Beeman
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Sending y'all good vibes this Friday!
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I know we’ve talked about ranking here, but how much does minor differences in rank matter. Like if you were accepted to a rank 16 and a rank 25 - is that substantial enough that the rank 16 should be your decision? (If you can’t tell I’m struggling)
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8 hours ago, awesome3141 said:
That's a good strategy and similar to mine. My mentor who is just starting as junior faculty at R1 school told me to draw a line at top 25 by usnews standards if I want to go into academia given the current job market. He said anything below top 25 and R1 is virtually impossible and tenure track anywhere would not even be a guarantee. He said that I should go to the highest ranked school I possibly could. I can't say I totally agree, but I deferred to his judgement and applied to 17 schools (thank god for fee waivers) all in the top 25, with most of those 17 concentrated towards the bottom of the top 25 since I don't want to waste time on rejections. I'm still waiting to hear back on 6 programs but have gotten in to 1 top 10 program so far. I'm having an existential crisis though because I feel like that top 10 program is actually a really bad fit though and several of the lower ranked programs I got into seem like a much better fit. I feel like my mentor will push me to take the top 10 program offer though. I'm grateful to have gotten in anywhere considering how difficult this season is, but starting to think about making decisions now is extremely nerve racking.
Tangential- but this is a really interesting analysis on programs and placement in sociology: https://scatter.wordpress.com/2018/01/08/who-hires-whom/I feel the same way! I am awful at making decisions. I also didn't want to apply to some highly ranked schools because I deemed it "paying money to be rejected," and also as a minority student, I wanted to go somewhere that I felt comfortable (at least somewhat).
Something important that one of my advisors told me was that while ranking is important, past a certain point its more arbitrary and the more important part is fit and who your mentor will be. You want to be with a mentor that will establish you in the field doing the research you want to do. Ultimately, your current mentor may have opinions, but you're the one that's going to have to live it! Do what's best for you.
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On 2/5/2022 at 1:37 PM, awesome3141 said:
I'm guessing those schools are some subset of Princeton, Harvard, Michigan and Northwestern...
One of those! I decided to try and not apply to too many "super competitive" (in quotes because I think we all have different metrics) schools, which may seem counterintuitive to some. I applied to 6 schools in the top 20 and for my other 9 I tried to vary throughout the rankings (granted rankings change and are often not reflective of the current things happening in a department). I've been lucky to get contacted by a majority regardless! I feel very privileged in this process compared to the Fall 2020 admission cycle when it seemed like everything was going wrong
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Only three schools left that I haven’t heard from regarding interviews, acceptances, or rejections. Starting to finally feel like I can relax, phew?
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2 hours ago, ahwithsoc said:
Anyone has any idea about the Brown acceptance on the result board? Brown doesn't usually send out acceptance this early.....
If it isn't fake it may be similar to some situations I had (at other universities). The committee wanted to nominate me for fellowships that required my admission decision be made before other applicants.
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How’s everyone holding up?
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Florida State has started planning visitation weekend. I’d guess if you’ve not been accepted by now you’re at best on the waitlist.
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@catherine666I understand. I haven’t received any news from UCSB despite them having sent out a wave of rejections. I’d consider no news good news in all of this (for now)
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2 minutes ago, Klutch2381 said:
Do you know how UT notifies? Is it a call or email?
Via Email it looks like!
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Bracing for a UT Austin rejection ?
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3 hours ago, wzzzzzz said:
Can't decide which one is better: hearing back from a school every other day or having all the bombs dropped all at once. Maybe I can set a record for back to back rejections or something.
In the Fall 2020 cycle I had 14 rejections and got 5 back to back I think. So if it makes you feel better you're hanging with the rejection champion competition.
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4 hours ago, Klutch2381 said:
True. I just need to stay off the results board and I’ll be okay. I feel like a kid on punishment watching his friends play outside in the summer from his window when I venture there. Lol
I applied places two years ago and got rejected from every single program except my current Master's program. I really felt like it was the end of the world, but now I have multiple acceptances and interviews, so a lot can change in a short period of time! I will keep sending you the best vibes ❤️
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38 minutes ago, FuturePhDPls said:
It's been sooo quiet for Sociology! Looks like previous years had more traffic around this time -- hoping we hear something soon!
The quietness makes me nervous, but I'm sure we will get a lot of info all at once :')
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25 minutes ago, Klutch2381 said:
I like that you’ve applied broadly! I know some people say focus on 5-6 schools, and really try to hone in on what they’re looking for, but I’m convinced it’s intelligent to apply broadly if one has the means, inclination, and time to do so — or isn’t some super candidate (that being said — super candidates get rejected too). I applied to 24 schools.Im super curious which schools you applied to if you don’t mind sharing! I applied to 14 and that was enough to get people shocked by the number.
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50 minutes ago, carolite33 said:
Hi all! Currently waiting on UT Austin, Columbia, Yale, and Northwestern. With UTA and Columbia as the first submission deadlines I am hoping to hear back from them soon. I would love some insight about what schools typically send acceptances/rejections/waitlists without interviews and what schools first request interviews - I have received a lot of mixed messages. Crossing my fingers for us all!
I have a little spreadsheet with what schools I applied to and whether they did interviews or plain acceptances. Interviews seem a little more rare in the field than my other field I applied to (Social Psychology). UT Austin and Columbia both don't do interviews historically. Looking through the results panel I estimated that Columbia responses usually come as Acceptances in early February (occasionally mid February, but I have ignored 2020 for a lot of my metrics because departments were struggling) and UTA usually sends out Acceptances in early February or occasionally late January.
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I am always down to talk if we want to get more active. My family, friends, and MA cohort are probably tired of listening to me scream about this process
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Hello! I am an undergraduate, graduating in May 2020. I am currently looking into PhD programs and just received my GRE scores. I received a V160, Q153, and AW4.0. I was very surprised by my AW score because I had tested much higher on practice tests that had been graded, but overall I suppose it is reasonable. I was very nervous that day, trying not to panic, and was not very familiar with the topic presented. Still, I felt a little disheartened when I read the score. I didn't have my heart set on Ivy's so I am not too concerned about that, but I am concerned about getting into a R1 institution with this lower score. Is it worth trying to retake next month in hopes of it getting back before deadlines?
Part of me feels that I should retake, but mostly I am in a place where standardized testing makes me so miserable that I should just go with what I have and hopefully any program worth going to will understand.
Fall 2022 psychology decision thread
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I am trying to decide between CMU and Penn State for the Social area studying minority health and stigma. I keep going back and forth but want to make a decision soon. The CMU degree would be in social and health psychology. The Penn state degree is a dual title degree in social and WGSS.
I’d love any advice or thoughts!