Dreamer109
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47 minutes ago, theprincessleia said:
yeah, I did but mine still says it's under committee review.. wonder if they wait-listed me
Potentially or they are still reviewing. They seem to be taking their time with some.
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8 hours ago, theprincessleia said:
Trying to get a sense of the number of schools who haven't given their decisions yet. I'm waiting on NEU
I would check your portal. I got mine from NEU a few days ago (rejection).
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School Name: The New School for Social Research
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2 hours ago, Coffee114 said:
Still waiting on NYU acceptance/rejection
anyone with any updates on the same?
I'm still waiting on Brandeis, Tufts, and New School myself.
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That means you have been accepted. That was probably an email from a professor who is interested in your work. Your official acceptance letter should be coming soon after.
It might not be "official." However, I have yet to see any instance in which a professor messaged a student and then got rejected in the official statement.
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41 minutes ago, Hamb said:
I'm still waiting on a pretty significant amount, though with 3 of the schools people have posted results and I haven't heard anything either way.
Out of the five remaining for me, I have only heard definite answers handed out for one of them. One is handing out interviews. im just hoping to have it finished in two weeks.
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Is anyone else in my boat going into March and still have half of their list unanswered? I'm just getting the feeling that the clock is winding down, everyone seems complete for better or worse. Yet, I'm only half way through acceptances and rejections.
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Man am I bad a poetry. But I can give it a go.
December
It is complete
A process, I hope to never repeat
Ten potential schools in sight
My future, hopefully, looking bright.
Waiting
January
Waiting, Waiting, Waiting
My hopes slowly fading
February the time expected
Still the fear of being rejected
Still Waiting
February
The first five letters come in
My head is in a spin
Acceptance, Rejection, a mixed bag
My future, dreams, and shoulder being to sag
The End, still waiting
March
What is to come, I do not know
Why must these final schools be so slow?
My dreams and aspects simultaneously high and low
Still waiting for those final crushing blows
Still Waiting
AND WITH THAT I have written my first poem since my junior year of high school AP English class. -
The feelings of fear, acceptance, rejection, elation, and extreme situational depression can be felt on each and every page. It is like a roller coaster made out of academia.
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1 hour ago, CPRel said:
Other than interviews, I have not started yet, meaning that I may wait for a month maybe? Waiting has been really painful, I did not expect it to be so difficult.
It has been painful. I got four letters out the gate, first week of February. That was followed by nothing for weeks. i just want some closure so I can get to work on planning the move and what not... and yeah one or two more acceptances would be amazing!
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1 hour ago, CPRel said:
So, apparently, we will not hear anything from Northeastern in this week.
Well that is just makes me sad. I have to wait another week for closure.
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57 minutes ago, TakeruK said:
Indeed. It might sound like common sense (and it should be) but everything in my list was actually something a visiting student did! Most of them while visiting my program but a few are stories from my friends and their visiting students.
If you are invited as a waitlisted candidate, it's still a good idea to attend so that if you get an offer, you can make a decision quickly about the program. But the specific question you had in mind can be asked via phone/email without a visit.
That just blows my mind that visiting students would behave that way. Some of it, I do understand. Finances and negative aspects of a program are important discussion topics if they are handled correctly and respectfully.
But harassing students and just generally being a jerk... That just shocks me.
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5 hours ago, angela969 said:
Thanks for the info! I'm also confused about the difference between the priority deadline and final deadline for M.A. Programs. Like, how big of a difference does it make in terms of my chance of getting in? Does anyone know??
It bounces from school to school and depends on the competitiveness. But, from my experience, it is always the sooner the better. Priority deadline means you get first shot at being admitted and offered funding/scholarship/fellowship/etc. packages. Final deadline is just the last date you can apply and be considered for admission. After priority deadline, it seems to be mainly filling slots for the program and offering funding... If funding is still available.
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16 minutes ago, angela969 said:
Hey guy! Since most Columbia acceptances/rejections have come out, I was wondering if decisions for the M.A. program will also come out soon? At this point, I've given up on all my Ph.D. applications and just hope to get into a decent M.A. program :((
I'd also appreciate any suggestions on which M.A. programs are still accepting applications. I'm doing theory subfield
Some MA programs have been coming out. However, I think most of them are still coming later in the season.
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39 minutes ago, TakeruK said:
Things that I think prospective students who are visiting programs should avoid discussing:
- Starting arguments about politics or things not really relevant to the program (I see that you are in political science, so maybe some topics are more appropriate than others)
- Harassing other visiting students or current students
- Speak disparagingly or inappropriately about other students, faculty members, other schools you've visited, etc.
- Boast about your other accomplishments or other acceptances (for some reason, I seem to notice sometimes there are one or two prospective students are often trying to one-up the others)
- Go on and on about how much another place (whether it's another school you visited or your current school) is better than the school you're currently visitingI hope the above is all common sense and falls under basic etiquette!
There are also things that I think one should be careful while discussing but not necessarily avoid completely. It's a matter of discussing it in the right way or with the right person.
- Finances are okay to talk about but it is tricky and you have to find the right way to do it. I think it's more appropriate to discuss this with a current grad student than it is to discuss this with another prospective student. But you kind of have to judge it yourself: some people are going to be more comfortable discussing specifics than others. I think if you are comparing packages just to figure out if you have the best one or not, then that might make people uncomfortable (or if it seems like you are doing that). But if you are asking and discussing finances from the perspective of trying to figure out if you have enough to live on, then that's usually more acceptable. It might also be easier to have this discussion after the visit is nearly over and you have heard from people like the department head or the graduate coordinator. This is because these people might explain how the funding structure in the department works. For example, at my PhD school, it is very simple: everyone gets exactly the same stipend and funding package.
- Negative aspects of the program. It's important to learn about what makes people unhappy as well as what makes them happy. While I am always happy to be honest with visiting students because I want them to make the best choice for them, rather than just get them to come here, there are right ways to ask this as well as wrong ways! Sometimes people just point-blank ask me something like, "What is something you hate about your department?" and they won't get a useful answer out of me. Instead, I think it's better to talk to current students to get to know them first and they will usually share more as they get to know you. Also, if you have specific concerns, you can ask them a neutral question about the topic (e.g. instead of "Is the teaching load too high?" you can ask, "how do you find the teaching load? is it manageable?" etc.)
- Similarly, if you want to know about the bad attributes of various faculty members, don't ask it upfront. It's better to have these discussions privately with students since you will be more likely to get a sincere and useful answer if the student isn't worried that what they tell you will end up hurting them. So, they won't say the most candid things if they don't know you at all and maybe not while they are in the department / during the day (i.e. wait until the social events). Also, in the list of "don'ts" above, don't repeat what they said to other people or other schools. If students hear you telling people about all the negative things you learned about School X or Prof Y then they will correctly assume that you'll be just as indiscrete with the information they might provide you.
Overall, make sure you balance the tricky topics with things that are easier to talk about and leave a more positive impression of you. Try to keep the sensitive topics only to things that are critical to your decision making. This is going to be the first impression you leave on many other people and then they won't see you again for months, so if you leave a really bad impression, it has months for the impression to solidify in people's minds. So, stay professional, stay positive!
So in other words, don't be a dick while you are visiting.
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Also claiming an official rejection from Penn. Good to finally have some closure.
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1 hour ago, PoliSci-freak said:
UBC announced. McGill hasn't, but they do it later, sometime by mid-March I believe. Toronto seems to have announced but I haven't heard a word yet. Are we sure Toronto sent out all its admits?
Also which ones are you waiting for?
Oh I was curious about which ones you were curious about. I didn't get a chance to apply to any places out of the USA. I wanted to apply to Ottawa and LSE. But both of those plans fell through.
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28 minutes ago, ElySiae said:
Anyone waiting to hear back from Canadian phd programs? The wait is killing me
Any specifics? Because some went out a while ago.
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Some yes. I'm not known for my subtle touch to a fault. Others I had ins and recommendations. My letter writers helped get me in contact for others. Essentially, I cold emailed if I didn't have any other options and couldn't get the info somewhere else. Worked surprisingly well for some. Not so well for others.
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41 minutes ago, CandyCanes said:
Yeah, it was rude making us wait this long and then the letter itself is rude.
The wait I'm there with you. But was there something in particular about the letter that was rude? Just kind of curious If we got the same letter. Mine was just painfully generic... Which is also pretty rude.
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I'm still waiting on 5 official letters. But I can safely assume 3 are going to be rejections out of hand. Anyone else getting that hopeless sinking feeling seep slowly in?
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That is understandable. If that is the case, Northeastern could definitely take you on for an MA program.
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4 minutes ago, Qw23 said:
Does that mean if I haven’t heard from them now I’m most likely out?
BTW, do you know if they admit students to their master program from the PhD application pool? Thank you.
I feel like I am in that same sinking ship with you.
I do know that they snag quite a bit of Ph. D. applicants to bolster their MA program. But their scholarship and what not for their MA programs isn't that great compared to the cost.
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From what I have seen, Texas A&M and Penn State have good placements. Not amazing placements, but still good. As long as you are ambitious and motivated, I think you could make a great go of it with either option. Really, it comes down to do you want to take a risk and take the Masters from Chicago or NYU and maybe get into their Ph. D. programs down the line or take the sure fire bet and just go for A&M or Penn State now?
If it were me, I would go with Penn State or Texas A&M. The road will be rockier for stellar placement, but as long as you stay motivated, you will get what you want. Between the two, it sounds like Texas A&M would be the better fit of the two. Mainly because if your ultimate goal is academia then you should focus your attention on that and worry about private sector if academia doesn't pan out. You can still get a rock solid private sector job with an A&M degree. It just seems the best of all worlds.