I can personally vouch for MAPSS for political science. I mostly know the theory results, but I think my entire poli sci cohort did well in PhD apps. For example, I know a comparativist who's staying at Chicago, one who's going to Brown, and another who's going to Princeton.
Don't listen to the unwarranted vitriol-- if you put a lot of effort into MAPSS you can get a lot out of I'm (I'm starting at Yale this fall.)
Thank you for letting me know! I'm not sure if I'm on a field-specific waitlist or a department-wide waitlist, but this is good news.
Also, congrats on those amazing acceptances!
I mentioned this earlier, but of the 13 schools to which I applied (I mistakenly said 12 in a previous post) only 4 have gotten back: Penn (interview), Wisconsin Madison, UCLA, and Princeton. If schools like Duke and Northwestern have sent out acceptances and rejections how I should interpret the silent treatment I feel like I'm receiving? Is it possible that my application is being further reviewed, or that I may be waitlisted?
My notes tell me that if Chicago hasn't gotten to us yet they could respond as late as the 25th? But who knows at this point-- I was pretty sure they would sent out their wave last week...