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  1. ThePastelCalico
    Rejected from Wisconsin. DGS said they could only accept 10% of applicants this year, and that there is no waitlist this year. Good luck to everyone else!
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    Just got off the phone with someone at UW-Madison and they said that decisions should be going out either today or tomorrow, and she specifically told me to check my application regarding the decision. Do with that info what you will.
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    I keep checking my email every 5 minutes even though I've told myself not to check it for the rest of the night because I've got lawsuits to continue going over for my thesis, but it's so hard to work thinking that I've been rejected from UW-Madison. Anyone got any advice on how to not focus on the fear of a rejection?
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    I really hope that this is true, considering there are 3 UW-Madison acceptances on the results page already and I'm shaking thinking that I've been rejected from my dream program.
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    This is so important for self-care right now. Recognize your feelings instead of trying to hide them, and realize that each situation is different. Honesty time - I’m excited to have gotten into NCSU, but at the same time it scares me that it could be the best program I get into and that means I’m not really as cut out for this field as I thought I was. It’s a rough spot. Fingers crossed for eceryone. I wish you all nothing but the best.
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    This is exactly how I feel right now. I’m fortunate enough to have been offered a spot at NCSU, but seeing everyone getting into better schools still makes me feel like I’m not good enough to actually be a professor or anything like that.
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    Lots of action on the forums tonight. Congrats to all the admits! Austin is an amazing city.
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    I've got a book chapter I'm working on with my advisor and another professor, so I've decided today I'll give myself 24 hours of not checking admissions portals. Just so I can make sure that I'm focusing 100% on fine-tuning the book chapter.
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    My UW-Madison app hasn’t had any status updates sine Dec. 15 either. My advisor, who went to the program, said she imagines that they just started reviewing apps since they got back from break today...I’m a bit skeptical that no one at the program has looked at the apps they’ve had for over a month. Going stir crazy waiting.
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    I’m ready for the Wisconsin decisions to come out. If last year is any indication, acceptances should come out either the end of this week or the next week and rejections should come out about a week and a half later, It’s my top choice and I’m just so ready to know if I got into my dream program or if I’m fated to schools out of the top 30 that actually study what I’m interested in.
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    Thank you! It’s not my top choice but it’s a solid program for me to study environmental justice in rural communities, so I’m excited for the acceptance and 4 years of funding!
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    Congrats on the acceptance! What area did you want to focus on? I said Ag and Environment on my app.
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    Just got notified that I'm accepted and fully funded at North Carolina State! I'm so excited that I finally got in somewhere!
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    Congrats to the UNC - Chapel Hill admits! It's a great program in a great location.
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    So, from what I've learned from my advisor is that you have to understand it less as a rejection of you and more that they couldn't find room for you in their program. I know right now that these two things seem very very similar, but there is so much that is beyond your control. You may have applied during a particularly competitive year and you can't help that; maybe they wanted to accept you but couldn't just based on funding and the availability of funds within the department; maybe the people you want to work with aren't accepting new students right now (that's the exact reason I didn't apply to Colorado-Boulder); maybe it came down to you and another student and they just happened to like their personal statement more. People are very fickle things - this is particularly true for academics. It's very scary, as I'm terrified I'll hear bad news from all of the programs I applied to and I'll be thinking the exact same thing - "Why don't they want me? What did I do wrong?" But the fact of the matter is that no one is the perfect candidate, as much as we'd like to believe we are, and there are a number of factors beyond your control that could have lead to these rejections. Keep your head up and realize that it's tough now, and you have the right to be upset. But grow from this - if you choose to apply again, look at your personal statement and your writing sample and see if there are ways to make those stronger to compensate for a low GRE. At the end of the day, we are worth so much more than a rejection letter. I wish you nothing but the best moving forward.
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    All of these interviews and acceptances have me anxious to hear about Wisconsin-Madison. Anyone know when to expect to hear anything? I don’t think they do interviews but I could be wrong and the waiting is killing me!
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    I'm writing a thesis right now actually. I did my undergrad in sociology and my current MS work investigates the way that North Carolina's Right-to-Farm Act complicates litigation efforts for rural homeowners who are attempting to files nuisance lawsuits against industrial hog farming operations. I'm just worried people will not like rural sociology since it's pretty much considered a more applied version of sociology that isn't viewed favorably because of the rise in urban sociology.
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    I did my MS at Auburn in rural sociology. So I'm really worried about how the "applied sociology" angle will look at schools. Brown seems to be transitioning away from environmental sociology from what my advisor said. Plus I just don't think I could have gotten into Brown anyway.
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    Long time since I've been to this board. Haven't been here since I got into my MS program in spring 2016, but I'm back and a hopeful candidate for a few schools. Really hoping for UW-Madison; my statement was strong and so were my letters, but I feel like my writing sample is weak when compared to the rest of my app. No telling though. Hope everyone else is having a fun time waiting like I am. Also, any suggestions on other schools to apply to for environmental sociology? I don't feel comfortable with just four applications out there.
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    While certainly not as prestigious as some of the other programs people have been accepted to, I just got an admit to Auburn's rural sociology program. Waiting to hear back about funding, but it's such a relief because I've been admitted somewhere, and because Auburn is my top choice (great fit with the department). Good luck to everyone else waiting to hear back about their PhD programs!
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    Well, I was planning on applying to some PhD programs like UCF, CU-Boulder, UCSB, and a few other programs, but all the programs I can afford to apply to now are MA and MS programs. Set aside $1000 last semester for PhD app fees and the GRE and then had to spend $933 of it fixing my car and computer, so I just took my GRE last week. Luckily I feel like I'm a really good fit at some programs like Auburn and Wyo, so it's not all bad I think. And thank you so much!
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    Just gonna throw my hat in the ring right now and say congrats to everyone who's gotten in! Especially those who will be attending top 20 programs that are an amazing fit! Wish I could say I would be joining some of you in a PhD program, but fate had other plans it seems.
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    I haven't applied anywhere yet, I just changed my signature to match the schools I'm most likely applying to. Honestly, I don't even want to apply to UCSB, but my undergrad advisor wants me to apply. I don't feel like I'd be a good fit for the program and really would prefer to not waste the $90 application fee when I feel like they're just gonna say no because I'm not a good fit. Frankly at this point I'm still trying to decide where to apply and I'm feeling like applying to more MA programs may be better for me in the long run.
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    So, I know there may be similar posts like this on the forum, but for many of us the 2016 application season is rapidly approaching. I feel like it may be good to have current advice from people who have gone through the application process recently and have had to deal with rejections. Personally, I'm terrified because I've emailed all my POIs about their programs about three weeks ago and have only heard back from 3 of my POIs (with one response being particularly lukewarm), so I'm already sort of starting out this application season a little disheartened. Maybe that makes me a pessimist, I'm not sure. But, rejections are going to happen; even so, knowing they'll happen doesn't necessarily mean they're easier to deal with. Any advice for some scared undergrad who's future rests on this application season on how to deal with rejections?
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    Hi all! I'm relatively new to the forum (I've been primarily posting in the sociology forum), so I apologize if my post is misplaced. I will be applying to graduate schools this coming fall. Ultimately, I would like to get my PhD in sociology. Despite my PhD goals, I am strongly considering applying to some terminal MA programs in comms. My main question is how would I go about getting letters of rec for applying to comms programs? My undergrad degree will be in political science and sociology, and I've only taken two comms classes (one of those being public speaking). I'm a member of my school's debate team, so I've gotten to know some of the comms professors through that but I feel like not having a major or even a minor in comms could end up hurting me because I don't have many individuals from within the field to vouch for my abilities. How do programs generally look at letters of rec from professors outside their particular program's field of study? Granted, some of the things I've studied in sociology (i.e., symbolic interactionism and group solidarity) are also studied in comms, just through a different lens in certain instances. I'd like to study critical communication theory, but my original concern about being outside of the field still makes me unsure about even applying. Have any of you gone through a similar situation? If so, how did it work out? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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