Yes

What do you mean, you don't feel like reading through 118 pages of intensely emotional posts?! I myself will print out the whole thing and have it bound, so whenever I feel my life has become a little boring I will have a good bedtime read to remind myself of the times it wasnt...

Ziz and Rossiya, I had really started to picture all of us at the admit weekend. Funny how one builds relationships on an anonymous forum, right? I'm so sorry to hear that it didn't work out for you either.

I know, I know. I really am in no position to complain, and I'm not. I have been incredibly lucky so far, but I can't help feeling upset. No one is happy when they get rejected by their top choice, it's natural..

Thank you, that's really sweet of you. Unfortunately I didn't get an email last night, so I guess that means I'm out. I am upset, but I'll survive. My sincere congratulations to everyone who made it though! I'm sure you have a great time ahead of you. I wish I would have been part of it too, but at least now I can start evaluating the choices I have (which aren't too bad either) and get on with my life. I hope to see you at some of the (other) admit events..

...which means we can relax. Breathe, everyone.

I know that a few people on the forum that are holding Princeton offers are thinking about turning them down.. so there might be hope. As I said above, I will decide as soon as humanly possible to end the agony of those on the waitlists.

Haha agreed. I wonder if there are a lot of people that just read the results page?

Hello, welcome to the forum... Columbia so far is not my top choice, so it's likely that I will turn down my offer very soon. I am still in the process of making a decision though, and since I havent been able to visit any schools in advance (I am European) a lot will depend on the impression I get during the recruiting events. What subfield are you in? I'm IR.

Haha...yes, where is he/she when needed most? I haven't heard anything.

hahaha I think we should vote for SP to change his/her name into MP....

Indeed! What places are you waiting to hear from?

Yes, I'm in for ir

Yes, I'm in for ir

Also in at Columbia. Got the email this second.

Congratualations! That's amazing! You must be thrilled

Congratulations, again. How did you find out?

I did my undergrad at Oxford (my name might give it away... ) and I am applying for PhDs in the states right now. So, OP, if you have any specific questions I can help with, feel free to ask away. Someone suggested that it is relatively easy to get into the Oxford Masters programmes if you did your undergrad there. I think that's true if you are applying for freestanding Masters (i.e. not the MPhil that will lead to the DPhil) and if you are not shifting departments. However, the MPhil degrees frequently turn down Oxford undergrads (I have seen it happening in many cases), even very talented people with excellent grades etc. So there might be less "incest" than one would think. I can only share my personal experience here, but a couple of hurdles I faced due to my Oxford background were: 1) comparability of degrees - someone mentioned it already. Several schools asked me to convert my score into the GPA system. I tried, failed, and ultimately refused - I just don't think it's meaningful. It is almost impossible to receive a grade above 85 in any human science at Oxford. What I did instead: gave ranking information and submitted the examiner's report to give the schools an idea of how many people got firsts etc. 2) GREs. I have never sat a multiple choice exam in my life. I can't deal with the strategic "best guessing" approach. Not a fun experience. 3) Information. Where to apply, when to start looking - many of my profs were surprisingly useless. so was the careers department. I felt pretty alone with my application, didnt know what was expected, and got very little support overall. 4) lack of research experience: undergrads at Oxford don't do research assistance. almost never happes- definitely a huge disadvantage 5) timing: not a personal problem for me but it might be for you - I applied after my finals, when I already had all my grades in the bag. If you dont, you have very little to prove to the schools that you are as good as your LORs say you are. The only grades Oxford gives out will be the ones you got after your first year exams. 6) lack of methodological training. depends on your subject, but definitely true for most of the human sciences. However, some things also worked in my favour, I think: 1) tutorial system: after three years of meeting some of my professors 2 hours/week, they knew me incredibly well - generally an advantage in terms of LORs 2) being a little bit 'different': applications are all about being able to distinguish yourself. sometimes an 'unusual' background can be useful. And in some ways not knowing what was expected of me in terms of SOP etc was an advantage too: I felt less corsetted, and was not exposed to the postgrad application hype So far the applications have gone very well for me - of course, this is only anecdotal evidence, but don't be discouraged by the challenge of "changing systems". Hope you find this helpful.

Congratulations to everyone who got offers last night, especially those that received their first one! Let's hope for a good bunch of Columbia acceptances today...

I haven't heard anything. But then I'm an international student so they might be more reluctant to call me due to higher rates

He/She is learning from past mistakes... but obviously not thinking very far ahead. Note also how much effort was put into generating a whole wave of results...

That would be a new twist. Not sure if I prefer it.

They don't seem to be doing things the way they have been over the last couple of days, so maybe there is hope. If you really can't bear the wait anymore maybe call?

I got in at Princeton; and I applied for IR/Theory. So not pure theory.

Will post mine once I have replies from all schools

Yes, congratulations!