fall2016applicant
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On 1/11/2017 at 7:23 PM, AspiringScholar17 said:
@fall2016applicant Thank you for your insights about NEU! Yes, I assume that applicants will hear back sometime in late Jan/early feb! How was the interview process? What kind of things do they ask -- that is, if you know and are willing to share some common insight : )
@OptimiscallyAnxious woah! That's relatively soon...I recently got an email from UCI saying that my application is being reviewed, but nothing close to an invitation for an interview -- it was more of a "thank you for applying" and "we are evaluating applicants now" email. A general email to say the least. Given the interview dates, I expect the school to get back to its prospective students by the end of next week? Hopefully sooner...
Is Irvine's interview process also an interview weekend like NE where they cut the prospective students down to a few after the interviews? And does anyone know if they pay for the flight there? Accommodations? Or is that out of pocket?
The interview process at NEU is super relaxed. You'll never get grilled with questions or even feel like you're in an interview really. It's mostly just chatting with professors; as I said before I think it's mostly about fit at this stage.
One specific piece of advice I can provide is that a million people will ask you what your research interests are, and it will make your life easier if you have a 1-2 sentence answer prepared.
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On 1/8/2017 at 9:54 PM, AspiringScholar17 said:
@PhDorBUST FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATS FOR GETTING ACCEPTED INTO FSU!! WOOHOO! You can breathe a little bit easier now knowing that you have a place somewhere come September! : D
@HerbieLove As for info on MSU, thank you for that! It is definitely comforting knowing some of the in and outs of these application processes! Hope you get in your applications soon and hear fruitful news !@Brooke2016 Congrats to you too! Do you mind me asking what school you got admitted into? And YES, I assume you are in line for some decent funding given the time and date of your acceptance!
Here I am, waiting for Cincinnati, NE, and MSU to somehow fast-track time and let me in on their phd good news, haha. I have a month to wait, but I guess I'll keep myself busy by doing work! I have not heard much and/or read much about Northeastern in these forums...I wonder if its a difficult program to get into compared to the others :|I don't know how to evaluate whether or not Northeastern is hard to get into, but I can give you some background info.
If I'm remembering correctly, they told us there were about 100 applicants last cycle. They selected 12 applicants to come out for an interview weekend (though they won't call it that). The description of the MSU interview earlier in this thread is consistent with my experience at NEU. Of those they accept 6, and then the remaining 6 were put on the waitlist.
I think that at the interview stage it's more about fit than anything. I know people who got into places like Cincinnati and Maryland who weren't accepted to Northeastern.
On the bright side, turn around on apps should be pretty quick. Visiting week is in late February I hear.
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There's gonna be a huge variance among your list of schools of what they're looking for. Just do the best that you can.
For reference though, this article has admitted students gre scores, but it's for PhD students and a bit out of date: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511250601144258
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An interactive variable is a variable that affects the relationship between two other variables, and the direction or strength of that effect varies by quantity/quality of the interactive variable.
So if C=1, A has a positive effect on B. But if C=2, A has a negative effect on B.
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Claiming a SUNY Albany acceptance. It's my first one and it feels sooo good to know I will be going somewhere in the fall!
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2 hours ago, nowayjose said:
Am getting pretty desperate for just about any form of contact from the departments. This is such an odd and opaque process.
Same. So far all I've gotten is a rejection from Wisconsin and an interview with the Northeastern criminology department. It sucks cause every school I've applied to except for one has started accepting people, and a few are on their second wave already. Would just like to get all the rejections over with, already convinced they're coming.
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11 minutes ago, KnowVac said:
Probably around the 24th, there are two entries regarding NE on the results page and both of them are dated the 24th... I guess they sent out invitations to interview and visit the campus through email.
Bingo. One of those was me, received an initial email last sunday and got all the info today.
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Anyone else going to visit Northeastern at the end of the month? I was convinced that it was gonna be this big formal interview, but if it's only an hour of 1-on-1 meetings and we get to choose who we meet with, I'm thinking it's probably not gonna be that big of a deal? This is the only school I've heard good news from so I'm starting to get pretty nervous already.
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4 minutes ago, goofylemon said:
Did you mean PAA? PAA is fairly competitive, especially if you are in paper session (not poster session). Last year, PAA paper session admission rate is only around 25%. You may be able to make it a case to let the admissions know, but I don't know if it is useful.
Nope. It's as small time as it gets, only open to students at the mid-level university I recently earned my BA from. I'm glad to get the experience, but I don't really see it impressing anyone.
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50 minutes ago, lioneironaut said:
They also probably say that because most applicants WILL in fact hear in February, because they usually release rejections a week or two after the first wave of acceptances.
That makes a lot of sense. Keeping my fingers crossed that the first wave has yet to go out.
I got word today that I've been selected to present at my department's annual conference in March. I already mentioned on my applications that I had been nominated, is it worth emailing the programs I have yet to hear back from? It probably won't make that much of an impact but maybe it's worth it?
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Is that one acceptance the only reason that people have been anticipating a response from UW? They sent out an email saying that they wouldn't have a decision until February, but people on here have been talking about it for a week or two now.
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11 minutes ago, KimchiRamen said:
I got an email from the DGS of one school asking me if I intend to submit a personal statement with my application...
Told me to feel free to email it.
Turned out they just temporarily misplaced my personal statement. Received an email from the coordinator saying she found it half an hour later.
I slept through both emails so I mercifully did not have to hyperventilate for half an hour.
At this point, I don't even know if I should be happy they are still considering my application this late in the game or be a bit indignant they think I'm scatter minded enough to not send in one of the most important pieces of information that I have to personally write and submit online.
Life!
Wisconsin emailed me about my personal statement 6 times and they all went into my spam box. The 7th time it went into my normal email and I got it all squared away. I haven't really worried about it since, but I was pretty pissed initially.
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18 minutes ago, liesandfish said:
Yes. I agree, it would be a dream. But I also have huge doubts I will ever accepted. Luckily I have been accepted to some crim programs. Did you apply to both?
The only crim program I applied to was Northeastern, where I have an interview at the end of February. Kind of wish I applied to more, but it's too late for that. Where are you hoping to end up?
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3 hours ago, liesandfish said:
Ahhh. Thank you for the info! I mainly applied to crim/CJ programs but met a prof. from Harvards soc program at a conference who suggested I apply. But I know very little about how soc programs are, just that he studies what I have/do/want too.
Sampson? My interests are similarly between soc and crim, and I think working with him would be a dream come true.
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4 hours ago, Katastrophe said:
@redhillgirl I'm mostly interested in quantitative modeling of violent crime data based on sociological factors, but recently I've started doing a little more with incarceration so who knows!
It would be wonderful if Washington notified soon, even though they sent all those emails insisting they won't notify till February
Our interests are super similar and we have a decent amount of applied programs in common, so that's cool.
Did you find yourself in a predicament at all about whether or not to apply to criminology programs as well? I have never considered myself a criminologist, but the literature review for the paper I'm hoping to publish draws very heavily from criminology literature, so it was kind of a conundrum for me. I ended up compromising and applying to some sociology programs at schools with high-ranked criminology programs (and one criminology program that seems to be a perfect fit, and where there is a faculty member who had a super positive response when I e-mailed them). -
7 hours ago, redhillgirl said:
Thanks n you're right! I never use these abbr. in formal communications tho
Been monitoring the results board like crazy...anyone else applying to the schs listed below? Lets wait it out tgr...
I applied to Wisconsin and Washington. You've got a bunch of good schools on your list, which specifically are you shooting for?
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On 1/18/2016 at 3:57 PM, gingin6789 said:
Yes indeed! My broad research interests include medical sociology/health, gender, religion, and the environment.
How about you?
Crime (policing), race, and urban.
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1 hour ago, gingin6789 said:
Yes, in years past, it appears that Rutgers spread their interview notices out over the course of about a week. Then all their rejections came out shortly thereafter. We'll see what this year brings!
Also might hear from UC Davis and Emory this week, judging from results from past years ... only time will tell!!
Guess we'll just have to keep our fingers crossed. What is your research focus?
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I'm interested to hear about that Rutgers interview as well! Haven't gotten anything in my inbox...their website still says no decision has been made about my application. I am feeling worried but it seems like other schools have been sending out interviews over the course of a few days, so I am really hoping that is the case here as well.
Fall 2017 PhD Thread
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I heard today that at least one person has received an invitation. I'd assume they've all gone out, but I don't know that for sure.