blaspheming

I have two straight semesters of unexplained W's (and a couple W's the following year) and I still got in.

For what it's worth, I got into a quantitative top-20 department with 162V (90th), 156Q (74th), AW 4.5. So, I think you are in good shape with your score, and if you can improve it, that's even better. GRE got me in the door, but I think my statement of purpose is what got me the acceptances.

What in the actual fuck.

Getting a B in your undergrad is not going to do a damn thing. I think a "pass" looks worse on your transcript, since it's generally a C or above.

I recently graduated from an environmental studies MS program. People had backgrounds in biology, engineering, environmental science, history, sociology, psychology, etc. You have to decide what realm your research will fall within (biology, political science, history), and you have to find an angle to observe a certain type of environmental problem. My background was geography/environmental science and my MS thesis was grounded in political science, so you don't have to stick with your undergrad focus. If you want to stick with marketing, I'm assuming you'll be going the route of marketing sustainable goods and how to achieve specific environmental goals through marketing. But I don't know much about that world As long as you complete some prerequisite coursework and hammer out a good statement of purpose, I think you will easily get into a master's program.

It really depends on the range of schools you're applying to. A top 20 American program took me with scores slightly worse than those!

I got a 640V/720Q and still got into a top 20 program (American), so there is hope

I recently came across this Chronicle article on average faculty salaries across universities, using recent AAUP survey data. http://chronicle.com...ble-2012/131433 These numbers are higher than I expected. I was under the impression that a first-year assistant professor position would start in the $50k range at an average university. Are these salaries skewed by the money-making STEM faculty? Where does political science fall within this range? Edit: Fixed link

Where are you going in the fall?

I think you will get an e-mail from grad studies saying that a decision will be available on X date, so it's unlikely you'll find anything updated before that. My guess is that Davis is waiting to hear back from their initial acceptances before they admit their unofficial waitlist applicants. Best of luck to you

Rejected UCSB and Boulder (American).

Yep. My flight lands at 11:20 AM and my first meeting is at 1:30 PM. See you there?

Perhaps people do not wish to divulge their web dorkery in person.

I came here to ask this question as well.

PSU - Feb 24-27 UT March 1-2 CU-Boulder - March 1-3 UC Irvine March 1-3 UC Davis - March 7-9 UChicago March 8-9 UCLA March 8-10 UNC - March 15-17 Michigan March 15-17 Wisconsin March 22-24 NYU - March 23 WUSTL - March 23-24 Rochester March 25-27 Minnesota March 26 FSU March 29th-31st Stanford April 9-10

Just try to relax about NU, everyone At this point, you are still in the running. Go have a beer and celebrate your lack of rejection!

My guess is that you weren't in the first round of cuts, more or less on an unofficial waitlist.

American (behavior)

A good overview of NRC rankings: http://chronicle.com/article/NRC-Rankings-Overview-/124714/

I had several emails back and forth with my POI. In the end, he insisted that he send an informal recommendation to the admissions committee on my behalf. Looks like it didn't do much Not a big deal, makes my final decision much easier.

Also claiming a NU rejection. No e-mail, just randomly checked the website. Seems crazy since my POI was going above and beyond to get me in.

What's up with NU? We saw a few admits go out early then silence. Is that it?

Coordinator at Davis said "business casual, khakis or jeans, button up shirt, no tie or polo" That's all I got

I got one as well. Perhaps you and I are particularly awesome. Yep, must be.

Thank you for doing that, I was assuming a rejection at this point. Granted, it would make my decision of where to attend much easier.