princeton, I'm having a Dane Cook why-not-me?! moment

wow, everyone was so thorough. I just told my professors what I was looking for and they gave me a list of schools off the top of their heads.

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yea, but they usually take yield rates into account when admitting students. Though first on the waitlist is quite good.

You guys all know that Trolling 101 says that doing anything is only fun when people react to it, right? Every time you say, "How does this warrant a minus?" it makes it funner to hit the minus button.

I don't think so. Even with fee increases and whatnot, the UC system is still in the red (I think).

Yea, a professor I spoke to said his UC was doing both--cutting cohort and reducing stipends.

They probably are. I know that is what some other UCs are doing.

This is probably the most well-articulated, logical, intelligent and coherent piece of writing I have ever encountered on an internet forum.

NO! Because America is the greatest country that has ever existed! Just kidding In all seriousness, though, why are you guys hating on the journalists!

Your sparks account lets you know if you're missing any application materials.

You don't need to worry so much. Your application will be evaluated with the unofficial transcripts on time with everyone else's application. I used to work in an extremely competitive graduate admissions department at a top 5 university and unofficial transcripts were not a problem. I know that at some schools, technically "official" transcripts were considered "unofficial" if it did not come directly from the registrar--that is, the student sent it him/herself. In the admissions department I was in, if we had unofficial transcripts, we would only ask for official transcripts IF that student was admitted. The likelihood that anyone was admitted was so low and the number of applicants were so high that it really wasn't necessary to ask everyone to send official transcripts until they were admitted.

I don't have proof, but I would think it might be the case. I spoke to professors at other schools and in different departments conversationally (business, econ, polisci) and the words "record numbers" were often used.

Please don't feel down! You never know about these things and you'll probably get other offers!

He was never my professor, but I know an econ professor at my grad school used to be an actor.

The thing is, I doubt they ACTUALLY want this. They'd be flooded with hundreds of emails from prospective students! That professor sounds like she is deliberately trying to give people heart attacks, indigestion, and migraines by pretending that's what is required/wanted.

Sad! This reminds me of that time a girl from Troy High School pretended to attend Stanford by convincing people she was an assigned roommate and sometimes sleeping in the cafeteria when she got locked out of "her" room.

I think this has been the case for a while. I remember hearing about it way back when I was an undergrad.

I dreamt about checking these forums.

It's hard to tell with just what you've provided, but it sounds pretty decent and comparable to what some people on these sorts of forums have. You're going to have to be more specific and detailed in your personal statement, though. Alternatively, you could also try a few good Master's or MPP programs and transition to a PhD to show schools you can handle graduate-level work. I applied and got into about 10 MPPs in the past and about half those schools offered me tuition remission as well as a stipend (though that was a little before the economy totally tanked).

I think I'd love that! I already check Facebook every 5 minutes anyway!

If you have good recommendations, research experience, and clear research goals, it can help bypass the low GPA. My GPA was lowish, too. I'm in somewhere pretty good.

I know someone who was there. Program is small. They might fund your tuition for the first semester based on your application, but you have to do well to get tuition remission the second semester. It's a one year program and requires a thesis, which you are allowed to defend in the summer.