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I think that the only reason you should be taking courses in mathematics is for your interest. Put differently, you should not take these courses in order to make your grad application look stronger. If you want to learn more about statistics and probability, but you are unsure of your ability, take the first. If you are more ambitious and willing to put in work for the sole sake of knowledge, take the more advanced one. Again, I don't regret venturing into the Mathematics department. But I did so knowing that I was doing it for its intrinsic, not instrumental, value.

I took all the methods courses that my psci department offered, and wanted to do more. I took statistics and probability courses in the mathematics department, credit/no credit. Having done well in my methods courses, I didn't think it would matter one way or another to adcomm. I'm happy I did so. I learned a ton and it didn't seem to hurt me a bit.

Choose whichever program that's offering to fund you. If you have more than one funded offer, I agree with @MrsPhD that your goal should be to get strong letters of recommendation. I went to a smaller department to do a one-year MA for this reason and I have no regrets. If none offering you money (assuming money matters in your case), I would consider doing another round of applications.

R or STATA for stats (or, if you are really averse to learning programming languages, Minitab is a 'point and click' based statistical software) Netlogo as intro to agent-based modeling Zotero for reference management

Thanks for sharing your experience. Have you considered applying to suitable programs outside the US? Or programs outside US News t-25 that may have faculty interested in the things you are interested in? The parts of your application that you have highlighted are strong (gpa, gre, experience). I don't know what your research interests are, but I would consider going where people have similar interests. Or change your research interests if you want to apply to the same schools.

Was told second round is going out mid-March, so maybe this week.

Toronto

@encyclopediabrown Question regarding waitlist. My top choice has put me on their waitlist. Is there anything I can do to advocate for myself? Would reaching out to DGS or POIs do any good? Thanks!

They were posted 3 weeks after the deadline (which I think is unusual because of the size of the department and # of applicants) and about 4 weeks before they usually send decisions, based on prior years.

Canadian. Thought maybe they were releasing decisions by subfield. But it looks like those were trolls a couple weeks ago.

Is anybody waiting on Toronto? Which subfield?

I'm still waiting on Toronto. I have a feeling they have been sending out decisions by subfield. What did you apply for?

What's the deal with the snail mail?

Anyone who applied to Canadian Politics at Toronto gotten a decision?

Any domestic (Canadian) applicants received acceptance from Toronto?