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Haven't heard anything from Northwestern yet either. Guess that means I was rejected.

Do you already have GPA and GRE ranges for schools that you're willing to share?

Are you applying in the current cycle or were you in the 2015 one?

Nothing from Northwestern today. Technically still 26 minutes left before 5:00 P.M. Central time, but I'm guessing we won't be hearing anything today.

Was it an individualized email or does it look like it was sent to a lot of people?

Your transcript wasn't attached to your application?

Who did you hear that from?

Does anyone know whether it's more likely for Northwestern to release decisions at the beginning of the week or at the end of the week (assuming they release decisions at all this week)?

What range was your undergrad school in and what sort of major, if you don't mind me asking?

Just curious, is English considered a related field? (I chose to only get rec letters from people within political science.)

Would you say GPA is also a gateway?

So do you think it's actually used as the great equalizer in practice and weighted more than GPA, or is this just what you would do ideally?

What are your thoughts on the writing sample? For me, I was taking an excerpt of my thesis, so it felt hard to condense the entire argument into twenty pages. Is it just to show that you're able to write coherently and make original arguments, or did they actually want a complete product?

So you would say... Letters of rec > personal statement> GRE > GPA > Writing sample?

Why have people been saying the GRE isn't important? Would you say it's more or less important than personal statement and letters of rec?

Wait... You're saying GRE is actually more important? How can one standardized test outweigh four years of coursework?

Which would you guys say is more important between GPA and GRE? Can a high GRE compensate for mediocre GPA?

What does POI stand for? Person of interest?

Someone is claiming they were admitted to Harvard on the results page, following an interview... Legitimate or troll?

Can you share how your school ranks the following in admissions decisions, in terms of importance? GPA, GRE, rec letters, personal statement, writing sample Thanks!

How do you know? Also, people are now claiming Harvard and Yale acceptances on this site... One was claimed today, the other two days ago. Are these trolls or are they actually legit? https://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=(yale|ucsd|UCLA|berkeley|davis|harvard|stanford)+"political+science"&t=a

Did you study for the GRE and work the statement full-time, or did you also have a full-time job?

So is there even any way to study for the GRE past a certain point? Would you say it's more or less important than the personal statement?

I felt like no matter how much I prepped for the verbal and (especially) math sections, my score just sort of plateaued after a while and there was no real way to increase it more. Did you feel the same?