stresschicken

He's in philosophy, and they have their own online resources for this. This thread is for the benefit of people who are waitlisted for programs in government affairs.

My fiance is on a waitlist and we've found it helps to know when accepted applicants in his program declined their offers. If you're declining, please post which programs and when. Here are my planned declines (early next week): Goldman School (MPP) Ford School (MPP) Harris School (MPP) Georgetown (MPP) Wagner School (MPA) Sincerely wish interested waitlisters the best of luck.

I'm still going into public policy, but it may make more sense to go straight for a PhD since that's what I want eventually, and I'm very happy with the choices I have. I'm also torn about whether I should follow my boyfriend to Oxford - even though the schools I really want to go to are all in the US. Very stressed right now.

I've asked and PAM is planning for 5-7 PhD students this year. I'm not sure how many admits that translates to.

Hi, I think notifications should be out pretty soon, but I don't mind sharing either. I have a 3.5 GPA in Econ, a total of 1.5 years' research experience in a think tank and in government, GREs were 740V and 800Q. I'm tempted by the offer and I love everything I've heard about GSPP, but it's unlikely that I'll be taking it.

Hi, I was the one who posted (U) after getting an email from Jalilah LaBrie. I noticed that someone else also posted an acceptance. And yes, it is the 4th here.

I was admitted to the program two weeks ago. I will be on the phone with a faculty member this week and will update people in this forum on class size this year.

It may make sense for Administrators to set up another Results page for decisions. Or is there already something like that?

Thanks for sharing your insights. I did send out the thank you replies, but haven't yet taken the next step to contacting faculty and current grad students. My thinking is that there's no point getting others and myself excited when I don't know whether I can attend. My question now is: How would it look if an accepted student at a doctoral program held off making contact for a month? Would it send a lasting negative signal of disinterest? Academia is a small world, after all.

I have received two offers, one for a Master's, the other for a PhD program - both were through very kind emails. However, I am committed to making a joint decision with my significant other and it's difficult for me to feel excited about the offers until I know both of us can go/have the funding to enable us to accept. It's still early on in the admissions process and we probably won't hear from his department till one month later. Is it okay to avoid making contact, or would this be viewed negatively later if I take the offer?