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Congrats to all the Brown admits! If you have any questions about the department or want to meet for a chat during the visit, let me know.

Congrats to the Brown admits! Woohoo

Congrats!

Waiting on Northwestern got me like, “I’ll wait”
 

I can claim one of Brown admissions! As far as I can tell, it was an automated email from the DGS. 

Interesting perspective as I sit here waiting to hear back from Yale: I went to UChicago as an undergrad and then for a master's degree and, during that time, worked in our department of graduate admissions. Although I was rarely involved with Sociology, I did see a lot of Philosophy/English/History applications. 1) It was insane how many highly qualified candidates were turned down--I'm talking super high undergraduate GPAs, bomb GREs, research experience, published papers, great recs, the works 2) Professors could leave notes on a student's profile for other professors to see, and it so often happened that a professor would say something like 'Fascinating research proposal!' or 'Great fit!' only to turn them down. The fact of the matter is that there are just too many great applicants relative to open spots and sometimes the department is just not looking for someone who studies x, y, or z no matter how great that person may be. 
And how did I do with all that UChicago knowledge? I didn't even get an interview, so there you go Stay strong everyone! 

I just wanted to send a gentle reminder for self-care as these rejections come out. Where one door closes, another will open.