Tumiaeve
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21 minutes ago, ugurcanevci said:
If you want to increase your chances in a comparative/American PhD , just try to take any quantitative class and research project you can find there. In your position, your undergrad career should be sufficient to prove your qualitative skills anyways.
Thanks. Yea. A couple of my professors suggested the same which led to the decision to attend. I guess I'll be retrying again next year.
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58 minutes ago, ugurcanevci said:
I have a friend who finished Columbia's MA program last year. She's been applying to places for the last two cycle. Didn't get into somewhere unfortunately. I know her personally, she is ambitious and I believed that she had a great potential to be an exceptional political scientist, but she couldn't get into the programs that are not T10. Therefore, Columbia's MA might not be very cost efficient.
Additionally, I assume that you are applying for theory sub-field due to your philosophy background. But, if it is comparative or american, it really helps to have some quantitative education and quantitative research agenda.
Thanks for the info. I applied for Americans Politics and Comparative programs focusing on political participation of underrepresented groups in developing democracies. I had absolutely no quantitative background, so I've decided to attend Columbia. If nothing else, I may end up attending law school afterwards. I just feel like I found my calling after college.
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So, here's the situation. I got an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and English and, after working for a presidential campaign, decided to apply for a PhD in Political Science with a focus on Public Policy. It turned out to be a bad idea as I got rejected from 6 of the 7 programs I applied to (all T10s except for Georgetown which I assume to also end up being a rejection because of lack of hearing anything from them this late in the game). On the other hand, I applied to one PhD program in Philosophy (it was a second choice option included on my Political Science PhD application to the same school. Still under review) and one MA program at Columbia (to which I have been accepted). I already have two acceptance letters from last year with the option to defer in Philosophy from two U.K. Institutions- UCL and Oxford. I'm just not sure what I should do. Should I get the MA in Political Science from Columbia? I'm generally very debt averse, but I worry that the only way that I can move into a more political direction is if I get the MA degree. On the other hand, if I get accepted to the Philosophy PhD, I am more than certain that I would go because I'm beginning to take this cycle as an omen. Maybe I'm a Philosopher and should have just stuck with that in the first place? I don't know... is it worth going into debt if that means I probably may still be unable to get into a Political Science PhD program in the long run?
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If you have over a 3.7 GPA overall, an amazing prorposed statement of study, and great letters of recommendation then yeah, it is very plausible to get into Oxford's BPhil. As someone that has an offer from Oxford's MA in Phil as well as UCL's Taught MA in Legal and Political Theory, I can attest to the validity of @753982's statement that diversity factors very little into the application process for UK programs. One caveat, though, is that I applied to these programs in October when their applications first opened. These programs only take but so many applicants so I was always told to apply early. Also, as @753982 also stated, funding for these programs are extremely hard to come by so take that into account as well.
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Any hope of Cornell decisions going out today? It's supposed to be snowing pretty badly on the Northeast in the next couple of days so I'm unsure of how this will affect a release of decisions.
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30 minutes ago, dih2 said:
When should we expect Harvard and Yale? Yale possibly this week judging by some earlier years?
Have no idea about Yale but according to past years, Harvard started trickling in from the last week of February though March 4th so I wouldn't start to worry until March 3rd (aka my birthday. I totally think if they send out decisions on that day, I should be an auto admit because well...you can't reject a girl on her birthday. It's rude. Lol)
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13 hours ago, Mike_Novick said:
My naïve interpretation is that those of us without any formal answer are in a "B-sided" waitlist... haha. Honestly, they may be just trickling their rejection letters (there are a few ones posted during the weekend, I think).
So I emailed the Political Science department chair at Columbia and he gave a very vague answer of "You should be hearing from us shortly." So Columbia isn't being very forthcoming on what to expect at this point.
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Well my overly optimistic heart will keep hope alive until I have a Columbia rejection in hand. ?
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21 minutes ago, GradNYC said:
So how many people are still waiting for Columbia? seems really early for rejections..
I also am still waiting for Columbia. Applied to be considered for their MA, though, so maybe that's why I haven't heard anything.
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I went to an undergrad institution that had two celebrity professors in the Political Science department and two in the Poli Econ department. You had to take an application to take a class with them, they never gave letters of recommendation, they had hard to reach offices on obscure areas of the campus, and they were Professors of Practice or Emeritus so they never took in graduate students as RAs or TAs. I mean, it helped make the program one of the top ranked in the country, and honestly having their names on my transcript is kind of nice, but I can honestly say it has not helped with my educational experience any more than an equally capable non celebrity Professor has.
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23 minutes ago, waterloo715 said:
Me neither. And also silence from UNC. Both portals remain unchanged despite recent updates (claimed rejections) on the results page.
Honestly, I'm hoping this means waitlist. Fingers crossed for us all.
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2 hours ago, mstama123 said:
Same here... I'm getting the silent treatment from both, but I've marked them as 'rejected' on my spreadsheet.
I didn't get anything from Columbia yet at all. It's weird.
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Thanks! If i don't get into both programs, I know I'd take a couple years during the PhD to restart the law school application process. I just had to try or else, I'd never know.
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So, am I the only one that got a weird email from Georgetown saying that the deadline for applications was February 15th before recieving a second email apologizing for the first one? Or was this only sent to JD/PhD applicants?
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Creating this thread for people applying to JD/PhD programs like me. The process, while similar to normal JD or PhD cycles, is slightly different when it comes to decisions, wait times, and application materials. Feel free to post here for comraderie, laughs, and advise. I, like many others I'm sure, would appreciate getting to know other people going through such a unique process.
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Keep up hope. Someone got accepted to Columbia two weeks after initial acceptances in 2015 on the grad age results page. It may be a once in a lifetime situation, but nevertheless, it's not impossible.
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1 hour ago, Mike_Novick said:
Hello, everyone. I would like to hear from you guys about the following: with very few exceptions, a did not contact any POIs during this entire cycle (and I have received only one - very polited and formal - answer). I know that one of my recommenders contacted a POI, but I don't know if he replied. So far, I was formally rejected by two universities, and very likely by other two. I have not been contacted by any POIs or by anyone else from other programs I have applied to. 0.
I would like to know if is it anyone else in this very same position? Is this a sign that no one is really interested in my research agenda? I'm trying to figure it out what is going on, as I'm alrady freaking out with my results till now.
I went to a top 20 school for undergrad and always got the advise that contacting POIs rarely, if ever, make a difference UNLESS 1) you are familiar with the POIs work and would like to discuss, in detail, how their expertise matches yours or 2) you have a specific question about he atmosphere of the program/ school/ area surrounding the campus. I was told that most professors ignore emails from prospective students or send a polite general email in response because 1) they get ALOT of emails during the application season and 2) they have no way of knowing if you're even going to get in or not. Top 20 programs consistently have 350-500 applications for a cohort of like, 12, so many professors don't want to give off the impression that you're a guaranteed admit when you may not be. With that being said, email or don't email. It doesn't seem to change much either way.
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20 hours ago, AnUglyBoringNerd said:
Love the positive energy! I'm actually defecting from political science (my major for almost 7 years) to apply for PhD programs in history... >_<
I'm also determined to keep applying until I get to research what I like most. (That is to say, if I got in none of the six programs I applied this time)
Fingers crossed for you! (And myself...)
@sociology27 and @AnUglyBoringNerd I'm still optimistic! I feel like next week will be a good week for many of us on here. All it takes is one school crazy enough to say yes, and we're golden.
On another note, I'm thinking mid next week for Columbia. Anyone have any inside knowledge for there? Also, did anyone else apply to Berkeley's JSP PhD program? I know this program is more interdisciplinary, but I couldn't find a current forum talking about this program.
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20 minutes ago, sociology27 said:
long time lurker, first time poster.
got my princeton reject today. to say it was a long shot would be an exaggeration in my favor. i might as well have slipped 100 dollars in cash underneath the door of the DGS. saved myself all that stress of caring.
ignore my profile name. made it back in 2012, when I applied for Soc. phds. I got into a few, chose one, got an MA and decided I wanted to study the state as an actually existing organization. my cultural soc. dept. wasn't terribly fond of the idea. many said I'd be better suited to another program/discipline. so I left and applied to four poli sci programs. because I'm restricted geographically, I only applied to Princeton, NYU, Columbia and Penn. It looks like the first two are out. Columbia is also basically a waste of money. Penn is a long shot, but a shot nonetheless, I think.
I guess I'm sharing to get some of that solidarity you guys/girls are handing out so kindly to one another. And to commiserate with my fellow discipline hopping, dream chasing peoples.
Ditto on the change of discipline and the Princeton rejection. I got a double major in Philosophy and English in undergrad, got accepted into UCL and Oxford to get a graduate degree in Philosophy, only to decide to forgo that option to apply for a PhD in Political Science and Public Policy programs. I have to admit, the Princeton rejection made me somewhat fear that I'm making the wrong choice, but then I realized that the freedom to do research in what I am truly passionate about is worth it. Even if I end up rejected from every school I applied to and am on my parents couch next year instead of at a top school, I'll try again and again until I make it because I love the possibility of pursuing the life of the mind and conducting research more than just about anything. Stay in there, if it's what you love, it's worth it.
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Princeton rejections are out.
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Any idea when we'll be hearing from Georgetown?
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Hi, long term lurker here. I reported the Columbia posts as spam and I guess the deletion of the posts are proof that they were trolls. These trolls are driving me crazy, especially after my assumed Princeton rejection. Hopefully we'll hear from Columbia soon. Fingers crossed.
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