lkaitlyn

I ditto @bandanajack. As someone applying next year, it's frustrating to watch people screw up the results board for future applicants. I use that board to get a sense of how many are being admitted, stats for admits when people are able/willing to post them, etc. Take the conversation somewhere else, please. You're messing it up for future applicants and personally I think that's inconsiderate (which is ironic considering that everyone's fighting over who's the least considerate).

As a future applicant, I also want to beg all of you to please enter your data to the above website! It's really helpful to be able to see which schools are affordable.

Just from perusing several program websites, many programs don't offer fellowship years to most students they accept. However, when they do, they tend to be in the first year. It might be nice to have a couple years without teaching duties so you can focus on research, but I wouldn't go there over another school you like more based on that. Also check out which schools have grad student unions, because that can make a huge difference when it comes to working conditions.

My answer is purely based on stalking this forums for a couple years and not personal experience: sometimes it means a rejection, sometimes it means a waitlist, and sometimes people get accepted late. Unclear why schools torture people like this, but really, it can mean a bunch of different things. I'd be lying if I didn't say it often means waitlist or rejection, but certainly not always. Fingers crossed for you!

Excited for both of you! (Fingers crossed. I ended up having to take a medical leave so I'll be applying next year now, unfortunately.)

You can choose whether or not to send your scores! The schools will never know you took a second one unless you send it.

I haven't come across one that I can remember. Some are known to offer partial tuition scholarships in some cases (e.g. Chicago MAPSS), though often they don't come with a stipend. I think there are some funded MAs at non-top 25 schools. (For example, U of Memphis appears to offer funding.) There's a thread on this back from 2013, I think, that you can look at. In that thread, people also bring up international options.

Many schools won't let you apply to multiple programs at the same time within the same school, so definitely check those schools for their policies around that. (I haven't seen a school that allows it, actually.) Personally, I'm applying to a mix of Sociology and Gender Studies because I can do my research within both types of programs. I think just finding what fits you is what really matters rather than the title of the program itself. If the program has several faculty you'd love to work with, go for it.

Hi all! The lack of Gender/Feminist Studies thread for this year is breaking my heart, so I figured I'd start one for those applying to Gender Studies graduate programs this year. So hello! I hope you're all doing well and not stressing too much. (I know I am.)

Also applying! Sending everyone much love and solidarity re: GRE studying.

Hi everyone! I'm interested in people's thoughts on applying directly to Sociology PhD programs during senior year of college. Generally some things that people have pointed out on similar threads for why this is a bad idea include the difference in amount of research experience, the benefit of writing a senior honors thesis, having life experience outside of a school, refining research interests, etc. These all seem like very good points to me; I've also heard of people applying to PhDs directly out of college regardless (often with refined research interests, prior research experience, high GPAs, etc.). For those of you that did apply to Sociology PhD programs as undergraduates, how did it go? Did you feel prepared? Do you wish you had waited (and if so, why)?