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When are we supposed to hear back from Harvard, Princeton and UCSD? Only Harvard and Princeton can distract me from loving Michigan unconditionally.

In at Rochester as well with a departmental fellowship (SO GENEROUS)

Oh well.... Stanford... It means I don't have to make a tough decision. Or, perhaps not... Stanford has been overwhelmed by UCSD for IPE anyway...

Wow... Duke acceptances are indeed being sent out! Congratulations to everyone who got offers today.

This is very true, and professors take turns to get students. There are so many random variables going on. The only thing we can do is what you just said and be strategic (but not insincere) at the same time.

If my subfield were AP, I would stop coming here. Michigan's sole dominance in AP is well-known. I am IR, more specifically IPE. That's why I am mostly excited about hearing from HPS and UCSD.

Hey. But, Ph.D. admission is really random. It's mostly about the "fit." A friend of mine got into Stanford Poli Sci, but didn't get into a bunch of schools like Chicago, Berkeley, etc. So you should not base ur chance on a particular school like Yale. You're coming from Walsh SFS, I believe. It seems you have amazing credentials with a unique taste on your application. Some schools are vegetarian or meat-eaters, to give you an analogy. The schools where you are going to get most support would love to have you.

I am excited to hear from Duke as well, but Michigan acceptance really made this dynamic process kind of dull. Only Harvard can legitimately beat my bias towards Michigan, with Stanford, Princeton and UCSD, making the decision-making process tough... Good luck to all of you!

They make decisions within each subfield and all subfields representatives meet together to forward accepted applications to the Graduate School. Michigan's American Politics is TOP 1 in the nation, so it may take more time to process these applications.

perhaps rochester? but, I am choosing michigan over yale and rochester for SURE.

Michigan Recruitment Weekend: March 12-13. See you guys there!

Very true. But, it seems surprising that Stanford already made all the decisions given the past trends.

While some of the posts seem legit, you can't assume the same for all the posts. Congratulations to those people who got accepted, though.

It looks like they are going over subfields in a certain order, so let's hope for the best.

Since you like the program, it would be nice to be considered! But, are you willing to pay for some of the expensive tuition, fees and stipend? To answer your question, I think what the political science department does is just to forward your application to the graduate program. I don't think you can actually consider this e-mail as an acceptance since another whole round is waiting for you. By the way, when did you get this e-mail? I applied to Yale as well for Ph.D. in political science, but didn't get this e-mail. Perhaps, my application is not even recommended for other departments!

I am scared to death to hear back from Duke and Rochester! It may be even today!

I think Stanford acceptances are pretty much done. They might send more e-mails later tonight, but nothing is certain. Good luck to you all!

This makes me feel a little better. Congratz to Stanford people!