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Socioeconnut

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  1. I hear you. I was rejected from the PhD program at my top school and offered a spot in their MA last year (I deferred, as I have an MA and wanted to try for PhD again). After meeting with faculty and other PhD's in the program, everyone reassured me it was a fluke and no way should I waste more time and money on another MA when I have original research, etc. My POI allowed me to take their advanced doctoral course and met with me multiple times during the Fall semester to discuss and support my research. Seeing acceptances from the program and not hearing anything is just killing me. I am just confused. If I don't get in there, I don't see how or why any other program would take me, considering how much I invested into the department - I spent the Fall semester killing myself with the course work and building relationships instead of retaking the GRE which could have strengthened my appeal more broadly
  2. So I noticed Columbia was doling out acceptances via phone and not many from Princeton on the results board. Those were my three NYC area schools. How many more are you waiting on? Sending you positive wishes for the upcoming week, it's looking like we will at least have some closure soon.
  3. I am..I'm waiting for any news from anywhere really lol
  4. I am freaking out about this myself. If the poster could elaborate it would really help
  5. Dear @pinoysoc, as a lurker for the past 3 years and someone who shares your feelings in terms of being absolutely done with this nonsense process, I do want to offer a shoulder and this: while it may not any consolation at all, please have faith that this process is bs and a total gamble and not at all indicative of your potential or value as a researcher. That is not to knock those who do/did get in - we still very may - but to reassure you that even under the circumstances of a “positive” outcome, it would not be based on merit alone. There is no such thing. There are so many different factors that have to align for someone to be chosen - the admission rate statistics tell us this much. If this does not work out, I will trust that it’s simply not my time. Being a sociologist is not about a degree, it is about the way you look at the world and frame your questions. After an email exchange with a poi at a top 5 program (a month or so after my rejection last year), the professor read my master’s thesis and met with me to discuss ideas for future research and gave me permission to audit their doctoral methods course. I spent a semester sitting alongside advanced doctoral sociology students at a top program and I am convinced this entire system boils down to money. The professor thought the program was crap (and came from the best of the best) and encouraged me to apply to even better ones after getting to know me and seeing the impact of my participation and contributions to my classmates throughout the seminar. I tell you this bc it just reinforced that there is nothing separating the accepted from the rejected save an institutional affiliation. My experience gave me the confidence to apply for a fellowship offered to advanced phd’s and faculty and I found out yesterday, I got it. Again - how does this make sense??? I’m not even in a PhD program. None of it makes sense. If you want to continue learning and pursuing research, do it. Please don’t give up hope and don’t let these institutions define you.
  6. Hello all my fellow freaking out in anticipation cohorts! I'm waiting to hear from a few programs and saw one or two signs of movement from columbia, harvard and princeton sociology... does anyone know if nyu sociology or mit sloan or hbs economic sociology have sent any feelers out yet? I saw three notices for interviews for organizational behavior at hbs, which is what ES falls under, but I'm still hopeful. Anyone have info to share? Also, would the admits to any of the above programs be comfortable sharing some specs? Thank you all in advance!
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