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 Can you let us know what they say in terms of remaining admit decisions (if any) if/when they get back to you? Thanks!

 

Will do.  Anyone gonna claim the UCSD admit? 

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I just wrote them e-mail:) I hope, though, that decisions will come earlier. After all, UCLA had one of the earliest deadlines. 

 

I sent emails to UC Davis and Northwestern...cause they're being teases right now.  

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I don't have any acceptance nor rejection and I'm starting to experience very high levels of anxiety.

 

Same.  "Palms are sweaty, vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti..."

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Is that it for UC Davis and Northwestern?  

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Congrats to everyone who got accepted. 

 

I got officially rejected by Wisconsin. I will take a break from this place. I am really happy for everyone who got accepted, but to be transparent, also envious. Thus, knowing myself better, I will take my leave before spoiling things. 

 

Once again, congratulations to all and best wishes to each and everyone.

 

Hey, you're human.  

 

Keep your head up, clench your teeth, take a shot, and hope for the best.

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 Thanks! I also want to note that I applied two years ago to the program and was rejected. So for those going through this and not getting the results you necessarily want at the moment, anything can happen and sometimes it just takes a bit of time. 

 

Will probably go back to lurking a bit more, but congrats to others who have received admits and really to everyone for applying. Just getting through the application process is harrowing and involves a lot of work! Best of luck to everyone! 

 

Awesome.  Congrats on Northwestern, hopefully I'll join you in celebrating!  

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So here's a readily applicable question: how does the notification process work?  It seems that there are waves of notifications, whether acceptances or rejections.  How is it that there are not larger waves, or more streamlined notifications at least?

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I don' thave enough PTO to go to all these places

 

Sounds like a good problem to have!  

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Congrats to the recent UC Davis admits!  That is huge!  

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I just checked Irvine's website today and noticed that they pushed back their application deadline to Jan. 15th. Originally it was December 15th and I applied in early  november. I was expecting to hear by next week given the response time last year but their website now says mid-march.

 

Well that's annoying, considering how much I hussled on the Irvine application.  What do we know about their department?  I like that it has access to the Institute For Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, but other than that it seems a bit...disorganized?

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Maybe we'll get Chicago next week as well?

 

God, I hope we get Chicago next week.  Positive thinking, positive thinking, positive thinking.

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^{Where the heck are the UC's?  I know UCLA takes its time, but I was hoping we'd see some movement from Davis/Irvine/San Diego.}

 

^{Hang in there everybody, we're a few days from February...}

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I on the other hand, while a quantitative oriented Americanist, am not quite a fan (despite what the username might lead you to believe!) Tough a bit dated, have you read Pathologies of Rational Choice by Green and Shapiro, Darth? One of the books that really opened me up to the potential downfalls of an excessively formal theoretic approach to political science.

 

RealDowner: not in its entirety, only an excerpt for a seminar on Rat Choice. As far as formal theory goes, I've always seen formal models as devices, tools that help communicate the questions/hypotheses in political science.  Good scholarship still requires context, i.e., a well formulated hypothesis, or a fresh question.

 

Just my two cents...I know Methods has a bad rep in Poli Sci circles...

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Methods != game theory, alas.

 

I am well aware what Methods consist of, thanks.

 

 

Game Theory just makes the most sense to me.  

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I applied to the programs at MSU, FSU, and UF, and am interested in IR and behavioral game theory/political methodology. I... like to think it's a good thing (??), since it is where the programs I'm applying to appear to be the least saturated (aside from just IR, of course). 

 

Would love to be able to focus primarily on game theory, though. Good thing it's extremely applicable within (nearly) all of the subdisciplines in poli sci!.... and also applicable to many other fields.... including video games.... like Virtue's Last Reward.... (hoping someone has the slightest idea of the Zero Escape series)

 

Best of luck to you - looks like you have some pretty amazing schools on your list.

 

 

Yeah, I'm hoping that Methods makes me stand out, as it doesn't seem that popular (compared to IR and Comparative), but I have no idea how I match up to other folks' quant ability.  I do love how applicable game theory is to...everything, really; as a Professor said to me: "Once you see...the game theoretical logic...life is all games and subgames, it is all strategy..."  I'm hoping to use game theory and network analysis to look at the flow of information on social networks.  Pretty hot topic these days, eh?

 

Good luck to you too, Little Mac!  Hey, all we need is for one to say 'yes,' right?  

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Divurgerian: what programs are you looking at/what are you looking to do?  

 

Good luck everyone, seriously.  One day, we'll reconnect at an APSA conference and be drunk and merry and nerdy!

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SUP MY FRIEND

 

Hey, bromo-sapien!  What programs you looking at/what you looking to work on?  

 

 

 

And what do you do for a living? I'm wondering vaguely how many applicants have jobs. (I'm a financial journalist) 

 

Sartori, I'm in Tech Support at a software company.  Nothing fancy, I'm a punching bag for people who can't figure out business software...financial journalist, eh?

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Fancy that; my neuroticism requires me to be attached to the computer almost all day, so I totally understand. 

What programs have you applied to?

 

Most of the UC's (LA, Davis, San Diego, Irvine), Michigan, Chicago, and Northwestern.  I am applying for American/Quant subfields.  My stats are decent, but nothing special; math classes destroyed my GPA.  

 

Speaking of which, are there ANY Quant-nerds on this board?

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Hey gang,

 

Looooong time lurker, first time poster.  This is my first cycle, and my job requires me to be near a computer all day, so there are few distractions from this torture.

 

That said, congrats to all the recent admits!  Let's stay positive folks, we've all worked hard, and we're all gonna be fine.

 

 

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."  Camus