Darth Game Theory
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Awesome! Look forward to consulting your methods chops to improve my research.
...I get to do research again. Hol-y shit.
- slacktivist, mb712 and ZajoncSays
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I'm in, off the waitlist at Michigan. I can't believe it.
- ZajoncSays, slacktivist and intkm
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Admitted at Michigan! I'm speechless.
Woot woot! Congrats, mate.
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I've been staying away from this board for a while, for my nerves. Anyway, congrats to all the admits, hope everyone is doing well!
If there are any Michigan admits out there (Methods sub-field), who are planning to turn down the offer...please please please do so soon!
I am on the wait-list at my dream school and am pumping out positive energy, hoping for something back.
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Convinced that polisci job rumors losers are posting yale notices just to toy with us. Mission accomplished, mission accomplished.
Maybe if they spent less time on forums, and more time studying statistics, they could get published. Fucking twats.
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You are probably rejected from the PhD and being considered for a scholarship for their MA.
Oh yeah, I forget they do that. That's such a horrible consolation prize: "Hey, we don't think you're good enough to be funded as a TA or RA, but if ya want...you can pay us, and we'll ignore you for a couple of years."
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I've heard nothing from Chicago...should I be concerned? I don't want to assume rejection (I am a firm believer in hope) but what are we thinking, gang?
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Michigan has a methods subfield, so you might not be in the Americanist pool of waitlisters.
Very good point...huh...I wonder where they put me.
Please tell me there is a Quantard out there who is going to reject their offer from Michigan in exchange for Yale or Harvard or Cal...
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Please tell me an Americanist is going to reject their Michigan offer in exchange for Yale or Harvard or Cal or something...please? It's cold in Michigan...and then sticky in the summer...
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Rejected at UCLA! Happy Valentine's Day?
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Americanists accepted at Michigan: it is a cold and terrible place. If you believe Poli Sci Rumors, the department is run by qualitative scholars. You have better offers elsewhere!
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Yeah, I've heard that the department is on the decline...also, it gets sticky there in the summer, really hot and sweaty. And mosquitos. And the beer isn't THAT good in Ann Arbor.
...shit.
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I love back-channel negotiations that occur on this site
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***we interrupt this Ivy League program to inform you that Bubandis has received an admission offer from the University of Nebraska. We now return to your scheduled Ivy League programing***
Atta kid, Bubandis! Go get yourself some cheeseburgers, as a reward!
Congrats to all the admits. To those waiting to hear good news: cling to that hope, and know that academia is within reach for us.
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I'm in at Irvine. First admittance, so...there's one.
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I've called Michigan and have more info on the wait list.
The graduate program coordinator said they shoot for a specific cohort size and the wait list is ranked by subfield. Generally, they pick people off the wait list if others in the subfield accept other offers. They said they typically know more around the last week of March after the admitted students visit.
And, no, they don't tell you where you rank.
Alright, so now the question is: who has been accepted to Michigan with a focus in Methods?
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Wait listed at Michigan! Unbelievable.
So, how do we feel about this? I'm taking it as a victory, but I don't want to get hopeful, only to get a final shank to my dreams. What is the likelihood of getting admitted? How long is the wait list?
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I'm also waitlisted at Michigan. I'll take it! If people get better offers please consider bowing out as soon as you make a decision!
Congrats to everyone who got Princeton today!
Seriously though. I am on two waitlists (Davis and Michigan) with two rejections (UCSD and Northwestern). Please...for the sake of my sanity...if you receive a better offer somewhere else, please tell Michigan ASAP.
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Waitlisted at Michigan! What the hell? I am on everyone's shortlist! I don't...I am so excited and so nervous...what the...this is so...
...I have no idea how I feel about this.
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Congrats to all the admits so far!
Good lord, that results page...look at all the blood.
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FWIW, I'm probably going to decline my offer.
That does help, thanks. Any other Davis admits get better offers and going to say no? Cause that'd be nice.
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404 error.
What's the likelihood of getting admitted off a wait-list at Davis? That shit happens, right?
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So...we do expect more activity from UCLA? Do we think there will be a second wave of acceptances, based on previous years? Cause you know...hope.
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Rejected by Northwestern. 0/2.
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Still hoping to hear some good news from UCLA. They are my number one; the chance to work with Michael Chwe would be awesome.
Where do I belong?
in Political Science Forum
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Read some academic journals. Get your hands on four or five (from a mentor) and identify the articles that interest you. Look at 1) what the authors are studying 2) where they earned their PhD and 3) who they are citing. This information should inform where you want to study (also, reading academic writing will elevate your SOP).
Regarding your SOP: introduce a research topic that demonstrates your general interests, and expand these interests into what you want to study in graduate school. Be focused in your writing, as you only have 4 pages.