I heard this from the POI "we will likely be accepting a small number of political theory students next year but that in part is contingent on the impact of the current tax bill on graduate education. "
And this is Duke's statistics https://gradschool.duke.edu/about/statistics/political-science-phd-admissions-and-enrollment-statistics
That is also my question. Based on Duke's results last year, it seems that they takes two days to send out admissions, then use the third and fourth day to sent out rejections and waitlists.
I guess we will probably know something before the end of the week.
Thanks!
Getting into any of these four programs would be good news to me, since UofC has always been my dream school.
I wish you good luck too. Do share if you have good news. It is interesting that you write and think on Strauss. Although I haven't got a chance to read his works in depth, I come from a pretty Straussian school and all my recommenders are Straussian. I have a feeling that we might be applying to a few similar programs.
I am also applying to U-Chicago Political theory and CST this year. Your profile is way more competitive than mine. I'm now just hoping to get into MAPSS and apply again in two years..
Good luck!