socchi92

There are sooooooo many more offers to come! It's not even Feb yet!!!

Yes, and I've been noticing the west coast schools are notifying pretty late in the day. Thank you!

Last night I got the UW acceptance around 9pm! Now I can be stressed all day AND all night until this process is over with

Thanks!! Also got a UW one yesterday which was REALLY surprising given that I'm a terrible fit. But where is our funding, Irvine?!

Any Irvine admits get funding information yet?

It's been quiet so far! Making me nervous

Two hours ago. Not much info other than stipend amount, which is available on their website as well, and visit day stuff.

Surprised to receive a late in the day USC admit.

Welcome!!! I only have one acceptance in hand (Irvine) and waiting to hear back from 7 schools. Trying not to be too terrified, given that I WILL be attending somewhere in the fall. Even so, I have so much anxiety.

Trying to pay attention to my actual work (currently doing research with a prof from my undergrad institution), trying to exercise to calm myself down. I thought this period would be chiller than when I was actually doing the applications, but nope.

While not one of the schools you mentioned, Duke recently updated their FAQ and it says they admitted an applicant with 154 V, 143 Q, 3.0 AWA. https://sociology.duke.edu/frequently-asked-questions

I can claim the acceptance. Had a very informal chat over the phone and got an email a few hours later. They're admitting something like 20-25 people, so don't lose hope!

I think if you can make a convincing argument for why you want to study sociology, your B.A. major doesn't matter. Most departments' FAQs mention that an applicant's major doesn't need to be sociology. You could also contact programs you are interested and seek advice.

I'm also a non-trad! Community college grad, as well. What are your interests? We applied to a lot of the same schools.

Probably not unless you have some sort of relationship with them where it would be inappropriate for them not to say something about the bad news. I'm also regularly having dreams (good and bad) about this process!!!

Though I don't remember what I scored on each test individually, I can give some estimates. First Power Prep test and first test in official GRE book: Q 158 (ranging 155-158 throughout all tests), V 169 (ranging from 165-170) Actual 1: Q 155, V 162, AWA 5.0 Actual 2: Q 158, V 164, AWA 6.0 I studied for this over 6 months, so it was pretty disappointing to see my quant scores barely improve. I thought the first Power Prep and tests in the GRE book were much easier than the actual test. I thought the Magoosh questions were a little more accurate, difficulty-wise. I performed much worse on verbal during the actual test. The first section was very easy both times, but I found the second section to be VERY confusing both times. It wasn't that I didn't understand the vocabulary, but I just found the wording of the questions to be unclear. If I had unlimited money, I would consider experimenting with purposely getting some questions wrong on the first section to not move onto the advanced section for my second verbal section. However, that's a huge risk for a test that is so costly. If you plan on doing very well in the verbal, practice with Magoosh questions set to Very Hard. For the AWA section, I got lucky the second time around - for my issue task, which I always found more difficult, I got a prompt that meshed well with my actual interests and was therefore easier for me to write about. Seeing my scores for both tests, it seems that writing more definitely helped. Being a fast typist may be an advantage.

Hey! Fellow applicant here. I applied to 10 programs (one overseas MA included). Just trying to stay confident about the quality of my application. Wishing you the best of luck!