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If that's true, that might be my first news of the cycle. That's a little nerve-wracking!

Is anyone claiming the Notre Dame political science admit? It seems super early for ND results compared to past years.

No one on the forum has claimed either, so it's more likely that those are trolls.

He was surprised too. He got a department email confirming acceptance, I'm assuming with details to follow. I think he has an account on here so he might show up to confirm at some point, but we were just FB chatting about it last night.

At least one UNC post isn't a troll. I spoke with him about it yesterday. Can't say about the others.

I did it's a combination of busyness and lack of technological know-how. I think he finally submitted it, but I'll confirm with the school in the morning.

I sent several reminders he's a very busy man, so I understand the delay, but it's just adding to the stress of waiting to know one application is essentially DOA.

One of my recommenders still hasn't submitted a letter for one of my apps. I'm pretty sure that's gonna look pretty bad, so I've kind of mentally ruled that school out as an option. I wouldn't have spent $90 on an application fee if I knew my application would just end up being incomplete.

Not getting more stupid, just realizing how much there is you don't know. It's a great exercise in humility

Subfield is PT. I'm interested in the work of George Grant on technology, community, and liberalism, among other things.

If you followed the emailed instructions after submitting your application to create a "MyUW" portal account through Wisconsin, you should be able to log in to check the status of your application and see a checklist of the items they have received.

TFW the professor who recommended you apply for a specific program still hasn't submitted a LOR to that program... *sigh*

Any practical tips to help relax during this limbo period (besides whisky, which is working for now)? So far I've entertained myself by reading through tons of old threads here and re-reading every part of my applications and second guessing every part of them, neither of which is actually helpful. I'm shooting for theory PhD programs (a stressful enough choice on its own). I'm coming from a no-name LAC undergrad, but my advisor/one of my letter writers has friends at two of the schools I applied to that I've been introduced to, so I'm at least on the radar. My GRE was alright (165V/159Q/5.0AW), but my GPA isn't excellent (3.54 overall, 3.81 in major courses). I'm definitely second guessing my writing sample and SOP, but the professors who reviewed them were happy. Overall, I think I have a good application so I'm trying to chill out a bit with the stress. Question someone might be able to answer: coming from a college with no name recognition, do adcomms pay much attention to the university letter writers earned a PhD at? Two of my recommenders took PhDs at my top choice school and program. I can't imagine that it hurts, but I just don't know if that's actually significant at all.