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I too applied there. But as of yet is silence. If past is of any indication, emails for interviews should go out in the next two weeks. All the best,

Did anyone hear from OSU? It looks like calls for interviews are out. I have seen only one entry in result page though. I don't know if all selected for interview are notified at once or on rolling basis.

I have three more applications to send by mid-January. If all goes well, 1-2 notifications/calls for interviews are expected in January but I don't think they would relieve the stress until well after mid-Feb, at least. My sub-fields are IR and Comparative Politics. Particularly my interests lie at the causes, consequences and control of the spread of nuclear weapons. Best of luck to everyone!

Thanks. My assumption was that following-up with the communication shows a sense of responsibility but worried it might be interpreted as an attempt to influence the outcome or get a preferential treatment over others. your response relieves that anxiety. I will probably follow-up.

How reasonable--if not useful--is it to follow up with the faculty to let them know that you have submitted application to their department? I am guessing it would not harm one's application nor would sound rude to intimate a faculty you had earlier contacted and got response that your application is formally in at their department and is under review. Any thoughts or personal anecdotes will be appreciated.

Has anyone ever faced a dilemma where one had to meet the deadline while his/her statement of purpose was not ready or had typos? Or may be one applied but in a day or two after the deadline, one got a better version of SOP. My suspicion is that Universities don't accept revised SOPs/CVs/Writing samples etc post the deadlines. But what if one has to send one and make sure it reaches the admission committee as well. Is there anyway one can do that or simply the answer is no, and not worth the effort?

@resDQ thank you for the comments. Yes, I agree. Perhaps that's the only way to maximize the odds of admission and F aid.

Hi all, I am a non-native English speaker and GREs are my major concern when it comes to applying to reasonably reputable programs in the US. Although I have read somewhere on university websites and on this forum that professors tend to frown less upon Verbal scores from non-natives than they generally do from natives, it is not clear if they really are lenient and how far that can go for a non-native PHD applicant. To be more precise, I have the following profile. Undergrad: An internationally obscure but locally reputable university in my country (South East Asia). Major: Bachelors of arts and law Undergrad GPA: 3.4/4.0 Grad School: same as undergrad Grad Program: LLM Grad GPA: 4.0/4.0 Grad school: Top 5 university in UK Grad program: MSc. IR Grad GPA: 3.4/4.0 Quant Prep: Stat & Probability (A+); Linear Algebra (A); Calculus up to multi-variable (A); Economics, micro-macro (B) GREs: 1st attempt: 155V, 161Q, 4.0W; 2nd attempt: 158V, 158Q, 4.0W Letters of Recommendation: Mixed from law and IR faculty. SOP: Hoping it to be good one Writing Sample: MS. Thesis Publication: Couple of op-eds in an online magazine-although no journal article published yet. Presentations: one presentation in UK while another in USA Teaching: 1 year as lecturer at a public sector university in my country. Fellowships/Scholarship: British Government scholarship to study MSc. IR at a UK university; Couple of grants to participate in short course/conferences in 2-3 countries. Programs I'm Looking At: Tentative list (Stanford, Yale, Princeton, USC, SUNY-Albany, CU-Boulder, GMU, Georgetown, Emory, UMD, Minnesota) Field: IR theory and nuclear proliferation Questions: In response to my email, a few POI at top programs said, "they are not on admission committee but look forward to working with me after I get into their program". Should I regard their comments as a positive sign and send applications to these top-tier programs even if I know my profile is not as competitive as their admitted cohort normally have? What programs o you suggest I should strike down or add in the list that could be more compatible with my profile and worth the investment of time and resources? Anything I missed? I w'd appreciate your comments and suggestions