[Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread]

Knock me over with a feather!

I got an early admit to Nebraska in Lincoln and today I got a yes from Florida State as well! Looks like I will have to pick where to go when I was sure no one would admit me at all! Take heart, y'all. 

[Sociology Scholars and Briggs Myer Personality Types]

ENFP-T "The Campaigner." I enjoy taking these but I think they are probably slightly better psychometric devices than the horoscope in the paper. They share the same vague could apply to anyone analysis for a start. My results are also rarely consistent from day to day. Some questions are also difficult for me to answer as I cannot imagine myself in the hypothetical situation the question asks me to envision. For example "Do I get lost walking in nature?" Um, I am not exactly the outdoorsy type. Do I get lost? You bet. But I am more likely to get lost in a library or even my own house. Also the note on this particular test not to go with middle answers tells me they have a problem with a lot of neutral answers which is an indication to me that the instrument is at fault - not the respondents. 

My biggest issue is probably that Meyers Briggs makes a dichotomous distinction between feeling and thinking. What is the difference? How do you tell them apart? 

 

Do y'all think these tests illuminate something about sociologist users here or no? 

[Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread]

I received a letter of acceptance via email from University of Nebraska - Lincoln this morning, pending funding. I will fly in to visit in February. Y'all, I was so scared I would not get in anywhere I have been scream-crying happy for an hour. 

[What are your research interests?]

Hi, 

I see that no one responded to you. My research interests are in gender, race, and class and labor markets. I also love classic theory. I read Styling Masculinity by K. Barber and loved it. I am a big fan of ethnographies. 

[Fall 2018 Applicants]

I am putting together application packets. I don't feel very confident about my chances. My research interests are in gender, stratification, and labor markets. I am passionate about Marxist Theory and my favorite journal is Gender, Work, and Organization. I am not fussed about prestige of my program, but a good fit and funding is a must. 

My short list is 

1. Ohio State
2. Nebraska, Lincoln
3. Florida State University
4. Indiana, Bloomington
5. North Carolina State
6. Wisconsin, Madison (which seems incredibly unlikely...)

The good parts of my application:

• 3.68 overall GPA.
• GPA in my major is 3.86. 
• department wide awards
• research experience
• Submitted manuscript as second author for a peer reviewed publication
• Scholarships
• Undergraduate Research grants
• Small Regional Conference Presentation
• Strong letters of recommendation leveraging faculty social networks
• Intern for department, and student worker for Women's and Gender Studies for two years

The weak parts of my application:

• Low GRE scores (151 verbal and 142 quant. Cannot afford to retake, still waiting on my analytic writing score)
• Public Commuter College - Low Prestige, small department, not known for sociology
• Older, non-traditional student. Schools may question if I am worth the investment.

I don't know if anyone will accept and fund me. I hope so. I read/lurk on these forums obsessively. I see everyone's outstanding GRE scores and high-prestige undergraduate degrees and it shakes my confidence a bit. I am sure you all will do well and be turning down a surfeit of offers this spring.